*** TripleHead2Go Game Preference Survey ***

[Mark B]

Thanks FalconAF,

Don't worry - we aren't going to stop working to have Flight and Racesim games supported - they are the core of our market! :D

[Tucson]

Heh I can just see Matrox changing their whole marketings strategy based on 30 or so votes.

"Well the WSGF said FPS' are the way to go, time to pull the plug on these simulation projects".

[Kinesis]

I selected mmorpg's first because I play WOW mainly,and plan to play Warhammer online.
I enjoy all the other genres immensely as well in the following order:

4.mmorpg's
2.FPS
1.Racing
5. RTS
3. Flight Sims


I've been using a nvidia 7950GX2 card from July 2007 when I first started surround gaming,and while it could hold it's own on most games,it started showing it's age with Bioshock,and then even more with COD4 and Crysis.

I recently picked up a new 8800 gts(g92) card,and the difference is incredible,playing Cod 4 is high/medium settings with 40fps average was the most impressive surround gaming experience Ive ever had.
(maybe until WOW get full surround(proper fov)support

[diyadokeon]

I don't own TH2G but I think I could share few thoughts on multiple display gaming in general. Instead of arranging them sequentially, I'll put the discussed in categories in terms of how much I think they'll benefit from multiple displays. So, here it goes:

1. Flight sims and RTSs could benefit most from multiple display, the former being a traditional choice. In the flight sims additional displays could cover different camera angles and cockpit panels while in real-time strategies they could be set up to view different places simultaneously, an aspect that I haven't seen implemented (not that I play RTSs a lot or at all) but that could probably improve performance quite a bit.

2. Racing sims and (MMO)RPGs. Those two genres would benefit quite a bit from multiple displays but not as much as the first two. Racing sims have been detailed in the post by JKeefe. For RPGs there's still quite a bit of information that the additional displays could handle like character sheets or inventories but it's hardly critical (but having this information permanently overlaid on the sides still adds quite a bit of convenience).

3. Finally, FPSs... Well multiple displays certainly add some immersion and charm but it's the size that matters here, not the width that the additional monitors provide. Generally, I don't think FPSs need anything substantially wider than 16:9 unless we're talking about the tactical ones with an element of strategy involved which would benefit from additional 'hud real estate' (and those games, in terms of multiple display functionality fit better in the second group if not the first one). There isn't much FPSs would gain from multiple monitors in functional terms. So, contrary to the poll results I've placed this genre last.

[xeones]

I don't have one yet. I have a 22" widescreen that i love, and i'm waiting for the next triplehead that will support a widescreen with 2 regulars on the sides, or 3 widescreens. With support for at least 3 x (1680x1050).

But when i do get one, and i'm sure eventually i will, my order of game preference is as follows.

1. fps
2. mmorpgs
3. flight sim
4. racing, etc.
5. rts

I think rts could benefit a lot from multiple displays - but i don't really consider the triple head to be a multiple display. It's like one really long stretched out single one. It's the immersion factor that is most important to me.

I would love to see the triplehead take off and all games support it natively. Also it would be nice if some monitor manufacturer incorporated this feature - removable side bezels! With some way of locking the screens together.

[redgun]

And in online FPS i would almost call this Hardware Cheating (you can say what you want, to have 2 times the viewfield of your enemy, you just have an unfair advantage.)... of course, if i would have one myself, i wouldnt give a sh*t cuz i want to use my hardware ^^ ... hmm and you might already say that to the diffrence between 4:3 and 16:10 but that is not soooo extreme ;P

...well whatever with my 6000 3D Marks im barely able to handle ONE Screen now ;P

so a 30" or 24" monitor or is also cheating?????? because there's somebody out there with a 15.4" laptop, that isn't capable of running resoultions like that. Same goes for a good mouse, keyboard, generally all kinds of hardware. even low speed internet connections would be cheating then.

[JulianP]

1. RPGs
2. Flight/Space Sim (A good space combat game with triplehead would be so awesome)
3. Racing
4. FPS
5. RTS

My 2c.

[SergiLlop]

Fix WOW!!!!
And all the long list of games that have the same problem as WOW!

That is... LOSING field of view instead of gaining it! (in top and bottom). You just see it much bigger, but it's unplayable.

