Extreme Eyefinity Game Tech Demo on Linux - 63 Megapixel Madness

63 Megapixels on *one* PC.

1 PC
1 AMD Phenom™ X4 CPU
4 ATI Radeon™ HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 Edition Video Card
24 1920x1200 Dell 2408WFP Display Port Monitors
Ubuntu 9.04
X-Plane 9.40beta

Each monitor was 1920x1200 with a small amount of bezel correction (150 H, 120 V). So the effective displaysize is 1920*6+150*5 = 12270 horizontally and 1200*4+120*3 = 5160 vertically for a total effective resoltuion is 12270*5160 = 63,313,200 pixels!


This is a technology demonstration of what can be achieved on one PC. The monitors were 24 inches at 1920x1200, but it demonstrates the flexibility of AMD's new upcoming technology.

Choose 1 card with 6 40" monitors, 2 cards with 12 30" 2560x1600. 3 cards with 18 projectors for an immersive 180 or 360 degree experience. The technology will be there shortly and available from your standard technology super-store.

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  Gaming

[Matthew Tippett]

@gothen1234 it was

[flensingknife]

Holy shit, the level of retardation displayed by the XBox teenagers in these comments is truly depressing. This is not a fucking game console.

Seriously, do you not understand the concept of resolution? A single computer is driving 55 megapixels at a good framerate, and all you care about is the bezels? If this doesn't impress you, go back to playing games on your "HD" 720p screen.

Fuckwit morons.

[Waffleehh]

yeah, because if someone deals well with technology that person obviously is a virgin, because if you made sex at least once in your life you are automatically a better person.

[MilesProwerFR]

Replace the screens with videoprojectors.

No bezels. Huge draw surface.

[Guus Frenken]

I'd rather sit close to a 1080p panel than paying thousands for all those screens, this is pure bragging rights

[pd3331]

I know, All my peers think Xbox FTW. I'm the only one who says, PC.

[Daniel Sturk]

But giant black lines look amazing!

[Ryan Fairhall]

Yes, because having a giant monitor in 1920 x 1080 is much better than multiple monitors in 11520 x 4320. You fail to realise that this has 24 times as many pixels as a single monitor does.

[Ryan Fairhall]

That's 4 cards each running Eyefinity 6.

[Ryan Fairhall]

A $300 project will look shit for large-screen gaming.

[Kim Lee]

lots of black square in front the videos

[PizzaNipplez]

Why not one big screen? One screen this size would stretch 1920x1080 pixels to fit, the pixels would be blown up and blurry. This setup doesn't stretch the pixels, it just displays 63 million small pixels.

Though that doesn't really justify its practicality. As an enthusiast, this setup is impressive, but from a practical point, you aren't going to notice the difference between this and a projected 1080p unless you're right in front of the display and too close to actually play the game.

[ziher123]

funny how console gamers can't grasp the concept of 63 megapixels vs 2 megapixels.