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General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: icor1031 on March 02, 2011, 11:25:48 AM
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I looked on youtube and couldn't find any Eyefinity videos for this game, so I registered for this forum and created one, I think many of you will appreciate the idea. It gives you a much better FOV.
If you have any questions, ask me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWSlJdNrUj4
(http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/8627/14779167.jpg)
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Very nice, any chance you could record the view inside our new B-29 please? :aok
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I don't see why not. :)
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B29 Cockpit.
You will have to wait a few minutes for Youtube to increase the quality.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l1iTZ6X87Y
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Here is what i see, I am using dual nvidea 470's and the nvidea surround my screen resolution is 5940 x 1080
(http://www4.mediafire.com/imgbnc.php/dc199d622517658b02f17fe7e421dc77caf2fabf405c876fb5d24982695ddcb46g.jpg) (http://www.mediafire.com/imageview.php?quickkey=77i4n6hkhc3bvoj&thumb=4)
3 23" widescreen monitors, what a view
lawnDart
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I need a job with EBFD I'm thinking.
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EBFD?
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East Berlin Fire Dept
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What's the relevance? More money for more monitors?
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:aok very kool too bad you cant rig up that top ty to view your 6.
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:aok very kool too bad you cant rig up that top ty to view your 6.
Tell the creators to enable that for me ;)
:D
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I can't wait until I get a displayport monitor so I can do this!
I did eyefinity with two monitors... gave me a headache having the crosshair split across 2 monitors... lol
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You don't need a DP monitor.
Single-link (up to 1920x1200) active display port adapters are only $25 now.
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What's the relevance? More money for more monitors?
Yes. His dept must pay better that mine due to his nicer toys.
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It's really not that much money, for an old game like Aces High.
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You don't need a DP monitor.
Single-link (up to 1920x1200) active display port adapters are only $25 now.
Golly-geen! Alrighty well that's good to know, thanks for the info!
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Golly-geen! Alrighty well that's good to know, thanks for the info!
However, it is impossible unless you have a displayport on your video card.
You can only do 2 monitors via hdmi/dvi/vga from the gpu.
So if you have a DP, you're good.
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However, it is impossible unless you have a displayport on your video card.
You can only do 2 monitors via hdmi/dvi/vga from the gpu.
So if you have a DP, you're good.
I do! Eyefinity was actually one of the big reasons I went with my HD5770. That and I hear it's performance scales very well when you add a second one in Crossfire. :)
(P.S. What is golly-geen? I can say damn, but can't put god in front of it? lol)
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Yes. His dept must pay better that mine due to his nicer toys.
EBFD is volunteer fire fighting, I'm a perfeshunal truck drivah, so thats how I am able to afford the toys. Its alot cheaper to do this than to go bar hopping and get hit for DWI.
BTW how did you know it was East Berlin Fire???
However, it is impossible unless you have a displayport on your video card.
You can only do 2 monitors via hdmi/dvi/vga from the gpu.
So if you have a DP, you're good.
With the Nvidea cards going SLI all the monitors must be on the same type of output ie. HDMI VGA or DVI ports for it to work. The reason is the refresh rate must be the same on all 3 monitors.
LawnDart
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EBFD is volunteer fire fighting, I'm a perfeshunal truck drivah, so thats how I am able to afford the toys. Its alot cheaper to do this than to go bar hopping and get hit for DWI.
BTW how did you know it was East Berlin Fire???
With the Nvidea cards going SLI all the monitors must be on the same type of output ie. HDMI VGA or DVI ports for it to work. The reason is the refresh rate must be the same on all 3 monitors.
LawnDart
In your profile, the city is shown. Not much of a reach, after that as "ebfd" pretty much had to be an acronym.
If not for the town listed in your profile, I would have guessed "Extremely Bad Flying Dude". :)
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EBFD is volunteer fire fighting, I'm a perfeshunal truck drivah, so thats how I am able to afford the toys. Its alot cheaper to do this than to go bar hopping and get hit for DWI.
BTW how did you know it was East Berlin Fire???
