I'll be testing out how 4x1920x1200 works soon. I currently have 4x Samsung 245BW and I just purchased 2x DDH2G from newegg. I'll post more to this thread soon to explain how things go with the experiment. :D
I put in for 3 day shipping on the DDH2G but it's holidays so it might be a week before I see those. I'll be able to try out 4x 245BW on Warhammer Online though using the frameless windowed mode though before I get the 2x DDH2G though.
LOL you need eyes on the side of your head to see to the edges of these monitors!
Keep us upto date tho'
Makes me wish display rotation worked with the Matrox boxes. It wouldn't be so bad on rotated. 4800x1920 would be pretty nice. I can dream I guess. :lol:
Small holdup on the test. Got 1 LCD that is bad and am putting in for warrenty exchange. I hope that doesn't take too long. Last time I did a warrenty exchange it went off just fine but it took 3 weeks to process. Depending on how long it takes for Samsung to turn around the LCD I might just use the defective LCD for a bit. The red is screwing up on the LCD but it works.
also no point doing 2x1920x1200 x2 cos 99% of games won't let you stretch it all the way across and u'll only be able to fullscreen using 2 monitors which won't be any good...
edit: ok i read another post and some other guys shown lodr running with 2xth2go but i still question how many games will support that high res...
also no point doing 2x1920x1200 x2 cos 99% of games won't let you stretch it all the way across and u'll only be able to fullscreen using 2 monitors which won't be any good...
edit: ok i read another post and some other guys shown lodr running with 2xth2go but i still question how many games will support that high res...
The max for TRIPLEhead2go is 5040x1050. I'm using 2 DUALhead2go and horizontal-span. Any game that surround gaming works in will be just fine with this setup too. :wink:
UPS arrived about an hour ago. I'm up and running with the latest december version of the Matrox installer. It worked just fine with 2 DH2G. Technically, I didn't have to install any software, but I wanted the Powerdesk SE for the 4 display divider on the desktop. That's working fine too. Windows XP detected 3840x1200 on both boxes after I initially plugged them in without issue. The nVidia control panel has no problem horizontal-spanning the 2x 3840x1200 either. I like the USB power vs my old analog TH2G which had an external power supply. So far Warhammer Online and Eve Online work perfectly at 7680x1200. Those are the 2 main games I play, so all is good. :D
Looks very cool, how is it with the divider right down the centre of the screen?
A bit destracting but bearable. Games like Eve it won't matter much in. Warhammer Online might be a bit of a headache though. I've tuned it out after awhile. It's a bit more to tune out than the triplehead bezels though.
It's great in Eve. Notice in my screenshot I have the market, contracts, skills and certs windows all open without any real problems. It's a lot of GUI space. Eve is natorious for having a cluttered GUI. I'm glad to see it working so well.
I don't play shooters, so no big issue for me. :wink:
AAArrgh HEATHEN! burn him and cast him out! :hide
Eve looks great though, a game (one of many...sigh) that I don't have and want to play. But it is also such an involved game I'll probably never find the time :)
Figured out what was wrong with that one 24". I twist the bezel frame a little and it quits with the red issue. Donno if I should keep it still or send it back. It's working fine now though. Musta gotten shaken up in shipment.
but isn't int kinda wierd/pita to play and have a bezel right in front of you?
Yep, but I'm getting used to it. Really depends on the type of game I'm playing. It's not a problem in a simulator game or in first person mode. Going 4x was the only way to break the 24" limitations on the DTH2G though. It's a tradeoff I guess. The downside is bezel position and lack of vista 64/dx10, the upside is 4x 24" at native resolution. I'm still cursing at the nVidia/Microsoft pass-the-blame game about removing span modes in Vista.
Hey Ghimpi,
I know in theory you could use 2 DTH2G spanned as a single desktop image with 6 widescreen monitors for a resolution of up to 30240x1200 :shock: ,but is that physically possible? Also curious if you were to use 2 video cards with 2 outputs each would you esentially have the same effect as what you've done here? My guess is that the performance would be much less than that of 2 DH2G's. I'm trying to find the best solution for my 6 screen setup for flight simming. I have 5 external view windows to give me a panoramic view of roughly 150 degrees and a single smaller touch screen monitor for a GPS display. I've tried using a single TH2G for my center view spanned across 3 screens and 2 additional views for the 2 side windows. This has a better fps result, but there is distortion in the side images as the scenery passes from the center spanned view to the smaller unspanned side views :x . I've also opened 5 windows (one for each view on each monitor), but the fps are much better using the "spanned views" method so I have to give up the nicer graphics settings :cry: . I've not tried the nvidia control panel to span the entire setup as one display as you have done. That may be the answer for me if you think it will work. That would be 6x7680x1024 using an analog TH2Go for 3 of the monitors and 3x1280*1024 for the remaining 3 outputs. Any thoughts? Thanks! :D
Airhogg
The 3d area can only work as one display area. The best that can be done is 2 digital triplehead2go vertical-spanned for 5040x2100 or like I have 2 digital dualhead2go horizontal-spanned with 7680x1200. There are many limitions working against anything larger being done. The main thing being current nVidia cards will only do 8192x8192 maximum. Horizontal-span mode only works on a single card.
Your example above would technically only work on the desktop. You can drop in as many video cards as you have slots and power for. Most people here are seeking to achieve multiscreen for gaming, which has a lot more strict rules and limitations.
So, if I understand correctly, I could use 2 TH2G using both outputs of a single card on 6 1280:1024 monitors horizontally spanned as 1 display to reach 1 desktop image at 7680x1024. Is that right, and can it be done on analog TH2G's and in Vista? Flight Simulator X doesn't utilize SLI as far as I know, so I'm not concerned about not having it on all displays. Thanks again!
So, if I understand correctly, I could use 2 TH2G using both outputs of a single card on 6 1280:1024 monitors horizontally spanned as 1 display to reach 1 desktop image at 7680x1024. Is that right, and can it be done on analog TH2G's and in Vista? Flight Simulator X doesn't utilize SLI as far as I know, so I'm not concerned about not having it on all displays. Thanks again!
FSX is a bit of a different animal as far as 3d is concerned. It doesn't behave like other games and has some key differences. In general, yes 6 1280x1024 will work in any 3d game, but only in XP span mode. They removed the span modes in Vista unfortunately. My setup examples are geared towards more generic gaming, where it'll work with most any opengl or directx 9 game. FSX is rather unique in the way 3d works with it and has it's own set of rules. If you're looking for another TH2G analog, I have one I'm thinking on selling.
To get the best answers about FSX setups I'd recommend checking out http://www.mycockpit.org
