Tripple screen setup
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Cheers guys. I've got it hooked up to my SLied 7800 GTXs at the moment but all you have to do is plug your three screens into the matrox adapter and that plugs into your GFX card as normal. It doesnt work with all games, heres the official list of supported games;
http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/gxm/products/th2go/gaming/list.php
Theres a great forums where they adapt games to run on it here;
http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/forum/
This could be what your looking for Mav (if you read this) for your birthday.
I have to say GTR2 runs sick on this, its so realistic it almost makes me want to churn speeding around the tracks. Wow plays beautifully too, I'm just angry that EA wont allow widescreen gamming for BF2
That would be really sick.
Oh by the way, it works fine with Nvidia cards but if I recall some ATi cards wont support certain resolutions. Check it out on the matrox site.
http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/gxm/products/th2go/gaming/list.php
Theres a great forums where they adapt games to run on it here;
http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/forum/
This could be what your looking for Mav (if you read this) for your birthday.
I have to say GTR2 runs sick on this, its so realistic it almost makes me want to churn speeding around the tracks. Wow plays beautifully too, I'm just angry that EA wont allow widescreen gamming for BF2
That would be really sick.Oh by the way, it works fine with Nvidia cards but if I recall some ATi cards wont support certain resolutions. Check it out on the matrox site.
maverik-sg1
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Zax mate - beautiful, so very beautiful.
WoW on 3 screens - what res can I run it at?
WoW on 3 screens - what res can I run it at?
maverik-sg1
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I am serioulsy interested in a similar set-up and in fact getting one of these units - any recommendations of monitors that the slimest of bezels?
Looking around HP seem to have this sewn up - but wait to be proven wrong.
Question: if I got for this I will lose the dell 24WS unit I currently enjoy - any advantages/disadvantge when running a normal desktop?
Cheers
Mav
PS: Soooooo beautiful!!
Looking around HP seem to have this sewn up - but wait to be proven wrong.
Question: if I got for this I will lose the dell 24WS unit I currently enjoy - any advantages/disadvantge when running a normal desktop?
Cheers
Mav
PS: Soooooo beautiful!!
I would personally go for any 17" screens that have a max res of 1280 x 1024 as the max res that the matrox adapter can handle is 3840 x 1024 so if you got monitors capable of higher res that would push up the costs with little benefit. Matrox have their desktop utility which allows you to maximise programs to fit each screen, without this, when you maximise a program it would spread across the three screens. It's similar to dual desktop but with three screens, a program will reopen in the screen it was last used in. I've kept my 24" dell and at the moment my Mach is hooked up to it. Sometimes you just want to have really hi res, plus not all programes are supported, those that are not, you just have to run them at 1280 x 1024 on the middle screen, the other two screens then go into sleep mode. You could always hook up your 24" dell as a second screen 
as windows sees your tripple screen setup as one whopping 3840 x 1024 screen, I haven't tried this but it should work just like dual desktop.
At the end of the day this setup is good for both work and play. During the course of my work I often need to have many programs open at the same time and it helps if I can see them all at once! (well thats the excuse I give the wife :shhh
If you want more info Mav check out the link to the widescreen forums I posted earlier, theres plenty more info there.
P.S Even the Serene screen Aquarium screen saver is real pleasure to watch as the fish swim across the three screens! It's like being at the London aquariums, not too sure what the srimps think below though, shrimp being the staple diet of fish
as windows sees your tripple screen setup as one whopping 3840 x 1024 screen, I haven't tried this but it should work just like dual desktop.At the end of the day this setup is good for both work and play. During the course of my work I often need to have many programs open at the same time and it helps if I can see them all at once! (well thats the excuse I give the wife :shhh
If you want more info Mav check out the link to the widescreen forums I posted earlier, theres plenty more info there.
P.S Even the Serene screen Aquarium screen saver is real pleasure to watch as the fish swim across the three screens! It's like being at the London aquariums, not too sure what the srimps think below though, shrimp being the staple diet of fish
advancedkill
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If you want to play widescreen games, go to www.widescreengamingforum.com and look for the master games list; it includes hacks for getting EA games to work.
FragTek
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Wow, intense setup you have man, very very impressive. Makes me wanna build another PC just to give it a shot. 
hehe.
Question, would it be possible to overlap the two outside screens in an inch or too behind or infront of the center monitor to effectively decrease the bezel size by half? Or does it look F'd up? Just curious.
Nice shrimp too, when are we having
tails at ur house?
hehe.Question, would it be possible to overlap the two outside screens in an inch or too behind or infront of the center monitor to effectively decrease the bezel size by half? Or does it look F'd up? Just curious.
Nice shrimp too, when are we having