With the Nvidea cards going SLI all the monitors must be on the same type of output ie. HDMI VGA or DVI ports for it to work. The reason is the refresh rate must be the same on all 3 monitors.
LawnDart
Location: East Berlin, Pennslytucky.
And, it's nVidia.. not nvidea.
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With the Nvidea cards going SLI all the monitors must be on the same type of output ie. HDMI VGA or DVI ports for it to work. The reason is the refresh rate must be the same on all 3 monitors.
LawnDart
Really? I was under the impression you could mix DVI and HDMI, just as long as you only had two monitors per card. At least that is the case with ATI cards, perhaps it's different with nVidia. On my card I can set one monitor to 45 Mhz and the other to 75 Mhz and all is gravy (except that the one with 45 Mhz is choppy...). Mycurrent set up is 75Mhz on the left, 60Mhz on the right, or 75Mhz on the left and the HDMI to my TV at 60Mhz on the right.
From what I understand, each graphics card has the ability to do two different clocks (one clock per monitor). That's why with SLI you get 2 on one and 1 on the other card. You now can get 3 (or more, I think there is a ATI card with 6 display ports on it...) on one because Display Port gets rid of the need for the graphics card to provide the clocks, that's all done onboard the monitor (or active DP port) now.
I'm sure the nVidia cards with display port have the ability to do 3 monitors one card as well.
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Really? I was under the impression you could mix DVI and HDMI, just as long as you only had two monitors per card. At least that is the case with ATI cards, perhaps it's different with nVidia. On my card I can set one monitor to 45 Mhz and the other to 75 Mhz and all is gravy (except that the one with 45 Mhz is choppy...). Mycurrent set up is 75Mhz on the left, 60Mhz on the right, or 75Mhz on the left and the HDMI to my TV at 60Mhz on the right.
From what I understand, each graphics card has the ability to do two different clocks (one clock per monitor). That's why with SLI you get 2 on one and 1 on the other card. You now can get 3 (or more, I think there is a ATI card with 6 display ports on it...) on one because Display Port gets rid of the need for the graphics card to provide the clocks, that's all done onboard the monitor (or active DP port) now.
I'm sure the nVidia cards with display port have the ability to do 3 monitors one card as well.
I have nVidia cards, and I know they can use both - but I don't know if they can use both to create one software monitor (i.e. to use both for 1 game.)
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LOL Show off ....
Nice set up
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Nice Burner.
The panels aren't uniform with each other and the 3 in the middle don't have the blue light.
What monitors are you using?
I can see the end 2 are U2311H.
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I looked on youtube and couldn't find any Eyefinity videos for this game, so I registered for this forum and created one, I think many of you will appreciate the idea. It gives you a much better FOV.
If you have any questions, ask me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWSlJdNrUj4
(http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/8627/14779167.jpg)
Anyone else notice the handgun on the desk?? I'm switching to his country lol.
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Anyone else notice the handgun on the desk?? I'm switching to his country lol.
Beretta 90-two (not 92).
I think the other video has the holster too.
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(http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m585/burnerski/003Medium.jpg)
WTG on the setup burnerski :salute
:cry Looks like I'm going to need another two monitors for Christmas, better start saving now.
(http://www.swift72.co.uk/forum_pics/Camel_setup.jpg)
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lol!
You still have a DIN 5 keyboard?!
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I wont do the multi monitor setup until the monitors with no bezels come down in price........ I forgot where I saw them but they were crazy money..... I think they were about 14k a piece.
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Here they are....... http://seamlessdisplay.com/products_radius320.htm (http://seamlessdisplay.com/products_radius320.htm)
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lol!
You still have a DIN 5 keyboard?!
Yep, The only bit I've never felt the need to upgrade. :D
I wont do the multi monitor setup until the monitors with no bezels come down in price........ I forgot where I saw them but they were crazy money..... I think they were about 14k a piece.
After 5 minutes you don't even notice the bezels.
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yea that maybe the case but I am way to particular...... I do envy those setups tho... I will just have to see how I like my 46" TV as a monitor.
