yay for 3 screens

motives · Apr 2006

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2006/04/12/matrox_triplehead_2_go/1.html

thats a pretty massive view

Now i just need one of those and fool IT i need another one of the 20 inch monitors hehe

(dono if this was posted b4.. couldnt find it in that case heh)

PaK · Apr 2006

seems silly. Peripheral vision doesnt work that way.

-R

Hedhunta · Apr 2006

I use two but only for creative content stuff, games will only work if i buy some extra software(which imo is retarded, if youre gonna ship a gfx card with two outputs the least you could do would be make some kind of hardware output that will allow you to play games stretched across both)... but i get asked all the time by my friends why i have two computers.. i only have one. lol but im not sure i could live with one monitor anymore its nice having the extra space!

malcolm · Apr 2006

Our lead has that same set up at work, I guess he likes to drag windows great distances while working in maya and photoshop.

ebagg · Apr 2006

I had a friend who's dad got an 8-screen setup. why bother minimizing anything??

PfhorRunner · Apr 2006

Hey not to jack the thread or anything, but I was just wondering if it's possible to disable one monitor for gaming so that the FPS isn't drastically affected?

Vailias · Apr 2006

Must have multiple monitors. Single screens are far too limiting now.

Also Pfhor: I know with the dual head cards from ATI and Nvidia you can switch between span and single monitor through the advanced properties.

EarthQuake · Apr 2006

Most current cards you wont see a very noticable frame rate drop, unless your other screen is running porn or something. Horizontal span will turn off the other monitor whenever you switch to a fullscreen game, dual view wont.

Hedhunta · Apr 2006

when i play games the other screen stays on with no noticible frame hit.. its nice especially if im playing Wow or something and need to look up a quest.. or if im talkin to someone online..

PfhorRunner · Apr 2006

I have about a 5% drop in FPS, running a 6800GT, and I can't look up or do anything on the other screen without minimizing the current game.. Which doesn't make sense to have another screen anyways.

motives · Apr 2006

Well im pretty sure most people can manage with 2 screens (i know i do

) just tought it was pretty cool. I know some guys at work are pretty psyched about this. Though thats probably just cus of the chance to have wow running on one of the screens while workin

yay for 3 screens

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