INSANE multiple monitor setup.... This is nuts.

DriveEuro · May 8, 2003, 12:49 AM

Yup that's 11 monitors....

May 8, 2003, 12:49 AM

havent i seen a thread on that...

DriveEuro · May 8, 2003, 12:50 AM

Damn, dude, calm down... This was only posted for like 10 seconds.... You saw a triple display for Quake III is what I am betting.

toddsmack2k · May 8, 2003, 02:33 AM

A bit of overkill dont ya think

DriveEuro · May 8, 2003, 02:36 AM

That must have been serverly aggrivating to setup. But it's prolly worth it in the end ....... not for me, but him... Geez.

Andrew275 · May 8, 2003, 02:38 AM

Holy crap.

He sure is dedicated to flight sims.

Vampyromaniac · May 8, 2003, 09:23 AM

How the heck? Are they all on one PC? can't be... on several PC's? but a game can't run on more than one PC? can it??

Zardon · May 8, 2003, 09:24 AM

interesting picture. looks like a flight sim running 6 or more different POVs which would be impossible for a single PC to run even with multiple video cards etc, and yet 5 or 6 pcs under the desk......

not so sure about the books under some of the monitors, what a mess !!!

Falstaff · May 8, 2003, 09:37 AM

I think this artist in town did some animation with 8 monitors, but I think they were all Matrox cards in the mobos, wasn't complicated it seemed and I don't know what OS he was using, seems it was something he wrote himself, I tried to duplicate it myself using the company stuff, without success...

Vampyromaniac · May 8, 2003, 10:28 AM

Perhaps it is a couple PC's running separate games, and each using a diff POV, and he's just set the monitors up to look as if it's one game

This is the most monitors I've seen running on one game (one PC):

Zardon · May 8, 2003, 10:47 AM

I bet it didnt run too well either.

merry · May 8, 2003, 11:27 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Vampyromaniac
Perhaps it is a couple PC's running separate games

... or perhaps it's a couple of PCs "running" parts of one screenshot

(o/t) Oh, and Zardon, yes... my soul is MINE

Prefix · May 8, 2003, 01:55 PM

2 monitors, yeah ok. Aything more than 2 and you officialy have to much money and no life in which to spend it wisely. Whoever owns that 11 monitor setup is a totaly recluse and only goes outside to buy his porn and lube to wack off cause he aint getting any EVER!

**MIG-31** · May 11, 2003, 07:53 PM

he must be loaded

Forge · May 11, 2003, 09:09 PM

Not necessarily. Those machines don't have to be incredibly high end to render a flight sim.

I remember using three machines to do surround Doom. You'd set the main machine up normally. Machine #2 would be left side, you'd set the FOV to show the left view, and you'd make it a spectator to the first box. You'd then do the same, in reverse, to the right side one. Since it was simple software rendering to begin with, it wasn't too hard to rustle up two PCs to do nothing but spectate... The main machine took most of the load. Having an extra wide FOV made me a much better player. It's hard to sneak up on someone when he has peripheral vision and you don't.

A similar method can be used for UT (1, not 2K3), but you have to use software rendering. I know the guy that UT screenshot came from. It was pretty much playable. Quake 3 has the FOV and aspect ratio settings to spread out across multiple monitors, but they have to be all on one machine, since it has no software renderer.

To do more than two monitors for something more taxing, like a current FPS, would be much more difficult and time/money consuming.

May 8, 2003, 12:49 AM	#1
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May 8, 2003, 12:50 AM	Thread Starter #3
DriveEuro HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gurnee Illinois Posts: 4,677 Rep Power: 0	Damn, dude, calm down... This was only posted for like 10 seconds.... You saw a triple display for Quake III is what I am betting. __________________ [color=orange]ASUS P4P800 Deluxe [color=black]-[/color] 2.4C --> 3300mhz [color=black]-[/color] Mushkin PC3200 at 220 5-2-2-2 (cpu limited) [color=black]-[/color] BBAti 9800Pro at 430/375 [/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]01[/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]03[/color] 16001200 12801024

May 8, 2003, 02:33 AM	#4
toddsmack2k It Never..... Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Kentucky Posts: 3,173 Rep Power: 0	11 monitors A bit of overkill dont ya think __________________ [color=blue]*Bleeding From the Inside Pouring Out, The* *DriverHeaven* Spiral, We Shall Never Let Go Of.[/color]

May 8, 2003, 02:36 AM	Thread Starter #5
DriveEuro HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gurnee Illinois Posts: 4,677 Rep Power: 0	That must have been serverly aggrivating to setup. But it's prolly worth it in the end ....... not for me, but him... Geez. __________________ [color=orange]ASUS P4P800 Deluxe [color=black]-[/color] 2.4C --> 3300mhz [color=black]-[/color] Mushkin PC3200 at 220 5-2-2-2 (cpu limited) [color=black]-[/color] BBAti 9800Pro at 430/375 [/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]01[/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]03[/color] 16001200 12801024

May 8, 2003, 09:23 AM	#7
Vampyromaniac confutatis maledictis Join Date: May 2002 Location: somewhere dark Posts: 5,974 Rep Power: 77 System Specs	How the heck? Are they all on one PC? can't be... on several PC's? but a game can't run on more than one PC? can it?? __________________ *Digitalis 3.3* Athlon 64 3000 // ASUS K8V SE Deluxe // 1024MB PC3200 (2-2-2-10 1T) ATI All-In-Wonder 9700 Pro // 20" Dell 2005FPW (DVI) M-Audio Revo 7.1 + Philips Acoustic Edge // Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 320/16 Western Digital WD3200KS + 120/8 Seagate 7200.7 NEC ND-3550A 16x DVD±RW + Lite-On 52x24x CD-RW Antec Sonata case // 480W Antec TruePower personal bests \|\| Aq'3: 46796 \| 3D'01: 20461 \| 3D'03: 6336 \| 3D'05: 2677 \| PC'04: 4605 \| PC'02: 7691,9092,1250

May 8, 2003, 12:49 AM	#2
generalstupid Guest Posts: n/a	havent i seen a thread on that...

