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Can eyefinity or nvidia surround run differnetly sized monitors?

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peppergomez

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1 30"as middle monitor and 2 20" in portrait mode, one on either side, for a consistent vertical resolution of 1600. Horizontal resolution of 4960, which hefully 2 gtx590s or 2 hd6990s shoild be capable of running. Reasom i am thinking of this setup is to have a large monitor for watching movies, and all three for triple monitor gaming for flight sims (more peripheral vision). Thanks.
 
Not possible with eyefinity. With surround, you'll have to check. I don't think it can, but I could be wrong.
 
You can create an eyefinity group with 2 monitors of differing sizes. But it runs at the lowest monitors resolution on both.

I do not know about 3.
 
So it'd downgrade the 2560x1600 res on the 30" to 1600x1200 to match the 2 1600x1200 20" monitors? Definitely don't want that.
 
Nothing will ever support that. We've been asking for it for 3 years now.
 
That's a shame.

So I am still uncertain what route to go monitor wise for a new gaming build.

My 30" at home just died I think, and I am really wanting to keep a 30" because I use my computer to watch a lot of movies and tv (much better picture IMO than even our Sony 1080 HDTV, and much better sound). But 3 30" is totally impossible and way too $$$$ to consider for gaming. Was thinking 3 27" at 2560x1440, but feedback here helped me realize that's pretty much the same thing in terms of stress on GPU (I should have realized that to begin with!). Those kind of resolutions put me into a price point I cannot afford (and get into issues of heating and cooling that I dont' want to encounter).

There still doesn't seem a 3-monitor solution that achieves what I hope for: a layout that's equally good for watching movies as it is for gaming. A 24" solution would work for gaming but would be too small for movies (at least for me). A 30" in the center and 2 20"s in portrait either side seems like it will not work if neither Eyefinity or nSurround can properly support different monitor resolutions. That just leaves 3 27" at 1920x1080 but going from 1600 to 1080 in vertical resolution is a big hit. I don't want to end up seeing less, and I wonder if the overall effect would be too vertically narrow/horizontally long. And putting all three monitors in portrait mode wouldn't really work for watching movies and TV (bezels might be distracting).

Still not sure what to do...maybe stick with 1 30"...
 
There's no direct support for PLP afaik... but there are game specific workarounds. The most common one being windowed mode and resizing the window.
 
I know this might be a bit of an organisational headache, but have you considered 3 21" 1080ps, and a 40" HDTV? You can use an audio splitter setup so that the sounds goes through the same speakers whichever display you're using, and if I'm honest, 720/1080 video actually looks better on HDTVs if it's being fullscreened in my opinion.
 
Depending on how good your eyes are... have you considered a larger tv as a monitor?

This will start up the tv ar3 horrible! folks, but give it a try. Got a friend with a 40" or so HDTV(I would go 1920x1080) that looks good to you? Ask him if you can try hooking up your box to it and give it a try at different distances.

I like it for the raw screen real estate it gives you vs 3x monitors in portrait minus bezels. Although at a lower resolution and pixel density. That can be a deal breaker for some. Lower res does = more goodies turned on with less equipment. For example, bc2 for me runs at 1920x1080 16xAF, 16xQ AA, HBAO on, everything else on high via the gossamer launcher, and rarely dips below 50 fps. While being pushed by a slow assed phenomII x3 and a 5870.

The b3 beta was absolutely playable for me at around 40fps on the same setup on medium.
 
Thanks all for the suggestions.

Re: Roscowgo: I am thinking though that 1920x1080= less of the gameworld visible than 2560x1600, right? The appeal for me of triple-monitor surround gaming is that increase in peripheral vision, especially b/c I like flight sims (where seeing some of the left and right out of the cockpit is a more accurate simulation of actual vision).
 
Well, 16:9 is actually a slightly wider aspect than 16:10, so often you see more of the game world, it's just not to the same high resolution.
 
peppergomez said:
Thanks all for the suggestions.

