Use multiple screens as one desktop

[Arya_Svitkona]

Dear Community
I'm searching for a multiple screen solution for my workspace. I know there is a solution called Windows 7 settings , Nvidia Surround or ATI Eyefinity, but my idea is to merge three (for example) screens as one.

Example: I Start a normal Software (Paint, Explorer, Cinema 4D, Chrome) and after I have the fullscreen over 3 monitors.
As first priority it should merge the screens for working...second priority is gaming.

Probably that's possible with xinerama (Unix software)? I saw that in the internet, but was an experiment from a university.

Ideas?
Greetings from Switzerland
Arya_Svitkona

 

[shadow_city]

If you are going with ATI, you need something that supports eyefinity. For Nvidia, you need a dual gpu set up. What's you budget?

 

[frombehind]

Your Options for this are:

ATI Ifiniti capable Card
Lesser ATI Cards in Xfire
Nvidia Cards in SLI
or a Matrox TrippleHead2Go


The Card configurations are self explanatory, the Matrox is an additional device that you buy, and attach all of your monitors to. Only 1 cable then goes to the PC - meaning that this option will even work without a graphics card at all (provided you have onboard video in your motherboard)

This is what it looks like:

If your video setup is powerful enough, you could even use it to play games - the result is very impressive. Unfortunatelly so is the price of the contraption - most sites will try to sell it for around the $300 mark... although, if you shop around, you might be able to get for about ~250ish.

 

[Arya_Svitkona]

Hey Guys
Thank you very much for this posts.
Are you sure that Eyefinity or 3D Sourround isn't only for gaming?
I think I could buy a second Geforce gtx 460 or an ATI 6950.

I heard about that solution from Matrox, but forget it.

 

[esrever]

you can do it without gaming with a combination of any 2 cards.

 

[Arya_Svitkona]

@esrever
You understood that I won't have an extended screen?

extend: I can work over >1 screen, but I have only ONE Mainmonitor
merge: I can work over >1 screen, but all screens together merged as ONE.
So I can start a Software, Game or whatever and it will show that on all screens.