ATI Eyefinity Technology Brief

8/7/2019 ATI Eyefinity Technology Brief

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ATI Eyefinity Technology

ATI Eyefinity advanced multiple ‐ display technology launches a new era of panoramic computing, helping to boost productivity and multitasking with

innovative graphics display capabilities supporting massive desktop

workspaces, creating ultra ‐ immersive computing environments with super ‐

high resolution gaming and entertainment, and enabling easy configuration

and supporting up to six independent display outputs simultaneously.

Introduction

In the past, multi ‐ display systems catered to professionals in

specific industries. Financial, gas and oil, and medical are just

some industries where multi ‐ display systems are not only

desirable, but a necessity. Today, even graphic designers, CAD

engineers and programmers are attaching more than one

displays to their workstation. A major benefit of a multi ‐ display

system is simple and universal – it enables increased

productivity. This has been demonstated in industry studies

which have shown that attaching more than one display device

to a PC can signficantly increase user productivity. 1, 2

The early multi ‐ display solutions were non ‐ ideal. The bulky CRT

monitors claimed too much desk space, thinner LCD monitors were very expensive, and external multi ‐

display hardware was inconvenient and also very expensive. These issues are much less of a concern

today. LCD monitors are very affordable and current generation GPUs can drive multiple display devices

independently and simultaneously, without the need for external hardware.

Despite the advancements in multi ‐ display technology, AMD engineers still felt there was room for

improvement, especially regarding the display interfaces. VGA carries analog signals and needs a

dedicated DAC per display output, which consumes power and ASIC space. Dual ‐ Link DVI is digital, but

requires a dedicated clock source per display output and uses too many IO pins from our GPU. If we

were to overcome the dual display per GPU barrier, it was clear that we needed a superior display

interface.






ATI Eyefinity multi ‐ display technology is an exciting step forward in immersive computing on a PC.

Running six DisplayPort monitors is a stunning way to immerse you in the latest PC games or to visualize

a large display surface. This new feature enables high ‐ profile consumer and business scenarios that

highlight ongoing innovation in advancing visual immersion.

ATI Eyefinity technology offers consumers the flexibility to expand their system and experience on their

own schedule. They can purchase one display now and upgrade as their budget permits. AMD next

generation graphics products are being designed to offer a tremendous feature set, and a great upgrade

path so that in six months, a consumer can add another two panels without changing the rest of their

PC. Also, from a cost perspective, it is currently less expensive to buy multiple panels and get higher

resolution gaming than it is to buy one large, high resolution monitor. Today 19 inch DisplayPort

monitors* sell for as low as $200 USD, so for a three panel configuration it would cost around $600 USD

which is far below the price of a single, large display. Also,

with ATI Eyefinity technology, there is a flexible upgrade

path. End users can purchase an ATI graphics card, use it

with one monitor and then in a few months upgrade with

another few monitors.

*Dell E1909WDD 19 ‐ inch Widescreen Flat Panel Monitor






ATI Eyefinity Technology Usage Scenarios

ATI Eyefinity is defined as two or more display outputs operating simultaneously and independently

from each other. Support is available for Duplicated (Clone) and Extended multiple monitor modes,

with new support for the capability to group displays into a massive single large surface spanning across

multiple displays for use with your desktop workspace, video playback, with support for both windowed

and full screen 3D applications.

Below are some of key usage scenarios:

3x1 Portrait Display Group 3x1 Landscape Display Group

3x1 Display Group Plus 1 Extended 3x2 Landscape Display Group

3x1 Display Group Plus 3 Extended 2x2 Display Group Plus 2 Extended






Technical Details

Number of Monitors:

Up to six dependent on graphics card configuration

Aggregate Screen Resolution:

Theoretical maximum: 8192 x 8192 (67.1 megapixel resolution )

Examples:

o 4800 x 2560 resolution grouping three displays wide x one display high with portrait

orientation using 2560x1600 display resolution for each monitor (12.3 megapixel

resolution )

o 7680 x 3200 resolution grouping three displays wide x two displays high with landscape

orientation using 2560x1600 display resolution for each monitor (24.6 megapixel

resolution )

Monitors:

DisplayPort is highly recommended offering optimal flexibility with the highest number of display outputs

Two display outputs of either DVI, HDMI, or VGA can be combined with DisplayPort outputs up

to a total of six monitors per GPU

Operating Systems:

Microsoft Windows 7

Microsoft Windows Vista

Linux ‐ scheduled to be enabled via a future ATI Catalyst™ driver release

Hardware:

ATI Radeon™ GPU with support for DirectX 11, with appropriate display outputs

ATI CrossFireX™ Technology:

At this time only the horsepower of one graphics card can be used to drive ATI Eyefinity

technology for gaming, even when combined with ATI CrossFireX technology. The ATI Catalyst

software team is working to address this.

