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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. 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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  2. 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.

  3. 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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    "People who think they know everything are very annoying to those of us who do."-Mark Twain
  4. 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!

  5. 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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      AT&ROFLMAO
  6. 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!"

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

    Will be a driver available for Linux?

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

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