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gtx 650 3 monitors
can the gtx 650 run 3 19in 1280x1024 monitors simultainously
mostly for flt sim type of games -- |
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gtx 650 3 monitors
"donut" wrote in message ... can the gtx 650 run 3 19in 1280x1024 monitors simultainously mostly for flt sim type of games -- Four (4) displays are supported... Chris |
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gtx 650 3 monitors
donut wrote:
can the gtx 650 run 3 19in 1280x1024 monitors simultainously mostly for flt sim type of games This stuff is pretty hard to figure out. So don't take my answer as definitive. There might be some way of doing it, that I missed. (One of the reasons this post is so long, is I *did* miss something...) ******* I see three connectors. I expect that means, you can use any two of three, as in "regular dual head operation". Single cards (at least, ones with a single GPU on them), run dual head. [Or so I thought, until I got to the end of this post...] http://www.pclaunches.com/wp-content...ce_gtx_650.jpg NVidia provides this page, for 2D Surround and 3D Surround mode. The GTX650, in 2-way SLI, does not support 3D Surround. Maybe the latest driver doesn't allow it, for performance reasons ? Notice that if you enter GTX660 2-way SLI in the config menu, it allows it. http://www.geforce.com/hardware/tech...m-requirements The 2-way SLI solution involved, would mean buying a second card. Benefit is, any game used, thinks it is playing in a 3840x1024 single screen. That's what 3D Surround buys you. ******* Background info. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-monitor "Hybrid Span mode This is a technique that allows using multiple GPUs to create a single unified display, and this is a more modern approach to utilizing multi-monitor displays. The two main companies involved in this market, AMD and nVidia, use the same technique of grouping all monitors together to, in essence, trick the computer into using one large spanned resolution, eliminating the need for special software patches. AMD's EyeFinity, or more specifically SLS (Single Large Surface), creates a large, spanned resolution across three and up to six monitors. nVidia's approach to this is called "Surround" and it also creates a large, spanned resolution; however, it only supports three monitors. " "Matrox, a third hardware supplier providing both multi-display add-in boards and a series of external multi-display upgrade units known as DualHead2Go and TripleHead2Go." You could run one connector from the video card, to a DuakHead2Go and try to do it that way. GTX650 --------- Connector#2 ----- DualHead2Go Connector#1 | | | | | 1280x1024 1280x1024 1280x1024 It means the second connector on the GTX650, would run 2560x1024. You *must* verify, using the Matrox charts or their fancy config software tool, whether a given config will work. There are various models of Dual Head. This one uses VGA on input, so you go DVI-I to VGA to get into the box. And then can go DVI-I on output. $220. That's cheaper than one of the TripleHead models. That's why I selected it. (It turns out, you can buy a replacement video card, perfectly good for the job, for the same price...) http://www.amazon.com/Matrox-DualHea.../dp/B000QRTHX8 http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/pr...dh2go/digital/ That's the best I could select out of this lot. http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/ They have a configuration tool. You install this in Windows, and it tells you what products will work. Presumably, none of their new products that use DisplayPort (I don't see DisplayPort on your GTX650). http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/su...load/gxm/tool/ You would use such a solution, if the motherboard wasn't set up for SLI (two big PCI Express slots). Based on the NVidia lacking a 3D Surround for 2-way SLI with GTX650, otherwise it would take a pair of different cards to do it (ones that *are* listed in the configuration tool). ******* Would this work ? This is "non-SLI" so SLI is not enabled. GTX650 #1 GTX650 #2 | | | | 1280x1024 1280x1024 1280x1024 1280x1024 I really don't know the answer to that :-) I've run a pair of matched cards, with four monitors, but I didn't try gaming on it. I don't think I have any games, that would operate at that resolution. You could run three or four monitors that way. One thing that did happen to me, is the monitor mapping, changed mid-session when I was running my setup, such that the left two and right two monitors got confused. (I had to go back into the Display Control panel and move the monitor IDs around.) It's also possible, the game would need to be "multi-monitor aware" for a configuration like that to work. Whereas the 3D Surround method (on 2-way SLI), probably looks like a single monitor to the game. ******* This site has a gallery of "cobbled together" multiple monitor configurations. But I don't see a lot of 3D info here, for games. This is mostly for 2D desktop stuff, or for real time stock charts. http://www.realtimesoft.com/multimon...lse&m on=desc ******* Another place to look, would be on a flight sim site, and see what info they have on the cobbled together approach. I suspect the two GTX650, in non-SLI, don't necessarily stay time-aligned. But what do I know... ******* You can run three monitors off of this. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814103233 "Eyefinity Support: Yes" You would use the two DVI ports, plus get a DisplayPort to DVI adapter. And that would run three DVI monitors. ******* Interesting. So NVidia *can* do it. I didn't know this. http://www.hardwareheaven.com/review...roduction.html "Next up is surround gaming from one card. With the GTX 660-690 NVIDIA now allow us to connect three displays to one card/GPU and power resolutions such as 5760x1080 and while doing so we can also enable 3D Vision. As an added extra NVIDIA also allow the use of an "accessory" display, a fourth screen which can run at the same time as our three gaming screens for use on software such as chat, mail and browsing applications." OK, so why didn't that show up in the Geforce config page ? And is "3D Vision" the same thing as "3D Surround" ? OK, so it does work. If I load a single GTX 660 in the tool, I get what I want from it. http://www.geforce.com/hardware/tech...m-requirements "Orientation: Landscape Accessory Display: Yes, no additional GPU Maximum Resolution: 5760x1080 Maximum Resolution (Bezel Correction): 7680x1080 Maximum number of displays: 3 in Surround 1 Accessory Display Special Instructions: 3D Vision Surround requires using three DVI or three DisplayPort connectors All monitors must be the same make and model for 3D Vision Surround Using DisplayPort connectors may require the use of DisplayPort to Dual-link DVI adapters [for above 1920...]. Please consult your monitor's manual for supported 3D connectors Center Display of the Surround group should be connected to the card with most displays. Accessory Display must be connected to the card with most number of displays. You can use any connector to enable the Accessory Display. " The light-green dots in the diagram, show the Surround connectors. I wonder what that top one is ? Looks like DisplayPort. http://international.download.nvidia...ion2-2d-3d.png http://images17.newegg.com/is/image/newegg/14-125-443-Z02?$S640W$ GTX660 (around $194 to $210 for some of them) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814125443 Since the card doesn't come with three DVI connectors, you then need to learn about DisplayPort adapters. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Displayport "The DisplayPort signal is not compatible with DVI or HDMI. However, Dual-Mode DisplayPorts are designed to transmit a single-link DVI or HDMI 1.2/1.4 protocol across the interface through the use of an external passive adapter" Passive = Cheap "VGA and dual-link DVI, on the other hand, require active adapters to convert the protocol and signal to the desired output and do not require dual-mode DisplayPorts." DisplayPort to Single Link DVI - will easily do 1280x1024 @ 60Hz. $23 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814999031 So maybe $240 tops, if you were sloppy. It's a good thing they make this stuff easy... What a minefield to navigate. Now, I could buy an ATI card with Eyefinity, for about half the price of the GTX660. So there are some other options. Then, you'd have to start comparing benchmarks for the cards, to figure out which is the right purchase. Paul |
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