Bandwidth Requirements:

Conditional on monitor resolution. Increased resolution requires a higher performance GPU.

Display Combinations

ATI Eyefinity Technology is closely aligned with AMD’s DisplayPort implementation providing the

flexibility and upgradability modern user’s demand. Up to two DVI, HDMI, or VGA display outputs can

be combined with DisplayPort outputs for a total of up to six monitors, depending on the graphics card

configuration.

The initial AMD graphics products with ATI Eyefinity technology will support a maximum of three

independent display outputs via a combination of two DVI, HDMI or VGA with one DisplayPort monitor.

AMD has a future product planned to support up to six DisplayPort outputs. Wider display connectivity

is possible by using display output adapters that support active translation from DisplayPort to DVI or

VGA.






Example configuration options based on a graphics card with four display outputs:

DVI

Connector

DVI

Connector

DP

Connector

HDMI

Connector

Example #1 Yes Yes Yes No

Example #2 Yes No Yes Yes

Example #3 No Yes Yes Yes

Wider display connectivity is possible by using display adapters that support active translation from

DisplayPort to DVI or VGA. These adapters require complex circuitry to convert the DisplayPort signal

from the graphics card, modify it to the new display signal required for the attached monitor, and for

transmission.

These active adapters typically have the following components:

DisplayPort Receiver

Digital to Analog Converter (DAC) for VGA

TMDS transmitter for DL‐ DVI

The following active adapters are available in the market today:

DisplayPort to Dual ‐ Link DVI DisplayPort to VGA

Mini ‐ DisplayPort to Dual ‐ Link DVI Mini ‐ DisplayPort to VGA

DisplayPort

Dual ‐ Link DVI

D

P R x

TMDS

TMDS






If only one or two DVI/HDMI monitors are attached through a DisplayPort connector, then only simple

passive adapters are required. With a passive adapter the GPU outputs the display signal required for

the monitor with no conversion occurring within the adapter itself.

The following passive adapters are available in the market today :

DisplayPort to HDMI

DisplayPort to DVI

Mini ‐ DisplayPort to HDMI

Mini ‐ DisplayPort to DVI Mini ‐ DisplayPort to DisplayPort

T M D S @

3 . 3 V

( D V I / H D M I )

T M D S @

5 V

( S i n g l e L i n k D V I / H D M

I )

Level Shifter






Productivity

Improving employee productivity is always an ongoing key goal for any organization. Computers have

become critical to workforces with desktop real estate management a key area of improvement over

the last few decades.

A research study undertaken by The Pfeiffer Group claims that

under certain conditions efficiency gains of up to 65% can be

achieved using larger monitors with higher resolutions. These

gains can be seen in many varied markets including general

office productivity, digital imaging, and video. The Pfeifer

report also suggests that large display resolutions could lead

to a yearly return on investment of thousands of dollars when

measured in terms of increased productivity. 3

Microsoft researchers discovered that using a multiple

monitor configuration was one of the easiest ways to optimize

productivity, with gains of up to 50%. It was noted that with

“overwhelming consensus” once a user switches to multiple

monitors they will never switch back to using only a single

monitor. 4, 5

How can more displays and more desktop real estate improve my efficiency?

The more screen real estate you have with multiple monitors and larger resolutions the more data and

applications that can be displayed and seen at once.

Imagine opening a spreadsheet with many columns and rows. If

a user tries to view this on a single monitor they have to either

scale the text down or scroll continually through the data. There

are many productivity benefits.

With multiple monitors you can work on the entire

document visualizing all the data at once with many more ways

to view the things being worked on.

Comparison of data becomes much easier without the

need to continually scroll through the document.

