How Kewl is This!! Surround Monitor Gaming....!!!

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#1 Xsan3
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1gkwaOqMso

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYlWlD60Xwk&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iST-mSq21lQ&feature=related

I want it - unfortunately there probably aren't many game engines taht support this...?

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#2 Marfoo
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[QUOTE="Xsan3"]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1gkwaOqMso

I want it - unfortunately there probably aren't many game engines taht support this...?

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I think as long as you can set it up as one really wide resolution stretching all three desktops it'll work with almost any game as long as it's listed as a supported video mode by your video driver. For example, if you have 3 1280x1024 monitors you would need a resolution of 3840x1024.
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#3 mouthforbathory
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People have been doing this for years. Even if it's not "supported" there are work arounds to get this kind of thing to work.

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#4 Xsan3
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People have been doing this for years. Even if it's not "supported" there are work arounds to get this kind of thing to work.

mouthforbathory

I suddenly feel so behind the times! Would you need dual graphics cards??

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#5 Marfoo
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[QUOTE="Xsan3"]

[QUOTE="mouthforbathory"]

People have been doing this for years. Even if it's not "supported" there are work arounds to get this kind of thing to work.

I suddenly feel so behind the times! Would you need dual graphics cards??

You need something that can support 3 monitors and 1 really wide resolution.. You can probably do it with 1 graphics card and Matrox Triple Head 2 Go. (It makes 3 monitors seem like 1 monitor to your graphics card like I explained.)
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#6 kilerchese
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[QUOTE="Xsan3"]

[QUOTE="mouthforbathory"]

People have been doing this for years. Even if it's not "supported" there are work arounds to get this kind of thing to work.

Marfoo

I suddenly feel so behind the times! Would you need dual graphics cards??

You need something that can support 3 monitors and 1 really wide resolution.. You can probably do it with 1 graphics card and Matrox Triple Head 2 Go. (It makes 3 monitors seem like 1 monitor to your graphics card like I explained.)

In all reality, you would need a Dual GPU or even 3-4 GPU setup for gaming like this. You would also need video cards with ATLEAST 1GB of VRAM.

3 1280x1024 monitors would give you a resolution of 3840x1024 which is 163,840 pixels shy of 2560x1600. Compared to 1920x1200 being shy by 1,792,000 pixels.

Now, think of 3 1680x1050 monitors.... 1,196,000 pixels MORE than 2560x1600.

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#7 Xsan3
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Well wadda ya guys think? sick huh - Anyone be interested in having something like this??

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#8 JigglyWiggly_
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Uh I do it, look here; albeit my desk is a bit kiddy   I play racing sims on 3 monitors. GTR 2, gtr evolution... etc.

Though I do have 3 videocards, (hd3870x2 + 3870) Only 2 monitors can be connected in crossfire, so I bought an x1550 pci videocard, works alright.

A lot of games need softth's config for them to work.

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#9 kilerchese
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Uh I do it, look here I play racing sims on 3 monitors. GTR 2, gtr evolution... etc.

Though I do have 3 videocards, (hd3870x2 + 3870) Only 2 monitors can be connected in crossfire, so I bought an x1550 pci videocard, works alright.

JigglyWiggly_

Whast the TH2G lets you do though is have 3 monitors act as one. So you could play practically any game that works with the TH2G software across all 3 monitors.

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#10 Xsan3
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Jiggly.

Ur da Mast3r !! nice bro!!!

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#11 JigglyWiggly_
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[QUOTE="JigglyWiggly_"]

Uh I do it, look here I play racing sims on 3 monitors. GTR 2, gtr evolution... etc.

Though I do have 3 videocards, (hd3870x2 + 3870) Only 2 monitors can be connected in crossfire, so I bought an x1550 pci videocard, works alright.

kilerchese

Whast the TH2G lets you do though is have 3 monitors act as one. So you could play practically any game that works with the TH2G software across all 3 monitors.

I don't use triplehead2go, I use softth's config.http://www.kegetys.net/SoftTH/

Oh yeah here's one in game,

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#12 Marfoo
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[QUOTE="JigglyWiggly_"][QUOTE="kilerchese"]

[QUOTE="JigglyWiggly_"]

Uh I do it, look here I play racing sims on 3 monitors. GTR 2, gtr evolution... etc.

Though I do have 3 videocards, (hd3870x2 + 3870) Only 2 monitors can be connected in crossfire, so I bought an x1550 pci videocard, works alright.

Whast the TH2G lets you do though is have 3 monitors act as one. So you could play practically any game that works with the TH2G software across all 3 monitors.

I don't use triplehead2go, I use softth's config.

Yeah, I figured there was someway to do it with software.
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#13 JigglyWiggly_
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Jiggly.

Ur da Mast3r !! nice bro!!!

X~

Xsan3
Thanks :D