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DaBomb22   10-22-2007 at 09:26:57 AM

Hey guys,

Ive been looking around to buy two LCD monitors for use in a dual-monitor setup and I'm hoping to buy two with thing edges on the left/right sides to line them up as close as possible. Or just a thin edge all around, either way. But i cant find any at all =S Or are two normal LCD's fine to line up and play games across both screens for FPS's?

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pchoi04   10-22-2007 at 09:34:33 AM
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Why would you want to put 2 LCDs together?... It would drive me crazy to play a first person shooter and have a big ass line going down the middle of my screen. Why not just just get a bigger monitor?

I could maybe see having a dual monitor set up and have different things running on them. Have one application running on one screen and another application running on another screen.

Also I dont know of any game that supports a 2 monitor setup like the way you were describing. I think some games allow you to run the initial game on one screen and maybe stats on the other screen but I'm not a big gamer so I wouldnt know. Also having a viewing space that large on a FPS would probably give you an unfair advantage over other players. Games like BF2 doesnt even support 16:10 because of this reason so I would assume most FPS games do not support multi monitor setups.

Hope that helps... but maybe someone else can provide better insight.


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skittle   10-22-2007 at 09:41:44 AM
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normal LCDs work just fine. but yeah.. prabably annpying because the target reticule is usually at the center.

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Valtiel   10-22-2007 at 09:44:10 AM
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Not many games support dual monitors, as the previous poster stated. The only game I know of that supports more than one monitor would be FSX, although I've never really looked into it.

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skittle   10-22-2007 at 06:24:39 PM
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codII supports dual monitors.

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michiganteddybear   10-22-2007 at 06:42:25 PM
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go for broke and get 3.. center monitor is the main, and would give you an unobstructed targeting reticle, side monitors would be to widen your field of view, so you can see stuff earlier!

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aevm   10-22-2007 at 06:52:49 PM
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What sort of video card would he need for that???

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CompTIA_Rep   10-22-2007 at 07:04:34 PM
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You would need 2 video cards.

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aevm   10-22-2007 at 07:08:39 PM
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Yeah... But then, how many games can work with two video cards at the same time?

Don't get me wrong, I love the idea of using 3 monitors. Just wondering if it can be done :)

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lostandwandering   10-22-2007 at 07:17:33 PM
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You would probably have to run dual 8800GTX's or HD2900's for it to be smooth during games. Doesn't the max res of each monitor get capped at a certain level though?

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techgeek   10-22-2007 at 07:18:21 PM
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Matrox's last serious foray into 3D was with a triple monitor card (single card not dual), so it can be done if the game support the increased FOV. The real problem comes with trying to render that many pixels and maintain a playable framerate. I personally think three monitors would be too much even if you did have the graphics horsepower, but to each his/her own.

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nukemaster   10-22-2007 at 08:07:13 PM
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http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/ [...] /th2go.php

 

by far the most compatible(and expensive :( ) way to go(since games will only see once screen.....allot of games see multi screen and mess up).....

 

Or there is a dual head to go if you just want to go with 2


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michiganteddybear   10-22-2007 at 08:10:34 PM
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yea, the triple-head-to-go will do it.

just my 2 cents, if I was playing FPS's (which I dont, dont have the response time in the brain anymore, I aint young), I would either do a single large monitor (wide screen) to get the FOV, or go 3 monitors.. 2 monitors isn't gonna do it for most people because of the space inbetween them. no matter how much you try to make it small, there will still be some space there.

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CompTIA_Rep   10-23-2007 at 11:40:57 PM
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Supreme commander and a few other games will render on multiple graphics cards.

If you run windowed mode, you shouldn't have any issues with as many monitors / video cards as windows can handle (ala Flight sim 20monitor setup / Quake 3 30 monitor setup)

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