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nice :aok
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yea that maybe the case but I am way to particular...... I do envy those setups tho... I will just have to see how I like my 46" TV as a monitor.
One that big is going to have screen-door effect. On bright areas, you will see dark lines in between.
Text will not be very sharp, and will strain your eyes. These are because of the pixel pitch - the blank area in between each pixel, is very large on a TV this size.
Many or most TVs use *VA panels.
They have very bad ghosting/motion blur. Again, straining to the eyes trying to focus on a scene that's blurred.
Lastly, most have high input delay. A mouse on your TN monitor may move 4 frames before it moves 1 on your TV.
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Beretta 90-two (not 92).
I think the other video has the holster too.
Nice paper weight.
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In your profile, the city is shown. Not much of a reach, after that as "ebfd" pretty much had to be an acronym.
If not for the town listed in your profile, I would have guessed "Extremely Bad Flying Dude". :)
:aok
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For eyefinity you need all monitors to have the same resolution, right? You can't mix and match center larger than sides?
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For eyefinity you need all monitors to have the same resolution, right? You can't mix and match center larger than sides?
I think you need the vertical resolution to be the same, the horizontals can be different.
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In your profile, the city is shown. Not much of a reach, after that as "ebfd" pretty much had to be an acronym.
If not for the town listed in your profile, I would have guessed "Extremely Bad Flying Dude". :)
LOL Skuzzy why do you think I have the handle of LawnDart, guess what i do alot???
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One that big is going to have screen-door effect. On bright areas, you will see dark lines in between.
Text will not be very sharp, and will strain your eyes. These are because of the pixel pitch - the blank area in between each pixel, is very large on a TV this size.
Many or most TVs use *VA panels.
They have very bad ghosting/motion blur. Again, straining to the eyes trying to focus on a scene that's blurred.
Lastly, most have high input delay. A mouse on your TN monitor may move 4 frames before it moves 1 on your TV.
We will have to see! I once took my laptop and hooked it up to my TV and things looked fine. The only thing i never liked was the size of the tv and the fact that the laptop had to be nearby and its screen was still on as well. I never saw any ghosting with the mouse and if its a few frames off how are you going to be able to tell anyway? They move at 60 plus frames a second.
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Hey I just googled my set and heres the specs.....
Samsung LN52A750 52 inch Series 7 LCD 1080p HDTV (120Hz)
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Do you think this set will have any issues with distortion or ghosting? I hope it doesnt........
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One of the biggest things you are going to notice when running anything computer related is the relative resolution.
You can have as big of a screen as you want, but the pixels per inch is really going to be what makes a picture look great. Since TV's only go to 1080p (Which I think is 1920x1080), the added size doesn't really mean better picture quality over a 23" monitor at the same resolution. Generally, bigger screens are used when things are further away, and there is some sort of optimal distance to size ratio that home theater set-ups have.
http://myhometheater.homestead.com/viewingdistancecalculator.html
The 120Hz refresh rate should help keep motion blur down on that TV, though.
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The 120Hz refresh rate should help keep motion blur down on that TV, though.
Except on TV's the advertised 120Hz refresh rate is usually 60hz that has artificially calculated transition frames added to the regular tv image. In computer use the 120hz setting will make the image unsharp and most importantly add a lot of display lag due to the image processing needed. Only 3D capable tv's can usually do real 120hz and even then you must disable ALL image 'enhancing' features. They do nothing bad damage in computer use.
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Except on TV's the advertised 120Hz refresh rate is usually 60hz that has artificially calculated transition frames added to the regular tv image. In computer use the 120hz setting will make the image unsharp and most importantly add a lot of display lag due to the image processing needed. Only 3D capable tv's can usually do real 120hz and even then you must disable ALL image 'enhancing' features. They do nothing bad damage in computer use.
Suppose he'll rather quickly find out if his is true 120 or not!
However, 60hz is what most monitors run at anyway...
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well I guess I will just have to find out in a few weeks...... Like I said before I once had this set hooked up to laptop that I used to play on. I didnt really run it too long about 30 min and I just jumped in other peoples planes that were online to see how it would look. it doesnt look to bad.....