Re: Roscowgo: I am thinking though that 1920x1080= less of the gameworld visible than 2560x1600, right? The appeal for me of triple-monitor surround gaming is that increase in peripheral vision, especially b/c I like flight sims (where seeing some of the left and right out of the cockpit is a more accurate simulation of actual vision).
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Yeah pretty much. You do lose that on just one. I would love to have 3x projectors and a curved screen some day.
 
peppergomez said:
That's a shame.

So I am still uncertain what route to go monitor wise for a new gaming build.

My 30" at home just died I think, and I am really wanting to keep a 30" because I use my computer to watch a lot of movies and tv (much better picture IMO than even our Sony 1080 HDTV, and much better sound). But 3 30" is totally impossible and way too $$$$ to consider for gaming. Was thinking 3 27" at 2560x1440, but feedback here helped me realize that's pretty much the same thing in terms of stress on GPU (I should have realized that to begin with!). Those kind of resolutions put me into a price point I cannot afford (and get into issues of heating and cooling that I dont' want to encounter).

There still doesn't seem a 3-monitor solution that achieves what I hope for: a layout that's equally good for watching movies as it is for gaming. A 24" solution would work for gaming but would be too small for movies (at least for me). A 30" in the center and 2 20"s in portrait either side seems like it will not work if neither Eyefinity or nSurround can properly support different monitor resolutions. That just leaves 3 27" at 1920x1080 but going from 1600 to 1080 in vertical resolution is a big hit. I don't want to end up seeing less, and I wonder if the overall effect would be too vertically narrow/horizontally long. And putting all three monitors in portrait mode wouldn't really work for watching movies and TV (bezels might be distracting).

Still not sure what to do...maybe stick with 1 30"...
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Do a 3x1 @ 24" for games + 1 extended 30" for movies and more desktop real estate. You can do that from just one Radeon card depending on the model you go with.
 
That's not a bad idea mdk30. Except...I just ordered this really cool gaming cockpit called the Obutto (http://www.obutto.com/) and am aiming to have it be my gaming/surfing/office work/viewing chair of choice. It's well suited for either 3 monitors (up to 27") or a single 30", but I am pretty sure it wouldn't accommodate 3 x 24 and 1 x 30. Though I guess I could have the 30" off to the side on another table and watch from my futon.

Decisions, decisions.

Might end up going with 3x27" at 1920x1080 for a reasonable compromise between screen size and a realistically drivable resolution. Maybe in a few years GPUs will be powerful enough to drive 7680x1600/1440 (though games will also grow increasingly taxing on GPU and CPU....).

Any folks here have good experiences driving 3x27 at 5760x1080 using either Eyefinity or nSurround?
 
peppergomez said:
Any folks here have good experiences driving 3x27 at 5760x1080 using either Eyefinity or nSurround?
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3x27 @ 5760x1080?

So you're thinking of not running at native resolution on 27" monitors? Wouldn't it just make more sense to save the money then and go with 24"s? You could even go 1900x1200 and get a little more vertical resolution that way...
 
Some 27" monitors are native 1920x1080 I believe, which would be 5760x1080. It's up a few posts, but what I am hoping for is a screen large enough to surround game and to also watch movies and TV, and 24" is a bit small for that (or would feel that way to me, coming from a 30" monitor)
 
1080 27" screens have too large of pixel pitch for many, so that may be a consideration.
 
peppergomez said:
Some 27" monitors are native 1920x1080 I believe, which would be 5760x1080. It's up a few posts, but what I am hoping for is a screen large enough to surround game and to also watch movies and TV, and 24" is a bit small for that (or would feel that way to me, coming from a 30" monitor)
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OK, I didn't realize you were thinking about lower rez 27"... just assumed that you'd be using higher quality/rez ones since you're coming from a 30".

Like Tiporaro mentioned, I'd be concerned about too large of a pixel pitch if you're talking 1080 @ 27" but if you know you can deal with it, then by all means.

My current setup is 3x24" @ 5760x1200 and in EyeFinity games the sense of immersion is phenomenal. Granted, I am able to sit fairly close to the monitors so the sense of envelopment is heightened, but as long as you can get fairly close to your screens I don't see how you'd be any better off with a lower rez 27" setup. Is moving closer to the screens not possible for some reason?
 
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