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Eyefinity Configuration Suggestions

Has there been any progress on 20-30-20 yet? It sucks that eyefinity isn't usable with the best config.
 
JCDenton said:
Has there been any progress on 20-30-20 yet? It sucks that eyefinity isn't usable with the best config.
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Has there been any word on what kinda configs NVidia's solution will support? Seeing as it'll work w/DVI ports (and even on old hardware) it might be more flexible in that regard...
 
McKie said:
Yeah , kind of funky resolutions. but I made them work for mine
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Right.. with the general lack of wallpapers in the 5ksomething x 1ksomething category I am hording any I find.
 
revenant said:
Right.. with the general lack of wallpapers in the 5ksomething x 1ksomething category I am hording any I find.
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Me two . I spent several hours on the net one day just hording anything I could find. If they were anything close to widescreen I snagged them up. I'm building quite a collection. I'm finding that a lot of the ones that are real close can be just tiled and will come out looking pretty good
 
Diverge said:
Here's my setup: 3x Dell P2310H, powered by 5970

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Wow, that is the EXACT same desk I have had for almost 5 years. I love it.

Now as far as my setup, I have a Dell 2709WFP that I purchased last year. It was on sale, so I got it for around $700. It has a max resolution of 1920x1200, so I tried a 24" Scepter x24wg-naga as a 2nd monitor just to get a taste of Eyefinity and it was amazing, though I need a 3rd for sure.

So now I'm trying to figure out if adding another sub $200 24" 1920x1200 for a 3rd display is worth it to get cheap 3 monitor gaming, with a nice center monitor. I think the difference in size and bezel aren't as noticeable while gaming. I mean yes 3 similar monitors would be great, but I can't spend $1200 to get 2 more, and I see they need to be PPP or LLL, so this seems like a decent option without spending much. Also, I found myself always concentrating on the center monitor, so I think the 2 side monitors can be less quality like this, just to provide the immersion.

However, I definitely noticed input lag on the 2709. I read about it before buying it, and most people said it was not an issue unless you put up a cloned screen next to it. I was very surprised that the 24" Sceptre was so much faster than the 2709. Moving my camera around, I could measurably see that the 2709 was slower. However, it looked much better than the Sceptre, which was darker, and colors were not as vibrant. When playing on only the 2709, I never notice the lag, even if I look for it, though.

So, slight size difference, bezel, and input lag, would you guys say I should try to sell this 2709, and just get 3x2310H (wife will kill me most likely), or just get another cheap 24" 1920x1200 and live with it until I can replace both 24" in the future?

I also looked at ASUS VK266H 25.5" 1920x1200 monitor at $300. Maybe I could get this instead for now, and replace the 24" sceptre with a similar model in the future. I'm not sure how PPP mode would look, but I still think it's worth a try.

Here is a shot of my temporary setup in the living room:
http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/8910/img6819d.jpg

Once your eyes cross the bezel, the size difference (and bezel for that matter) don't really matter.

Thanks for any comments.
 
One of my biggest concerns w/cheaper displays is actually viewing angles, 'specially if you're using them in PPP mode (w/TN panels), that's my biggest problem w/Eyefinity right now. I don't wanna step down from 24" on my main display but the only affordable IPS out there is the 22" Dell. Maybe I should make a poll to see how many people are running 3x1 w/TN panels and how many are doing so happily in PPP mode.
 
A poll would be great.

Aside from a proper IPS type setup though, for cheap bastards like me, since the eyes have to adjust across the bezel anyway (at least for now until they fix it in software), isn't going down to a lower size not that bad? Meaning maybe you can run 22"-24"-22", similar to my 24"-27"-24"?

The beauty of this would be the center monitor could be DisplayPort (like mine), and the other 2 just need DVI. I know it isn't ideal, and the viewing angle certainly should be considered, but for the price it may be a viable low-to-mid range 3-monitor setup.

Now if I can only find a 24" with matching input lag ... Would that be the 2408? Sceptre only sells the 1920x1080 model now :( NewEgg discontinued as well. Using Dell financial is an option, so probably go with them.
 
shawnoen said:
Diverge: Can you post the overall width of your setup there from top outside corner to corner?

