Triple Monitors

[BWRaven]

I have three monitors running through a dual-video docking station. All three of my monitors are displayed in the account video settings. How do I configure the game to run on all three monitors?

[Bizman]

It's a simple calculation. Just sum the horizontal resolutions and apply that in the video settings of the game. The vertical settings will remain the same.

So if you have three 1920x1080 monitors in horizontal position, it'd be 3x1920=5760 for horizontal and 1080 for vertical, i.e. 5760x1080. Notice that using three monitors will triple the load for your video card! You'd need something like an Nvidia GTX970/1060/2060 or the AMD equivalent at the least, for more eye candy a faster one.

If you can pivot the monitors, i.e. put them on the side, the calculation would be 3x1080=3240x1920. 

[FLS]

I have three monitors running through a dual-video docking station. All three of my monitors are displayed in the account video settings. How do I configure the game to run on all three monitors?

You need the monitors to appear as one monitor to Windows. This generally requires the monitors to all be plugged into one video card that can accommodate a triple display. The game will then see the three monitors as one display, you don't need any special settings in the game.

[FLS]

Check the documentation on your docking station . See if you can extend the display over the three monitors so Windows sees it as one big monitor.

[guncrasher]

You need the monitors to appear as one monitor to Windows. This generally requires the monitors to all be plugged into one video card that can accommodate a triple display. The game will then see the three monitors as one display, you don't need any special settings in the game.

I had 3 monitors that were connected to 2 different cards in sli mode.


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[FLS]

I had 3 monitors that were connected to 2 different cards in sli mode.


semp

That's why I said "generally".  Perhaps your experience with 2 video cards in SLI will help the OP with his video docking station.

[guncrasher]

I have three monitors running through a dual-video docking station. All three of my monitors are displayed in the account video settings. How do I configure the game to run on all three monitors?

choose the resolution in the video settings when you first open aces high.  if windows can see 3 monitors so will ah.


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[JimmyC]

can you cobble any size monitor together?
I have 2 different size ones, thought it would be fun to see if I could enlarge my view.
1280x1024 and 1920x1080
is it 3200x1024?
cheers

[TequilaChaser]

Nevermind misread the final resolution

[Bizman]

can you cobble any size monitor together?
I have 2 different size ones, thought it would be fun to see if I could enlarge my view.
1280x1024 and 1920x1080
is it 3200x1024?
cheers

Basically yes. If your 1920x1080 monitor has the setting for blacking out the extra pixels instead of stretching them the image might be crisper.

[Chalenge]

With Nvidia, at least, all monitors must be set to the same initial resolution before the spanning operation. It (surround) also does not work with SLI.

[FLS]

can you cobble any size monitor together?
I have 2 different size ones, thought it would be fun to see if I could enlarge my view.
1280x1024 and 1920x1080
is it 3200x1024?
cheers

Are you planning on the two monitor bezels being next to or splitting the gunsight?  That's the reason we talk about triple monitors but you don't hear much about double monitors for gaming.

Unless you stack the monitors you'd be reducing your frame rate for no real advantage since air combat generally needs more vertical view than horizontal view.

[Chalenge]

Uh, reducing frame rate? I don't think so.

[Bizman]

Uh, reducing frame rate? I don't think so.

Why not?

If you double the resolution you also double the load to the video card. If the video card barely can keep at 60 fps with one monitor, two similar ones logically would do only 30-ish unless there's some hidden power in the secondary monitor connector I'm not aware of.

[FLS]

Uh, reducing frame rate? I don't think so.

Doubling the resolution doesn't reduce frame rate?  You know his specs?

Granted if it's over 60 he'll see the same fps but it likely won't be the same performance.