What's your Monitor Size?

[Daku_Naito]

3600x1920 3x Dell Ultrasharp u2412m

Portait is overall better than landscape, it keeps the 16:9 (1.77:1) aspect ratio so you don't have to worry about you don't have to deal with stretched out textures when using 3+ monitors

Less head movement and peripheral vision required also.

The only drawback is you pretty much have to have a IPS panel monitor or you will suffer from poor viewing angles if you use TN panel monitor

But you lose width for height right?

[Yves]

They say you can tell a man's monitor size by measuring the tip of his index finger to the tip of his thumb.

[Dhalmel]

But you lose width for height right?

It's still 16:9 (1.77:1) so no you really don't. You can only have it so wide till it loses it's benefits.

The landscape method is more popular because majority of users use old TN based monitors.

The only real games where having such wide ratios will help you would be RTS type games.

Shooting games? No unless you're quite a good distance from the screen to see all three monitors at once or constantly move your head left or right your head will often be focused at the center screen and by the time you see someone on the far right or left screen you'll be shot down.

There's also Game UI, some game don't support such wide ratios properly and can have the UI too far apart. For example, health bar on the upper left corner of the left screen and ammunition on the lower right corner pf the right screen.


Then there's desk space but that's self explanatory.

[Rydin]

I used a 15" widescreen laptop monitor. At 1920x1080 it suits my needs just fine.

You don't catch many 15 inchers that do 1920x1080.... nice

3600x1920 3x Dell Ultrasharp u2412m

Portait is overall better than landscape, it keeps the 16:9 (1.77:1) aspect ratio so you don't have to worry about you don't have to deal with stretched out textures when using 3+ monitors

Less head movement and peripheral vision required also.

The only drawback is you pretty much have to have a IPS panel monitor or you will suffer from poor viewing angles if you use TN panel monitor

5760x1080 in a game like Final Fantasy. I'd rather see more of the peripheral vision landscape than more sky and ground
As long as the game supports 5760x1080 you shouldn't have any texture issues.
going portrait, you might as well have one screen

[Alhanelem]

3600x1920 3x Dell Ultrasharp u2412m

Portait is overall better than landscape, it keeps the 16:9 (1.77:1) aspect ratio so you don't have to worry about you don't have to deal with stretched out textures when using 3+ monitors

Less head movement and peripheral vision required also.

The only drawback is you pretty much have to have a IPS panel monitor or you will suffer from poor viewing angles if you use TN panel monitor

I couldn't do that without removing the monitor casings so I could put the edges of the screens closer together. THe casing borders just ruin the whole concept of a view across multiple monitors for me.

[Raymeo]

One more vote for playing on a TV. I play on a 47 inch 3d-ready sony, and with the GTX 580's mini HDMI, it's absolutely been a wonderful experience at 1080p.

My hope is that one day the game adds 3d technology as an option, as was shown off in FFXIV tech demos before 1.0 was even released. NVIDIA does have software that allows 3d-ready televisions to get the same 3d effect that a traditional 3d computer monitor has. Yet even without the 3d, playing on a television is something that I could never do without once getting used to it. Everything is gorgeous and so detailed, it's amazing.

[Daku_Naito]

It's still 16:9 (1.77:1) so no you really don't. You can only have it so wide till it loses it's benefits.

The landscape method is more popular because majority of users use old TN based monitors.

The only real games where having such wide ratios will help you would be RTS type games.

Shooting games? No unless you're quite a good distance from the screen to see all three monitors at once or constantly move your head left or right your head will often be focused at the center screen and by the time you see someone on the far right or left screen you'll be shot down.

There's also Game UI, some game don't support such wide ratios properly and can have the UI too far apart. For example, health bar on the upper left corner of the left screen and ammunition on the lower right corner pf the right screen.


Then there's desk space but that's self explanatory.

I was getting at kinda what Rydin said. I use 5760x1080 for the landscape, yes FFXIV doesn't support it, but I think it will in the future. Where has the portrait way, you look like you just have one big monitor with spaces in the middle.

You don't catch many 15 inchers that do 1920x1080.... nice



5760x1080 in a game like Final Fantasy. I'd rather see more of the peripheral vision landscape than more sky and ground
As long as the game supports 5760x1080 you shouldn't have any texture issues.
going portrait, you might as well have one screen

The only problem is, FFXIV doesn't support it yet. Though I have high hopes.

[ispano]

The TV vs. monitor thing has alot to do with size which is being left out here often, on my 46" I wouldn't sit close enough that the fuzzy edges @1920x1080 matter, my 22" tv connected through VGA looks as good as my 24" monitor and keeps me from being tethered to my desk so I'm biased by convienence too.

There's also the matter of connection type, HDMI isn't the "best" for PC displays but most newer TVs have support for more than just AV/S-Vid/Composite, with VGA/Display Port/DVI/HDMI being almost universal you can find TVs that support resolutions higher than 1080p and cables that make them look as good. It just costs more.

Please do show me these over 1920x1080 TVs. I know they've been working on something close to 4k x 2.2k or along those lines, but the few out are enormously expensive. Monitors are the only ones i've seen do 2560x1440 or 2560x1600. with a TV you just normally have no use for those resolutions without video formats that run that high of a res.

[Rydin]

The only problem is, FFXIV doesn't support it yet. Though I have high hopes.

from this thread:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...oing-Eyefinity

Yes, I have been using eyefinity and crossfire. The game is absolutely beautiful using it.

youtube of my setup:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnvMlNnn-tU

I run dual 5870s
i7 sandybridge 2600k
8gb 2133 ocz
60gb ocz ssd

If you want any help with settings or anything let me know.

Screenie:
http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/7...1307318650.jpg


Oh and a note to the first page of this thread.

FFXIV does support crossfire, download the profiles here:
http://sites.amd.com/us/game/downloa...-profiles.aspx

[kazaran]

Using my 46" LED , I play in the living room. If you are sittign close you don't want it too big. Just your lookign forward field of view. PRob in 26-32" range depending on distance from face. unless multi display then smaller.