I'm trying to decide between the P2210H or P2310H.
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From corner to corner it's about 54-55 inches. This is with them all angled how they are in the picture in my previous post.

Sorry it took me this long to get back to go.
 
Impulse said:
One of my biggest concerns w/cheaper displays is actually viewing angles, 'specially if you're using them in PPP mode (w/TN panels), that's my biggest problem w/Eyefinity right now. I don't wanna step down from 24" on my main display but the only affordable IPS out there is the 22" Dell. Maybe I should make a poll to see how many people are running 3x1 w/TN panels and how many are doing so happily in PPP mode.
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HP ZR22w may be to your liking next month.
 
Squalish said:
HP ZR22w may be to your liking next month.
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1920x1080 at 21.5"? I don't know, I think if I'm stepping down to 22" or smaller I might as well drop down to 1680x1050 as well... It's not like a small 1920x1080 display is gonna look alright next to a larger 24" one, it's gonna look out of whack. Unless that HP model is cheaper than the Dell 22" IPS I don't think it'd be too attractive. Guess I'll go Google it up...
 
I'm thinking 2 of either one of these:

Asus VW266H
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236047&Tpk=vw266h

Samsung TOC T260HD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824001281

I'm OK with the TN drawbacks, this will be used with my 2709 as the center monitor. The only complaints I see only for these are slight input lag (which I welcome to match my 2709), and viewing angles.

The HD Tuner may be helpful in the future if I replace my whole setup, they can be repurposed as TVs for my 2 daughters that are very young right now.

Any thoughts on these?

Thank you.
 
I have a 27" Samsung 275t and want to use Eyefinity on my HD5870. Should I sell it and buy 3 23-24" LCD's or keep the 275t and buy two 23-24" 1920X1200 LCD's? I do like my 275t monitor.
 
DBZ33 said:
I have a 27" Samsung 275t and want to use Eyefinity on my HD5870. Should I sell it and buy 3 23-24" LCD's or keep the 275t and buy two 23-24" 1920X1200 LCD's? I do like my 275t monitor.
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That Samsung 275T monitor is awesome, just get 2 more, or at least get 2 Dell 2709W, they can be found on Craigslist or e-Bay for like $550.

Why would you get 23"-24" to go along with a 27" monitor in EYEFINITY ? It will look really bad with the image being off
 
Zorachus said:
That Samsung 275T monitor is awesome, just get 2 more, or at least get 2 Dell 2709W, they can be found on Craigslist or e-Bay for like $550.

Why would you get 23"-24" to go along with a 27" monitor in EYEFINITY ? It will look really bad with the image being off
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That's what I was thinking. Just wanted to save some money I guess. Thanks for the reply.
 
does anyone know about samsungs thin bezel monitors? I've been keeping an eye out for them to be released but can't find any info anywhere on them. Only thing I seem to keep finding is when they first released the info stating they would be out in Dec or that they were already out at the CES show.
 
They had them on display at CES and stated they were available for order now. I've contacted Samsung C.S. and they've told me they have no info on the displays so I wouldn't hold your breath for them to be available for sale before Summer.
 
I work at a place that sells HP, LG, SAMSUNG, and ASUS monitors. I would like to get 3 LCD's for a Eyefinity setup. What would be the best LCD to get? I would like 23"-27" but don't want bad quality. I am having a hard time picking one.
 
You sell any of HP's or LG's IPS-based models? That would be optimal if you plan to run 'em in portrait mode (much better viewing angles), to a 23-24" IPS panel will typically cost 1.5-2x as much as a TN panel.
 
Impulse said:
You sell any of HP's or LG's IPS-based models? That would be optimal if you plan to run 'em in portrait mode (much better viewing angles), to a 23-24" IPS panel will typically cost 1.5-2x as much as a TN panel.
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That's the problem. I think they are all TN. Do any of Co. I listed make IPS LCD monitors? If so do you know the model? Thanks for the help.
 
HP has a couple, there's several 15+ page threads on at 'least one of 'em on these boards. I believe LG has at 'least one too. Dunno about ASUS or Samsung...
 