Running multiple applications such as email, web

browser, word processor, and spreadsheet at the same time

becomes much more efficient. Accuracy improves as data is

visualized simultaneously without the need to constantly alt ‐ tab between applications.

Menus and toolbars can stay onscreen at the same time while retaining a large viewport or

multiple viewports. A larger viewport equates to fewer mouse clicks and reduces the time it

takes to search data when working with many applications at once.






With a larger resolution desktop much more of any document, spreadsheet, dataset, model or

image can be viewed. Six 30” monitors with each offering up to 2560x1600 pixels of resolution,

4.1 megapixels, can be configured as a group consisting of three monitors wide by two monitors

high giving the user a single large aggregate desktop surface with a pixel resolution of up to

7680x3200. This is the equivalent of 24.6 megapixels

of screen real estate!

Switching to multiple monitors and using a larger desktop

footprint will allow users to see more of any document or

image natively, allowing users to work more efficiently with a

holistic increase in their peripheral vision of the dataset, and

can dramatically improve the ability to multitask across many

applications simultaneously.

The benefits to using ATI Eyefinity Technology in the

workplace are obvious, extensible and immediately useful in improving user productivity and efficiency.

3The Pfeiffer Group – The 30 ‐ inch Apple Cinema HD Display Productivity Benchmark, Pfeiffer Consulting, 2005.

4Microsoft Research – Partitioning Digital Worlds: Focal and Peripheral Awareness in Multiple Monitor Use, Jonathan Grudin, 2002.

5Microsoft Research – Two Screens Are Better Than One, Suzanne Ross, 2003.






Gaming

Discover a new realm of panoramic gaming with ATI Eyefinity advanced multiple ‐ display technology.

Intensify gaming with ultra ‐ immersive playing environments, and expand your entertainment landscape

with a breathtaking field ‐ of ‐ view. Offering easy configuration and flexible upgradability, the innovative

graphics capabilities of ATI Eyefinity multiple ‐ display technology helps dissolve visual limitations and

adds a new “surround ‐ sight” sensation to your PC experience.

Immerse yourself in game play with ATI Eyefinity. Get a commanding view of the action, and enjoy

more control in real ‐ time strategy games. Detect enemies sooner, react faster, and survive longer. See

enemy aircraft with peripheral vision, and fly with greater spatial awareness in flight combat simulators.

Eliminate blind spots and feel a heightened sense of speed in racing games.

Many games offer in ‐ game support for selecting ATI Eyefinity’s super ‐ high resolutions. An example is

Crysis running on six 1920x1080 displays configured in a 3x2 landscape display group.






Performance Expectation

Test Case: 3x1 portrait display group using 1920x1200 displays

Key Game Genres

Flight Simulation

Tom Clancy's HAWX is a cinematic arcade ‐ style flight combat game that puts you in the pilot seat of the

next ‐ generation fighters. Unlike the view from a real cockpit, a single display limits the amount of airspace you can see around you. This is why flight simulators have traditionally been one of the

applications that have been targeted by multi ‐ monitor solutions.

0 50 100 150 200 250 300

BattleForge

Bioshock

Call of Duty Modern Warfare

Call

of

Juarez:

Bound

in

Blood

Crysis

Devil May Cry4

Farcry2 DX10

F.E.A.R.

Gears of War

GRID

Lost Planet DX10

Resident Evil 5

Test Drive Unlimited

Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X DX10

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2

Wanted: Weapons of Fate

World In Conflict DX10

X‐ Plane 9

X3 Terran Conflict 3600 x 1920

3072 x 12801800x800

Driver: 8.66 ‐ 090829n ‐ 087478E ‐ ATI, Intel i7 3.2GHz, DFI Lanparty X58 motherboard, 6GB Ram, Windows 7 64Bit

FPS

3600 x 1920

3072 x 1280

1800 x 800






With ATI Eyefinity display set ups, the gamer can see more of the sky around them, and keep an eye on

the competition when they would out of sight on a single screen. This gives the gamer an edge in

dogfights, allowing them to outmaneuver the competition, shoot first, and dominate the skies.

Single Display Wider field of view lets you see enemies before they see you!

