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Title: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: Spanky on Tuesday, May 25, 2010, 00:17:41 AM
New Stuff:
Well since I found out that with the 3328x1024 setup, my two side monitors had to be set to 1280x1024 in the control panel which isn't their native resolution so it looks like shit, I dismantled the setup. A few weeks later, I found a 20" monitor that matches the size of my Acer's perfectly for $10. Only hitch was that there wasn't a power board inside. I searched online, eBay had one that sold for $80 or so and that seemed to be the last one on Earth. Then I posted on eBay's Want It Now page and more weeks went by until this guy over in China said there was one locally for sale. He wanted to mark up the price and make me pay more than what it's worth. I e-mailed Ryan (guy who owns Maverick Audio in China) and he purchased the item for me and boxed it up with the TubeMagic A1 he was going to send me anyway. Big thanks to him. Got it, popped it in and it works (with some kinda issue that goes away within 10 seconds of startup) so I have a 20" monitor that I paid $40 for. Not bad. I got it going and now have a very nice 5040x1050 resolution for games. Here's a little bit of what it looks like:

Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuIuA0AVe44&fmt=18
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppLtZGbI0Eg - NEW

Pictures:
None yet.

5040x1050 Screenshots: (click for a larger image)
DiRT2:
(https://aao25.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdl.dropbox.com%2Fu%2F464376%2FGameShots%2FSoftTH_dirt2_game.exe_2010_08_05_14_38_02_37.jpg&hash=2fcd8c91b0222a345f42f91b234cbc5d) (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/464376/GameShots/SoftTH_dirt2_game.exe_2010_08_05_14_38_02_37.jpg)
(https://aao25.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdl.dropbox.com%2Fu%2F464376%2FGameShots%2FSoftTH_dirt2_game.exe_2010_08_05_14_39_34_36.jpg&hash=0a39063c1f28d04458565e7dadd98973) (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/464376/GameShots/SoftTH_dirt2_game.exe_2010_08_05_14_39_34_36.jpg)
(https://aao25.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdl.dropbox.com%2Fu%2F464376%2FGameShots%2FSoftTH_dirt2_game.exe_2010_08_08_23_18_48_44.jpg&hash=1503989a6d48002f25f076a01e6b27b4) (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/464376/GameShots/SoftTH_dirt2_game.exe_2010_08_08_23_18_48_44.jpg)
(https://aao25.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdl.dropbox.com%2Fu%2F464376%2FGameShots%2FSoftTH_dirt2_game.exe_2010_08_08_23_18_59_36.jpg&hash=e82db634a507566f7e4b5d1d4e3c4fa9) (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/464376/GameShots/SoftTH_dirt2_game.exe_2010_08_08_23_18_59_36.jpg)
(https://aao25.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdl.dropbox.com%2Fu%2F464376%2FGameShots%2FSoftTH_dirt2_game.exe_2010_08_08_23_19_34_3.jpg&hash=d6ebc90c13e398ec828922c9e5141d3f) (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/464376/GameShots/SoftTH_dirt2_game.exe_2010_08_08_23_19_34_3.jpg)
(https://aao25.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdl.dropbox.com%2Fu%2F464376%2FGameShots%2FSoftTH_dirt2_game.exe_2010_08_08_23_20_06_26.jpg&hash=83b7740de576af47431b39588e0a3552) (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/464376/GameShots/SoftTH_dirt2_game.exe_2010_08_08_23_20_06_26.jpg)
(https://aao25.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdl.dropbox.com%2Fu%2F464376%2FGameShots%2FSoftTH_dirt2_game.exe_2010_08_08_23_20_27_48.jpg&hash=a425b3cedb6d3a7d61d7ab0d6f37f570) (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/464376/GameShots/SoftTH_dirt2_game.exe_2010_08_08_23_20_27_48.jpg)
(https://aao25.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdl.dropbox.com%2Fu%2F464376%2FGameShots%2FSoftTH_dirt2_game.exe_2010_08_08_23_22_14_19.jpg&hash=d433a62ffc0dc110bc75fcbd66cdafe5) (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/464376/GameShots/SoftTH_dirt2_game.exe_2010_08_08_23_22_14_19.jpg)

