Eyefinity (for ATI owners)

[sfmadmax]

So, I'm on week # 2 with my brand new ati 6970. I only have 2 monitors and was reading about eyefinity. So just for the heck of it, I grouped my screens together and launched CoD .

Has anyone tried this yet? Wow.. The immersion is 10 fold when you have everything on high and you got the game going on two screens. So perhaps in a few months i may pick up a 3rd screen. It looks mighty good.

Just fyi, in that sort of config I take it's probably best to pick up a 2nd ati card for X-Fire so you can keep consistent 50+ FPS while driving 3 screens.

However it's really sweet to see the the future has in store!

[CBA_Bludawg]

im running 3 and stay around 80 with one card, i just hooked them up yesterday but 22" is to big after an hr my eyes were hurting and starting to get a headache.

[bulldoguk]

Originally Posted by sfmadmax

So, I'm on week # 2 with my brand new ati 6970. I only have 2 monitors and was reading about eyefinity. So just for the heck of it, I grouped my screens together and launched CoD .

Has anyone tried this yet? Wow.. The immersion is 10 fold when you have everything on high and you got the game going on two screens. So perhaps in a few months i may pick up a 3rd screen. It looks mighty good.

Just fyi, in that sort of config I take it's probably best to pick up a 2nd ati card for X-Fire so you can keep consistent 50+ FPS while driving 3 screens.

However it's really sweet to see the the future has in store!

I run 3 24' HD screens in eyefinity with crossfire 2 ati 8550's and it is the way to go for flight sims they are still working on crossfire support for COD but it will come in time and you should be ready it's worth it good luck

[Psycho_Ch!cken]

I'm waiting for the full screen fix first to stop my 6950's from underclocking. I'm also waiting for the horrendous input lag to be fixed because it makes the game nigh unplayable.

[beazil]

Running three screens with Nvidia Surround. Looking forward to playing 3d when they can get the game properly supported. S!

[Ataros]

Originally Posted by Psycho_Ch!cken

I'm waiting for the full screen fix first to stop my 6950's from underclocking. I'm also waiting for the horrendous input lag to be fixed because it makes the game nigh unplayable.

Use ATT profile to set desired clocks.

There is no input lag for me since I achieved 40+ fps with vsynk and tripple buffers set ON in ATT. You may also try setting Flip Queue Size to Undefined or to 0.

[etzi]

Originally Posted by Psycho_Ch!cken

I'm waiting for the full screen fix first to stop my 6950's from underclocking. I'm also waiting for the horrendous input lag to be fixed because it makes the game nigh unplayable.

There is no "underclocking" with 11.3 CCC and 6950

The problem sometimes happens too, if the gpu clock is set to high.

[Troll2k]

Ataros:

I thought triple buffer was for open GL.Not Direct X.

[Psycho_Ch!cken]

Originally Posted by etzi

There is no "underclocking" with 11.3 CCC and 6950

Yes, there is. CloD's "pseudo fullscreen" is simply borderless windowed mode. The drivers therefore see that as a 2D app instead of a 3D one and only run the 6950 at 500MHz rather than its full 800MHz. Ataros is correct in his statement that you can use ATT or even CCC to force the full clock speed, however that's an unacceptable solution as far as I'm concerned. Fortunately, the current beta patch resolves this problem by implementing true fullscreen during gameplay. Menus are still borderless windowed mode but that's fine, I don't need high performance for that.

Regarding input lag, "Flip Queue Size" (aka pre-rendered frames) only applies when vsync is enabled, vsync itself being a direct cause of input lag (due to delaying rendering in order to sync with monitor refresh). Normally I'm a twitch gamer (shooters and such) so I never use vsync specifically to avoid any lag at all, so adjusting that option will make no difference for me. The problem manifests more strongly at low framerates, but even at 70fps over the channel, there's still a nasty delay in everything from firing, to field of view adjustments, to the simple act of moving the mouse cursor. Until that's resolved, I won't be spending a lot of time in game. It's just too difficult to react to enemy maneuvers when everything you do is delayed.

On topic, Eyefinity isn't particularly well supported at this stage. The controls to change the field of view aren't particularly intuitive and the presets assume a single monitor. It certainly looks nice though. It works quite well with the screens in portrait/vertical alignment, but you don't get the extra visibility off each side. On the other hand, all those extra pixels sure do make identification of other aircraft much easier (with tags off). Personally though, I'm preferable to having extra peripheral vision.

I do look forward to the lag problems being fixed and also Crossfire support so I can get my second card doing something besides idling. Eyefinity + TrackIR makes for one immersive game.

[etzi]

Originally Posted by Psycho_Ch!cken

Yes, there is. CloD's "pseudo fullscreen" is simply borderless windowed mode. The drivers therefore see that as a 2D app instead of a 3D one and only run the 6950 at 500MHz rather than its full 800MHz. Ataros is correct in his statement that you can use ATT or even CCC to force the full clock speed, however that's an unacceptable solution as far as I'm concerned. Fortunately, the current beta patch resolves this problem by implementing true fullscreen during gameplay. Menus are still borderless windowed mode but that's fine, I don't need high performance for that.

And why i have no downclock to 500MHz? I have full clockspeeds since the release of the game.