Immerse yourself in your game

Shooter

Shooters like Call of Duty 4, STALKER, and Left 4 Dead make up one of the most popular game genres in

the world. First person shooter gamers are highly competitive, using whatever advantage they have to

get ahead of their opponents in what is a fast ‐ paced, action ‐ packed environment. With a single monitor,

gamer fields of view have typically been limited to a flat plane directly in front of their player. As such,

players have to rotate very quickly and often to see and respond to others nearby.

By enabling more than one panel side ‐ by ‐ side, gamers are now able to go beyond the traditional single

monitor

and

the

field

of

view

can

be

increased

by

more

than

3

times.

Additionally,

the

side

monitors

can

be angled, allowing gamers to retain focus on the primary monitor while using the player’s peripheral

visions to keep an eye on anyone approaching from the sides. This allows them to see and respond to

targets sooner, without having to constantly spin around to check their blind spots.






Realize Enemies Sooner, React Faster, Survive Longer

See more, see them before they see you

Racing

Racing simulations have traditionally been one of the common applications targeted towards multi ‐

monitor set ups. The driver can become more immersed in the race and gain a broader view around

their car, giving them an advantage when negotiating with tight turns, or with outmaneuvering the

competition.

Implemented in Dirt 2 is the option to expand the field of view around the car, showing you what would

viewable through your car’s side windows. This gives the gamer a much better view of the environment

around them, letting them spin around hairpin turns, or block off other cars rying to pass them. The

game's central point of focus makes 3 ‐ wide configurations ideal, giving them an unobstructed view of the road ahead.






Single Display Rid Yourself of Blind Spots, Get Ahead of the Competition, Become the Driver

Immersive Gaming with ATI Eyefinity

Real Time Strategy

Massive battles sprawling huge landscapes are the focus of real time strategy games like BattleForge or

Supreme Commander. In these games, gamers can zoom right up into a single unit, or zoom out to see

their entire army. This gives direct benefit to having more display real estate since it allows the gamer to

zoom out and see more of action, without losing any of the detail in the scene.

With a wider view of the battlefield, gamers can be in command of larger armies and be more efficient

in their strategy and tactics. Since these games do not have an inherent central focus (no crosshairs or

reticules), they scale well to any multi ‐ monitor configuration, especially the ultimate 3x2 display group.






Single Display React faster, Control more, Get the edge over your competition

Immerse yourself in your game

See massive battlefields






Tested Games

AMD is in the process of conducting quality assurance testing on a wide range of applications, including

games and our intention is to post a complete list on AMD.com. This list of applications will serve as a

checklist that consumers can refer to before making a purchase. Initially our testing has been focused

on three ‐ display configurations as that is what will be available to consumer first and we have a lot of data from legacy testing for those configurations. However, in general, assuming an application doesn’t

have a resolution restriction, it is expected to work with the six‐ panel configuration.

Assassins Creed GTR EvolutionAge of Conan Half ‐ Life 2Battlefield 2142 Harry Potter Half Blood Prince

Battleforge Hellgate LondonBioshock Left 4 DeadBurnout Paradise Lost Planet ColoniesCall of Duty 4 Modern Warfare Lost PlanetCall of Juarez: Bound in Blood Mirrors edgeChampions Online OblivionClive Barkers Jericho Overlord IIChronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena PortalCommand and Conquer: Red Alert 3 PreyCompany of Heroes Quake 4Condemned: Criminal Origin Resident Evil 5

Counter ‐ Strike Sins of a Solar EmpireCrysis Stalker Clear SkyCrysis Warhead Stalker Shadow of ChernobylDamnation Star Wars BattlefrontDead Space Stranglehold

Devil

May

Cry

4

Street

Fighter

4DiRT Team Fortress 2DiRT 2 Test Drive UnlimitedDOOM 3 The Godfather 2Empire at War: Total War The Sims 3Enemy Territory ‐ Quake Wars Tom Clancy's H.A.W.XFallout 2 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2

Fallout 3 Tomb Raider UnderworldFarcry 2 Turning Point: Fall of LibertyFEAR Unreal Tournament 3FlightGear Velvet AssassinFlight Simulator X Wanted: Weapons of Fate

Gears of War WildensteinGhostbusters World In ConflictGRID X‐ Plane 9GTA 4 X3 Terrain Conflict

This is a partial list with testing ongoing confirming game compatibility from in ‐ game options or with

configuration edits.