[Z3R0B4NG]

So if ONE guy has a crappy Mouse everyone else is cheating...
but if ONE guy at the server has 3 screens and is owning everyone else he just has spent more money then the other XX Players so its ok?


and with higher resolution you dont see more you just have to aim more precisly... i mean how much pixels can you hit if you run at 640*480 compared to a high resolution?

and everyone who is really into online FPS gaming should have a decent mouse / keyboard setup.. and if not... well own fault ;P

one guy at a Lan i remember we made a little 1on1 Tournament... had a crappy Microsoft Wireless Mouse and got owned all the time... after that LAN he bought a Logitech... still got owned... but not THAT hard anymore ;P

[XPMaster]

I'd definitely say that you get the best advantage in an RTS game. You would be able to view a lot more information on screen at once with three monitors.

[redgun]

So if ONE guy has a crappy Mouse everyone else is cheating...
but if ONE guy at the server has 3 screens and is owning everyone else he just has spent more money then the other XX Players so its ok?


and with higher resolution you dont see more you just have to aim more precisly... i mean how much pixels can you hit if you run at 640*480 compared to a high resolution?

and everyone who is really into online FPS gaming should have a decent mouse / keyboard setup.. and if not... well own fault ;P

one guy at a Lan i remember we made a little 1on1 Tournament... had a crappy Microsoft Wireless Mouse and got owned all the time... after that LAN he bought a Logitech... still got owned... but not THAT hard anymore ;P

you won't even see some opponents in the distance when playing FPS on low res.
it isn't cheating in both cases, imho.

[RKipker]

Just an FYI.... Crysis worked right out of the box in TH2G and supported 3840X1024 as well as 3072X800.

I'm still having problems with my TH2G with RACE07 and MotoGP 08.

Mark I know you've asked for screen shots, I hope to have time this weekend, work has kept me busy and out-of-town mostly lately!

Thanks for Matrox support of this site and WSG
Rnadall

[psychoticus]

I vote like this, with some examples of games that in my experience work best with surroundgaming.

1: racing----colin mcrae dirt (thanks for the 3D menues you can navigate perfectly in the game, and the FOV are perfectly adjusted automaticly).

2: First person shooters----Quake III, Unreal Tournament (the first one), Crysis, and best of all: battlefield 1942 or BF2 with fov hack ( just can't understand why EA don't allow for adjustable FOV in those games:()

3: RTS----World in Conflict ( they really listened to me and others that mailed them about multiscreen and surroundgaming support, though they could slightly improve the surroundgaming yet)

4: Flight simulators---works very good I guess, pity those games are so boring to day (the old ATF game is still the best flight sim for multiplayer i ever played).

5: RPG----could be good also, if they fixed the fov problem. The only advantage now is that you can have many in game windows open when you play.

[Paradigm Shifter]

I'd buy a TripleHead for the space-sims I play. :D

I have visions of X3 Reunion in TH. Man, that would look good.

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Other than that, racing and flight sims are probably what profits the most. FPS after that RTS and RPG.

The idea of Civ 2 on TH is also oddly appealing. ;)

[infernus]

I don't own any TH solutions but I voted for flight sims. tbh though, like JohnnyWakko said, there isn't a game that wouldn't benefit from 3 monitors. I'd more likely play a FPS or MMORPG, and in those genres I'd see extra, and have more room for UI elements. There'd also be added immersion in pretty much any game. Like widescreens, I can only see the plus side of it, really.

[WidescreenJohn]

This might seem like an easy answer, but as far as I'm concerned they're ALL equally great for TH2G! I love playing MS Flight Simulator X and Ghost Recon with my TH2G and I can't wait to play Bioshock with the TH2G. (The newest patch provides TH2G support!)

RPG might not use it as much, but that depends on the gameplay and how the game is designed.

As far as I'm concerned, every game should provide TH2G support.

[Cynagen]

I would love to see the triplehead take off and all games support it natively. Also it would be nice if some monitor manufacturer incorporated this feature - removable side bezels! With some way of locking the screens together.

With one of those monitor mount systems, that would be ubersecks. *drools a bit thinking about it* NEC and Alienware can kiss interlocking LCD monitor ass.

[Soduka]

I'd buy a TripleHead for the space-sims I play. :D

I have visions of X3 Reunion in TH. Man, that would look good.

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Other than that, racing and flight sims are probably what profits the most. FPS after that RTS and RPG.

The idea of Civ 2 on TH is also oddly appealing. ;)

SPACE-SIM?@?@?@ :o I always wanted to play a space sim....

Also, if Civ 4 worked on triplehead...well you would sell me! Get with 2K and Firaxis.

[Huma_27]

I voted for MMOs.

I can appreciate the popularity of racing games and flight sims with TH, but my personal draw would be the beautiful landscapes of an MMO.

[Billes]

To be honest, I think you can classify it as games played from a first person perspective vs games played from other perspectives. I think I get the most from my TripleHead2Go when I'm looking out through my characters eyes, weather it's a Sim or a first person shooter.