Eye finity....anyone have it and is it worth it?

tlarkin

tlarkin

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I got most of my bills paid off, and when my OT hits from work this next month I am gonna pay off the remainder of it, and then have some to spend. I will also put some in savings but I was thinking about upgrading my video card (current card is GTX 260), and possibly doing 3 displays with eye finity.

The youtube videos look cool and all, but it is hard to tell what performance it gives and if it is really overall worth it?

I think I would also buy three new LCD monitors and probably build a combined bezel to reduce the size of space between screens.
 
well, I imagine it would give a more invigorating visual experience; however it will slow down framerates somewhat, although with a nice GPU this shouldn't matter too much.
 
What types of games do you mainly play? Simulators such as flight or racing will have a vastly improved experience when using eyefinity. Games such as FPS's do have some benefit, but you will soon realize its more of a gimmick than anything else, just like 3d vision from nVidia.

What are your current system specs? I know you've mentioned your gtx260 in the past, and i believe you have mentioned you have a corsair PSU, as to your other specs though i have no clue.
 
bomberboysk said:
What types of games do you mainly play? Simulators such as flight or racing will have a vastly improved experience when using eyefinity. Games such as FPS's do have some benefit, but you will soon realize its more of a gimmick than anything else, just like 3d vision from nVidia.

What are your current system specs? I know you've mentioned your gtx260 in the past, and i believe you have mentioned you have a corsair PSU, as to your other specs though i have no clue.
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Intel Q9560 w/ 12MB of cache
4Gigs DDR2 1066 Corsair RAM
Antec Quatro 850w true power supply
EVGA GTX 260
Asus P5N motherboard
HAF 932 case (full tower version)

All stock cooling except I did buy an entry level after market heat sink for my processor that had heat pipping technology. I do not over clock anything.


If I did end up adding it to my system I would definitely buy 3 new monitors all with HDMI hook ups. Like I said, I think it looks cool but I have never sat down in front of one and used it. I could justify buying two monitors just for work, and not gaming, so the idea is appealing to me. 3 monitors would be over kill for anything I do work wise, but would be a nice addition.
 
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You'll want displayport hookups, not HDMI for eyefinity;) Dell makes some nice displays with displayport.

Also, I know you have mentioned in the past, as well as right now that you don't overclock anything, but if you end up getting an ati HD5xxx card and you find its bottlenecked by your cpu(extremely doubtful, since the core 2 quads are still venerable little chips) , you would probably notice a boost in single/dual threaded games by giving the clocks a boost, the 9650 is generally pretty easily able to hit ~3.4 on stock volts, ~3.6-3.8 with just minor voltage bumps (unless its an extremely mediocre chip).
 
I just don't know if it is worth the investment. 3 new displays would probably cost me at least $600 right there.
 
tlarkin said:
I just don't know if it is worth the investment. 3 new displays would probably cost me at least $600 right there.
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My honest opinion would be no, and f i were to do it i would suggest one display at a time, as even dual display without eyefinity is extremely handy(not sure if you run dual displays at the moment or not).
 
bomberboysk said:
My honest opinion would be no, and f i were to do it i would suggest one display at a time, as even dual display without eyefinity is extremely handy(not sure if you run dual displays at the moment or not).
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I run 4 to 6 desktops when working so I could easily use dual displays. However, do I get dual displays or just go get 1 30" monitor? Space is limited too on my desk...

I think I may just save my money for now and wait down the road for something better.

Maybe I should just get a new video card
 
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