While a large number of applications and games will work with ATI Eyefinity technology at its launch,

there’s an opportunity for ISVs to tune their applications to take better advantage of the huge display

surfaces ATI Eyefinity technology affords. AMD is working closely with a number of ISVs and plans to

release information about how to best enable their software for a better experience with ATI Eyefinity

technology.

Commercial & Workstation

ATI Eyefinity technology provides the commercial and workstation customer new levels of support and

functionality across a range of different segments.

Financial

ATI FireMV™ and ATI FirePro™ graphics accelerators have been deployed in some of the largest trading

floor in some of the largest financial enterprises. ATI Eyefinity technology can offer these users new

solutions

to

problems

that

continue

to

persist

in

their

environment,

both

in

quad

monitor

versions

currently available

Power

Power usage per trader is a constant struggle for trading floor IT managers. Usually located in dense

urban centers in dense office towers, these traders can often be packed several hundred per floor. The

never ending demand for more power and more tools require being able to provide that floor with a

ever increasing power load. Very often the power mains to a floor or a building or a city section cannot

keep up with this demand. This can limit growth for these companies.

Operational Efficiencies

The vast majority of quad monitor users today use two dual output cards ( each a “dual card”) rather

than one single quad card. The simple reason for most of them is that two dual cards can cost

significantly less than one quad card. For large enterprise deploying one card in a system rather than

two offers the following benefits:

1. Easy and quick install

2. Fewer PCIe slots which can lead to a smaller system taking us less space

3. Fewer cards to stock

4. Lower MTBF for the solution (i.e. two cards represent two potential points of failure rather

than one)

Many IT staff that might normally prefer a quad card for their users will balk at paying a premium for

that solution. By offering a cost effective quad card solution, AMD mitigates that concern while

providing the additional benefits listed above.

Large Screens in a Little Package

Financial traders also live by how much information they can see and react to. It is not uncommon to

find some with 10, 12 or 16 screens. But arguably they don’t necessarily need that many screens, rather

what they need is that many pixels.

With ATI Eyefinity technology quad display port outputs AMD is able to output 16 megapixels from 4

large display port panel from a single small form factor board. This would be the equivalent of 8






1600x1200 panels which would have normally required at least two quad cards and most likely a larger

system to house them. Now with a single small card which can fit into a single small system customers

can easily support massive pixel output while helping to save space and power.

Medical

The medical diagnostic workstation user is among the most demanding in terms of image quality and

stability but also have some unique needs that can be addressed with ATI Eyefinity technology.

Usage Model

A typical medical diagnostic setup involves two specialty high resolution medical displays to examine x‐

rays, CT Scan, PET scan images with a third lower resolution monitor which display the controls for the

image application itself. This setup would normally use one high end graphics card tuned specifically for

the medical displays plus a second entry level workstation card to handle the third screen.

Using ATI Eyefinity Technology

With ATI Eyefinity technology, AMD plans to leverage its current medical hardware and software driver

features into an integrated high end triple output medical graphics card. ATI FirePro graphics

accelerators are being designed with three display outputs in order to drive the two required high

resolution high end 3D displays while also offering a third output for the application controls.

By combining all of this functionality in one card with ATI Eyefinity technology can enable the following

benefits for the medical market.

1) Save the cost of buying two cards

2) Reduce inventory

3) Shorten the qualification cycle

4) Simplify shipping and installation

Public Information Display

The public information display market has been creeping its way into more and more retail outlets,

restaurants and common areas. This market is defined by multiple screens being controlled by a single

system outputting multiple instances of active content.

ATI Eyefinity technology can enable this market the ability to output more screens from a single card by

increasing the capacity of a single system thereby helping to simplifying install, reduce costs and expand

content choice and flexibility.

The power of the GPU behind these multiple screens will also enable a level of 3D, video or flash activity

that can easily be spanned across multiple screens or multiple zones which was not possible before. This

can open up a new stage of dynamic eye catching content that is the key to any successful public

information display environment.






EcoSystem

Application Support

ATI Eyefinity technology offers software developers a great ability to differentiate using multiple display

technology. With the graphics performance capability of ATI “next generation” products it is now

possible to drive extremely high resolutions with varied usage scenarios at frame rates gamers have

come to expect.

