The title of the thread includes a question mark, indicating that I don't know if it is a multiboxing toy or not. I'd love to find out. Let it go, manOriginally Posted by Fursphere
The title of the thread includes a question mark, indicating that I don't know if it is a multiboxing toy or not. I'd love to find out. Let it go, man
I think it will be a very expensive toy. The resolution it supports suggests the GPU to be very powerful and that is always expensive. On top of that this card will be for a niche which usually means it is even more expensive like the the nVidia Quadro FX cards for CAD/CAM.
So it will not be of much interest for multiboxers on a budget but perhaps for those other ones... that just do not know where to put all their money
I think if you're fiveboxing a 30" will suffice. I doubt a lot more desktop space will do all that much good. A bigger screen will make you see less at the same time and decrease your reaction time. I do not think it is all that practical. Cool sure! practical I don't think so.
According to Anandtech it was running WoW @ 80fps with maximum ingame settings. IT was also able to play Dirt 2 at playable frame rates (although the exact settings are unknown).
The graphics card is the 5870 Six. It is a single GPU card with six mini display port outputs on the back. It will not be release at the same time as the other 5xxx series cards but it should be released shortly after once they do have the software working 100% (at the moment it does not work with crossfire but that is just a software fix). The software is pretty good because you can set it up to see each screen individually like normal multi screen setups or you can group screens together however you wish and even make it a 'Single Large Surface'.
From the specifications a single 5870 has the same processing power as 2x 4890 in Crossfire but without the scaling issues that arise from multi gpu setups.
I see no reason why it wont work with multiboxing. 2 monitors works fine and if this software makes windows see all 6 screens as 1 big one then you can just set up your maximiser to open the windows in the right location and it should just work.
The price of the standard 5870 is rumoured to be $399 so I guess the SIX will be a bit more because it has a 2GB frame buffer rather than 1GB and it also has all the adaptor cables to go from Mini DP --> DP
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