Is just one enough?

[Digikid]

Hey guys.

I currently have only one XFX Radeon 5850 XXX Edition and put an order through for two more P244 Acer Monitors. However I am wondering......will just one card be enough to drive it all? The games I have are as follows.

Unreal Tournament 3
Crysis Series
FEAR 2
Trackmania Nations Forever ( no worries on this one I think )

Or should I start saving my pennies and get another 5850? These monitors are all 1080p natively.....would like to keep it native if at all possible.

Good thing I got a large Tax Return coming to me.

[Elton]

It should be enough. Although if you're going to use Eyefinity, one wonders how that'll work with the bezels in the way.

[Digikid]

Originally Posted by Elton

It should be enough. Although if you're going to use Eyefinity, one wonders how that'll work with the bezels in the way.

I wonder how others deal with it as well.

Ah well. Live and adapt I guess. LOL!!!!

[Zero82z]

One should be enough for all that, at least for now. If you ever start playing more demanding games, there's nothing stopping you from picking up another 5850 in the future once they're cheaper. As for the bezel thing, recent ATI drivers added in bezel compensation, so you should be good to go.

[Digikid]

bezel compensation? Wonder how that would work out......

[Zero82z]

Head over to HardOCP if you want some more info; Kyle recently put up a video showing how to configure a new Eyefinity setup, including bezel compensation.

[Digikid]

YouTube - ATI Eyefinity Bezel Compensation

I found a youtube video that explains it pretty well. Quite nice.

I iwll head over to OCP and see what they have to say as well. Thanks Zero82z!

[gingerbee]

one 5850 will do the job would it be enough for me no ( but i play my games maxed on everything all the time )
edit great find thank digi

[LarkStarr]

there's never enough power for crysis!

-otherwise I think yer good :P

[Arinoth]

I don't want to sound like a downer but didn't you say you just became unemployed (aka quit your job). At least to me this kind of extra expense wouldnt be something i'd spend my money on (unless you have a large sum of cash banked away) until i got another job