3 High Res Widescreens POSSIBLE!!!

[email protected] · Post by **[email protected]** » 20 Sep 2007, 01:11

I was just looking at the different supported resolutions for the TH2G and noticed the dualhead modes, that it supports two 1920*1200 add a third one on an Nvidia card and you get a three screed display that supports almmost 7 MPs. How sweet is that! But you would have to find displays that support 58Hz refresh rate. Best of luck to anyone who tries this.

skeeder · Post by **skeeder** » 20 Sep 2007, 01:50

not sure that would work in gaming.

[email protected] · Post by **[email protected]** » 20 Sep 2007, 02:11

Why not?

Mesh · Post by **Mesh** » 20 Sep 2007, 03:02

Games tend not to like anything but the primary monitor, in this case the TH2G running as 2x1920x1200@58hz.

Your game will likely run as 1920x1200 and refuse to run as 5760x1200 unless its windowed and most likely without much performance.

By the way, I've been playing with numbers and found that the best compromise would be to use 3x1558x876 provided of course the TH3G allows custom resolutions.

That res. is 16:9 and would be used in place of 1920x1080 native.
My reasoning is that while 3x1280x720 works(does it?), 1558x876 is 81% of 1080p vs 67% for 720p, not native but closer at least.

By the way, I've already done 1920x1080x3 using softth, just no games run properly for me so far.

[email protected] · Post by **[email protected]** » 20 Sep 2007, 03:40

Nvidia has a feature that makes two monitors seem like one and allows fullscreen apps to run across the two screens.

Mesh · Post by **Mesh** » 20 Sep 2007, 03:53

Span horizontal is capped at 2560x1024, I know, I tried it.
If you know how to add a res. to it, please share.

I would get a dual-head to go with a horizontal span for 1920x1080x2+1920x1080 but nvidia settings show it not possible atm.

Phobos · Post by **Phobos** » 20 Sep 2007, 06:51

Horizontal Span isn't capped as far as I can tell. I've run 2 tripleheads horizontally. However, both displays must be the same resolution, so no 2+1 or 2+3 (as I wanted), which means that you'll always end up with an edge in the middle.

Mesh · Post by **Mesh** » 20 Sep 2007, 11:09

If it isn't capped how come it's max is 2560x1024 with 2 1920x1080 monitors?

skeeder · Post by **skeeder** » 20 Sep 2007, 21:45

Span horizontal is capped at 2560x1024, I know, I tried it.
If you know how to add a res. to it, please share.

I would get a dual-head to go with a horizontal span for 1920x1080x2+1920x1080 but nvidia settings show it not possible atm.

no its not, I have 2 1680x1050 screens at work...I could play CSS on both...it was ackward but it worked.

Mesh · Post by **Mesh** » 20 Sep 2007, 23:26

They are -not- horizontally spanned, I'm talking about the '2 output merged as one monitor' in the nvidia panel, NOT using 2 monitors separately.

JKeefe · Post by **JKeefe** » 21 Sep 2007, 16:42

By the way, I've been playing with numbers and found that the best compromise would be to use 3x1558x876 provided of course the TH2G allows custom resolutions.

It doesn't and I've confirmed from Matrox that it won't ever. Matrox could offer new resolutions in a software update, though.

Mesh · Post by **Mesh** » 21 Sep 2007, 23:10

Shame, they could at least allow any resolution set, just for the support aspect, if you're not using one in the official list they won't help.

bandito · Post by **bandito** » 11 Oct 2007, 07:02

using 2x TH2Go digital, or 2x DH2Go digital, or one of each.. You can get a single display of 7680x1200 output with horizontal span..

or

3840x2400 display with vertical span.

using 1 display card..

You will be pushing 9.216 Mpixels of resolution..

Mesh · Post by **Mesh** » 11 Oct 2007, 11:00

That would work as long as you're on the desktop / some windowed games, 3d fullscreen wouldn't work on all screens.

bandito · Post by **bandito** » 11 Oct 2007, 14:02

nvidia span mode.. most 3d games will work with the said resolutions ... maybe not with 7680x1200 with the direct-x9 limit.. thou not with full 3d goodies turned on...

Post by **BHawthorne** » 29 Oct 2007, 03:12

I've used 1800x1440x3 SoftTH, without horz-span. Which is rather nice push of pixels too.

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