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AMD's DX11 Radeons Can Drive Six 30 Displays

Posted by timothy on from the can't-wait-'til-it's-commonplace dept.

J. Dzhugashvili writes "Whereas most current graphics cards can only drive a pair of displays, AMD has put some special sauce in its next-generation DirectX 11 GPUs to enable support for a whopping six monitors. There's no catch about supported resolutions, either. At an event yesterday, AMD demonstrated a single next-gen Radeon driving six 30" Dell monitors, each with a resolution of 2560x1600, hooked up via DisplayPort. Total resolution: 7680x3200 (or 24.6 megapixels). AMD's drivers present this setup as a single monitor to Windows, so in theory, games don't need to be updated to support it. AMD showed off Dead Space, Left 4 Dead, World of Warcraft, and DiRT 2 running at playable frame rates on the six displays."

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  1. gunna be great by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Can't wait to build a new computer in 2 years when prices go down and my computer becomes obsolete.

    PC gaming rocks.

    1. Re:gunna be great by xOneca · · Score: 5, Funny

      Will be a driver available for Linux?

    2. Re:gunna be great by CarpetShark · · Score: 5, Funny

      Affordable, graphics on six 30-inch monitors, or playable framerates. Choose 2.

  2. damn! by DeathKnoT · · Score: 1, Funny

    damn!!! i hope this isn't just fud. Who has this many monitors?

    1. Re:damn! by MBGMorden · · Score: 5, Funny

      damn!!! i hope this isn't just fud.

      I don't think that word means what you think it does . . .

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    2. Re:damn! by Yvan256 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Six used 19" LCDs for 20$ each?

      I'm still using a single 17" LCD, you insensitive clod!

      (cue follow-up reply with "I'm still using a 14" CRT you insensitive clod")

    3. Re:damn! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      I'm still using a 14" CRT you insensitive clod!

      (cue follow-up reply with "I'm still using an LED matrix you insensitive clod")

    4. Re:damn! by geekboy642 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Pfft. 14 inches? I'm using lynx on a 5" green-screen. It was good enough for my grand-dad, it's good enough for me.

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    5. Re:damn! by rvw · · Score: 4, Funny

      Pfft. 14 inches? I'm using lynx on a 5" green-screen. It was good enough for my grand-dad, it's good enough for me.

      5 whole inches? Man, I'm piping this to a punch card printer. After years of listening to the hammering I can "read" it like morse code. It just sounds like music to me. A page like this takes up to four hours, but it's worth it, I can assure you.

    6. Re:damn! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Hey I'm still using nixie tubes and neon bulbs you insensitive clods!

    7. Re:damn! by Vectronic · · Score: 4, Funny

      "I really hate having to have one hand on the "stick", and the other trying to set "flight controls" and hit the keys to "look around" when I'm "landing."

      Best code-words for masturbation to porn ever.

    8. Re:damn! by mR.bRiGhTsId3 · · Score: 3, Funny

      So, here is the question. If you have 3 screens, why on earth are you maximizing?! Seriously, because I dream of nothing more than to have to turn my head a full 90 degrees in order to read a full line of text.

    9. Re:damn! by Ant+P. · · Score: 2, Funny

      Only on Slashdot would you get a pissing contest to see who has the fewest inches... /me pulls out a six-inch, 800x480 eeePC

    10. Re:damn! by jaxtherat · · Score: 3, Funny

      I hope you're not browsing at -1...

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  3. How many slots does the card take up? by jeffb+(2.718) · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'll bet I can't get more than two of them into my machine, which means I'm still stuck with a maximum of 12 monitors. Dammit.

    1. Re:How many slots does the card take up? by ColdWetDog · · Score: 5, Funny

      I didn't snap a picture of it, but I checked the back of the PC accomplishing this feat, and all six of the DisplayPort connections were plugged into a single expansion slot.

      But you missed the 220V 3 phase power connector and the freon pipes for cooling.

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  4. Special Sauce for a Whopper? by BlindSpot · · Score: 5, Funny

    AMD has put some special sauce in its next-generation DirectX 11 GPUs to enable support for a whopping six monitors.

    Special Sauce for a Whopper, eh? I must have missed the merger announcement between AMD and Burger King.

    1. Re:Special Sauce for a Whopper? by BobMcD · · Score: 3, Funny

      Rodeo Whopper?

  5. Monitor count irrelevant by Ndymium · · Score: 1, Funny

    Sure it can run games on six monitors at acceptable frame rates, but the question still stands... will it blend?

  6. Re:Peripheral vision by Bobfrankly1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Two words: Peripheral Vision.

    If I wanted the peripherals in my vision, I'd put the printers in front of the monitor!

  7. Re:Merketing trumps reason again... ;) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I don't think you know what center means

  8. Re:Merketing trumps reason again... ;) by Chris+Burke · · Score: 4, Funny

    Most games in multimon scenarios really need odd number of displays; 5 is better than 6 in this case (and you just know some people will say this is unusable, because of monitor bezel in the center)

    Somehow I doubt it supports exactly 6 monitors.

    Though on the other hand I went to buy a bomb shelter from this vet with one arm, and he told me that it'd withstand a 40 megaton blast... no more... no less.

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  9. ATI's reply by Yvan256 · · Score: 5, Funny

    nVidia: Our new DirectX 11 GPUs are able to support six monitors simultaneously.
    ATI: Well, the Jerk Store called, and they're running out of you.

    1. Re:ATI's reply by Linker3000 · · Score: 5, Funny

      You just know that somebody, somewhere, in a board meeting is saying "Fuck it, we're going to 9 monitors, with an aloe bezel"

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  10. Re:Merketing trumps reason again... ;) by Sponge+Bath · · Score: 5, Funny

    When your computer is possessed by Satan, you point at the screen and say:
    "Look at that bezel bub!"

  11. Re:Merketing trumps reason again... ;) by Kral_Blbec · · Score: 4, Funny

    ....and 6 shall be the monitors of thine fragging... no more, no less.

  12. Re:Merketing trumps reason again... ;) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    NetHack ASCII gaming @ 7680x3200. Whohoo!

  13. What about power? by Yvan256 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Does this thing come with its own small nuclear power plant and liquid nitrogen cooling system?

  14. Re:Merketing trumps reason again... ;) by More_Cowbell · · Score: 3, Funny

    I have mod points, but there is no mod for horrible puns... :P

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  15. Nvidia is going to release one by Icegryphon · · Score: 1, Funny

    That goes up to 11, which is one more than 10.
    It is also 5 more than 6.

  16. Re:Merketing trumps reason again... ;) by cfa22 · · Score: 3, Funny

    When your computer is possessed by Satan, you point at the screen and say: "Look at that bezel bub!"

    and when he gives away your private key you've got a "loose-cypher".

  17. Re:Home Jumbotron, here we come! by YrWrstNtmr · · Score: 4, Funny

    Like any current mid to high end home theater projector, but with several inch wide lines running through the picture.