Multi-monitor setup options for 24"?

[33Vortex]

Very pretty, what's your view angle for that setup?

[Eagler]

I have it set to auto

[33Vortex]

Ok, thanks for your help Eagler! Now I'm waiting for the hardware to arrive. Going to set up the three panels on three desk stands with swing arms for easy adjustment. It will require some drilling work on the table though. Will try to get some pics up when it's done, hope to have it done within next week.

[Krusty]

Krusty anyone who's poked around Windows settings should know about that basic stuff. Thanks for trying to help though. 

I've never had 3 monitors or a system powerful enough to run a game across them.

Care to share/enlighten as to why folks go for the matrox solution, and other software solutions, instead of using the built-in?

[33Vortex]

Simply put, because windows view the three monitors as three different monitors. So you need a hardware or software solution to override that and have the OS think that the three screens are actually one big screen.

[Krusty]

Ah, I see.

Windows itself views them as separate, but by going in through the nvidia drivers screen, it does something different. Windows treats it as a single monitor somehow. The task bar starts on one screen with the Start Button, stretches all the way over to the opposite side of the other screen and ends with the systray/clock.

That's the only reason I mention it, somehow nvidia makes windows thing it's running as a single display (at least, seems that way to me, I don't really know).

[33Vortex]

Ok, nVidia must have updated their driver features since last I checked on the multi-monitor setup, which admittedly was a few years ago now. It'll be interesting to see how this work out.

[Krusty]

Had somebody PM me, so thought I'd put this here too (in case any others are wondering)

Here's where I find the setting (screenshot)

http://www.nakatomitower.com/shots/nvidia.jpg

[33Vortex]

Isn't that feature for a maximum of two displays and can't be used with SLI enabled???

[Eagler]

don't see how you can use two monitors in AH as it seems the gun sight would be in the crack in between the two monitors.

[Krusty]

Precisely the reason I don't game that way. Never had 3 monitors myself, I imagine something should be possible, but I was just giving an idea/starting-point. I leave it up to others to test/experiment.

[viking73]

i'm running 3 acer 223w's on sli and it works great. the only thing i don't understand is why the two side views are so different than the middle. other games don't do that. it's one single screen of which my setting is 3840x800. interesting idea to set the width a little wider for bezel. but do i have something not right to have the side monitors view zoomed in more than the middle?

[denniswilha]

I have 1 GTX280 running 3 Samsung Syncmaster 2443BWX's, with a resolution of 5040 x 1050, it takes off about an inch on each side but the display is great!!!  The monitors look peiced together because the camera takes 3 shots for panoramic mode

[33Vortex]

denniswilha: That's exactly what I'm using now. Do you use the SoftTH setup or the Matrox? I can't get the matrox triplehead working in the 1920x1200 native resolution, so imho it's a piece of ****.

[denniswilha]

I use the Matrox PowerDesk Software, it only goes to 5040x1050. But with the textures all maxed, the picture is great, I have the anti-aliasing set to app controlled and the slider in game to 3/4. The resolution is great and not grainy at all. the only reason I have an inch missing on the sides is because of the Bezel Management {for GXM}.  It pulls the image behind the bezels of the monitor so it appears the mouse passes behind the bezels not just jumping to each screen. The Bezel Management puts a huge X across all 3 monitors and allows you to align the lines so they appear to pass behind the bezels and align the monitors and picture perfectly.