DBZ33:
Eliminate all the panels that list viewing angles as 160 or 170 degrees. Select your favorites from the rest(note: they will be more expensive), and read some reviews about the more subtle aspects.
 
DBZ33 said:
That's the problem. I think they are all TN. Do any of Co. I listed make IPS LCD monitors? If so do you know the model? Thanks for the help.
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LG make the actual IPS panels for many display manufacturers, but I don't think they've embraced DisplayPort yet on their own displays.
 
Meh, viewing angle specs on TN panels are kinda bunk anyway if you ask me...
 
Impulse said:
Meh, viewing angle specs on TN panels are kinda bunk anyway if you ask me...
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The typical standard is something along the lines of "Maximum angle maintaining an ANSI contrast ratio more than 10:1", rather than the a subjective term like "usable viewing angle" that marketing prefers. After investigating many displays, I've only seen one model actually lie on their spec sheet. Typically TN panels are listed as 160 or 170 degrees, PVA panels are listed as 176 or 178, and IPS are listed as 178.
 
Ah, I figured IPS panels were listed higher than TN but wasn't really sure, guess that's a good way to filter 'em out tho (since no one tends to list panel types, 'specially at B&M stores). I'm relatively satisfied w/the horizontal viewing angles on my 24" Samsung TN display (see sig), but vertical's just awful. It's not a big deal for me right now (if I wanna tach TV or a movie from bed I can switch to the old CRT), but if I ever put together an Eyefinit setup I'm pretty sure it'd bother the hell out of me... I'm not sure how people can cope w/TN panels in portrait mode at all.
 
What do you guys think. I have a HD5870 and will be buying two more 27" 1920 X 1200 LCD monitors to complete my Eyefinity setup. Do you guys think that one overclocked HD5870 will be enough for that setup? On youtube I have seen a lot of setups that run with one HD5870 and it seams to be fine.
 
DBZ33 said:
What do you guys think. I have a HD5870 and will be buying two more 27" 1920 X 1200 LCD monitors to complete my Eyefinity setup. Do you guys think that one overclocked HD5870 will be enough for that setup? On youtube I have seen a lot of setups that run with one HD5870 and it seams to be fine.
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Do you feel comfortable dialing down the settings in some games? Reducing the AA level? Then you're fine. Read eyefinity reviews if you're interested in particular games.
 
DBZ33 said:
What do you guys think. I have a HD5870 and will be buying two more 27" 1920 X 1200 LCD monitors to complete my Eyefinity setup. Do you guys think that one overclocked HD5870 will be enough for that setup? On youtube I have seen a lot of setups that run with one HD5870 and it seams to be fine.
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I don't have any problems with my setup. But I really only play the COD series. But I can play them at 1920x1200 with everything on the highest settings.
 
DBZ33 said:
What do you guys think. I have a HD5870 and will be buying two more 27" 1920 X 1200 LCD monitors to complete my Eyefinity setup. Do you guys think that one overclocked HD5870 will be enough for that setup? On youtube I have seen a lot of setups that run with one HD5870 and it seams to be fine.
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Check out all my threads with my triple 27" Dell 2709W EYEFINITY setup. I run it on my rig in sig below. A single 5870 does more than fine for 5760x1200res. But I do play older games mainly. Big WoW guy, playing at 5760x1200 Ultra settings maxed out, with 4xAA/16xAF = smooth as butter, but can get a bit choppy in certain Northrend areas with tons of trees. And Source engine games like Team Fortress 2 and L4D, and they very smooth. I did buy COD MW2 it ran smooth too, but I chucked that garbage game, it held my interest for maybe 2 seconds.

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1487008
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1478589

I would go for a more powerful card with more memory but there isn't one, the 5970 is still 1gb per GPU, not really 2gb to games. Now if there is a refresh 5970 with 4gb total, I am all over that, or maybe see what this 5870-Eyefinity-6 card with 2gb memory on a single core does in high res. I think there is supposed to be a refresh of the 5870 with 2gb memory on a single card, and 1gz clocks, that would be sweet for EYEFINITY, but won't be here until Summer most likely.
 
I'm thinking that I'll be upgrading my PC when the Tax Return rolls in and am considering going to an Eyefinity setup. I currently have a Dell 2005fpw that still works perfectly. I was thinking of picking up a couple of used ones to use for Eyefinity.

