Next gen ATi cards to drive up to 6 screens as one display

Looks very nice...

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Theoretically a nice

Theoretically a nice technology, and it neatly demonstrates the power of the GPU, but I can't imagine ever being happy to split my game across displays like that.

Which, I guess, is why those Matrox boxes that did/do the same thing never sold.

Indeed, although it also

Indeed, although it also supports displays in portrait mode - 3 or 5 portrait displays in one horizontal line I think would be a lot more usable... enough to be good though? hard to say.

The old matrox boxes were resolution limited and only supported landscape mode, which was a pity.

Have they partnered with a

Have they partnered with a desk manufacture to make a desk big enough to take 6 displays?

3 Displays would be my limt for playing a game the lines are just too distracting.

Did a quick mockup of what 5

Did a quick mockup of what 5 16:9s might look like...

not that I should be doing an assignment or anything....

You can get multimonitor stands fairly cheaply - I have one that holds three and it only cost £70ish.