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Post Date: 2007-11-10
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    Posted: 10 Nov 2007 at 2:17pm
Ok I really want to get a 3 monitor setup, but I don't know which sizes are exactly great.  what size is good for a triple setup, etc etc?  nor do I know how to set up 3 montiors.
 
Also, when you put together 3 monitors does that work for all games? such as how far you can see from the sides, etc etc?>
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I have used 2, not three though... I bet kelly knows since he plays the flight sims
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Kelly, where are ya? lol need some questions answered.
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Posts: 791 		  Quote Kelly Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 10 Nov 2007 at 4:49pm

you will need the Matrox Triplehead2go... http://www.fspilotshop.com/product_info.php?cPath=1_65&products_id=1221&osCsid=5b5c213419e03b9cdc89a7a5bf3bbd1a

 

I would recommend honestly not larger than 19" for triple display setup.  The reason being, the resolution looks like crap.  And, Vista, multimonitor support isn't very good... yet. 

So, although I have 2x 24", 1x22", 1x17" for my setup, most of the time I am using 1.  For Flight sims, I can use 4.  But like I said, I am still new to this so i am still looking for help on multi-monitor setups.
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So pretty much there are mainly for flight sims, correct?  I wouldn't be able to use that setup with say a FPS so I can have a wider range?
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well there are a lot of games that support surround gaming, but yes, mostly racing and flight sims.  here's a complete list of supported titles
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There's also:
 
and there's other apps out there that enable multimonitor over networks
 
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Ehhhhh! I think I'll wait awhile before I do that then lol.
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Hey bigdog. Try this site:

http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/forum/

Under the section called "Surround Gaming"  has tons of great info on using 3 monitors and also tips/tweaks/fixes for getting games to run better on a triple monitor setup. :)




Edited by donkeypunch - 11 Nov 2007 at 4:39pm
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