AMD Radeon HD 6950 Eyefinity Technology Setup Tutorial - Part 2

[discoverychannel1o1]

pc gaming exclusive.

[101Trunk]

MY question is do you need one monitor to have the DP connection to the back of the monitor?

[SC2TeamNuklear]

In the end you said that you should at least have 22 inch monitor, i got 21,5!

[PlayMoreNow]

With only one GPU?

[MasterCheif0300]

@PlayMoreNow yep, that card supports 4 monitors, but im not sure which 6950 he is using

[PlayMoreNow]

@MasterCheif0300 I will buy the Saphire HD6950, will it work?

[MasterCheif0300]

@PlayMoreNow The Sapphire will work, be sure to get the one with 2GB instead of 1 :) it shouldent be that much more expensive

[namankamran]

Can you do it wid 2 cards to reduce the load and increse frame rate??

[abcdddiia]

I appreciate this. ADM should pay you to do this. I am serious. They are idiots to sell me a 4-monitor video card, but not tell me that I need to purchase 3 additional cables and dongles to make it work. At the very least, place a bright piece of yellow paper inside the box telling me that I need these additional parts. Instead, I had to spend days to figure this out on my own. No wonder we are not competitive in the world front anymore. Wish I saw your video earlier. Thx.

[gms1975]

With Eyefinity, do the monitors have to be widescreen, or can they be the standard more squared off ones?

[555russe]

@gms1975 that will work too I think

[PCWizKid]

@gms1975 they can be standard yes.

[enchilada702lv]

can you do eyefinity connecting two dvi's and one on hdmi?? this is a hd5850 card

[123thepyro123]

@enchilada702lv

Yes..

[Excaliza]

@enchilada702lv No you CAN'T, you WILL need an ACTIVE display port adapter, unless of course, you have the Sapphire FLEX edidition cards...

[xID3F3CT3D]

is this the 2GB edition?

[tnartey]

@xID3F3CT3D yes

[chris1223]

I just got my new system today (dual AMD 6950). I have my cables set up identically to part 1 on a single card, but once I bring up catalyst, it will not detect my monitor hooked up in the lower DVI slot. Neither the monitor nor the cable is defective. Ideas?

[shah123748]

which game are you play in video please tell me

[muffemod]

Awesome tutorial.  Thank you.

[dirtydog288]

AWESOME THANKS, WHY COULDENT AMD have this for their tutorial

[MrSAboy210]

i never knew i could see so much

[BLFAHRENHORST]

Great videos, Very helpful and informative. Very thankful. Keep up the great vids. I love the fact you disclose everything. FPS what settings etc. Good stuff.

[psyku]

Hi in the near future i'll go for a Full HD 26'' centre screen and want 2 19'' or 20'' screens allong side the centre screen in portrait mode is this also possible with eyefinity?

And does eyefinity support D-sub?

[chriskopp2]

can i use a VGA dvi and hdmi to get 2 mentors or do i have to have the that other port

[senser1080]

Did you have a cold when you recorded this?

[vankilsing]

so you only need 1 graphics card to do eyefinity?

[Martinx88813]

Yes, & thanks for the info man...

[xplicitkillr]

Great Video, keep up the good work. I followed your video and my 3 screen set up works but when I try to play a game like FSX and Starcraft II I only get 3 of the same thing (3 copies) on each screen not just one game on all monitors, Please Help!

[happinin]

@xplicitkillr did you put your three monitors in a display group for eyefinity? if you did, you may have to find a way to tweak the resolution in starcraft 2 and games like that. the computer thinks you have one big screen. so its going to try fill your screen. starcraft 2 is working off your old resolution. so say you have 1920 x 1080 before, you have to tweak it to 5760 x 1080 so it fills up your screen in the one go. remember after the eyefinity setup just treat it as one big monitor!

[eVilboyzZz]

4.24 wat u meant by "theres no "AA" ??

[ZeroHeroVids]

@eVilboyzZz Anti Aliasing

[ornberg2]

when I press duplicate it says To duplicate the display , the desktop will be dissabled.(continue) and the the screen is two copys of eatchother... Please help

[KRYVOYROG]

ooooo thank you ! =)

[arkarkwin]

You said the monitors don't need to be the same brand and you got three different Samsung in there. I got Dell 24" and a Sharp 23-24 I have been using it for TV in the basement. If I throw in another 24", will it work? or, if I just build with Dell 24" and Asus 24", will it work?

Thanks for the tutorial, very enlightening.

[Agomongo1235]

hows the motherboard is it good?

[jimvuraot04]

guys i did this and i also download the widescreenfixer but i cant install the framework.. keep saying that i need to turn windows feature on or off.... i went to control panel but i dont know which to check or uncheck.. any one can help me?

