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geofelt   09-13-2009 at 01:45:55 AM

The 5870 announcement showed 6 monitors driven by a single 5870 gpu. How does one physically attach more than two monitors to such a card?

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there will be 2 versions of the 5870 peoples

the 5870 eyefinity which comes with 6 mini display ports
http://www.techpowerup.com/img/09-09-11/132a.jpg

and then a normal 1 for the people who dont 1t to pay the huge premium im sure theyll attach to the price for giving the ability to span a desktop over six monitors
http://www.fudzilla.com/images/sto [...] 5870_3.jpg

which comes with display port, hdmi, and dual dvi
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paperfox   09-13-2009 at 01:53:26 AM

the 5870 has i think what is called mini displayport (6 of them)

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geofelt   09-13-2009 at 01:59:52 AM

paperfox wrote :

the 5870 has i think what is called mini displayport (6 of them)



Looking at photos, I don't see 6 of anything. Perhaps there is a 6 port dongle to be attached?

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jennyh   09-13-2009 at 02:13:47 AM

I read elsewhere that there will be another version of the 5870 with 6 ports but the normal one will have 3.

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geofelt   09-13-2009 at 02:15:56 AM

paperfox wrote :

you must be looking at the 5850

http://www.techpowerup.com/img/09-09-11/132a.jpg

i believe this is the 5870



Here is one of the photos I was looking at:
http://xtreview.com/addcomment-id- [...] photo.html

The 6 port unit you showed looks very interesting.

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xaira   09-13-2009 at 02:22:57 AM
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there will be 2 versions of the 5870 peoples

the 5870 eyefinity which comes with 6 mini display ports
http://www.techpowerup.com/img/09-09-11/132a.jpg

and then a normal 1 for the people who dont 1t to pay the huge premium im sure theyll attach to the price for giving the ability to span a desktop over six monitors
http://www.fudzilla.com/images/sto [...] 5870_3.jpg

which comes with display port, hdmi, and dual dvi

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paperfox   09-13-2009 at 02:25:00 AM

ah i see

cant wait for the 6 displays!


Message edited by paperfox on 09-13-2009 at 02:25:18 AM
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xaira   09-13-2009 at 02:25:43 AM

quadfire anyone?
http://www.globalnerdy.com/wordpre [...] nitors.jpg

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paperfox   09-13-2009 at 02:26:58 AM

darn thats one BIG power bill waiting to happen

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microterf   09-13-2009 at 06:00:11 AM

I really want to see how small they can make the bezels. (or maybe bezelless monitors linked together from the factory

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soundefx   09-14-2009 at 07:52:42 AM

microterf wrote :

I really want to see how small they can make the bezels. (or maybe bezelless monitors linked together from the factory



Mousemonkey had a picture of 4 monitors close together with very thin bezels. It actually made me wish I was rich enough to get a few.

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Bronze Graphics badge mousemonkey   09-14-2009 at 08:18:40 PM

soundefx wrote :

Mousemonkey had a picture of 4 monitors close together with very thin bezels. It actually made me wish I was rich enough to get a few.


Four?, I've done a nine screen wall the only four screen wall I've been involved in uses video cubes.

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soundefx   09-14-2009 at 11:27:19 PM

mousemonkey wrote :

Four?, I've done a nine screen wall the only four screen wall I've been involved in uses video cubes.



Sorry, didn't mean to insult you with using a small number like four.... Didn't mean to misquote...

I was being lazy and didn't want to go through the forum looking for the link, but I do know that you showed me my future thin bezel monitors.

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micky_lund   09-14-2009 at 11:38:11 PM

where is the link for these 2x2 thin bezelled monitors? or the 3x3 video cubes as u call them?

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Bronze Graphics badge mousemonkey   09-14-2009 at 11:43:18 PM

soundefx wrote :

Sorry, didn't mean to insult you with using a small number like four.... Didn't mean to misquote...

I was being lazy and didn't want to go through the forum looking for the link, but I do know that you showed me my future thin bezel monitors.


Sorry mate that came across wrong, I wasn't insulted I just wondered whether the piccy had been cropped by your browser so you could only see four of the screens.

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Bronze Graphics badge mousemonkey   09-14-2009 at 11:48:42 PM

micky_lund wrote :

where is the link for these 2x2 thin bezelled monitors? or the 3x3 video cubes as u call them?


What, these?
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/5788/image079t.jpg
or these?
http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/1362/1000251br.jpg

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soundefx   09-14-2009 at 11:52:43 PM

mousemonkey wrote :

Sorry mate that came across wrong, I wasn't insulted I just wondered whether the piccy had been cropped by your browser so you could only see four of the screens.



ok, cool.
Nah, my monitor is big enough to see everything posted....19"... (stop laughing.... :D )

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soundefx   09-14-2009 at 11:53:42 PM

Yeh.. those beauties... come to pappa......

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soundefx   09-14-2009 at 11:54:26 PM

The bottom pic is new to me.. but that one looks better.

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Bronze Graphics badge mousemonkey   09-14-2009 at 11:54:55 PM

Size isn't everything, or so I keep being told.

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Bronze Graphics badge mousemonkey   09-14-2009 at 11:56:42 PM

soundefx wrote :

The bottom pic is new to me.. but that one looks better.


You don't want video cubes, £10,000 a pop and the picture quality is crap.

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soundefx   09-15-2009 at 12:00:35 AM

mousemonkey wrote :

You don't want video cubes, £10,000 a pop and the picture quality is crap.



I will keep that in mind when I win the lottery and move over the pond.


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microterf   09-15-2009 at 01:32:52 AM

what is the that top picture monkey? how'd you build that wall, what's the price?

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Bronze Graphics badge mousemonkey   09-15-2009 at 02:13:11 AM

microterf wrote :

what is the that top picture monkey? how'd you build that wall, what's the price?


I don't own or buy any of the kit so I can't give you an exact cost but for those nine screens the frame they are mounted on and the video scaler used there won't be much change out of £23,000.

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cbinette   10-01-2009 at 04:20:31 PM

Just wondering if with the 6 mini port on the 5870 eyefinity, i can use standard LCD monitors with DVI connectors.

It's not clear that i can do that.

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xaira   10-02-2009 at 01:31:09 AM

only if there is a converter

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