Widescreen Gaming Forum

If I'm not mistaken you can only use 2 displays when using SLI (i.e only the main card's outputs).Actually, if you don't have Windows 7 you can only use a single output of the four available when SLI is disabled. Windows 7 finally gives the ability to drive dual monitors in SLI mode.

In any ...

Out of curiosity, what happens when you send 1680x1050 through the TripleHead2Go? Does it just duplicate the same image across all three screens, or does it stop sending a signal to the left and right monitor?

The latter would be preferable, as it would cause most monitors to automatically ...

Why would you enable bezel management on the desktop?

Holy crap, you guys are really giving Matrox and Ati a run for their money. I never thought of doing that, that's beast as hell.1. This 3x2 display is basically giving you a large monitor at an aspect ratio similar to a single widescreen display. It's physically a lot larger, but there is a bezel ...

Leapo,

That's exactly what I do. My third output is via an 8400GS. It works very well.

and where do i find powerdesk se?

If you go to http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/support/drivers/ and work your way through the selection options, you can get to a download link.

does the monitors have to have dvi inputs or can i connect the th2go to the agp inputs with dvi adaptors to the monitors?You mean VGA inputs (not AGP), but yes, you can connect the TripleHead2Go Digital Edition's DVI outputs to VGA inputs. The TripleHead2Go outputs are DVI-D, which means that they ...

If you are going to upgrade a 4770 it would be prudent to sell the TripleHead2Go, buy the fastest 5000-series ATI GPU plus DP-to-DVI adapter/converter you can afford, and make the switch to EyeFinity.

... and if you are still seeing errors, explore your options for returning the GPU to the point-of-sale or to the manufacturer.

This depends on the game and on user preference.

Basically, I want to know if windows will treat each monitor separately or if it treats them all as one. Window management would be a huge pain if it all acts as one monitor.

Discussed here:
http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17051

[quote]By MSFS do you mean Microsoft Flight Sim (ie FSX)?

I think YES. :D Microsoft Flight Sim alway had this option to span over multiple screens.
MSFS = Microsfot Flight Simulator. FSX is the latest version.

And yes, MSFS has always (or at least in the last few versions) to span a 3D ...

Can someone explain to me why the following setup doesn't work:Sure. The 5000-series ATI GPUs have only two "legacy" (i.e. DVI, HDMI, VGA) clock generators. For these types of connections a dedicated clock signal is required for images to display on your monitor. The hardware is set up so that ...

Thanks for all the answers. The 5870 (six) looks interesting. <-- when does this come out?

For cost reasons, can I:

Install a 5850 in the primary PCI-e slot and run 3 monitors (for say out-the-window visual scene for FSX)
Install a lesser ATI card in the secondary PCI-e slot to run a fourth monitor for instruments only?

Or will that ruin the able to run Eyefinity?

This will work for MSFS only. If you want to do something similar for almost any other title it will not work.

you can get like a 42" HDTV for like $600 these days

Yeah, a 720p TV, not a 1080p TV. That means your giant screen has a resolution of 1280x720, which is not a lot of pixels if you are using it as a computer monitor.

I bought those exact branded drop cloths at Home Depot last month to paint my house. They are in fact untreated canvas.

I certainly didn't paint them intentionally like you may be planning, but from the paint I have gotten on them I can tell you the texture of the canvas still shows through a ...

I'm still skeptical that there are flight sims out there that can make use of 5 screens worth of FOV without horrible edge distortion, but this is all very cool nonetheless.

5870six will have no clocks and all six DP ports will require 6 active adapters?

As I said previously:
The six-output card that is coming soon will have two DP+ connections and four DP connections. That means that it could require up to four active adapters if one intends to connect six ...

Screensavers waste energy, anyway. Monitors should be set to turn off after a few minutes of inactivity.

If someone makes a post with it all in, I'll set it to Announcement and lock it. :)After reading the whole thread a week ago (44 pages at the time) I made the following post at SimHQ. I have a feeling it will be useful.

VGA, DVI, and HDMI connections all require a timing signal generated ...