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Talk to a member named Vega. He's got 3x 30" in Portrait. Forgive me for linking offsite, but he's got two threads you may be interested in:

http://www.overclock.net/water-cooling/950313-vegas-quad-sli-3gb-gtx580-sub.html

http://www.overclock.net/graphics-cards-general/903852-3x-30-portrait-6970-cf-eyefinity.html

Ah, yeah, 3x30 all in portrait like I suspected. Color me uninterested, since I really prefer the wider FOV of surround for that reason and not for having more pixels.

Ah, yeah, 3x30 all in portrait like I suspected. Color me uninterested, since I really prefer the wider FOV of surround for that reason and not for having more pixels.

Well if you look in this thread: http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=862341 you'll find many more people who are using them in landscape like myself. They are closer to the end of the thread.

The only real time i use them in portrait is when I'm playing games on my couch.

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That's fine, but having 3xPortrait mode is just having more pixels on a larger physical screen. Plus you get bezels where there were none previously. I just can't see any real benefit (now for example if both horizontal and vertical FOV increased instead? That would be awesome) other than that. I play to get more FOV, most games are horizontal-oriented anyway (nothing exciting happens on top/bottom).

I guess it's a matter of personal taste, and as far as 30" is concerned I'd be interested in having 3x30" Landscape if I actually saw someone else do it and it ended up reasonable.

That's fine, but having 3xPortrait mode is just having more pixels on a larger physical screen. Plus you get bezels where there were none previously. I just can't see any real benefit (now for example if both horizontal and vertical FOV increased instead? That would be awesome) other than that. I play to get more FOV, most games are horizontal-oriented anyway (nothing exciting happens on top/bottom).

I guess it's a matter of personal taste, and as far as 30" is concerned I'd be interested in having 3x30" Landscape if I actually saw someone else do it and it ended up reasonable.

What do you mean by reasonable? I can do some testing for you.
Also, Portrait mode is good for watching movies and playing fighting games on. (just last night we were playing Soul Calibur 2 in 4800x2560 and it was sooo crisp).

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"Reasonable" like it fits on a desk and you can actually see the side monitors without sitting across the room.

Well as you can see from my "smug as hell" picture. You can see them clearly on my desk.
Also, all i have to do is glance to the left or right to see my side monitors.



They aren't as big as I thought they would be though. I went from a 5x1 P (with 23" 1080p panels) to this.

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System Core: | Intel Core i5-2500K + ASUS P8Z68-V + 16GB Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1333 MHz | Win7 x64 | MSI R7970 Lightning 3GB [1105/1400] |
Display: | 3 x Dell Ultrasharp 3007WFP-HC @ 7680x1600 | Dell u3011 |