HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 Launch Review - PAGE 1

Typically, when a package is delivered to Neoseeker HQ, it is small enough that the FedEx guy can hold it one-handed. Be it a game, hardware part or what-not, it is pretty rare for anything much larger than a two shoeboxes to get delivered. This certainly wasn't the case two weeks ago, when I first saw the delivery person come rolling down the hall with a big cart. And big boxes on the cart. Real big boxes. And that was the first of two trips back to delivery van. 

Turns out ATI wanted us here at Neoseeker to get a full sample of the Eyefinity experience. And that we did. In addition to today's review focus, the HD 5870 Eyefinity 6, six 1920x1200 displays were lent to us, to be able to get the Eyefinity 6 going in all of its glory. That's enough displays to properly put our 30" 2560x1600 display to shame!

If you are unfamiliar with the term Eyefinity, let's explain it in broad terms. This is the technology ATI brought forth with this generation of their GPUs to handle many more than the video card standard of two displays. Each HD 5000 card can handle three displays (with the right displays, more on this later), and through CrossFire, this number can be added to accordingly. Need more than three displays, and don't have a CrossFire motherboard, or don't want the power drain of two cards? No problem. For you, ATI made the Eyefinity 6. The '6', of course, informs that you can run six displays from one Eyefinity 6 video card.

What do you need to Eyefinity 6 going? What's running six displays at once? What's gaming on it like? All your questions shall be answered real soon. You'll just have to keep reading and you'll be all set.