Multi-monitor conundrum

[Sservis]

You can find a pretty good list of cards supporting Eyefinity 5 or 6 at http://www.wsgf.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=66&t=24334 I used to use the AMD 5870 Eyefinity 6 2GB (Reference), and am currently using a Asus Matrix HD7970-P-3GD5 3GB.

I mostly single box on a 5x1P (5400x1920) + 1P Portrait layout. I have done a bit of very casual 2-3 boxing, and the biggest issue (boxing versus not) I've found is sheer the # of pixels you end up rendering displaying. (5 @ 5x resolution is a lot of pixels). In all modes, the dividers are also somewhat annoying (especially for text), even though I don't bezel adjust and hide anything behind them. Also, even the smallest UI scale is too big for me. Thankfully, MoveAnything can help alleviate both of those.

I regularly debate switching to fewer and larger monitors. Now that AMD's drivers support mixed mode, my current consideration is a 2560x1600 monitor in the middle, flanked by portrait 1920x1080 monitors, to have a wider center region without dividers.

[Knytestorme]

Y (5 @ 5x resolution is a lot of pixels).

My understanding with ISBoxer is that it renders all the pixels for the resolution you're going to play at and then scales down to the actual screen size displayed...eg if I'm playing at 1080p with 5 clients it will render 5 clients at 1080p and then scales the size down to 1/2 screen per clients outside the main that runs at full screen.

If this is correct (and am sure Lax, Mirai or someone else can correct me if I'm wrong) then whether I run 5 panels at 1080p or 2 panels with 5 x 1080p clients it makes no difference in terms of pixels being rendered.

[MiRai]

My understanding with ISBoxer is that it renders all the pixels for the resolution you're going to play at and then scales down to the actual screen size displayed...eg if I'm playing at 1080p with 5 clients it will render 5 clients at 1080p and then scales the size down to 1/2 screen per clients outside the main that runs at full screen.

If this is correct (and am sure Lax, Mirai or someone else can correct me if I'm wrong) then whether I run 5 panels at 1080p or 2 panels with 5 x 1080p clients it makes no difference in terms of pixels being rendered.

Assuming you have Instant Swapping enabled, then this is correct.

[Sservis]

My understanding with ISBoxer is that it renders all the pixels for the resolution you're going to play at and then scales down to the actual screen size displayed...eg if I'm playing at 1080p with 5 clients it will render 5 clients at 1080p and then scales the size down to 1/2 screen per clients outside the main that runs at full screen.

If this is correct (and am sure Lax, Mirai or someone else can correct me if I'm wrong) then whether I run 5 panels at 1080p or 2 panels with 5 x 1080p clients it makes no difference in terms of pixels being rendered.

When you run a main window on 5 screens (5400x1920 or 9600x1080) and 4 more scaled down to 1/5 on the 6th monitor you end up rendering 5 clients at 5x the resolution of a single display.