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A video showing the differences between monitor setups and what vendors support which.
Gameplay footage is from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, recorded via Afterburner on Project64.

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Great comparison vid!

thanks, it was fun making it.

Nice one mate!

I'm not sure if Nvidia Surround supports 3x1P but I am pretty sure Nvidia Surround doesn't support 5x1P.

AussieTimmeh wrote:Nice one mate!

I'm not sure if Nvidia Surround supports 3x1P but I am pretty sure Nvidia Surround doesn't support 5x1P.

Damn, i didn't even notice that. Yeah it supports 3x1 P but not 5x1. Annotations hoe!

This is a great post, thank you! By the way, Suiken, I tried that ToastyX program you found and it worked perfectly. I can now run 3x1P, 5x1P, 1080p, 1024x768, and 640x480. You officially increased my compatibility, so thank you! Keep up the great work.

Zencyde wrote:This is a great post, thank you! By the way, Suiken, I tried that ToastyX program you found and it worked perfectly. I can now run 3x1P, 5x1P, 1080p, 1024x768, and 640x480. You officially increased my compatibility, so thank you! Keep up the great work.

No problem, I'm glad I could help.

hey great video, i just wanted to show my setup for a softth config, im pretty sure only softth can do more than 6 monitors (except for linux???) And the only thing 6 monitors are good for are rts games such as dawn of war..
My video on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ksaGBaFBYA

(not sure if i pasted this link in properly...)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/v/0ksaGBaFBYA[/youtube]

Nice video, would like some additional information if you have time

1. On PLP you mentioned 16:10 for center and 4:3 for side monitors but the text in the video says 16:9. Guess that doesn't matter much?

2. Im thinking of selling my 3 24" inch monitors for a future PLP setup and in the meantime get something like a ultra widescreen monitor like 21:9 but there only seems to exist 29" monitors for that with a resolution of 2560x1080. Would that be a problem or can I adapt for other sidemonitors?
http://www.prisjakt.nu/kategori.php?l=3 ... s126250311

Thanks for the great vid

simroz wrote:hey great video, i just wanted to show my setup for a softth config, im pretty sure only softth can do more than 6 monitors (except for linux???) And the only thing 6 monitors are good for are rts games such as dawn of war..
My video on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ksaGBaFBYA

(not sure if i pasted this link in properly...)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/v/0ksaGBaFBYA[/youtube]

SoftTH is pretty awesome. You can do almost anything with it. I still don't think I'd want a horizontal bezel for rts games.

leop wrote:Nice video, would like some additional information if you have time

leop wrote:1. On PLP you mentioned 16:10 for center and 4:3 for side monitors but the text in the video says 16:9. Guess that doesn't matter much?

Well, I didn't feel like drawing a 16:10 monitor. Technically you can do plp with a 16:9 monitor as long as you find monitors that fit.

leop wrote:2. Im thinking of selling my 3 24" inch monitors for a future PLP setup and in the meantime get something like a ultra widescreen monitor like 21:9 but there only seems to exist 29" monitors for that with a resolution of 2560x1080. Would that be a problem or can I adapt for other sidemonitors?
http://www.prisjakt.nu/kategori.php?l=3 ... s126250311

You can use what ever side monitors you want. If you want the 29" 21:9 monitor, 23" 1080p monitors would line up almost perfectly and it would be LLL. As far as I know, there are no 1080 wide 4:3 monitors.

leop wrote:Thanks for the great vid

No problem. I'v working on new content all the time.

suiken_2mieu wrote:

leop wrote:2. Im thinking of selling my 3 24" inch monitors for a future PLP setup and in the meantime get something like a ultra widescreen monitor like 21:9 but there only seems to exist 29" monitors for that with a resolution of 2560x1080. Would that be a problem or can I adapt for other sidemonitors?
http://www.prisjakt.nu/kategori.php?l=3 ... s126250311

You can use what ever side monitors you want. If you want the 29" 21:9 monitor, 23" 1080p monitors would line up almost perfectly and it would be LLL. As far as I know, there are no 1080 wide 4:3 monitors.

Wait, lining up a 29" 21:9 with a 23" 1080p would be PLP not LLL right? because LLL with that would be damn wide

leop wrote:
Wait, lining up a 29" 21:9 with a 23" 1080p would be PLP not LLL right? because LLL with that would be damn wide

I think he meant LLL because you'd still have thinner monitors on the outside than the center and all would be 1080 pixels tall. And yes, damn wide would be fitting.