EYEFINITY: 2x 22-24" screens in portrait mode and 40" main screen combination.

[Gabs88]

Will it work, and if it will, how will it work out?

I'm a student and will mainly be using the additional monitors (22" ones) while working while using the middle one as a TV\multimediacentre. And to improve workflow i'd really like to set it up in portrait mode as that works out way better when using the screens for website surfing.

 

[Madcatatlas]

i think the resolutions across the 3 screens needs to be the same.

Other than that, what outputs will you use? 2x dvi and 1 displayport?

 

[Gabs88]

Probably gonna be going for 2x displayport monitors and a samsung TV as middle screen.

Might have to add in that i will not be using eyefinity for multi display gaming. The sidescreens are exclusively for internet browsing and document viewing while the middle screen will be very much an allrounder.

 

[railven]

Probably gonna be going for 2x displayport monitors and a samsung TV as middle screen.

Might have to add in that i will not be using eyefinity for multi display gaming. The sidescreens are exclusively for internet browsing and document viewing while the middle screen will be very much an allrounder.

I don't think you'll need Eyefinity for that. Eyefinity is more of a stretch your content across multiple displays kind of thing.

I think extended desktop will fill your needs. Set the two side displays as extended (2, and 3) and your TV as primary.

You should be able to move things around from 1 to 2, to 3, or yada yada.

You can also set memories so a program will always open on the screen you want it to.

 

[Gabs88]

I don't think you'll need Eyefinity for that. Eyefinity is more of a stretch your content across multiple displays kind of thing.

I think extended desktop will fill your needs. Set the two side displays as extended (2, and 3) and your TV as primary.

You should be able to move things around from 1 to 2, to 3, or yada yada.

You can also set memories so a program will always open on the screen you want it to.

But is it possible to make the computer realize that the 22" screen put in a vertical position is the exact same height as the 40" TV?

 

[Lonyo]

But is it possible to make the computer realize that the 22" screen put in a vertical position is the exact same height as the 40" TV?

You would need to set the resolution of the monitor to match the TV, so something like 1080x608 for it to match the TV (in portrait mode, so it's 1080 high and 608 wide), otherwise if the side monitors are set to native resolution (1600x900 or similar), then they will (in terms of the Windows desktop) extend above and below the centre screen.

That's typically why people use 1680x1050 monitors to flank a 30" because the 1680 width becomes the height in portrait mode, and almost matches the 1600 pixel height of the main monitor.

 

[apoppin]

But is it possible to make the computer realize that the 22" screen put in a vertical position is the exact same height as the 40" TV?

Not with Eyefinity; you must have the same resolution and orientation across all three screens

 

[Lonyo]

When it comes to the way it would work in extended desktop mode, you would end up with something like this if you had similar resolution monitors but difference sizes (imagine 2+3 are a single widescreen monitor). So while physically the the screens in front of your face might match up, to the Windows desktop, they would be horribly mismatched.

If you changed the resolution of the side monitors so they matched the main monitor, you would end up with something more usable (without major jumps between monitors), but in your situation you would have to use weird resolutions to match.

In my situation i have 17" 1280x1024 on either side of a 24" 1920x1200 widescreen, so the vertical resolution almost matches, as does physical height. With yours, it would be mismatched at native resolutions in portrait mode.

 

[NoQuarter]

But is it possible to make the computer realize that the 22" screen put in a vertical position is the exact same height as the 40" TV?

Yes, you just use it in Extended desktop mode. Eyefinity can be thought of as "Span" mode. You could easily run all 3 monitors on your video card and just use them in Extended desktop mode which lets your orient then PLP (portrait - landscape - portrait) np. The only thing determining the height of your portrait monitors is the resolution.

If you are using 1600x1200 monitors on the sides in portrait mode, they will be 1600 pixels tall, so they would match up with a 2560x1600 center monitor perfectly. Unfortunately all alignment is based off pixel height, so just because your portrait monitors may be the same physical height as your 40" center screen, if they aren't the same pixel height things won't line up when you drag a window across.

 

[Gabs88]

How would this work out if I was to connect 4 screens instead? Say 1x 40, (like 3-4 feet away from the others), 2x 17 and 1x 24 as a workstation?

In this case the 17's would obviously need a displayport but apart from that?

Allso the 24 could then be 1920x1200 or so. Side monitors 900x1200 or something like that?

 

[Gabs88]

Been looking in to quad screen systems a bit now and cant figure out wether I should get like a 5650 for the TV and run three monitors thru the PC or if I can run 4 monitors thru a single 5850 by chaining the displayport monitors. (Isent that supposed to be the big DP feature?)

 

[NoQuarter]

Been looking in to quad screen systems a bit now and cant figure out wether I should get like a 5650 for the TV and run three monitors thru the PC or if I can run 4 monitors thru a single 5850 by chaining the displayport monitors. (Isent that supposed to be the big DP feature?)

It's a future feature, afaik the daisy chain ability isn't used yet. For doing 4 monitors you'd need 2 video cards or a mobo with IGP that you can use with a video card.

 

[Gabs88]

It's a future feature, afaik the daisy chain ability isn't used yet. For doing 4 monitors you'd need 2 video cards or a mobo with IGP that you can use with a video card.

But pretty much any cheap video card would do the trick rite?

 

[NoQuarter]

But pretty much any cheap video card would do the trick rite?

Yea, if you are using XP or Win 7 they don't have to be same brands but probably best to do so just to make it easier on the drivers.

 

[Gabs88]

Yea, if you are using XP or Win 7 they don't have to be same brands but probably best to do so just to make it easier on the drivers.

Yeah, I recon so. Drivers will be reliant on CPU power and RAM anyhow so running both nvidia and ATI drivers on the same computer might cause conflicts and is likely to cause some kind of performance impact.

 

[Sirinava]

Lonyo, can you set those two flanking monitors to landscape? Would that work? I have a 27" 2560x1440 and 2 dell 19" 1280x1024 that I would like to try to set up. Its a bit similar to yours..

Thanks

 

[SolMiester]

A 6xx kepler NV card will run 4 monitors off the same card....2 x DVI, 1 x HDMI and 1 x DP