There is going to be a 7970 Eyefinity 6 Edition released later this year.  That is why I was wondering about that.

As to power I have to make sure it runs the pumps.  I am water cooling the CPU and the GPU's.  recommend was 1000 or above.  That is for two cards and 3 radiators running. 

I want to keep the option of getting the 2nd card in the future if the price goes down and makes it reasonable. 

Disreguard I found my answer to the "6" question.  In the past they generally have more memory on the card and everything else is the same.

From everything I have been looking at today it does look like I will be going with a single card.

Originally posted by Ridelynn

What is this "quad pump double dual radiator" liquid cooling system? Sounds like a bunch of marketing BS.

For AMD cards, the number of outputs is pretty well the same for each card. For nVidia cards, anything over 2 is a custom card.

 

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AMD.com
Connectivity Requirements: AMD Eyefinity technology is supported by graphics cards in the ATI Radeon™ HD 5400 series and higher. These cards can support up to six monitors (depending on the model), subject to the following restrictions:
• A maximum of 2 legacy monitors (VGA, DVI or HDMI) can be enabled simultaneously, provided that each monitor is connected either directly or via a “passive” DisplayPort™ adapter/dongle. “Passive” adapters/dongles will NOT support more than 2 legacy monitors.
• To enable support for more than 2 monitors, “active” DisplayPort™ adapters/dongles are required (or monitors with direct DisplayPort™ connectivity must be used).
• Approved “active” adapters have no general connectivity restrictions with AMD Eyefinity technology.

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The 7970 has 2 DP 1.2 ports, which are capable of driving up to 4 monitors per port (via Multistream Transport hub (which aren't available yet), or by daisy-chaining DP 1.2 compatible monitors), each at very high resolutions.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/3987/amds-radeon-6870-6850-renewing-competition-in-the-midrange-market/3

And... Looking at Skyrim at Eyefinity resolutions ~or~ very high detail levels, it appears the game gets CPU bottlenecked. If your looking at CFX just for Skyrim, I'd just hold off on the second card.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-7970-benchmark-tahiti-gcn,3104-9.html

The quad pump in this case is variable high volume pump.  the 2 dual radiators are extra radiators.  The case has one standard on the top.  You can get up to 3 smaller ones placed in different spots around the case with their own cooling fans.

About the outputs they make Eyefinity 6 edition cards specifically for 6 monitors.  I was wondering if these are beefed up cards compaired to the regular editions.  Such as one of these running 3 montiors would be much better than a standard running 3 monitors or is it just the same hardware but they have more ports on it for more monitors.

ok for a Ps how about a Corsair 1050HX.  That should give me the power for CXF or SLI correct?

my monitors are 3 Samsung T260 25.5" screens.  Two hooked up to one come and 1 to another that is my screw around PC.  Which basically I would just bring over for the 3.  I use to have SLI setup of GTX 9800 OC.  I did not have any visual problems that annoyed me with it.  Bought a single 560 ti a few months ago.  My current processor is a i7 920.

Anyone know if when the 6 monitor cards come out are they generally beefier than the standard version or are they just the same with 6 outputs?

Only interested in the dual card aspect of the multi screen not the benefits to single screen playing.  I have read reviews that 7970 only runs skyrim well on medium settings unless there is somewhere else saying different.  this is for multi screen.

Originally posted by mbrodie

for a system like that you're gonna want a gold 80 power supple to be safe.. look at corsair they make an excellent 1200w gold 80 PSU.. might cost a little more, but more consitent and higher rated power

 

plus SLI for gaming is a bit of a waste of money.. if you wanna go the 3 screens you're better off with the 7970 for eyefinity... i and a few friends have SLI / crossfire and generally for gaming we turn off the second card because sometimes it can actually make the game play worse then not...