BF2: (First one is with corrected FOV. Too much for the game to draw) (Surprisingly I get worse FPS on BF2 than I do on DiRT2, I saw it dipped down to 11 once)
(https://aao25.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdl.dropbox.com%2Fu%2F464376%2FGameShots%2FSoftTH_19985802.jpg&hash=f96e89e5ab6f9cc7b31274eb9c2ecbb0) (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/464376/GameShots/SoftTH_19985802.jpg)
(https://aao25.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdl.dropbox.com%2Fu%2F464376%2FGameShots%2FSoftTH_20659274.jpg&hash=0bc579cd5df51d2045173f4669928813) (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/464376/GameShots/SoftTH_20659274.jpg)
(https://aao25.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdl.dropbox.com%2Fu%2F464376%2FGameShots%2FSoftTH_20720271.jpg&hash=62dc85f93d81c8446aa613c2fbcbef3c) (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/464376/GameShots/SoftTH_20720271.jpg)
(https://aao25.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdl.dropbox.com%2Fu%2F464376%2FGameShots%2FSoftTH_20734186.jpg&hash=b5a4963a679a15088fe498ea96adff78) (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/464376/GameShots/SoftTH_20734186.jpg)

AA 2.5:
(https://aao25.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdl.dropbox.com%2Fu%2F464376%2FGameShots%2FArmyOps%25202010-08-09%252012-12-42-56.jpg&hash=36ff97bcf956c89de29bf191276ba912) (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/464376/GameShots/ArmyOps%202010-08-09%2012-12-42-56.jpg)
(https://aao25.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdl.dropbox.com%2Fu%2F464376%2FGameShots%2FArmyOps%25202010-08-09%252012-13-15-63.jpg&hash=748bb5d65aad1c2d53db036207374a83) (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/464376/GameShots/ArmyOps%202010-08-09%2012-13-15-63.jpg)
(https://aao25.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdl.dropbox.com%2Fu%2F464376%2FGameShots%2FArmyOps%25202010-08-09%252012-14-19-82.jpg&hash=aa65c3d2390acf414738200d95c789ca) (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/464376/GameShots/ArmyOps%202010-08-09%2012-14-19-82.jpg)
(https://aao25.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdl.dropbox.com%2Fu%2F464376%2FGameShots%2FArmyOps%25202010-08-09%252012-15-45-63.jpg&hash=10efe0f4d4034611d15b6ce91ab9b183) (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/464376/GameShots/ArmyOps%202010-08-09%2012-15-45-63.jpg)
(https://aao25.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdl.dropbox.com%2Fu%2F464376%2FGameShots%2FArmyOps%25202010-08-09%252012-16-01-56.jpg&hash=3ed0d225b5618b9d278659ba551011da) (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/464376/GameShots/ArmyOps%202010-08-09%2012-16-01-56.jpg)


OLD SECTION:

Earlier today I scored a 8600GT locally and thought I would try something out that I've been wanting to so I popped it in my rig, got some 1337 software going and after several minutes of configuring, it looked a little something like this:

Old Pictures:
(https://aao25.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdl.dropbox.com%2Fu%2F464376%2Fheadshot%2FDSC06570.JPG&hash=037cd130002267f4018d1fb2eb5f88e0) (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/464376/headshot/DSC06570.JPG)
(https://aao25.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdl.dropbox.com%2Fu%2F464376%2Fheadshot%2FDSC06578.JPG&hash=78baa6fca49a825b29374b6092f97709) (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/464376/headshot/DSC06578.JPG)

Old Videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnGk6XLuisI&fmt=18

I'm a little ashamed to say that the middle monitor is a 15" that runs a whopping 1024x768 but today, I found out that the screen rotates! So the 1024 vertical matches closer with my main monitors. All together it runs 3328x1024. I must say it's a unique experience that you can't really describe. I just might keep this setup :)
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: BlueBlaster on Tuesday, May 25, 2010, 01:59:29 AM
Thats really really cool!!!!!

