[Solved] I'm really happy with Eyefinity

There's two modes, 'extended' and 'group.'

Extended is the normal thing you're used to with multiple monitors. You can arrange and rotate your desktop to any orientation you want. Each monitor gets it's own background, and any time you max a window it maxes into the monitor it's set in. This mode sets up instantly and without a problem. I have the middle monitor set as the primary display, with the two side monitors for extra space. Typically I have hulu or a movie on the right, web browsers and file folders on the left, and gaming in the middle.

The 'group' mode is the eyefinity setup. It merges all the monitors you have into a single block. Your desktop is treated as a single window, with a super long taskbar. All the desktop icons get shoved to the left, and all the task bar mini icons are shoved to the far right corner. If you want to play a game taking up all 3 monitors, you need to have it in group mode

First off, there are some bugs. I have two monitors at 2048 x 1152 and the third is at 1080p. I can't just flip into eyefinity mode because the 3rd monitor doesn't have the same resolution as the other two. When it groups your monitors, it makes the largest whole rectangle it can manage. Since the last monitor is only 1080p, it forces the other two monitors down to 1080p to make a 3x1080p landscape. There's no way to use the full res of the first two, with screen 3 seeing a cropped corner. And this makes a lot of sense if there happens to be an important button in the bottom right corner that happens to be cropped off the visible screen.

Catalyst lets you save the profiles, but each time I flip between extended or merged, I have to re-tile my desktop. Right now, it forgets the correct order the monitors should be. I have the set up as 1-2-3, however the drivers want to flip the outside monitors and show things as 3-2-1. I figure catalyst just doesn't like that 3rd monitor at 1080p. It wishes it has the same resolution as the first two.

I have the 3 monitors in a semicircle, wrapping about 140° of view. This is about the same visual wrap I get in games like Crysis, WoW, and NFS Shift. I need to install more games this weekend to see how other games like Oblivion and Fallout 3, and I'll have to pick up Batman.

Also, there's a good 1"+ bezel gap between screens. The more I play games, the less I notice it. Your brain is really good at figuring spatial orientation without any effort. The bezel gap doesn't take anything away from game play. It's really just an aesthetic. Otherwise the only other thing is I've had to tun up the speed on my mouse while in group mode. Scrolling through 3 screens takes forever.

I asked a question in another thread but you seem to have perhaps answered it. Do you think I could run one 30" monitor at 2560x1600 landscape mode in the middle with two 20" monitors at 1200X1600 in portrait mode on the sides? This would hopefully constitute an ok group resolution of 4960X1600.

I'm incredibly envious, I must admit. But also happy that this technology will eventually become mainstream and I will be able to somewhat easily afford it.