I have read that dual cards in games on a single monitor are not that great unless you are trying to boost older cards.  I am more interested if it makes the 3 screens run smooth for more graphically intense games.  If I am going to still be stuttering and having to lower the graphics to medium settings then I am really not getting the bang for my buck and will just save the cash.

On my other question which really decides the CXF or SLI.  Playing say Skyrim anyone have any knowledge if it allows you to run at higher than medium settings and are solve the lag and graphical problems from stress on the cards?  Cause if not really then the whole dual card is really pointless and I will go with one 7970 which can do 3 monitors and run Skyrim on Medium settings.

This is just the specs I am looking at

Have not bought anything yet researching at the moment.

the power supply is a 1200 watt thermaltake toughpower Grand-1200M

Case I am looking at is the Erebus Full Tower with built in 8x120 mm cooling Cap, Quad pump with 2 dual radiators.

Other case I am looking at is the CoolerMaster HAF 932 Advanced Full Tower with separately bought liquid cooling that I have not decided on yet.

rig is water cooled CPU and GPU x 2

Intel i7 3820

32 GB RAM DDR3-1600

Win7 Pro

Asus P9X79 Pro board

1200 Watt PS

80 GB SSD

1 TB Data HD

Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro

Waiting till April to get the GPU's to see if the new cards drop the price on the top line stuff now

LoTR's, World of Warcraft, Rift, Age of Conan, lets see.....Star Trek, SWToR.  Pretty much all of those games except for the end game raiding you can casually group or solo most of the content.

#1 Ok Radeon has scared me in the past due to drivers not the actually abilities of the card.  Are there still a lot of driver issues with game compatability with the new drivers?

#2 I am building a beast and my sticking point is between Crossfire 7970's looking at Eyefinity or paying $300 more for SLI 590's with Surround in mind.  For gaming is the $300 worth the support of Nvidia with drivers and compatability with games or is Eyefinity doing just fine.

#3 Also with the items above does the Crossfire and SLI remove the FPS, lag, and other graphical issues?  I am new to trying to setup a multi monitor display.

might not be all the trailer either...

As character classes get buffed up the older content never got augmented to handle the new abilities of players.  So the older stuff in original is very easy now.  Especially at the moment with the new Spell power upgrade and abiliy damage upgrades.

Originally posted by VirusDancer

Originally posted by arenasb

Originally posted by VirusDancer

Originally posted by arenasb

I still think the original cinematic was the best. Anyway, this wasn't bad and technically it looked great. Love them or hate them you have to admit that Blizzard's cinematic team is top notch.

Have you watched the DCUO cinematic?  http://www.gametrailers.com/video/exclusive-who-dc-universe/702049

I could watch a feature length movie from them.

Have you watched the SW:TOR Hope cinematic?  http://www.swtor.com/media/trailers/hope-cinematic-trailer

I could watch a feature length movie from them.

Cannot really say that the Blizz team is top notch...

 Did I say they were the absolute best? No, but they are certainly up there with anyone regarding game cinematics.

BTW, those cinematics you just posted are made by a separate company that specializes in animation.

http://www.blur.com/

Difference on meaning of terms then.  You said top notch.  To me that is best.  To you it is not.

Aside from that, you put them up there with anyone.  I would not.  But that is just a difference of opinion on a subjective matter.

As for the topic, have not seen anybody that has liked the lil' Cata tidbit more than the previous movies - though people will always have their favorites from among the previous offerings.

 While the DCUO looked nice but the use of powers in it sucked and for that I would not watch a movie of it....

The SW:TOR was only so so...and I would rather not watch a movie of it.

Originally posted by maji

In a game with changes, there is always hope that sooner or later they turn to the better. And it's always fun to try out new stuff anyway. In games without any significant changes, only one is guaranteed: boredom.

I agree, the new talent trees are really tiny. On the other hand: in the end, there is only one optimal spec for each purpose. And in that moment, any thought of free choice is an illusion.

 Exactly...and you get your special talent tree ability faster so they had to limit the access.