For ATI Eyefinity technology, along with gaming and productivity AMD sees the key commercial market

segments being financial, medical, display signage, CAD and DCC markets. Display signage and

command/control center vertical markets are already moving quickly to multiple display usage

scenarios. ATI Eyefinity technology offers an economical high performance solution that’s difficult to

match.

DisplayPort Monitors

All DisplayPort monitor should function with ATI Eyefinity technology ‐ enabled graphics boards but here

is a short list of displays with the 24” monitors, which AMD recommends for ease of use with current

monitor stand offerings.

Dell UltraSharp 2408WFP 24” Widescreen LCD Monitor

Dell UltraSharp 3008WFP 30'' Widescreen LCD Monitor

HP LP2475w 24” Widescreen LCD Monitor

HP LP2275w 22” Widescreen LCD Monitor

Lenovo ThinkVision L2440X 24” Widescreen LCD Monitor

Upcoming monitors of interest:

Dell UltraSharp 2410WFP 24” Widescreen LCD Monitor

Samsung 23” Thin‐ Bezel Widescreen LCD Monitor

** The Samsung monitor will be the optimal gaming monitor for ATI Eyefinity technology ‐ enabled cards.

It will feature minimal bezel intrusion, high quality MVA LCD glass for superior viewing angle and

support for both DisplayPort and DVI.

Monitor Stands

There are stand vendors that allow you to put up to six monitors or more, such as Ergotron who has

their DS100 Quad ‐ Monitor Desk Stand and DS100 Dual Monitor Desk Stand.

Ergotron DS100 Dual and Quad Monitor Desk Stands

http://www.ergotron.com/Products/tabid/65/PRDID/196/language/en‐

CA/default.aspx

http://www.ergotron.com/Products/tabid/65/PRDID/15/language/en ‐ CA/default.aspx

Chief MF16000B Requires up to 2 KFA325B Triple Array Bar

http://www.chiefmfg.com/productdetail.aspx?ProductID=32611

Ergo In Demand

http://www.ergoindemand.com






Using ATI Catalyst™ Control Center to Configure Desktops & Displays

The following general instructions apply using CCC to configure displays.

1

The ATI Catalyst Control Center (CCC) Desktops & Displays

manager is used to configure ATI Eyefinity settings.

CCC with one display enabled.

2

Right clicking on the desktop image (upper area) or clicking on

the triangle in the Desktop allows you to configure desktop

properties including the display mode, rotation and desktop

color.

2

Right clicking on the display icon (lower area) of an disabled

display allows you to

Enable a display in duplicate mode.

Extend the desktop onto the display.

Replace an active display with this display.

4

Right clicking on the display icon (lower area) of an enabled

display allows you to

Disable a display

Identify a display

Access display properties like display specific color and

scaling







Creating a 3x1 Display Group – Landscape Mode

1

First steps

With three or more displays connected right click on the

desktop or click on the black triangle to access the

context menu. Select the “Create Group” menu option.

If you have other desktops enabled you will see a pop ‐ up

dialog offering to disable those other desktops in order to

allow additional group layouts. Select “Yes”.

2

Selecting the ATI Eyefinity Group Layout

The “Select Layout” dialog is shown allowing you to

choose the desired arrangement. Only arrangements

possible based on the currently detected displays are

shown. Choose the 3x1 layout from the drop ‐ down.

The selected layout is previewed in the dialog below the

drop down. Click on “Accept”.

3a

Automatically Adding Displays to the Group

If the number of available displays matches the number

required to create the selected layout (three in this case),

then CCC automatically selects all of the displays and

enables the group. Skip to step 4.

3b

Adding Displays to an ATI Eyefinity Group

Select the displays that you wish to use for this group by

clicking on the icons in the display area (lower part of the

UI). Displays can be added or removed as needed by

clicking on them. After each display is added it is enabled

in duplicate (clone) mode. Once you have enabled

enough displays click on the “Next” button.






4

Arranging Displays

To arrange the displays in your group there is no need to

physically move or re ‐ cable your displays. A wizard is

provided to arrange the display surfaces included in your

Display Group.

Once the group is created, CCC automatically starts the

wizard. If the arrangement is already correct, click “Yes”

and skip to step 7, otherwise click “No” to start the

arrangement wizard.

