The multi monitor thread... coz wider is better!
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As far as the game goes, your choices are really 1 or 3, and the 3 is only with an Nvidia SLI setup. I find a second monitor useful for out-of-game things. Web tools and such for plotting routes and bread boarding ships.
I use my secondary screen for TS,Steam and stuff like that.
And also to watch TV Shows when I'm running Missions/Trading.
As for actual in-game use, you can't do anything with a second screen.
And also to watch TV Shows when I'm running Missions/Trading.
As for actual in-game use, you can't do anything with a second screen.
That is a good idea. Right now I use a small tablet for that. I would be good to be able to use monitor for that.
I didn't see if anyone had responded to your post yet. I'm using three Dell 16:10 monitors and the issue with the galaxy map is still there. I would say though, you get used to it after a few days... I don't even notice it now, my brain just ignores it somehow. I've sent a ticket to FD about it since using a single 16:10 screen works fine... its just UI placement really.
Having said all that, I would still go ahead and get a third screen. The experience with such a wide field of view outweighs any issues for me. When I try to play on a single screen now it feels claustrophobic to me.
what? AMD's 3 screen eyefinity works well with my old AMD HD5870 (high setting) and now with the AMD 290X (ultra setting).
This game is great in 5760x1080.
I've been running three monitors off of a single Nvidia 660 ti using Nvidia's "Surround" function for a while now... works fine
It just combines the three monitors into one large virtual monitor. Most games I've played seem to handle this fine... if they don't handle it well then there are programs that you can download that help to position in-game UI automatically for widescreen gaming. I think the one I'm using is called "Flawless Widescreen" or something like that. You don't need it for Elite: Dangerous though.
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I have a monitor with 3D SBS display with the shutter glasses. It refreshes at 120hz instead of the usual 60hz and I still get 50 FPS with a Nvidia GTX 750 Ti so that would easily handle a dual display for a Rift.
hear, hear! except for the control panel of the galaxy map! >: [
I really don't get why some people are having problems with this. I run triple 16:9 screens on an ATI R9-280X with a resolution of 6096x1080 including bezel compensation. My galaxy map controls fit neatly within the centre monitor. I've attached a screenshot of it, with the areas under my bezels highlighted in yellow. As you can see, everything's accessible.
No longer true. All NVidia cards since the 7xx series support more than 2 monitors per GPU. That did indeed used to be a limitation in the 6xx series and before, though.
I personally have a GTX 980 with three 2560x1440 monitors. One using DL-DVI, the other two using DP to DL-DVI adapters. One card, no SLI.
well that is strange, I've tried at just about ever eyefinity rez available (at least for me), playing on r9 290's and always, always, the interface is split over the bezel area! 16:9 same ratio as mine, may I ask what size screens?
Screens are all 20.5", 1920x1080, Philips 222EL monitors.
Have you played around with the FOV?
FOV doesn't impact the gal map.
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OK well your monitors are 16:10, while mine are 16:9, if that makes any difference. I would have expected you to have a 5970(or more)x1200, what happened to the other 24 vertical pixels?
If you disable the bezel compensation does your map control panel appear on the centre monitor, the left one, or half and half?
I bet that would make it appear half and half, am I right?
OK, just rambling here, but bear with me...
If you're running the same width monitors as me (1920) and you increase the height (1080 -> 1200) and the control panel moves outwards that means it's sizing its display (and therefore placing it's panel at the edge of the display) as a function of height:width, rather than at a fixed width. That means that the 16:3 (3x16:9) display just happens to have the right proportion to place the panel correctly on the monitor. Your screens won't like it much but if you can force them to a 1080 vertical resolution (while keeping your 1920 width) you'll probably find your panel will probably re-position itself correctly. Try setting the three screens individually in windows first, then in the individual panel settings in the catalyst control centre, then finally create a new eyefinity group using those settings.
If that doesn't work then it's down to FD being able to manually allow you to set your panel position, maybe in a config file.
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Why not both?Oculus Rift: not ever tried it but looks awesome. Trouble is to my knowledge it's not commercially available yet and you can only buy a developer's version (is this true?). takes less space than three screens too.
Three screens: can be disappointing with the stretching of the outside screens which I understand cannot/will not be fixed so it's not as awesome an experience as it could be btu it certainly is many many times better than a single screen. I'm not bothered about burglars or ostentation but my main reason to go with this would be you can use it so well for other stuff i.e. I produce music and have three screens mainly for that purpose: being able to put sequencer on one screen, instruments on another etc...
So all in all I'd say go for 3 screens because although the OR looks cool and will probably give you a much better surround experience, the three screens give you a very good (but not perfect) experience as it is PLUS can be used for other things (other than gaming I mean).
Or do what I plan to do and get both.
If the Fun Prevention Officer allows it that is.
