Multi-monitor gaming

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  1. Mize

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    I love the surround gaming setup but - MAN! - are GTX580s loud when pushed (compared to my uber uber silent custom 6970s). Good think I usually wear headphones (and they really aren't that loud just relatively speaking).
     
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    so you got it then ?
     
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    Currently running my old Dell 2405FPW as my left monitor and 2x U2412Ms for my center and right. The U2412M is simply gorgeous for the money (it's IPS, but only 6-bit) so I'm gong to need a third :)

    I've played some SS3:BFE, Deus Ex:HR (though my FOV slider is disabled for some reason?), Wings of Prey (wow!), Civ 5 and messed around with Borderlands (need to hack for FOV).

    Turns out the GTX580s are quieter now that I disabled my custom fan profiles from my 6970s. Those two were so quiet with the custom coolers I put on them that I cranked the fans up high.

    Speaking of which, is there any For Sale spot on B3D? I haven't decided to sell those two just yet, but I'd rather they went to a B3Der who would give them the love and abuse they so deserve and want.
     
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    I'm still all for a projector over multiple screens :p

    Nice setup though.
     
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    If I had the space and could get the pixels (5760x1200) I'd love a projector...
     
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    have you tried 3x portrait 3600x1920 ?

    ps: dues ex, fov slider ? I only have a setting called aspect ratio with 4:3, 5:4, 16:9, 16:10 and auto
     
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    Portrait isn't such a great option without IPS panels, due to the poor viewing angles on cheaper screens - especially from slightly above or below the screen when it is in landscape. This means that the side monitors are quite discoloured when you use them in a portrait position.

    Also, many monitors seem to have thicker bezels on the top/bottom of the screen, which I imagine would be more jarring without bezel correction turned on, and hide relatively more of the scene with bezel correction enabled.
     
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    but the dells seem to have equal bezels allround, plus the U2412Ms are designed to go into portrait mode thats why I asked
     
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    I haven't tried portrait yet and I understand NV doesn't support it as well as AMD.

    In Deus Ex:HR in the Gameplay menu there is an FOV setting but mine is "redded" out (can't change it).
     
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    The U2412M is and IPS panel so it should be okay in portrait and the top/bottom bezels are the same as the sides. I will give it a shot in the near future.
     
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    Found it, mines "redded" out too
     
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    I don't get it...on widescreengaming and other places they say there should a slider and that it looks great between 90 and 100 FOV. :(
     
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    If you change your res to a single monitor res it works
     
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    hmmm....does it "stick" after going back to a multi-monitor res?
     
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    no idea
     
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    just tried it
    set res to 1650x1080 aspect auto
    set fov to 100
    set res to 5292x1080
    loaded savegame took screenshot without moving
    [​IMG]

    set res to 1650x1080 aspect auto
    set fov to 75
    set res to 5292x1080
    loaded savegame took screenshot without moving
    [​IMG]

    I dont have a prog to compare images but they look the same to me
    ps: I think the fov is ok is it not for you ?
     
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    Thanks Davros.
    I just don't like the enlargement/distortion as you move away from the center.
     
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    So I fired up some Civ V on this beast and it looks and plays gorgeous...other than a lockup every 2 hours or so that requires forced closing of the app :( come to find 2k admits it doesn't play well with SLI. Shame. Supreme Commander plays well though...
     
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    Okay, I just played 6 hours of Civ V is 3x1 portrait and it was frickin' amazing!
    Wow.
     
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