Eyefinity

[andymcnab]

hi im after some opions again my next upgrade im thinking is eyefinity setup 3 moniters for playing BF3 will my GTX560 (NON TI) run it fine or should i SLI a second one in. and does this require a card from the same manufacter/specs?

 

[randomkid]

Eyefinity is proprietary to AMD. For nVidia, it is called surround vision. The 560 by itself will not enable surround vision so you are correct, you need to SLI it with a 2nd one of the same card but not necessarily from the same manufacturer.

 

[andymcnab]

Eyefinity is proprietary to AMD. For nVidia, it is called surround vision. The 560 by itself will not enable surround vision so you are correct, you need to SLI it with a 2nd one of the same card but not necessarily from the same manufacturer.

thanks is there any known problems with doing this i have heard of people saying dont SLI unless its the 670,680,690 but a gamer mate of mine runs SLI'd 560's and says he has never had an issue

 

[randomkid]

Some claim that SLI mid range graphics card are prone to micro stuttering.

Here are good reading about the topic:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_stuttering
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-geforce-stutter-crossfire,2995.html

 

[megamanx00]

You need to SLI if you want to run 3 monitors. nVidia cards older than the 600 series can not run 3 monitors off one GPU. Radeon cards have been able to do it since the 5000 series though .