It has been several months since we first heard about AMD’s multi-stream transport hub — its friends call it MST hub — announced with the FirePro W600 last June. Since then news has been pretty quiet about the 1-to-4 DisplayPort device.
It turns out that AMD wants to roll the dice in Vegas along with several other demonstrations.
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The cute feature for the MST is its ability to split a 4K image into four 2K monitors. The reason why this is cute is because the hub enables the user to plug four-times as many monitors as they have DisplayPort 1.2 sockets on their GPU. The W600, for instance, contains 6 DisplayPort 1.2 plugs which enable it to drive 24 separate monitors from a single-slot card.
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Unfortunately, another feature of DisplayPort 1.2 is the ability to route sound uniquely to each display. The hub, as announced in June, is incapable of providing audio from its one input to its four displays.
A last goodie is the capacity to mix landscape and portrait monitors together in an Eyefinity setup. Stay tuned for our impending CES 2013 coverage for more details on these demos.
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Wow I would really love to be
Wow I would really love to be able to use mixed landscape and portrait modes in eyefinity. I been waiting for this option for a while.
I need to see proof of 6
I need to see proof of 6 monitors running smooth at 1080p 60 or 50.
If anyone has this I will order tomorrow.
Thanks