[zito095]

Hi PCWizKid, I wonder if my HD 5750 video card would make a good card for eyefinity? I`m mostly playing Battlefield Bad Company 2 and Call of duty black ops. Grateful for answer! Happy new year.

[yellafella12]

Can use this with just two monitors or does it have to be three?

[ale1ale3]

Thank you for this tutorial and happy new year to you too, one of my goals for this years is of course getting one of those three monitors arrangements :D

[soprolakido]

Try nfs hot pursuit !

[Kalywonkas]

I'd suggest making sure the colour and white balance is equal on all yoru screens, the central and right oen look fine, but the white balance or colour seems to be out a bit on the far laft screen... when you go to this much effort you'd want the best, no? :D

[xXMaJORsONXx100]

does this work with nvidia? Just askin?

[peeweesweden]

@xXMaJORsONXx100 No, nVIDIA does not support Eyefinity. You can however use software to implement something similar, google "SoftTH"

[XxMrWink3rxX]

You should do videos of u playing video games, that was enjoyable lol

[Zoomtail]

This was very good! Thank you and Happy New Year.

[azaelchido]

I don't see the point of having 3 monitors, i mean the black vertical stripes? and even the monitors don't have color coordination, and the price of the monitors? i dont think its worth it, im just saying

[KutaPuta]

@azaelchido After a while you don't notice the gaps but yea each monitor is like 150-200 bucks

[satikass]

Those black vertical stripes (monitor edges) suck and ruin it imo.

[AusteniPodHelp]

Please can you do a setup video!

[Adelbert1309]

can I use 9 monitors or more?

[ReLoadXxXxX]

@Adelbert1309 6max

[findthecomputerroom6]

@Adelbert1309 i think if you get 2 radeon 5870 eyefinity 6 cards you might but im not sure

[Dudex58]

Happy New years Dude. Would u blame me if I was jelous of your gaming rig? j/klol

[hord]

is it possible to make the 2 monitors into 1 on nvidia? and if so how?

[findthecomputerroom6]

@hord for the nvidia sli which is nvidias version of eyefinity you have 2 have 2 cards

[nelizmastr]

@findthecomputerroom6 nvidia surround. SLI is the multi-gpu technology

[TechnoHelper]

is this what love feels like?

[Eragon86micky]

lol crysis 17-20 fps :(

[TheMr1Boy]

Man i want that too, i have only a laptop to game XD

[TheMr1Boy]

Nice vids!

[scfei]

happy new year (:

[gawrifort]

hi Mr.PCWIZKID'S happy new year youtube.

[k3eNaNz1]

I loveeeeee it !!!!! :X

[LucidityTruth]

AMD vs Nvidia?

[ZZZR77]

Happy New Year!

[mota411]

I think I have your middle monitor!!!

Are any of those LED's?? No right?

[gaming0wiz]

i have a question, am i able to hook up the diplay port to the active dvi converter then get a vga converter on that so it could work with my older monitors?

[vanguard921]

HAPPY NEW YEAR AND GOOD WISHES TO PC WIZ AND EVERY ONE.

[kipdokken]

pc whiz, can you make a 6850 toxic to 6870 by flashing the bios? thanks

[myfunkychannel]

what kind of video card should i get for $200-250? was thinking eVGA nvidia gtx 460...but any cheaper yet better cards for that price? need suggestion nvidia or ati?

please help

[shirke01]

2011 is going to be awesome year for PCWizKid.

Happy New Year!

[MRFRICKENAWSOME]

I have a question I'm thinking about upgrading my processor but how do I find if it's comparable I have an AMD Athlon 2.90GHz X2 processor and I wanna upgrade it to an and Athlon X4 3.1 GHz

[Whit3Wolff]

any advice, i wana connect a 27" to a 32" lcd tv to my computer rofl, can it work?

[DK752]

ty man

[chickenpwn000]

Could you make a new intro?

[dacooter]

can you do this with NVIDIA?

[Xextreem]

@dacooter no. however nvidia need 2 cards to suport 3 monitors.

[IEOA]

@dacooter watch?v=Xru6i0aIi24

[PcandTech]

this is a single hd 6950 write ?

[Xextreem]

@PcandTech yah. OC offcourse

[helldrag0n47]

The left monitor looks alittle orange-y

[Hokrollo1]

lol, Windows background looked extremely lame:P Looked like 3 different pictures.

[ksidornseif]

mmmmm... Flight Sim.

You should have posted FSX or X-plane in here. Also, how did you record the game play? I thought fraps could only record up to 2560x1600?

[jmwintenn]

now ive never been clear on this,but can you run in crossfire and do the eyefinity?

[joatabe]

happy new year all youtubers

[infinitypark003]

Thanks PCWizKid. I might consider doing this when I finish my rig this year :D

Happy New Years to you!!

[mazb6t]

so, you dont need a native display port monitor? just the sapphire active convertor (very cheap in comparison to the dell unit), 3 monitors and suitable video card??

