should i go with 3 monitors?

[Walleye]

i have 2 trinitrons at my disposal.... (17" 'ers.), and 1 of the old non flat screen crt's (17" as well). should i go with a 3 monitor setup?

Here is my setup now...

if i go with 3 monitors, i wont have any desk space left. but, i make up for it in 3 monitors!

i'd have to buy a new video card, some crappy PCI slot video card.... probably a geforce 2 mx pci slot card.

that way i'd have 3 monitors. my current card has analog and DVI outs. i'd need to buy a DVI converter too.



should i buy a 3rd trinitron? i think they're discontinued... maybe not. i'll have to see about that.

what you all think?

 

[Walleye]

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[Detselom]

3 monitors would be cool. For gaming i think you'll need a matrox perhelia to stretch the game over 3 monitors. Try 2 maybe that's all you need. Sony dosent make anything under 21" monitors now i think, i could be wrong.

 

[Schadenfroh]

it would be too much trouble for what you get, dont do it is my advice.

 

[Jeff7181]

Sell one of the 3 monitors and build a 2nd computer to use your 2nd monitor with.

 

[Wag]

if i go with 3 monitors, i wont have any desk space left. but, i make up for it in 3 monitors!

Lol. You can't argue with logic like that.

 

[EdipisReks]

i think that you should just use the 2 trinitrons. the difference in tube between the 2 trinitrons and the non-trinitron would be annoying IMO. to me, multi monitor setups only work well when the monitors are pretty close matches.

 

[10k]

Get as many monitors as you can get crankin dude I use alot of AUDIO software MULTI monitors are essential for me I have my main sequencer SONAR on the main 1 and all of my Audio plugins and soft synths on the other At times i have up to 30 plugins associated inside a project so being able to have the most commonly used ones allways onscreen sves me about 10,000 mouse clicks a year LOLOLo \
BTW The 3rd monitor on the PCI slot will give you the sh*ts dont bother with an ultra cheapie (s3 trio etc) Thyre not even worth looking at try to get a cheap TNT64 or one of the last geforce 2 pci cards they dont cost much good luck

 

[Walleye]

well, the main reason for the 3 monitors would be the surround gaming. i dont want it for anything else....


besides showing other people, making them say "damn!". that's what would make it worth it.


anyways, in regards to specifics. would the 3rd monitor on the PCI slot use the PCI's video rendering, or would it go on the 9700's? i would rather it go on the 9700's, instead of using some damn pci slot card's rendering.




i have an old geforce 1, would that work? or are they AGP? i really dont know...

 

[EdipisReks]

Originally posted by: Walleye

well, the main reason for the 3 monitors would be the surround gaming. i dont want it for anything else....

then don't bother unless you are willing to ger a Parhelia. the Radeon series does not support 3d acceleration over 2 displays, and how you thought you could sync up another card with what the radeon was doing is beyond me.

 

[Walleye]

Originally posted by: EdipisReks

Originally posted by: Walleye

well, the main reason for the 3 monitors would be the surround gaming. i dont want it for anything else....

then don't bother unless you are willing to ger a Parhelia. the Radeon series does not support 3d acceleration over 2 displays, and how you thought you could sync up another card with what the radeon was doing is beyond me.

maybe you havent heard. im a complete idiot.

 

[EdipisReks]

Originally posted by: Walleye

Originally posted by: EdipisReks

Originally posted by: Walleye

well, the main reason for the 3 monitors would be the surround gaming. i dont want it for anything else....

then don't bother unless you are willing to get a Parhelia. the Radeon series does not support 3d acceleration over 2 displays, and how you thought you could sync up another card with what the radeon was doing is beyond me.

maybe you havent heard. im a complete idiot.

ah, that explains it.

 

[propellerhead]

I don't know much about gaming with multiple monitors, but I love having the tv picture in my center monitor, a browser or email on the left, and IRC on the right.

 

[Walleye]

hmm, so i should go with 2 trinitrons only? how do i game, is the game on 1 monitor solely?

 

[Jeomite]

Originally posted by: Walleye
hmm, so i should go with 2 trinitrons only? how do i game, is the game on 1 monitor solely?

Very few games support dual-monitor setups. You're probably going to be gaming on only one monitor, most likely...