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Hey guys, I am looking to purchase 3 monitors. Currently i have one hp w2408h 24 inch 5ms 1920x1200 native but i was looking to buy 2 of these http://www.pcconnectionexpress.com/IPA/Shop/Product/Detail.htm?sku=10699847&cac=Result&cm_mmc=B2BB2C-_-sitewide-_-Detail-_-popupfirst or should i purchase 3 of these http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824116441 .
my first option I get is to use my current monitor plus purchase 2 with higher resolution but its 24 inch (5ms) but the 2nd option will get more expensive with 27 inch (1ms) and lower resolution. The cheapest route of course is 2 24 inch since already have one 24 with same resolution.
Some suggestion would be greatly appreciated (I hope u guys didn't mind me posting here since we are talking about 3 monitors setup :)
I forgot to mention the 24 inch that i will be purchasing has a displayport and my video card is ati 5770 with disployport.
Thanks,
Bash
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Keep them as close to the same height as possible. It'll look funny otherwise.
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Bash,
Ideally you want all your monitors to be the same size, resolution and make. Mixing different brand monitors of the same size and resoultion
can result in different "EDID's" which will prevent you from using bezel compensation. EDID is the preprogrammed info loaded into the monitor at the factory which tells the computer
about your monitor. Any differences in reported EDID will disable bezel compensation. You could take a chance with the other two 24" monitors, it may work. Its a gamble.
I would recommend researching the widescreen gaming forum and ATI gaming forums before spending your money.
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Thanks fellas for the information.
I slept on it and just today I decide to go with 2 hp http://www.pcconnectionexpress.com/IPA/Shop/Product/Detail.htm?sku=10699847&cac=Result&cm_mmc=B2BB2C-_-sitewide-_-Detail-_-popupfirst but as i was about to click add to cart something told me to check newegg my regular online shopping store. Guess what it was on sale for $199.00! i saved 200 bucks. I am glad i check. If the bezel thing don't work I will order a 3rd one and sale my other one.
Ok here is my questions the monitor has dvi and display port what you guys recommend for display port connection?? I don't know much about display port which one should i purchase?? My video card is ATI 5770.
I will connect my current hp monitor with hdmi , 2nd one with Dvi and 3rd one with display port hope that will work out.
Thanks for the help guys in advance.
Bash
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Thanks fellas for the information.
I slept on it and just today I decide to go with 2 hp http://www.pcconnectionexpress.com/IPA/Shop/Product/Detail.htm?sku=10699847&cac=Result&cm_mmc=B2BB2C-_-sitewide-_-Detail-_-popupfirst but as i was about to click add to cart something told me to check newegg my regular online shopping store. Guess what it was on sale for $199.00! i saved 200 bucks. I am glad i check. If the bezel thing don't work I will order a 3rd one and sale my other one.
Ok here is my questions the monitor has dvi and display port what you guys recommend for display port connection?? I don't know much about display port which one should i purchase?? My video card is ATI 5770.
I will connect my current hp monitor with hdmi , 2nd one with Dvi and 3rd one with display port hope that will work out.
Thanks for the help guys in advance.
Bash
You need an active displayport adapter to get eyefinity working on a non-displayport monitor. Those come in different flavors, one more expensive than another. I hear cheapest ones can be found at 20 dollar mark or so.
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I think you can use a passive adapter. The active ones run about $60USD or so. The passive ones are cheaper. I ordered a couple adapters to use on my lower-end monitors. Not sure if they can game that way but at least for desktop applications I'll have it.
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The two momitors he bought are display port monitors. So you will hook up one monitor with the display port and the other two DVI.
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I think you can use a passive adapter. The active ones run about $60USD or so. The passive ones are cheaper. I ordered a couple adapters to use on my lower-end monitors. Not sure if they can game that way but at least for desktop applications I'll have it.
I was under the impression that passive DP adapters didn't offer a clock for the monitor. That would mean there is still a max of two monitors. :(
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Well I order this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812816071&nm_mc=TEMC-RMA-Approvel&cm_mmc=TEMC-RMA-Approvel-_-Content-_-text-_- for monitor that comes with display port and ill hook the other 2 by DVI. Hope this setup works and i hope I bought the right cable.