What 1337 software you use?
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: Spanky on Tuesday, May 25, 2010, 03:03:41 AM
http://www.kegetys.net/SoftTH/

It's a little outdated and a bit quirky but it sure beats buying one of those hardware solutions. http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/th2go/

In some ways it's better like it works with any size monitors you can think up. Down side is that to make DiRT 2 run, I have to change the left & right monitors from their native resolution of 1680x1050 to 1280x1024 to match the middle one. If I fail to do this, only the center monitor is used and the game defaults to the center monitor's resolution which you have to go change in the xml settings. I wouldn't have to do this if I had 3 monitors with the same resolution. Also, I've noticed Fraps can be quirky but it still works for me (displays on the left and right monitors, but not the center). Lastly, EVGA Precision has a nifty overlay that can display info such as GPU load, memory usage and temps but the hook it uses doesn't play well with the hook SoftTH uses and thus crashes the game if EVGA Precision's OSD is running.

Anyway, that's just 1 game, I have yet to try others. My desk is a mess since this is pretty much temporary but I'm liking it a lot. Tomorrow I may clean up and make a video to YouTube :)

*EDIT*
Hmmm, it appears ALT+TAB behaves different too. With SoftTH, you can minimize but maximizing will crash as I just found out.
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: Spanky on Tuesday, May 25, 2010, 20:01:05 PM
Here's a video of what it looks like:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnGk6XLuisI&fmt=18
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: Alex on Tuesday, May 25, 2010, 20:04:21 PM
That looks really cool. I did notice that the brightness varied from screen to screen which would drive me crazy to be honest. But it still looks sweet as hell.
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: Spanky on Tuesday, May 25, 2010, 20:44:20 PM
Heh, yea. The left and right monitors are the same brand and model yet even set to the same settings, their color and brightness are off. The middle one is really red and I have yet to tweak it.
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: Spanky on Wednesday, May 26, 2010, 23:02:00 PM
For anyone following, I have decided to undo my setup. It's really great but to make it easy and enjoyable, you need 3 monitors the same size all running at their native resolution. My 2 side ones had to be ran at a different ratio which stretched things out. I will definitely hook this back up when I get another monitor.
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: bluechill on Thursday, May 27, 2010, 19:38:01 PM
Well, why not try hooking up 8 monitors together :)

Over at U of M last summer I got the chance to hijack an entire computer lab so I had some fun playing CSS with 15 monitors, it was really actually quite fun after some hacks here and there.  I managed to get a 360 degree view working, it was sweet.  Too bad I didn't take a picture :P.  The other 30 computers were rendering a movie of mine :)
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: Spanky on Thursday, May 27, 2010, 19:57:13 PM
Uh huh. 15 seems pointless, 8 does as well. With that many monitors (unless they're like 640x480 10" or something) you would have a hell of a lot of FOV and stretching to account for not to mention how to power that many (not mains, but graphics). I think 3 is a good magic number since the center of your view won't have a bezel running through it and 2 are good for peripherals. Counter-Strike is an incredibly easy game to run in terms of graphics but what about games compiled after 2004? I personally prefer quality settings on high with full anti-aliasing before worrying about FPS and to do that with 1 monitor on a new game can be pretty tolling but to do that on 3 with say, 1680x1050 a piece would be 5040x1050, that's a hell of a lot of pixels to power.

