Driving FOUR 24" LCDs

[akubi]

Originally posted by: ss284
...(I dont believe there is a dual dvi 6600)...

my pci-e 6600gt is dual dvi and i use it with 2 2005fpws.
it's from xfx... 😱

 

[vshah]

Originally posted by: pulsedrive

Originally posted by: g3pro
Porn on every screen, 4 full-size DVDs going on at the same time.

ROLFMAO!!

As for getting it done, you will need to go with a DFI board with their Dual Express Graphics setup, like the Ultra-D so that you can have 2 PCIe cards and up to 4 monitors. Which BTW is NUTS. Can I have some of your friends cash?

Please...?

doesn't need to be a DFI board....it can be any motherboard with 2 PCIe slots for the video cards....

 

[imported_Sasha]

Originally posted by: SynthDude2001

Originally posted by: jammur21
Is he going to view them in a quad formation, if so, why not a 50" HD plasma?

If I may (briefly) play devil's advocate...

No plasma (or any other HDTV) display is going to have a total resolution anywhere near 3840x2400. :Q:evil:


.....But I'm still at a loss as to why anyone would really need (or even want) a setup like that. 😕

Westinghouse 37" LCD has a native resolution of 1920x1080P. And as Bender would say, "Bite my shiney metal arse." 🙂

 

[ND40oz]

Originally posted by: Sasha


Westinghouse 37" LCD has a native resolution of 1920x1080P. And as Bender would say, "Bite my shiney metal arse." 🙂

Yeah and you're going to sit it 18 inches from your face. That's like sitting 3-4 feet infront of a 60" 720p tv. It's going to look like crap, the westinghouse, sharp, samsung and benq 1080p TVs are meant to be viewed from a distance, not sitting on a desk right in front of you.

 

[CheesePoofs]

Originally posted by: IeraseU

We've been arguing over what dual DVI video cards would be sufficient to each drive 24" monitors. I suspect you need fairly decent cards such as a 6800GT in SLI, but he thinks he could get away with a pair of cheap 6600 in SLI. (Yes, I've already chastised him for trying to drive $4000 worth of monitors with $200 worth of cards.) Who is correct though? Anyone have experience driving this much real estate?

Actually I think the 6600's would be better suited for 2d then 6800 GT's. Why?...Less noise/heat/power issues. Also the wmv hardware assist actually works on the 6600's, and not on the 6800's.

The heat and power of those cards are consumed by their 3d processing parts. I would be suprised if they had a different 2d architecture.

 

[imported_Sasha]

Originally posted by: ND40oz

Originally posted by: Sasha


Westinghouse 37" LCD has a native resolution of 1920x1080P. And as Bender would say, "Bite my shiney metal arse." 🙂

Yeah and you're going to sit it 18 inches from your face. That's like sitting 3-4 feet infront of a 60" 720p tv. It's going to look like crap, the westinghouse, sharp, samsung and benq 1080p TVs are meant to be viewed from a distance, not sitting on a desk right in front of you.

Why would I be sitting that close? I use a 19" monitor and don't even sit that close. Then again, I'm not blind either. 🙂

 

[imported_Sasha]

Actually, I just measured how far my eyes are from my 19" Viewsonic 19" monitor (18.1" viewable) which runs at 1600x1200. Its 18"! Woohoo!

Going on pixel density to determine the arcº I can see this 18.1" viewable measure 14.48" wide and 10.86" high. For 1600x1200 that makes a pixel size (including any inter-pixel gap) of 0.00905" x 0.00905". The 0.00905" value represents the 'opposite' in the trig while 18" represents the adjacent so arctan(0.00905/18) gives an angle of 0.02881º. And what does this mean? Well, its about visual acuity. 🙂

Now let's look at the Westinghouse 37" widescreen LCD with its 37" viewable. At 1920x1080 across its 32.25"x18.14" the pixel size is 0.0168" x 0.0168". If I want to 'keep the same visual acuity representation (0.02881º) I should have an eye-to-display distance of .... drum-roll ... 33.4" or just under three feet for me to retain the same perception of resolution.

Of course, one doesn't need all of this fancy math since its simple geometry and a basis of proportion for pixel size. Had I had the Westinghouse display I would actually had to have sat a few inches further away from the wall just behind my Viewsonic monitor because if I didn't I would have been too close and the pixels larger than I'd expect even though the display's native resolution is greater than the viewsonic.