May 8, 2003, 02:38 AM	#6
Andrew275 Custom User Title Join Date: May 2002 Location: Washington Posts: 1,125 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Holy crap. He sure is dedicated to flight sims.

May 8, 2003, 09:24 AM	#8
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	interesting picture. looks like a flight sim running 6 or more different POVs which would be impossible for a single PC to run even with multiple video cards etc, and yet 5 or 6 pcs under the desk...... not so sure about the books under some of the monitors, what a mess !!!

May 8, 2003, 09:37 AM	#9
Falstaff Old Codger Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: USAFA Posts: 19,048 Rep Power: 207	seen 8 monitors in a row I think this artist in town did some animation with 8 monitors, but I think they were all Matrox cards in the mobos, wasn't complicated it seemed and I don't know what OS he was using, seems it was something he wrote himself, I tried to duplicate it myself using the company stuff, without success... __________________ "Inspiration is always a surprising visitor."

May 8, 2003, 10:28 AM	#10
Vampyromaniac confutatis maledictis Join Date: May 2002 Location: somewhere dark Posts: 5,974 Rep Power: 77 System Specs	Perhaps it is a couple PC's running separate games, and each using a diff POV, and he's just set the monitors up to look as if it's one game This is the most monitors I've seen running on one game (one PC): __________________ *Digitalis 3.3* Athlon 64 3000 // ASUS K8V SE Deluxe // 1024MB PC3200 (2-2-2-10 1T) ATI All-In-Wonder 9700 Pro // 20" Dell 2005FPW (DVI) M-Audio Revo 7.1 + Philips Acoustic Edge // Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 320/16 Western Digital WD3200KS + 120/8 Seagate 7200.7 NEC ND-3550A 16x DVD±RW + Lite-On 52x24x CD-RW Antec Sonata case // 480W Antec TruePower personal bests \|\| Aq'3: 46796 \| 3D'01: 20461 \| 3D'03: 6336 \| 3D'05: 2677 \| PC'04: 4605 \| PC'02: 7691,9092,1250

May 8, 2003, 10:47 AM	#11
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	I bet it didnt run too well either.

May 8, 2003, 01:55 PM	#13
Prefix DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 11 Rep Power: 0	2 monitors, yeah ok. Aything more than 2 and you officialy have to much money and no life in which to spend it wisely. Whoever owns that 11 monitor setup is a totaly recluse and only goes outside to buy his porn and lube to wack off cause he aint getting any EVER!

May 11, 2003, 07:53 PM	#14
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May 11, 2003, 09:09 PM	#15
Forge DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: May 2002 Location: King of Prussia, PA, USA Posts: 107 Rep Power: 0	Not necessarily. Those machines don't have to be incredibly high end to render a flight sim. I remember using three machines to do surround Doom. You'd set the main machine up normally. Machine #2 would be left side, you'd set the FOV to show the left view, and you'd make it a spectator to the first box. You'd then do the same, in reverse, to the right side one. Since it was simple software rendering to begin with, it wasn't too hard to rustle up two PCs to do nothing but spectate... The main machine took most of the load. Having an extra wide FOV made me a much better player. It's hard to sneak up on someone when he has peripheral vision and you don't. A similar method can be used for UT (1, not 2K3), but you have to use software rendering. I know the guy that UT screenshot came from. It was pretty much playable. Quake 3 has the FOV and aspect ratio settings to spread out across multiple monitors, but they have to be all on one machine, since it has no software renderer. To do more than two monitors for something more taxing, like a current FPS, would be much more difficult and time/money consuming. __________________ [COLOR=lightgreen] Vargr64[/COLOR]: Core 2 Q9450@3.2 [COLOR=red]\|[/COLOR] OCZ Dominator [COLOR=red]\|[/COLOR] 4GB G.Skill 800MHz [COLOR=red]\|[/COLOR] eVGA GeForce 9800GT [COLOR=red]\|[/COLOR] Raptor150+Seag750+Seag640+Seag320+Seag320 [COLOR=red]\|[/COLOR] Liteon LH-20A1H [COLOR=red]\|[/COLOR] Liteon LH-20A1S [COLOR=Red]\|[/COLOR] TT Armor+ [COLOR=red]\|[/COLOR] Corsair TX750W [COLOR=red]\|[/COLOR] Gigabyte EP35-DS4 [COLOR=red]\|[/COLOR] Logitech Z-680 [COLOR=Red]\|[/COLOR] Vista64 Ultimate SP1 [COLOR=Red]\|[/COLOR] Ubuntu 8.10 x64