Same 3 monitors but Nvidia surround spanning doesn't work

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hlung10

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Hi everyone,

I'm baffled. My brother and I both bought the same monitors. He has 3 and I have 3. They're all the same, 1920x1080, 60Hz (Dell SE2717H/HX), and we both have Windows 10.

So here's the weird part. His monitors work for surround spanning. Mine don't. I try the default 5760x1080 settings on 75Hz and 60Hz but neither works.

Whenever I click "Enable surround" everything goes black and I get an error message that says this timing is not supported, only 1920x1080, 60Hz will work.

Granted, my brother and I have different graphics cards. But I have a GeForce GTX 960, which definitely supports three monitors.

Any help would be appreciated!
 
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Karadjgne
In Windows, under display, you need to enable extend desktop. Nvidia surround is quite different and while a 960 supports 3x monitors separately, it really doesn't have the power for treating the monitors as a single monitor. The maximum digital display is 5120x3200, so a 5760x1080 will not be supported.
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In Windows, under display, you need to enable extend desktop. Nvidia surround is quite different and while a 960 supports 3x monitors separately, it really doesn't have the power for treating the monitors as a single monitor. The maximum digital display is 5120x3200, so a 5760x1080 will not be supported.
 
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In Windows, under display, you need to enable extend desktop. Nvidia surround is quite different and while a 960 supports 3x monitors separately, it really doesn't have the power for treating the monitors as a single monitor. The maximum digital display is 5120x3200, so a 5760x1080 will not be supported.
 
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Thanks Karadjgne. That's disappointing, but I guess I'll deal with it for now.

What graphics card(s) would support these 3 monitors in surround spanning?
 
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980ti,1070,1080,1080ti,titans. And the games themselves. If you figure that on the primary screen is everything anyone else would see, the left/right secondaries is also a view taken partially sideways, so the whole side pictures have to be rerendered from a different perspective. At the same framerates as the primary. I'd be like the gpu being shared by 3 different pc's, a massive undertaking. Most ppl are pushing to try and get graphics at good fps on 1 screen, nvidia surround puts that on 3 screens, the fps is going to tank.
 
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