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Title: Triple Moniter system
Post by: 1Cane on March 25, 2011, 09:03:58 PM
Does anyone know if triple head to go is compatable with ATI Radeon Hd 4350 512mb #M113?Do you plug all 3 moniters into triple head and then computer?Does it work off of internal power or computers?
Title: Re: Triple Moniter system
Post by: MrRiplEy[H] on March 26, 2011, 04:09:26 AM
Does anyone know if triple head to go is compatable with ATI Radeon Hd 4350 512mb #M113?Do you plug all 3 moniters into triple head and then computer?Does it work off of internal power or computers?

Forget it. Even if you managed to plug all the 3 monitors you won't be able to play any game at 5760x resolution with that card. You need a 400 dollar plus model from nvidia or amd to run them playably.
Title: Re: Triple Moniter system
Post by: 1Cane on March 26, 2011, 12:00:10 PM
Goin to bail on triple screens for now
Title: Re: Triple Moniter system
Post by: Krusty on March 28, 2011, 09:38:57 AM
Nobody says you need a $400 card or the TH2G setup (also expensive last I recall). You just need an ATI card with eyefinity. You don't have to run full details or max resolutions. Nobody is saying you need 5400000 pixels... You can tune it to get the performance you need once it's set up.

So, it is possible.... Given the right video card and drivers. You may need to get mini-DisplayPort adapters for eyefinity. Depending on the resolution you are running on each monitor you can use passive adapters. I picked a couple of those up for $10 each from Amazon and they work like a charm. I would set AH up with 3 monitors on my current setup except for the fact that my 3rd monitor is archaic and runs 1024x768. The eyefinity setup uses the least common demonimator for resolution when set up that way, so it looks pretty bad. Other than that it works, though!
Title: Re: Triple Moniter system
Post by: MrRiplEy[H] on March 28, 2011, 11:12:48 AM
Nobody says you need a $400 card or the TH2G setup (also expensive last I recall). You just need an ATI card with eyefinity. You don't have to run full details or max resolutions. Nobody is saying you need 5400000 pixels... You can tune it to get the performance you need once it's set up.

What exactly are you talking about? There's absolutely no point to get 3 monitors to a low-end graphics card like 4350 that can BARELY run the game with 1 monitor. Think a little what you're posting. There's no amount of tuning that will make your 30 dollar card push the pixels required by a triple screen resolution.

It would be a gigantic waste of money to buy the extra screens only to destroy your image quality by using non-optimal resolutions and lowest possible quality settings in the game lol!

Triple screen is for high-end configurations.
Title: Re: Triple Moniter system
Post by: Krusty on March 28, 2011, 12:52:30 PM
You know, I read that as 4850. My bad. 4350 is awful weak, you are correct.
Title: Re: Triple Moniter system
Post by: SectorNine50 on March 28, 2011, 01:59:15 PM
I think the $400 price tag is a bit high for Aces High.  Graphics requirements aren't THAT nuts.

You could probably get away with a 3-monitor set-up fairly smoothly on a 6850.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161348

Hell, I used my buddy's DP monitor to run 3 screens on my HD5770 briefly, just to see how it works.  Had to lower the view range, but it was playable.
Title: Re: Triple Moniter system
Post by: roffi on March 28, 2011, 02:23:37 PM
Works fine on my i7 system with a mid range nvidia GTS240  3 x 1280 x 1024 giving a 3840 x 1280 res. Results are worth the money. Bezel correction works well. I have the digital version.

I run at 60 fps with vsync enabled , only had to turn off hi res water effectx and shadows which looked weird.
Title: Re: Triple Moniter system
Post by: Kazaa on March 28, 2011, 02:30:41 PM
Forget it. Even if you managed to plug all the 3 monitors you won't be able to play any game at 5760x resolution with that card. You need a 400 dollar plus model from nvidia or amd to run them playably.

+1.

A current mid range card would work but all the eye candy would need to be turned off, making the game look like mush.
Title: Re: Triple Moniter system
Post by: fwav8or on May 04, 2011, 08:43:51 PM
I have an Alienware M17x with two Nvidia GTX 460M cards.  Would this be able to run a triple monitor setup?  Also, the only external plug I have is a standard VGA plug and not a DVI.  Will this limit my resolution?  And lastly, do I have to get three new monitors, or can I use the laptop monitor with the setup and only get two new monitors?  Thank you for your help!  :salute
Title: Re: Triple Moniter system
Post by: ebfd11 on May 04, 2011, 09:03:45 PM
I have an Alienware M17x with two Nvidia GTX 460M cards.  Would this be able to run a triple monitor setup?  Also, the only external plug I have is a standard VGA plug and not a DVI.  Will this limit my resolution?  And lastly, do I have to get three new monitors, or can I use the laptop monitor with the setup?  Thank you for your help!  :salute

Those cards would have no problem running the triple monitor, I have 2 GTX 470's and have no problem and I run at 5760 x 1080. If you have any questions on setting it up i can post a walk through for ya.

LawnDart
Title: Re: Triple Moniter system
Post by: fwav8or on May 05, 2011, 03:58:47 PM
Sorry, my mistake.  I actually only have the Nvidia GTX 260M cards, not the 460s as I mentioned above.  Would this be able to run a triple monitor setup?  Also, the only external plug I have is a standard VGA plug and not a DVI.  Will this limit my resolution?  And lastly, do I have to get three new monitors, or can I use the laptop monitor with the setup?  Thank you for your help!
Title: Re: Triple Moniter system
Post by: Pigslilspaz on May 06, 2011, 02:30:17 AM
Quick question. Im able to run everything at max and get 60 frames on my GTX460 1GB. (Res is 1280x1024 since I have donated moniters) If I ran a 2nd on SLI (so I could also plug in a 3rd monitor) would I be able to keep max settings? Computer before this, was 20-30 frames with lowest settings besides bump map and res with same monitors, so whatever I get is always a step above what I have had before.
Title: Re: Triple Moniter system
Post by: ebfd11 on May 07, 2011, 09:07:21 AM
Sorry, my mistake.  I actually only have the Nvidia GTX 260M cards, not the 460s as I mentioned above.  Would this be able to run a triple monitor setup?  Also, the only external plug I have is a standard VGA plug and not a DVI.  Will this limit my resolution?  And lastly, do I have to get three new monitors, or can I use the laptop monitor with the setup?  Thank you for your help!