Anyway, I don't believe you, much like 99% of the other crap you say. You would have to be running 3 of these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121371&cm_re=5870-_-14-121-371-_-Product Which, under load, would consume over 1kw of power so it's pretty easy to say that you would need a couple of 15amp breakers just to run the setup. As far as I know, Eyefinity would be the ONLY way to run that many monitors while in a game unless you were using XP with spanning and 8 or so traditional graphics cards and that's quite a stretch.
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: BlueBlaster on Thursday, May 27, 2010, 22:22:02 PM
He probably got a way to network the power together into the 15 monitors. Plus considering its a university computer lab, I wouldnt be surprised if there was extra hardware peripherals to make multi-monitor setups a hell of a lot easier. I know we've got a couple of those over here.
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: bluechill on Thursday, May 27, 2010, 22:43:09 PM
the monitor resolution was 1920x1080 each :) it was so slow at first that I eventually had to hook up 4 computers together to get it to run at 30fps.  That was fun.  Anyways blueblaster your sorta right, I did something similar.
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: Spanky on Thursday, May 27, 2010, 23:50:26 PM
bluechill, what's it like to be a chronic bullshitter?
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: Knight on Friday, May 28, 2010, 10:47:11 AM
imagine the porn

Gaming was a side effect...
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: Spanky on Friday, May 28, 2010, 13:26:42 PM
imagine the porn

Gaming was a side effect...

No comment.
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: bluechill on Friday, May 28, 2010, 16:36:56 PM
I'm not bull shitting Spanky.   But there is no easy way to give evidence either, just accept what you want, I'm just saying that what I said, 15 monitors hooked up to 4 computers is something I did last summer.
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: Spanky on Friday, May 28, 2010, 16:55:27 PM
I couldn't care about proof. Not much in your story seems plausible. Not to mention you're not defending any of my comments aside from "I'm not bull shitting Spanky." as well as a lack of description in what you claim to have done. That and half a dozen other conversations with questionable content leads me to believe you're full of it.
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: bluechill on Friday, May 28, 2010, 17:26:18 PM
1) I hooked up 4 monitors together and then thought why not add some more.  So with the help of some of my friends we took 4 more and then got those to work.  Then we hooked up 7 more to see what would happen.  We eventually had to unplug them because the computer couldn't output to all of them  Then we hooked up 3 more computers.  hooked up 4 monitors to 3 of the computers, then hooked up the last 3 monitors to the last computer.  Then once that was done we set up the computers using a program similar to XSAN.  This program allowed us to share the data across these 4 computers and split the threads of the programs to each computer.  We also set up a hook into the CSS program which allowed us to get a 360 degree view.  Then we used the program to, for each computer, in a synchronized fashion, set up the 360 degree view.  We then put 4 tables around a chair and a bunch of mouse pads on them with a rubber ball underneath the keyboard.  Then using a mouse with a really long cable, hooked it up to the main computer.  Then we had a spinning chair with a movable mouse and keyboard for a 360 degree view.
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: Spanky on Friday, May 28, 2010, 18:04:52 PM
About the only credible thing you said in that whole paragraph was:
using a program similar to XSAN.
That was still pretty vague and useless since XSAN is a file system for sharing storage. Anyway, the whole basis that my argument is on is that I was assuming you were using Windows to game, not a flavor of Apple. That's probably why you used 1 of 5 games that run on Apple instead of a more enjoyable newer title (assuming you actually did do this). My lack of knowledge towards Apple products doesn't mean that I'll automatically believe you. In any event, why would you need to move the mouse and keyboard and chair around? It's not like the center camera view moves to another monitor. It would seem like looking over your shoulder would be a good option. Speaking of which, no mention on how you fixed FOV issues?

