more multi monitor madness
Posted by John on November 11th, 2009
ATI may be taking the lead here (vs. my general Nvidia preference), from what I’ve recently seen :
http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/10/ati-radeon-eyefinity-unveiled-up-to-six-monitors-on-a-single-ca/
http://www.amd.com/us/products/technologies/eyefinity/Pages/eyefinity.aspx
And their 5000 series seems pretty reasonably priced, as well
Matrox, which hasn’t been heard of [by most of us] in a dog’s age has something as well, though not priced for most of us :
Matrox pushes eight displays with a single-slot PCIe x16 GPU
http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/10/matrox-pushes-eight-displays-with-a-single-slot-pcie-x16-gpu/
I do love folks contemplating huge multi-monitor rooms vs. HD TV’s, HD projectors, and bezel-less fun.
I’m going to admit to being boring, and hold it at two monitors max per system @ home, just for myself 
November 11th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
Yes, John Holding it to 2 monitors per system, BUT how many systems do you have at home? and how close together are they?
Yuf
November 11th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
Hello Yuf,
3 systems total (desktop / server), 2 that are close together. (I try to keep “work” separate from “play”; I also use a lot of VMWare Workstation “virtual machines” on the main system, to isolate things / keep different operating systems handy).
Let’s not count little things like netbooks, etc. or wireless camera, hah.
Thanks for writing,
John