XFX's ATI Eyefinity Video is Unusual
Do you think that this is the future of gaming?
AMD last week debuted its ATI Eyefinity technology, which allows a single graphics card to drive up to six monitors. Beyond that, multiple cards will be able to join forces to compose an image using 24 monitors.
AMD boasts that the Eyefinity is able to combine so many displays that it'll be able to produce a resolution that approaches "eye-definition optical clarity" at 12 times 1080p high-definition. With a combined theoretical resolution of 268 megapixels, AMD says that it is roughly equivalent to the resolution of a 90 degree arc of what the human eye sees.
Of course, such a claim is impressive and will likely create some interesting marketing ideas. XFX has already created a video that conveys the level of visual realism that could be achieved with so many pixels.
It's a little strange, especially for a video card; but maybe it'll appeal to the gamer fantasy. You can watch and decide for yourself.
Indeed.
That's 2073600*12 = 24.88 megapixels or 2073600*12*12 = 298.59 megapixels? I don't think 5870 can drive 144 1080p monitors.
@doc70: This is a XFX clip not AMD/ATI
It's just weird with the whole 2118 AD thing, it's like a creepy, "Big Brother" thing.
I heard from another article that one of the Cypress card ran WOW at 7680 x 3200 at 80fps.
Imagine Crysis on 24 30in monitors with four of these monster cards.
"Imagine Crysis on 24 30in monitors with four of these monster cards. " I think I'll wait...oh....10 years before that's even possible for a single GPU. Modern setups can barely render 2560x1600 Crysis at max, now all we need to do...is double the current performance, and then figure out how to scale it and get 24X the performance in the process.....2118 might be about right.