Related, but not, you may wonder why I can be such a cold hearted asshole. Well, I got tired of you and where your project was going so we eventually stopped talking. Then, out of nowhere, you come here (yea, I know Delta invited you and I'm ok with that) but you came and started talking to everyone again for the sole purpose of recruiting people for you next failure of a project. When you did that, my respect for you reached an all-time low. Then the unbelievable thing happened: I remembered why I didn't like you. You try to brag about everything and try to +1 everybody to the point that it's annoying, again, respect reached another low. Ever wonder why I don't message you? I removed you from my "buddy list" many many months ago and when you came back, I didn't add you again, so even if I did want to message you, I have no way of doing that unless I add you again or unless you message me first.
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: bluechill on Friday, May 28, 2010, 18:10:38 PM
...

that was harsh :(  I'm not going to say anything because of the fact that you'll just be even more mean to me.  Well besides this one thing:

Using a program similar to XSAN meant that it was similar in that instead of sharing data it shared the threads of each program and ran them on the computers, so if we had 4 threads, 1 would run on each computer.

Edit: one last thing, to fix the FOV issues we just modified the CSS camera so that it was a 24 degree angle. 

Now I'm going to stop responding to you.  Good day to you
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: Dialects on Friday, May 28, 2010, 21:03:21 PM
BLUECHILL
YOU ARE
A FUCKED-UP
BRAGGING
FAGGOT


 I know HsC's policies are to avoid swearing outside the non-bitching boards. I do apologise to whoever feels the above is outrageously innocent, for the lack of a more appropriate term. In all honesty, Bluechill, I could care less whether you have proof to prove you are truly talented. However, let it be said that people who truly are talented do not usually feel the need to prove themselves or attain recognition; let alone brag about it 24/7. Why don't they? Because their work speaks for themselves. Because their presence is full. Because their creativity reaches to others through pure silence. Because their speech is cared and often well responded to. [...time to take a hit on you!] Because others feel motivated to work with them and help their projects come true.

You have neither of those qualities. As a matter of fact, you do the complete opposite to that. You get boring, annoying, tiring, egocentric, attention-whore and many many many other words some lads in this community would be more than willing to add to the list. For as much as I would like to not have to tell you these things [...don't fool yourself. I enjoy every bit of this post so far; and rest aside, will love it even more after submitting it to the online-world!], fact is that you are a pain in the bloody ass to talk to. I highly doubt even the kindest person on Earth would stand more than a couple of minutes talking to you without crossing thoughts with the underrated notions of, par example: pest, faggot, wanker and ordinary.

"What the...why is everyone attacking me and being a douche to me?", you wonder...? Ha! Stop, stop, stop. There you go buddy...that is exactly why! Yet once again, you, Sir Alexander VXIIIIIIIIIII, have projected reality onto a self-centered mind-structure (Let's hope this is just a malfunction within your mind-campus. You could be damned for life otherwise!). Get over it. Go understand why it is that people don't seem to like you. Or don't; it might be wary-stupid of me to consider you have the ability to better yourself whilst at the swing of a self-centered tailed life experience.

Bottom line: Leave this community.




[Nate, sorry for hijacking your thread and going a bit off topic. I'll make it up to you somehow --sex not included!]
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: Spanky on Friday, May 28, 2010, 21:16:54 PM
I agree with Dann up and to the point of saying leave this community. You're more than welcome to stay, everybody is. I won't flame your posts or show (much) disgust towards you. You came into my thread with a related statement that focuses attention towards yourself and, in my opinion, lies. I'm sure you won't but, again, feel free to stay.

Dann, you didn't hi-jack. Alex already took care of that.
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: BlueBlaster on Friday, May 28, 2010, 23:30:23 PM
...

that was harsh :(  I'm not going to say anything because of the fact that you'll just be even more mean to me.  Well besides this one thing:

Using a program similar to XSAN meant that it was similar in that instead of sharing data it shared the threads of each program and ran them on the computers, so if we had 4 threads, 1 would run on each computer.

Edit: one last thing, to fix the FOV issues we just modified the CSS camera so that it was a 24 degree angle. 