5

The wizard will black out all of the displays in the group.

The CCC UI will show a grid that represents the Display

Group layout you have created. CCC then highlights each

display in turn by switching it from black to blue. Click on

the corresponding cell in the CCC UI to the one that is

highlighted.

6 Progress

through

each

display

one

at

a

time

until

the

Display Group is shown with your desktop properly

organized on the group. Click “Done”.

7

Changing Display Mode

To change the resolution of the Display Group click on

the triangle for the surface options, then select

Properties to bring up the CCC Desktop Properties and

Mode settings.







Creating a 3x1 Display Group – Portrait Mode

Remembering a Display Group / Configuration

8

The Display Group you’ve just configured will add new

very large resolutions, with the maximum resolution

being the highest possible combined resolution of all

your attached monitors based on what they report to the

graphics adapter. The other two resolutions are medium

and small Display Group surfaces also based on the

resolutions supported by the attached monitors.

1

An ATI Eyefinity Display Group always has all of its

displays in the same orientation. To create a group using

3 portrait mode displays (displays rotated 90o), start by

first rotating the initial display by 90o. Choose the Rotate

option from the desktop context menu to put the

desktop in portrait mode.

Follow the steps above for creating a 3x1 Display Group.

1

If you are working with different Display Group

combinations or need to quickly move between an

enabled Display Group and some other display

configuration, the best approach is to create a CCC

Profile to save your configuration.

Click on the Options menu next to the logo at the top of the CCC UI and select the Profile Manager.

2 Enter a name and description for this configuration.

3 Select “all Catalyst Control Center settings” in the

“Composition” tab.

4 If desired, create a Hotkey in the “Activation” tab.

5

Click on save to create the profile and Close to close the

Profile manager dialog.

6

When desired, switch to this configuration using the hot

key or through the options menu in the CCC UI.






Creating Different Display Groups

Most users are expected to physically configure a display group only once and then enable it when

needed. For restoring an earlier display configuration the steps described in the previous section

“Remembering a Display Group / Configuration” are very useful.

In order to create a new group with fewer displays than the current grouping you must first disable the

group as described below and then disable at least one of the duplicated displays by right clicking on its

icon and selecting the disable option from the menu.

Other Display Group Actions

With an ATI Eyefinity Display Group created, the desktop context menu includes a “Group” sub ‐ menu

that includes a number of actions:

1. Arrange

Allows you to re ‐ run the arrangement wizard in case the displays have been moved or the cables

have been reconnected in a different order.

2. Disable

Allows you to disable the group. All displays in the group will convert to duplicate (clone) mode.

3. Create

Allows you to create a new group with a different layout starting from the displays in the current

group. Only layouts that include all of the current displays with the optional addition of other

available displays can be created in this way.

Windows 7 Controls

In Windows 7, the Windows Key + ‘P’ shortcut invokes a dialog to switch between various modes.

The Windows 7 UI only supports configuring 2 displays in duplicate mode. Windows 7 will show a Display

Group as two displays in duplicate mode. To configure ATI Eyefinity, the CCC Desktops & Displays page

must be used.







Example Extended and Duplicated Configurations

Example: Six monitors enabled in Duplicate mode.

Note: The double square icon in the lower right corner of the

desktop includes a number when 3 or more displays are

combined in Duplicate mode.

Example: Two monitors enabled in Extended mode

Example: Six monitors enabled in Extended mode






Looking Forward

The DisplayPort 1.2 specification is currently being developed by the same group of companies who

designed the original DisplayPort specification. This new spec will include exciting new features for our

customers. Its feature set includes higher bandwidth, enhanced audio and multi ‐ stream support.

Multi ‐ stream, commonly referred to as daisy ‐ chaining, is the ability to address and drive multiple display

devices through one connector. This technology, coupled with ATI Eyefinity Technology, will

revolutionize multi ‐ display technology and AMD will be at the forefront of this transition. We are

committed to deliver multi ‐ stream in our future products when the specification and the industry are

both ready. In the meantime, we want to offer the benefits of multi ‐ display to our customers today

through ATI Eyefinity Technology, the world’s first multi ‐ display technology to support up to six display

devices with one GPU.






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