You should have np problem running the triple monitor set up but be careful not to brick your video cards, by bricking I mean have teh two of them extremly close together. When you decide to do this start the game in the minimum settings for eyecandy then start turning things up till you start to see a stutter or drop in framerate.

Quick question. Im able to run everything at max and get 60 frames on my GTX460 1GB. (Res is 1280x1024 since I have donated moniters) If I ran a 2nd on SLI (so I could also plug in a 3rd monitor) would I be able to keep max settings? Computer before this, was 20-30 frames with lowest settings besides bump map and res with same monitors, so whatever I get is always a step above what I have had before.

The one thing you want to make sure is that all monitors are of the same size, I ie resolution 1920 x 1080, and I don't see you having any problems running the sli.

Oh 1 other thing for both of you i noticed a major jump in ease on my video graphics speed when I did a double sli bridge on my cards as you can see here

(http://img28.mediafire.com/b4b59b81ea351db4f807d688e06de5b4e0a3ff4f2bc104a9d8645910c78053eb6g.jpg)

Other than that have fun and welcome to the Triple Monitor club.

LawnDart
Title: Re: Triple Moniter system
Post by: MrRiplEy[H] on May 07, 2011, 11:00:06 AM
You should have np problem running the triple monitor set up but be careful not to brick your video cards, by bricking I mean have teh two of them extremly close together. When you decide to do this start the game in the minimum settings for eyecandy then start turning things up till you start to see a stutter or drop in framerate.

The one thing you want to make sure is that all monitors are of the same size, I ie resolution 1920 x 1080, and I don't see you having any problems running the sli.

Oh 1 other thing for both of you i noticed a major jump in ease on my video graphics speed when I did a double sli bridge on my cards as you can see here

(http://img28.mediafire.com/b4b59b81ea351db4f807d688e06de5b4e0a3ff4f2bc104a9d8645910c78053eb6g.jpg)

Other than that have fun and welcome to the Triple Monitor club.

LawnDart

Put a fan on that harddrive bay unless it's already too late. Have you checked the temperature while running? If it's hottish to the touch it's already dying.
Title: Re: Triple Moniter system
Post by: icepac on May 07, 2011, 11:19:23 AM
I see no hard drives.
Title: Re: Triple Moniter system
Post by: MrRiplEy[H] on May 07, 2011, 03:16:16 PM
I see no hard drives.

Then what are those things in lower right corner? Illusion?
Title: Re: Triple Moniter system
Post by: Pigslilspaz on May 07, 2011, 03:18:36 PM
I'm guessing he has front intakes that aren't in the frame.
Title: Re: Triple Moniter system
Post by: ebfd11 on May 07, 2011, 03:20:42 PM
Put a fan on that harddrive bay unless it's already too late. Have you checked the temperature while running? If it's hottish to the touch it's already dying.

Mr Ripley that is a nzxt phantom case, there are 2 100 mm fans blowing across the harddrives and that pic is before I. Set up the watercooling and it shows what I meant for the double sli bridge. I know what you are saying about keeping the hard drives cool.

 
I see no hard drives.
They are off to the right and down low ... lol

Believe it or not this rig started out as an E-Machine computer and withh all the upgrades and mods this is what I ended up with.

http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,307165.0.html
That is link for my rig pics

LawnDart
Title: Re: Triple Moniter system
Post by: icepac on May 07, 2011, 08:03:30 PM
LOL....for some reason the scroll bar on that pic did not show up so I had no access to that portion of the picture.

Been happening on the vertical bar sometimes but first time it's happened on the horizontal bar.
Title: Re: Triple Moniter system
Post by: MrRiplEy[H] on May 08, 2011, 02:27:46 AM
Mr Ripley that is a nzxt phantom case, there are 2 100 mm fans blowing across the harddrives and that pic is before I. Set up the watercooling and it shows what I meant for the double sli bridge. I know what you are saying about keeping the hard drives cool.

Ok cool I usually prefer to put the fans on the side of the hdds for better airflow. But front panel should work too.
Title: Re: Triple Moniter system
Post by: Nr_RaVeN on May 08, 2011, 08:07:08 AM
Does anyone know if triple head to go is compatable with ATI Radeon Hd 4350 512mb #M113?Do you plug all 3 moniters into triple head and then computer?Does it work off of internal power or computers?

triple head  is lame,, just get a track ir, big monitor 42 inch plus or a projector set up.
Title: Re: Triple Moniter system
Post by: MrRiplEy[H] on May 09, 2011, 12:27:25 AM
triple head  is lame,, just get a track ir, big monitor 42 inch plus or a projector set up.

Naah obviously you're thinking about triple head projectors.
Title: Re: Triple Moniter system
Post by: ebfd11 on May 09, 2011, 10:36:06 AM
Ok cool I usually prefer to put the fans on the side of the hdds for better airflow. But front panel should work too.

Mr Ripley

so you can see what i was talking about this is the side of the case notice the 2 fans on the side...

(http://images.bit-tech.net/content_images/2010/08/nzxt-phantom-case-review/NZXT-Phantom-3L.jpg)