nVidia surround is awesome!!!

The only downside is I can't just throw up a movie on my right monitor, unless I want it over top of the game. And even then I can't fullscreen it. I could put it on my laptop but it'd be to far to the side to watch while playing game.

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Why did taking screenshots suck? I linked a few and they were amazing. Also, though, I use fraps for screenshots.

Active Displayport to HDMI for $9.98, sorry I was close.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/active-mini-...item23153d5214

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They've come down in price since i've last looked at them. I'm half tempted to believe that it won't work with anything but the listed Apple devices, but seeing as Apple didn't actually make it, and that DP and HDMI are standards, it should. Now if you have DisplayPort Capable screens, all the better.

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Why did taking screenshots suck? I linked a few and they were amazing. Also, though, I use fraps for screenshots.

Active Displayport to HDMI for $9.98, sorry I was close.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/active-mini-...item23153d5214

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YA, the screenshots are awesome, but sharing them sucks. Most people dont have 3 screens to spread out that really wide shot, and need to zoom and scroll around it to see everything.

meh, screw 'em if they don't have a big enough screen to view full size. they can zoom in and be jealous of your three displays. Also, i'd rather have to much real estate than not enough, if i want to crop it for a banner or something.

Gotta admin, seeing it posted here makes me want to do it again :D

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Then do it. It's worth it. But get identical screens. I had to put 2 hdd's under my one screen because htey're different model hanns.g 28" lcd's, sot hey don't "match".

You can also get a 6870 for like $150, which is a pretty decent upgrade.

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if I do it, I would take all three screens apart and build a custom holder for them, I am odd like that ;p

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The lcd's were $600 tota, $200 each, which I've had for over a year. The GTX580's were $250 each, I sourced them from craigslist. CPU/mobo was just under $300, ram $50, off newegg. If you keep your eyes open, there's deals to be had.

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Then there's a decent PSU, a HD/SSD, the case, aftermarket cooler, optical drive, etc.

Did you salvage the latter parts from your old build?

just to make sprintfox stop crying about cpu parking.

can't wait to see what the system does in beta for 2.0 though.

i have 2 monitors.. if i do this my char would be in the middle crevice between monitors lol ..now i must get a third!

nasomi i don't know if nvidia have the option but on ati you have the option to compensate the bezel of the monitor adding more resolution, so the image don't seem to jump from one screen to another. I have 2 7950 on CF and my res is 6000x1080. The bezel on my setups takes around 120 pixels of the screen.