Widescreen Gaming Forum

Hi everybody, first post here.
Congrats, very informative forum!

I am in the process of deciding to buy 3 displays and go THtoGO myself for Lockon FLaming cliffs, but reading all this, I am not so sure anymore?? Is it possible to play it well ?

Anyone thinks it would be a better investment to buy a great Samsung 305T 30'' display instead?

Thanks


JEFX

If you have a TrackIR it's good enough.

Thanks for your answer, but what do you mean by 'good enough'?
(I do have Tir4)
Do you mean good enough for my system specs?

Maybe I can reformulate my question(s) better :

1- Which is the most immersive, beautiful, exciting, flight sim experience?
2- Which is the most hardware demanding (and can my system handle it?)

A set-up with 3 x 19''s LCDs and Triple head2 go ???
or
A set-up with a 30'' Samsung LCD (for example) ???

(Maybe also considering other flight sims or upcoming Black Shark for which I know I will be spending lots of time...)

another question, about my system :

Considering I cannot change the basic system now, it is possible for me to upgrade my vidcard. Would it be better to upgrade? Maybe a 9800GTX or a 8800GTX ??? Would it make a big difference?

thanks a lot!

By the way, I just noticed now in your sig that you are using 3 x 21'' ?
How does that work with triple head to go? I thought that LCDs had a native resolution

JEFX

Hello JEFX ...
I'm sure he meant 'good enough' as in the TH experience will be good enough if you have a TrackIR and he is the guy to know these things especially when it comes to sims.

My opinion ...
TH far outweighs having a large screen as it is more immersive having the extra peripheral vision.
A large screen is just that ... larger ... and not really any more immersive as there is no more extra peripheral vision.

Having a 9800GTX would make a big difference for newer games.

His monitors are CRT's not TFT's ...
I use 3 x 20" Dell TFT's that have a native res of 1600x1200 but they look fine at 1280x1024 ... you wouldn't know it is not their native res.

Oh ... and welcome to the forum ... :D

Thanks for your answers (Paddy and JKeefe).
I am definitly hooked and will proceed to buying TH, 3 screens and a new graphics card... (after all, I will have my birthday soon!)

thanks


JEFX

JEFX,

"Good enough" means this: LOMAC and Flaming Cliffs allow configuration for cockpit zoom such that the zoom out is not quite far enough to see your HUD and instruments at the same time. With a TrackIR, you can dip your head down to peek at your instruments or do other heads-down cockpit work as necessary.

So, it's not perfect, but with TrackIR it's good enough. Without TrackIR I would think that it would be a frustrating experience.

Thanks

I see what you mean, I have seen the problem on the forums.
I think a couple of fellows have found a not so bad compromise (ggg and Teka-teka), I will be going for their configurations when my TH2Go and my 3 Samsung 943BX arrive in a couple of days.

I think I am going to wait for new vidcards and try and work all this with my 7950GX2 for now (you think it will work with such resolution?). Then I will change my card.

JEFX

That GPU will be fine. I ran Lock On initially in triplehead with a 6800GT, but I needed to do so at 2400x600 at reduced settings.

Thanks

JEFX