Thanks again,
Bash
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burnerski, why did you go with 5 monitors in portrait mode vs 3 monitors in landscape mode? Is it to reduce the stretching on the side monitors?
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I think you can use a passive adapter. The active ones run about $60USD or so. The passive ones are cheaper. I ordered a couple adapters to use on my lower-end monitors. Not sure if they can game that way but at least for desktop applications I'll have it.
Nope it requires an active adapter and AMD is offering one a bit cheaper http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2368451,00.asp
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That cable you purchased should be fine Bash. And yes, you must have an active adapter for Eyefinity. Passive adapters will work for 3 separate monitors that are not creating a single desktop, but for one large Eyefinity resolution they must be active, either single or dual link. Single link for 1920 x 1200 or less per monitor.
I forgot to mention the 24 inch that i will be purchasing has a displayport and my video card is ati 5770 with displayport.
I don't have a concrete answer for you but, I have wondered where the bottom end is for 1080p Eyefinity and Aces High specifically/only in regards to graphic cards. My gut feeling after lots of research is ... that single 5770 won't cut it. Yes, it is Eyefinity capable, but for most other games it doesn't have the power to drive 3 monitors at playable Eyefinity resolutions. Maybe, for Aces High and it would be good to know for sure. Crossfired would likely be the best bet.
It would be good to get a guinea pig to say for sure and it looks like you're it. :)
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burnerski, why did you go with 5 monitors in portrait mode vs 3 monitors in landscape mode? Is it to reduce the stretching on the side monitors?
I have 24" monitors. If I ran 3x1L I would have 61.5" by 13" with 5X1P I get 65" by 20.5" . So I basically get 7.5" more vertical view at the expense of
more bezels. The stretching is there and is the effect of the widescreen I dislike most. I know nothing about programming but I suspect
the stretching is the result of programming the software for a single monitor. I would love to see them program the software to reduce stretching.
Iracing programmed their software to eliminate stretching but only for 3 screens. Racing sims work good with 3X1L but I just don't like flight sims in that mode, the vertical view is too narrow.
There is a good article that Ibrin wrote over at widescreengaming forum which discusses the differences between 3x1L and 5x1p . I'll never go back to single screen.
(http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m585/burnerski/wmplayer2011-03-1709-58-28-05.jpg)
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You bring up a fantastic point Burn. :aok
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Actually, the "stretching" you are talking about is the result of using a field of view wider than 90 degrees in order to allow you to see a wider field of view.
It is not done by the game. It is done by DirectX. It is the "fish eye" effect, which happens when the field of view moves beyond 90 degrees.
The effect would not be noticeable at all, IF your monitors were curved as a partial sphere, with the center point being your eyes.
The only way to prevent this is to keep the field of view at 90 degrees, or less, and then crop the top off to fill the screens width.
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Skuzzy, there's an option in iRacing called "render 3 screens separately" which helps reduce stretching drastically over multiple screens.
Render 3 screens disabled.
(http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n268/Luke_831/iRacingSim2011-03-1718-50-57-33.jpg)
Render 3 screens enabled.
(http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n268/Luke_831/iRacingSim2011-03-1718-50-38-15.jpg)
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Skuzzy, there's an option in iRacing called "render 3 screens separately" It involves inputting a load of measurements which will help reduce stretching drastically over 3 screens.
Again, the "stretching" is not something an application can control. The "stretching" occurs when the field of view is greater than 90 degrees. DirectX does this. The application does not. The application sets the field of view, the resolution and DirectX runs with it after that.
Yes, a game can render each monitor on its own. If you have three monitors and one video card, then it would take 3 rendering passes, as an example.
You can get rid of the fisheye in Aces High, but you will crop the screen across the top and bottom in doing so.
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Thanks Skuzzy for the explanation.
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I got my passive mini-DP adapters the other day. Set up my new system with the Radeon 6970. I got 2x 1280x1024 that I normally use, but... I couldn't resist. I put an older 1024x768 on as well!
