Alienware Shows Crysis at 2880 x 900

Yes, but what games are going to support it? Talk about an odd resolution! I'd imagine that most gamers would just be pissed off if they picked it up since most games won't offer this resolution. It has been hard enough getting developers to support a standard 16:10 or 16:9 mode.

I too have concerns about running games at that resolution. And 0.02 ms response time? Either that's a typo or Alienware has magically made their display have a response time 100x better than the best normal LCDs.

Looks like it should be 2880*1900 which works out as 16*10 ratio

how to work out the ratio
2880/16 =180
2880/180 =16
1900/180 =10.5 (call it 10) or 900/180 = 5

so it's either 16*10 or 16*5
*edit*

the link just finally worked, it is 16*5 looks nice aswell

You could see the couple engaged from head to foot, if they were laying down. Thinking... Heck, I may never leave the house either...

Game support at that resolution is one thing, but getting a video card that can keep the game above 30fps at that resolution is another matter in itself.

I want to see the video card that monitor was connected to.

I still kick myself for the long pauses even older games have because my "fast as heck" cpu cannot handle the gazillion AI when the gamemap is full of action. Big display's and brute gpu power is one thing, but never underestimate the role the cpu plays as well.

It is interesting, i would guess that in Alienware (Dell) is releasing it then they have found some game developers to support the ress for this display or possibly other applications they are going to push it for.

here is a quick video i found
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq52x6LmUew

Just before hitting submit: Found another article claiming that "The Alienware folks were of course very serious about showing off how well Crysis demonstrates the CSD's abilities. However, according to Alienware, most of the current DX10 titles will recognize the 2880 x 900 resolution with no problems at all!"

Bah forget the game footage.... let's see how this thing spit-shines two babes going at it

It isn't an LCD screen its a DLP LED Projection Screen. 2880 x 900 is the resolution. This has been done with the Matrox Triplehead2go Setup for sometime now while using 3 LCD monitors to provide triple 1280x1024. You will have bezels in between but you don't notice them as your eyes focus on the screens.

The main problem people have to get by when using these triple monitor setups is that some games do not have the FOV implemented the right way and you can get distortion.

Some games have come out without support but have had modded support added or the makers have added support for TripleHead Resolutions.

Also available is a software triplehead2go which isn't as elegant as the Matrox device but is free and is called SoftTH.

To learn more check out the discussion here...
http://www.widescreengamingforum.c [...] b8fed4f8c9

And for screenshots and videos of games we (triplehead2go users) play...
http://www.widescreengamingforum.c [...] b8fed4f8c9

Matrox Triplehead2go
http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/ [...] l/home.php

SoftTH
http://www.kegetys.net/SoftTH/

Crysis on Triplehead2go setup
http://youtube.com/watch?v=hIUrO08 [...] re=related

http://www.gametrailers.com/player [...] t=featured

crappy quality video of the guy playing crysis on that screen.

I thought it looked pretty cool. Sure it has shortcomings, but you have to admit it'd be pretty cool actually playing a game like that.