http://i.imgur.com/uYUra.jpg
I accidentally mapped my screenshot to alt-tab instead of f6, otherwise i'd have much better shots. I'll get more. It's convenient, i can view the entire ring of fire at one time, so no matter where ifrit is, or where the bombs and lava appear, i can see them.
Panoramic Ifrit
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12-09-2011, 04:31 AMnasomiPanoramic Ifrit
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12-09-2011, 04:36 AMFiosha_Maureiba
Ooooh neat-o!
Someday, I'll need to find an intense gamer with the mad setups that you have and smooch off it for a session just to *feel* it. -
12-09-2011, 04:39 AMIrondude
that puts my 1600x900 to shame. Whats the res on that. Lets hope 2.0 has true 3 monitor support.
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12-09-2011, 04:47 AMMolly_MillionsYou mean it doesn't now? Please explain. I've been playing on 3 screens for quite some time. (and in 3D too)Quote:
Originally Posted by Irondude
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12-09-2011, 04:58 AMPyretta_Blaze
Ooh... I want to try 3 monitor set up but I don't know if my graphics card would take it.
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12-09-2011, 05:16 AMnasomi
It doesn't have true 3monitor support, if you'll notice the far wide ends are very distorted. It's 5760x1200 resolution.
http://i.imgur.com/UnB4V.jpg
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12-09-2011, 05:19 AMRydin
Eyefinity is a special AMD feature. People have been using 3 monitors for a while but Eyefinity actually turns them all into 1 big monitor....
i.e. three 1920x1080 monitors side by side by side end up with a resolution of 5760x1080
You need an AMD card from the HD 5000 series or newer... and at least one of the screens has to use the display port output from the card (either with display port input or DP to DVI/HDMI adapter which are a lot more expensive than you would think)
Also, higher resolutions tax your card a lot more... so 5760x1080 (or dare I say 2560x1600 times three for 7680x1600) is a GINORMOUS resolution... so you'd want one of the higher end cards with like 2gb of RAM.... like an HD 6970
or possible go for a lower resolution and pump out three times 1280x720 for 3840x720
I think it's made that way because the 2 outer monitors are made to be angled in. So it's not a flat 3 monitor scene.... more like angled peripheralsQuote:
Originally Posted by nasomi
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12-09-2011, 05:22 AMnasomi
I'd hate to do it on a radeon card. I have dual gtx580's and barely squeeze 40-50fps out at 5760x1200, which means 3d is almost not an option without scaling the graphics back. According to this chart, I'd need 3x 6970's to get the same performance out of the ati cards.
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12-09-2011, 05:25 AMMolly_MillionsIt's supposed to be like that, I don't see how it means there is no 3 monitor support.Quote:
Originally Posted by nasomi
Based on the fact that we are both playing it on 3 monitors and have no issues, I'd say it has 3 monitor support. -
12-09-2011, 05:33 AMMolly_MillionsI run FFXIV on 3 screens in 3D from time to time (mostly I use 2D) using 2 Nvidea GTS 450s. I get around 60 frames per second with my resolution set at 5040 X 1050. I find it hard to believe that you would 'need' that much horsepower to do the same with Radeon cards, or does ATI just suck that badly these days?Quote:
Originally Posted by nasomi
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12-09-2011, 05:35 AMCorrderio
I don't think there's any way I could focus on 3 screens at once. But it does look awesome.
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12-09-2011, 05:37 AMMolly_MillionsYou mainly use the middle one, which is where your character is obviously. The other 2 provide peripheral vision. Unless you're afflicted with some sort of tunnel vision, its actually quite natural.Quote:
Originally Posted by Corrderio
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12-09-2011, 05:46 AMnasomiIt's very natural actually. When ifrit would jump, and come down, i could see him out of the corner of my eye, to the side. It was litterally like having real peripherial vision in game. Same with running through town or killing mobs, you have a fuller field of vision.Quote:
Originally Posted by Corrderio
To me when I see that massive distortion, i interpret it as not being correct, they don't have anything in place to show that much data on hte screen at once, which would make it not truly 3monitor capable, but rather stretching it to compensate for the additional resolution you're pulling out of it. 5760x1200 is almost a 5:1 ratio, maybe the max they have it set up for is 4:1, similar to setting the ration in ffxi. -
12-09-2011, 05:53 AMMolly_MillionsAFAIK, that's your Radeon drivers doing the stretching not FFXIV.Quote:
Originally Posted by nasomi
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12-09-2011, 06:20 AMnasomiBut my cards are 2 GTX580's. there's no radeon action going on. I keep away from radeon like fat kids keep away from exercise.Quote:
Originally Posted by Molly_Millions
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12-09-2011, 06:23 AMJennestiaWhich is funny when you think about it -- I avoid Nvidia like the plague because I personally find them low quality cards and always had issues with them and love my Ati and haven't had issues using 3 monitor setups and I haven't noticed distortion, however I did have to tinker with drivers since XIV is still not that well optimized in general.Quote:
Originally Posted by nasomi
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12-09-2011, 06:30 AMnasomi
Everyone has their own preference. The 580's are the best on the market at the moment, and I really wanted to see nvidia surround at maxed graphics. It plays other games without distortion, not sure why it distorts this one.
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12-09-2011, 06:31 AMJennestiaXIV is poorly optimized, that's pretty much all it comes down to.Quote:
Originally Posted by nasomi
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12-09-2011, 06:33 AMRydinRemember when Passmark was relevant?Quote:
Originally Posted by nasomi
Anyway... At resolutions that high you would end up having to sacrifice textures or AA quality at the moment...
But hopefully the new game engine will so much more efficiently that it doesn't matter
as far as AMD vs NVidia for 3 monitors.... Its a tricky deal
AMD makes it so you need to use display port on at least 1 monitor...
But Nvidia makes it so all three monitors have to be the exact same model...
Also Nvidia needs at least a dual GPU set up to do it whereas even single GPU AMD cards will do it...
and technically Mr smart stuff... the HD 6990 gives consistently better 3 monitor frames than the 590
Both are super expensive and hard to find these days though....
You could go with the HD 6970 or even HD 6870 that are single GPU set ups.... and maybe just lower your settings a little...
but you cannot go with the Nvidia GTX 570 or 580 unless you use an SLI setup
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12-09-2011, 07:05 AMnasomi
True, you need a minimum of two gpu's to do nvidia surround, but I have two gpu's, so I don't count that against them. However I have yet to see a chart that compares nvidia surround to ati eyefinity. If you happen to have one I'd love to see some comparrisons. I'd think it has a lot more to do with drivers than it does with gpu horsepower as well.
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12-09-2011, 07:16 AMRydinI think Xbit did one... but it doesnt matter..... the point is...Quote:
Originally Posted by nasomi
I agree with you.... 3 monitors is one of the coolest things ever
i don't know how old you are... but if you could go back to early 90's middle school me... playing SNES RPG's and show me a FFXIV 3 monitor type deal.. I probably would have just quit school to play games full time.... -
12-09-2011, 10:20 AMnasomi
SNES? We had atari and comodor 64, we had to switch the hookups to the comodor monitor which had 2 inputs, single video and single audio rca jacks. It was about 13" big. Things have come a long way...
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12-09-2011, 12:07 PMRydinhahaha... I remember having to get an adapter to hook my Atari up to a TV that only had twin lead inputs....Quote:
Originally Posted by nasomi
good times