[BeDuckie1]

@mazb6t Yes you can run 3 DVI monitors, just connect one of them to your DP output on the video card using the active adapter.

[mazb6t]

@BeDuckie1 Thanks for the reply man. 

[Jerry2665]

This brings gaming to a level beyond awesome. I,I, I dont know what to say it is so beautiful.

[MGApcPro]

Is it possible to use the two DVI's and the HDMI instead of the displayport?

[rangerjoe0]

What desk do you use or recommend for Eyefinity?

[MGApcPro]

don't use eyefinity with 2 displays, and try to play first person shooter. center point i where the screens split xD.

makes it impossible to play xP

[NikolaGB]

Hi guys and girls can you go to my profile and watch a video of me and tell me if i'm in shape or not plssss

[dcn66100]

Are you ever getting 3d? 

[andreh5212]

ok now i have to save up money for a new computer just for SKYRIM

[MeltingPointYT]

The first monitor on the left appears to have a different color temperature - is that common, even among 3 identical monitors? Is it correctable?

[SirDamned]

There is also compensation available, so that the image will be as close to where it should be as possible.

Also looking forward to pay day. Xfire 6950's.

[NhojSelore]

what if i only have 1 monitor that supports 3D and the other 2 don't?

[Catatonicwater]

What are your thoughts on the flash update for the 6950 to 6970?

[PCWizKid]

@Catatonicwater I will be posting a video on the Flashing of my HD6950 to HD6970 and doing benchmarks on it.  Stay tuned

[Aristowi]

@ukituki96 active display adapter, he showed it in the previous video

[Aristowi]

Wow, it is an impressive video card at that resolution, I wonder if you put two 6950 in cross fire how much would the improvement be in frames per second

[KIDD9876]

Can you do this in crossfire? or is that different?

[91splash]

Can you do this with a Nvidia card?

[amjohnstone]

I currently have 2 x 26" displays (Samsung 2693HM) and am considering getting a 30" display (possibly the HP LP3065). The 30" display would be the center display. I am not a gamer, but, like to watch video and also do a lot of work with MS Office packages, etc. Would this combination of displays with an Eyefinity series card work acceptably?

[Acceptable76]

@amjohnstone I would believe so ^_^

[PCWizKid]

@amjohnstone yes it is acceptable, however make sure that the 30" supports the same maximum resolutioin the 26" do.

[8lindfury]

You should do the bios unlock for the 6950 and turn it into a 6970!

I'm considering buying a 6950 to do this, time to upgrade from my 285 (2GB)

[zapper922]

would this work with a setup with 2 or even 3 graphics cards in crossfire/crossfireX

[bnskks]

happy new year PCWIZKID'S

[the12221]

nice

[UnusedBEAR]

Note to self, get 4 30" monitors.

[Ros3w00d]

Do a tutorial on flashing the bios on that 6950 to make it a 6970 :)

[Cod4Ipod]

first



[lenoat702]

the monitors are not calibrated.

[dolph123454321]

Why not just have one big monitor like a projector?

[darkj3am]

@dolph123454321 hmm is theyre a 50+ inch LCD monitors? havent seen one :P mostly are LED or plasma... the Projectors picture is not that good...

[dolph123454321]

@darkj3am Maybe not, but you get rid of those bezels

[computerchris122]

thank you im looking into doing the same system setup and this video help thank you and happy new year

[CJCA915]

It's the display borders that would ruin it for me, if I wanted to do this.

[psychoclown420]

Dayum, bfbc2 on high at 5040x1050...

Would an athlon ii x4 640 (3.0ghz quad core, no L3) be good enough for this setup??

[rathy21]

just a tip to any 1 who does this and are worried about the bezels dont worry after 5 mins of play you dont notice them you can also set the middel screen forward snd put the side screen bezels behind the main screen gl and have fun :D

[R3Legendary]

@rfofmiscellania u mad bro ?

[Microcip83]

Thank you very useful tutorial!!!Happy new year!!!

[Microcip83]

Thank you very useful tutorial!!!

[MarkoMax1k]

PCWizKid and all hes Subs. HAPPY NEW 2k11 with loot of money and Girls / boys :P and WizKid more awesome vid in next year <33 luv ya boy from Serbia

[lazypker1]

@rfofmiscellania umadbro ?

[rfofmiscellania]

@lazypker1 LOL nah, obviously you are, trying to get 'first' on vids. thats funny LOL. get off youtube, jack off somewhere else hahahaha

[rfofmiscellania]

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[guitarrockerXD]

first one to view this :D

[iamjunhokim]

9th viewers thumbs up

[hamdaz1]

yay, 1st comment xD and also, i love your vids :P They have helped me alot with hardware xD

[killerflame2]

@hamdaz1 fail if u could type faster you woulda got it but no