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By: Chris Angelini
Here’s the big mama of our 2010 guide. It took some arm-twisting to get this down to our Culver City office, but at the end of the day, our friends in AMD’s Markham, Ontario office made it happen with a 200+ pound custom padded box, which showed up the day of our photo shoot.
This is really the epitome of what AMD’s Eyefinity technology is all about. When we first tested the company’s Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 Edition card, we had to cobble together six Dell displays using a four-monitor stand and a separate two-display stand. I got close-to-perfect alignment several times, but the setup never looked like a cohesive unit. And the bezels on those Dell displays were just so damn big that I simply couldn’t stand to game across all six screens.

I wish I could say that Samsung’s MD230X6 changes my perception of six-screen gaming, but as long as bezels run through the center of action, it’s going to be hard to get used to missing that critical space. What this configuration does change, however, is the cleanliness of Eyefinity 6. This kit is made to go together. It sits on one relatively unobtrusive stand, the outer screens can all be swiveled to match your preferred viewing angle, and fasteners applied to each edge keep all six screens lined up in a precise way. The finished product is truly jaw-dropping. I was proud of myself after getting the Dell setup all built up. This is way better, though. Pro tip: put the kit together where you intend to use it; at 95 pounds assembled and 62” across, moving it (oh, say, across an office) isn’t an option without a team of helpers.
Right now, the only way to take advantage of this kit is with the 5870 Eyefinity 6 card, which you can find for about $350 online. Soon, though, it’ll be possible to use any of AMD’s Radeon HD 6000-series boards as well, which are in the process of being validated for DisplayPort 1.2 support. Once multi-stream transport hubs become available, you’ll be able to drive several screens from a single DP output.
We really wish the MD230X6 wasn’t priced so far north of $3000 (the current price works out to $600 per display). At the same time, this product is one-of-a-kind, and if you’re the sort of enthusiast able to appreciate and exploit the real estate made available by six 1920x1080 screens (that’s 5760x2160, for anyone counting), than Samsung’s setup sitting on your desk may or may not cause emotionally-compromised individuals visiting your workspace to cry in awe. I’m not even going to lie; shipping this array back to AMD hurt me, physically. It could have been pain of watching such a cool setup roll out the front door (to be fair, though, it was probably related to getting several hundred pounds of LCD glass to the front door for pickup).
- Headphones: Bowers & Wilkins P5
- Flash Drive: Kingston HyperX 128 GB USB 3.0 Drive
- Keyboard: Logitech Wireless Solar Keyboard K750
- Monitor: Dell UltraSharp U3011
- Custom PC: Digital Storm Black Ops Assassin
- Display: Samsung MD230X6 6 x 23" Display Array
- Networking: Netgear Universal Wi-Fi Range Extender WN2000RPT
- External Storage: Seagate GoFlex 1.5 TB USB 3.0
- Mini PC: VIA Artigo A1100 Pico-ITX Kit
- Mobile Phone: Dell Streak
- Mouse: Logitech Performance Mouse MX
- Network Storage: Thecus N4200 Pro NAS/iSCSI SAN
Agree. Those clothes weight too much.
are you kidding me?
Spoken like someone whose knowledge of female anatomy comes entirely from internet porn. That your chances of ever encountering the real thing are close to zero comes as a relief to women everywhere.
are you kidding me?
What? I'm not even sure you know what you're talking about..
Spoken like someone whose knowledge of female anatomy comes entirely from internet porn. That your chances of ever encountering the real thing are close to zero comes as a relief to women everywhere.
In a world where models have to live the most unnatural, unhealthy life just to be what the companies decide is pretty for the rest of us, this comment to these otherwise very thin women is the most out of place I've ever seen. Do you have any idea what words like these can do to some women? I'm shocked and really afraid to see an actual woman which answers your definition of "thin".
What? You don't want those girls? Perfect, I'll take them.
It's coming tomorrow!
Chris
Agree. Those clothes weight too much.
i have modeled on television. and these girls are solid.
ironically the digital storm pc is almost identical to the one i just built for myself.
if they ship girls that look like that with thier pc's ill never build my own again.
Overall great Article and loved all the selections even tho I didn't agree with the streak!
if anything they need to gain weight, i prefer my women healthy, not hefty mind you, but if i see bone it sets off red flags for me.
I think Toms realized that the blond in green isn't that good a looker so instead of putting a bag over her head they cropped the pic to not include it, lol. Funny stuff Toms.
Hope the models don't check the comments area cuz some of the comments on here are pretty blunt, 2 of them might get their feelings hurt.
Back to the article- why does the Assassin have 2 CPU coolers? Did they ship you a different model for photography?
Been a long time since I've actually commented on an article. I had to struggle to remember by username/password for this site...I'm glad I did. Now I can call you an idiot.... Idiot.