Now I'm going to stop responding to you.  Good day to you

24 * 15 = 360
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: Spanky on Friday, May 28, 2010, 23:50:18 PM
I'm not a game coder or maths genius but I don't see how that ties in. I mean, I get the 15 monitors and a 24 degree angle but there's 1 camera, not 15 cameras.
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: [Nifty]-mister on Thursday, June 03, 2010, 12:02:35 PM
imagine the porn

Very sorry for the updated post, but i was just thinking the same exact thing..  ;D
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: Spanky on Sunday, June 13, 2010, 14:37:30 PM
I don't know about that. Little known fact: I get down to the rec center on bingo night and there's usually a couple of rogue granny's playing scrabble in the corner. I do pretty good :)
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: Alex on Sunday, June 13, 2010, 15:52:58 PM
I kick ass at scrabble. I say we get an online scrabble game and see who is the best.  :D
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: BlueBlaster on Sunday, June 13, 2010, 23:39:13 PM
If i had an i-phone id challenge anyone here to words with friends (aka free scrabble).
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: Spanky on Thursday, August 05, 2010, 18:35:07 PM
Finally got my 3rd 20" monitor fixed up and my desk organized and cleaned so I shot a new video showing GTA4 & Dirt2 as well as my computer starting up. I'll edit it up and put it on YouTube later today and post the link here. Should be pretty cool :)
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: Spanky on Friday, August 06, 2010, 03:39:25 AM
YouTube video & description added.
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: BlueBlaster on Friday, August 06, 2010, 14:50:33 PM
Your lucky youtube changed the video length to 15minutes =)
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: Spanky on Friday, August 06, 2010, 14:58:24 PM
Your os load time seemed pretty darn slow. Having a ssd helps an amazing amount :)

Eh, nowhere near worth the expense. I have old SATA drives in RAID0 now, I plan to get new ones sometime. It's only $100 for 1TB of RAID0 goodness.

Blue, I realized that when I was trying to upload the video. It was originally 19 minutes but I just trimmed the boring GTA4 bit. 260MB took forever to upload :(
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: BlueBlaster on Friday, August 06, 2010, 15:06:24 PM
lol Sometimes when I need to upload something Ill put it on a flashdrive and upload it at the college :D
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: Spanky on Friday, August 06, 2010, 15:37:51 PM
Haha, creative :P

I have been fussing with Medal of Honor Airborne and made some decent progress. I was able to play but there's rendering glitches and it crashed after a while, might have been my GPU overheating since I forgot to turn the fan up.
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: Spanky on Monday, August 09, 2010, 02:56:06 AM
Posted 5040x1050 screenshots.
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: Spanky on Monday, August 09, 2010, 15:45:05 PM
Added AA screenshots. Had to use a FOV of 135 and I just stretched it to the desktop in windowed mode.
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: BlueBlaster on Monday, August 09, 2010, 18:44:01 PM
Unreal doesn't seem to like wide resolutions. Its unfortunate that everything is rendered in a box =\ But UA looks really good.

Dirt 2 looks awesome though.
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: Spanky on Monday, August 09, 2010, 19:31:53 PM
That FOV 135 trick I pulled from MOH:A which is UE3 I believe. There's a whole host of things you have to change including weapon FOV. DiRT2 seems to take well to it though. I don't think the dev's planned it since you can see inside of models in the car with a 5040x1050 setup which is a pretty common triple wide resolution.
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: Spanky on Saturday, August 14, 2010, 23:18:26 PM
Added BF2 Screenshots.
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: BlueBlaster on Sunday, August 15, 2010, 00:14:03 AM
BF2 also has an interesting reaction to uber widescreen. Sometimes you have to wonder how and why the render engine was coded the way it was for certain games.
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: Spanky on Sunday, August 15, 2010, 01:15:38 AM
It is an old engine but has amazing effects and models for it's time so it probably had to cull quite a bit. I'll be adding a couple DiRT2 sceenshots soon. I spent some time calibrating my monitors as well as setting up bezel correction.
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: BlueBlaster on Sunday, August 15, 2010, 02:00:34 AM
Not on-topic to 3-screen gaming, but seeing how you have a 5040x1050 setup and probably maxing on game settings while receiving playable fps in most games, I would love to see within the next couple year something like being able to render Toy Story in close to 30fps. And if not the generic minimum framerate I would be happy with 1fps also :)

