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Hey guys I don't game much, but since this setup is so good for them, I figure I should have some games I can fire up to show people. I played starcraft for a bit with eyefinity, but that game doesn't seem to take advantage of the 4800x2560 resolution to zoom out or anything, so if you guys could tell me whats good that will be more eye popping that would be awesome.

I think at best you'll only find 2 or 3 people with any practical experience with 3x 30" portrait. I'm interested in seeing how some games look on it too. Would be cool to see soem DSLR and screenshots. 3x1P 30" is significantly more rare than 5x1P 24".

Running 24" in protrait makes for really tall gaming. I'd think 30" portrait height would be way too overpowering as far as height of screens for regular desktop. As is i question 24" portrait height. I'd just as soon go down to 22" on my personal setup. The difficulty is finding a good 1920x1200 screen with small bezels in the 22" range.

Personally I'd think 30" portrait would work better than 24". Most 30" screens are 16:10 and the physical size of a 30" screen is wider. I found when I put my 24" 16:9 screens in portrait they are too thin and the bezals really cut into your fov. With landscape you can concentrate on the center screen and the bezals blend into your peripheral vision while portrait they are right in front of you. The physical size of a 30" 16:10 screen I'd think would push the bezals out of your front view.

30" in portrait mode are so tall they become an egonomic neck issue is what I'm getting at. It's like standing 24" away from a 48" hdtv as far as size.

I used to run a 3x1 P setup, the issue i had with it is that my stands would have the displays arched upward. Also it was a bit tall (need a lower desk). I played UT2004 and Halo 2 (windowed) on it. It make for a nice 90" low lag (slightly wider than) 16:9 screen. But in general I don't find really any game except rts's good with that configuration. When I get two more, I'll go back to portrait, then I probably have a couch facing the screens too.

I used to run a 3x1 P setup, the issue i had with it is that my stands would have the displays arched upward. Also it was a bit tall (need a lower desk). I played UT2004 and Halo 2 (windowed) on it. It make for a nice 90" low lag (slightly wider than) 16:9 screen. But in general I don't find really any game except rts's good with that configuration. When I get two more, I'll go back to portrait, then I probably have a couch facing the screens too.

What monitors did you use in your 3x1P config? I'm thinking about going 5x1P (with either 22's or 23's), but really want to make sure I could see the 3 center monitors as one, and use the outer 2 in my peripheral vision. I mainly play fps, what were your issues experienced when you played them?

Thanks!
-Erik

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[quote]I used to run a 3x1 P setup, the issue i had with it is that my stands would have the displays arched upward. Also it was a bit tall (need a lower desk). I played UT2004 and Halo 2 (windowed) on it. It make for a nice 90" low lag (slightly wider than) 16:9 screen. But in general I don't find really any game except rts's good with that configuration. When I get two more, I'll go back to portrait, then I probably have a couch facing the screens too.

What monitors did you use in your 3x1P config? I'm thinking about going 5x1P (with either 22's or 23's), but really want to make sure I could see the 3 center monitors as one, and use the outer 2 in my peripheral vision. I mainly play fps, what were your issues experienced when you played them?

Thanks!
-Erik
I'm was / am using 3 x Dell 3007wfp-hc monitors.

The only issues I had were with the hud. Even games that adjust for centered hud, don't generally have any setting for 5x1. With source engine games, and other games we have fixes for, it's not so bad. Otherwise I didn't have any real issues. (besides there not being a 5x1 eyefinity setup until recently)

Anything not too damanding... but something like X3: Terran Conflict should look impressive.

I'd try something like Jedi Knight 2 just for kicks. :D

3x30" in triple portrait or triple landscape mode? I honestly am a bit confused at how anyone could fit in 3x30" landscape on any of their desks and not sit half a mile away from it :lol:

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.

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).

"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.