Set it up in eyefinity. Gets pretty darned good framerates at 3072x768 with maxed details in BFBC2, Aces High, HL2:Ep2. Even running FRAPS with full details, at least 4x MSAA, and sliders set to middle-road quality (vs. max speed) I never dropped below 30 FPS.
It's definitely interesting!
I just need another 1280x1024. I can't do this 768 stuff. 3 monitors, but can't use any one of them for what I really want. Also gaming with the distortion might take a little getting used to.
Also, even at half-size, FRAPs videos hit 4Gb *VERY* fast. LOL! It was an interesting test.
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Interesting.
Just was reading through this thread:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/279498-33-displayport-adapter-eyefinity
I guess you can do passive DP adaptors if you have 2 DVI monitors and 1 VGA, for some reason. I guess the cards can only put down two digital signals at once.
Only 2 Digital displays at a time without an Active adapter, only with VGA can you use a Passive adapter for a third monitor.
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That's not it. It's the resolution. Passive adapters work but only up to "X" resolution settings. I think it's 1600. Above that you need active adpaters. OR, you need the dual-DVI adapter. Same thing applies there. Single DVI is fine up to a set resolution, above that you need the dual DVI mode.
Barring that you can use either DVI out on its own monitor.
I'm running 1 direct DVI and 2 passive mini-DP adpaters to VGA right now because I have rather old monitors. The mini-DP to DVI is more common than the mini-DP to VGA, just from browsing online.
It's all about the resolution being passed through it, though. Not the number of them.
EDIT: HD 6970 video has 2x DVI, 2x mini-DP, 1x HDMI, just to show what I used.
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Hmm... I'm reading conflicting information.
...Passive will work for TMDS + RAMDAC solutions, but for any combo of just three of one of those types, THEN requires an active adapter.
3 DVI requires an active DP to DVI adapter.
2 DVI + 1 VGA will work on a passive DP-VGA adapter.
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Seems to be some confusion about "DisplayPort". "DisplayPort" is a network connection (i.e. you can have hundreds of monitors on one physical connection). The active DP adapters work over the DP network. The passive ones do not. The passive ones own the entire network. The active ones use a unique ID so they can all be on the same physical cable.
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Seems to be some confusion about "DisplayPort". "DisplayPort" is a network connection (i.e. you can have hundreds of monitors on one physical connection). The active DP adapters work over the DP network. The passive ones do not. The passive ones own the entire network. The active ones use a unique ID so they can all be on the same physical cable.
So basically, you could have an active display port "hub" of sorts with multiple monitors attached to the hub, but with a passive, just one monitor?
Do you know how that interacts with the graphics card in terms of something like Eyefinity?
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Seeing these rigs makes me so much happier when I manage to shoot one of you guys down.
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(http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/m585/burnerski/005Medium.jpg)
Did you build the monitor stand yourself? I want to make mine like yours instead of horizontally, but I can't find any stand that supports it.
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So basically, you could have an active display port "hub" of sorts with multiple monitors attached to the hub, but with a passive, just one monitor?
Do you know how that interacts with the graphics card in terms of something like Eyefinity?
ATI has full DisplayPort support in thier cards. How many monitors they want to attach to the port is up to them. Originally, you had to have DisplayPort monitors to use Eyefinity, but they finally gave in and added support for DVI ports later.
DisplayPort works over one cable via daisy chaining the devices together. There is no hub.
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DisplayPort works over one cable via daisy chaining the devices together. There is no hub.
Which is of course the underlying technology that Intel incorporated into their latest high speed I/O "Thunderbolt" (LightPeak) that is currently only available in Apple laptops but will be coming to computers everywhere soon. One cable into the PC with everything else daisychained.
http://www.intel.com/technology/io/thunderbolt/index.htm (http://www.intel.com/technology/io/thunderbolt/index.htm)
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Oh dang, very cool. I had no idea that you could do that with DisplayPort. However, I imagine that just like any other network, there is a limit to the bandwidth, and therefor the number of individual monitors one could attach before there is performance loss?