How does crysis look on this size? I know in crysis you can type what resolution you want a screen to be captured at and it will render it to that size, but be able to play the game at those massive sizes would be cool.
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: Spanky on Sunday, August 15, 2010, 03:01:18 AM
It's actually hard to tell what FPS I am truly getting. SoftTH has a FPS graph and in the menu of DiRT2 it shows 31. I would imagine this would be 60 but maybe there's some weird vsync going on. With a lot of particles and lights the playing FPS can go down a bit, doesn't really get below 20 that I can tell. Unfortunately, this is none or 2x anti-aliasing. I'd love to play 16xcmsaa (I think that's the right term) but I am using a middle-end second generation card.

I have no idea what Crysis is like. I never finished that game, it just got boring.

Actually now I'm playing at 5200x1050 which is 1680x1050 by 3 with 2 80 pixel vertical bars added for bezel correction which is a really nice feature and makes bezel's more tolerable. Example:

(https://aao25.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdl.dropbox.com%2Fu%2F464376%2FGameShots%2FSoftTH_dirt2_game.exe_2010_08_14_22_04_39_25.jpg&hash=27fbd147a0c00511afbe5de96604d0f3) (http://dl.dropbox.com/u/464376/GameShots/SoftTH_dirt2_game.exe_2010_08_14_22_04_39_25.jpg)

I get really excited thinking about next generation graphics and how much more realism there will be. Unfortunately, more and more I see the need for SLI.
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: Spanky on Sunday, August 22, 2010, 01:47:52 AM
New video :P
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: BlueBlaster on Sunday, August 22, 2010, 02:36:41 AM
That sir, is beastly.
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: Spanky on Sunday, August 22, 2010, 06:01:56 AM
That sir, is beastly.

not half bad

*bows* I'm tempted to say it's the best SoftTH video mostly because of the viewing angle & sound.
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: Spanky on Monday, August 23, 2010, 02:50:01 AM
still, not my cup of tea i've never been tempted in the slightest to go more then 1 monitor
Once you try it, it's hard to go back.

tell me when u get a beasty sound system for ur car then we'll talk :P
Won't ever ever happen. I don't spend nearly enough time to warrant putting any more money in it and even if I did, the background noise of driving would take away a lot of enjoyment.
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: Spanky on Monday, August 23, 2010, 16:27:47 PM
http://images.sporttruck.com/featuredvehicles/ford/0510st_03_z+1997_ford_f150+subwoofer_wall.jpg

that would drown out ur driving noises :D

That looks expensive. It also looks fragile and like it would take up a lot of hauling room. Expensive & fragile don't work well with me.
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: BlueBlaster on Monday, August 23, 2010, 16:34:04 PM
I bet you whoever did that had no knowledge of sound waves. I bet half of the subwoofers overlap waves making that subwoofer wall useless.
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: Alex on Monday, August 23, 2010, 17:29:24 PM
I bet you whoever did that had no knowledge of sound waves. I bet half of the subwoofers overlap waves making that subwoofer wall useless.

People that actually get those in their care don't care about quality. As long as all of the other people outside can hear it they feel their purchase is justified. I find it fucking annoying.
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: BlueBlaster on Monday, August 23, 2010, 17:36:49 PM
One of these days Im going to build some bioelectromagnetic speaker that spits out every frequency below 10hz just so I can piss people off at long distances.

"Why is the house vibrating at 120 BPM???"

That would be epic.
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: Spanky on Monday, August 23, 2010, 18:39:54 PM
I bet you whoever did that had no knowledge of sound waves. I bet half of the subwoofers overlap waves making that subwoofer wall useless.

People that actually get those in their care don't care about quality. As long as all of the other people outside can hear it they feel their purchase is justified. I find it fucking annoying.

