AMD Radeon HD 6870 CrossFire with 5x1 Eyefinity @ HotHardware

Eyefinity technology is a great thing but really only remains useful in the hands of people who can use it. HotHardware shows you how to setup Eyefinity using a single card and then explains some of the benefits of doing so.

With the performance of more mainstream cards on the rise, monitor prices on a downward slide, and support for 5x1 Eyefinity available (sort of), we decided to see what a pair of Radeon HD 6870 cards running in CrossFire mode could do with a quintet of screen out in front.

The cleanest way to pull off a 5x1 Eyefinity configuration, without using an array of adapters, is with a card that has at least five, similar outputs, connected to matching monitors. To that end, we got our hands on a pair of PowerColor Radeon HD 6870 2GB Eyefinity 6 Edition cards and five Dell 22” screens with DisplayPort inputs...

I'm still a dual screen kinda guy, not because I can't benefit from more screen real estate but rather because I have more than enough already.  You won't believe how much space is used by dual 24" flat panels.

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