Sapphire HD5670 Flex Edition Review – low cost multiscreen productivity

Setting up the Sapphire HD5670 FleX Edition graphics card for multi screen is a painfree experience thanks to the latest Catalyst drivers. The image quality from the Catalyst drivers is class leading and the new Catalyst Control Center is a much needed improvement when compared to the previous version.

After connecting the four monitors to the Sapphire HD5670 FleX Edition, they all appear within  the ‘my digital flat panels’ section of Catalyst Control Center. If you have any problems at this stage, but sure to click ‘preferences’ and select the advanced viewing mode.

The next stage is to configure the panels as a ‘single’ group. This merges all the screens into a SLS (Single Large Surface) environment. The added benefit of this is that the taskbar in Windows spans all monitors within this shared configuration. The image above shows a 4×1 configuration, although this will depend on how many monitors you have attached.

Once all the monitors are set into SLS, then the resolution is combined – in this case 7680×1080 resolution.

The image above shows a four screen setup with the Sapphire Flex HD5670, with monitors running individually via ‘extend'. They can all be independent resolutions. We use UltraMon for finer control over the individual panels, it is well worth a purchase.

A 7680×1080 backdrop across four screens, configured into a Single Large Surface environment.

The desktop real estate with 3 screens (5680×1080) or 4 screens (7680×1080) is fantastic. You can open multiple applications simultaneously without having to worry about minimising them for easy program access.

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