Good point. I bet most that do that don't even have mid-range speakers or tweeters, just subs to vibrate as they drive. Not to mention, it severely limits what you can put in your vehicle.
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: BlueBlaster on Monday, August 23, 2010, 20:28:28 PM
With the back seats down I think I can fit like 8 chicks in the back.
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: Alex on Monday, August 23, 2010, 23:01:44 PM
I bet you whoever did that had no knowledge of sound waves. I bet half of the subwoofers overlap waves making that subwoofer wall useless.

People that actually get those in their care don't care about quality. As long as all of the other people outside can hear it they feel their purchase is justified. I find it fucking annoying.

Good point. I bet most that do that don't even have mid-range speakers or tweeters, just subs to vibrate as they drive. Not to mention, it severely limits what you can put in your vehicle.

those cars are built for car shows where theres contest for it

usually its 1 12 inch sub, 2 6X9 speakers, 2 tweeters and 2 amps all for around 800-1500

until u actually driven in a car with a beasty sound system you will never understand how awesome it is

but its also more atmosphere i guess, i'll never be the one to listen to music on headphones when i could be thrashing it out loud instead

I have driven in cars with subs and amps MANY times. I find the bass extremely annoying, especially when people think it is cool to turn it all the way up to where you can't even hear the song.
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: Alex on Monday, August 23, 2010, 23:43:28 PM
then your listening to the wrong music

Ever time it has been rap.
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: Spanky on Tuesday, August 24, 2010, 00:20:50 AM
perhaps we should go back on topic for spanky :P

I second this. This thread is about me and the 1337 things my computer does.
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: Alex on Tuesday, August 24, 2010, 00:33:13 AM
perhaps we should go back on topic for spanky :P

I second this. This thread is about me and the 1337 things my computer does.

All the original post does is make me realize how little money I have to do anything.  :(
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: Spanky on Tuesday, August 24, 2010, 00:53:38 AM
All the original post does is make me realize how little money I have to do anything.  :(

:( That's not my goal. I've done all this on a limited budget (a couple of my components in my main computer were free, a couple others were purchased used on eBay and my server is mostly free parts I picked up locally. A lot of my stuff is right time, right place.) I'm just trying to show what can be accomplished. 2 years ago, I wouldn't have thought this would be possible. I just find cool things to do and explore them then share results so maybe others can enjoy it as much as I did :)
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: Alex on Tuesday, August 24, 2010, 01:14:59 AM
All the original post does is make me realize how little money I have to do anything.  :(

:( That's not my goal. I've done all this on a limited budget (a couple of my components in my main computer were free, a couple others were purchased used on eBay and my server is mostly free parts I picked up locally. A lot of my stuff is right time, right place.) I'm just trying to show what can be accomplished. 2 years ago, I wouldn't have thought this would be possible. I just find cool things to do and explore them then share results so maybe others can enjoy it as much as I did :)
:D I knew that wasn't your goal. It looks really cool and like something I would want to do. I mean add in the two additional monitors and the extra PC components and that's a lot of money.
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: Spanky on Tuesday, August 24, 2010, 01:34:31 AM
:D I knew that wasn't your goal. It looks really cool and like something I would want to do. I mean add in the two additional monitors and the extra PC components and that's a lot of money.

It's just 2 extra monitors that can be found cheap on Craigslist. You can even use 2 but that sucks for bezels. They don't have to be the same size and as far as PC components you need... just a plain extra DX9 capable graphics card works.
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: Spanky on Tuesday, August 24, 2010, 03:37:24 AM
I have payed for all of my stuff through yard work, with you guys having snow you should be able to afford something even without a job.
QFT. There is always a way.
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: BlueBlaster on Tuesday, August 24, 2010, 16:41:21 PM
Be a pimp
Title: Re: Triple-Monitor Gaming
Post by: Spanky on Wednesday, August 25, 2010, 03:11:19 AM
be a drug mual

It's mule and this is off-topic.