Anyone have any experience with using 3x 20 inch 1680x1050 panels. Would it be worth it to spend $250ish going that route or should I be looking at spending $600+ on 3x 24 inchers?
 
Has anyone tried an eyefinity set up with a FW900 and 2 24" 16:10 LCDs?

I have 2 FW900s and a W900 (basically a FW900 but not trinitron (the screen is curved) with a lower refresh rate at 1920x1200) so if I can get my hands on a displayport->VGA adaptor I'll try it out. My back and desk will definitely hate me for doing it though!

The bezels will probably kill the immersion as they're about an inch width IIRC. Anyone know if I can run different refresh rates at the same time? The FW900s do 1920x1200@85hz while the W900 can only do 1920x1200@75hz
 
ogreinside said:
Wow, that is the EXACT same desk I have had for almost 5 years. I love it.

Now as far as my setup, I have a Dell 2709WFP that I purchased last year. It was on sale, so I got it for around $700. It has a max resolution of 1920x1200, so I tried a 24" Scepter x24wg-naga as a 2nd monitor just to get a taste of Eyefinity and it was amazing, though I need a 3rd for sure.

So now I'm trying to figure out if adding another sub $200 24" 1920x1200 for a 3rd display is worth it to get cheap 3 monitor gaming, with a nice center monitor. I think the difference in size and bezel aren't as noticeable while gaming. I mean yes 3 similar monitors would be great, but I can't spend $1200 to get 2 more, and I see they need to be PPP or LLL, so this seems like a decent option without spending much. Also, I found myself always concentrating on the center monitor, so I think the 2 side monitors can be less quality like this, just to provide the immersion.

However, I definitely noticed input lag on the 2709. I read about it before buying it, and most people said it was not an issue unless you put up a cloned screen next to it. I was very surprised that the 24" Sceptre was so much faster than the 2709. Moving my camera around, I could measurably see that the 2709 was slower. However, it looked much better than the Sceptre, which was darker, and colors were not as vibrant. When playing on only the 2709, I never notice the lag, even if I look for it, though.

So, slight size difference, bezel, and input lag, would you guys say I should try to sell this 2709, and just get 3x2310H (wife will kill me most likely), or just get another cheap 24" 1920x1200 and live with it until I can replace both 24" in the future?

I also looked at ASUS VK266H 25.5" 1920x1200 monitor at $300. Maybe I could get this instead for now, and replace the 24" sceptre with a similar model in the future. I'm not sure how PPP mode would look, but I still think it's worth a try.

Here is a shot of my temporary setup in the living room:
http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/8910/img6819d.jpg

Once your eyes cross the bezel, the size difference (and bezel for that matter) don't really matter.

Thanks for any comments.
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What desk is that exactly? Where can you purchase?
 
Has anyone tried or thought about using the Dell 2410 or 2210's for a 3x setup? Despite being TN based they have LED backlighting and seem to garner fairly good reviews. They are also available for a decent price to setup. Thoughts please.
 
Bmiz said:
What desk is that exactly? Where can you purchase?
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If you were talking about the desk in my pic, then I'm not sure where you can get it anymore. I bought it like 5-6 years ago, I think, at Office Max or Staples.

edit: I found either the same model (although my colors are different), or the same exact build design: http://www.walmart.com/catalog/prod...0000003260370&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=11895647

edit: found it cheaper http://www.u-sav.com/bestar/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1273
 
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so lemme get this straight

I can run Eyefiniti as

2 DVIs and a DP cable

OR

2 DVIs and a DP with a converter to VGA

right?

i know VGA looks like shit but does the converter make the VGA look good with the other 2 moniters that are running DVI?
 
ThePoliticalThinker said:
so lemme get this straight

I can run Eyefiniti as

2 DVIs and a DP cable

OR

2 DVIs and a DP with a converter to VGA

right?

i know VGA looks like shit but does the converter make the VGA look good with the other 2 moniters that are running DVI?
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I was thinking the same thing. I'm about a week away from finishing my eyefinity setup. I really don't think I will see the difference for my side monitors.
 
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