nVidia surround is awesome!!!

[ispano]

I sit 2-2.5' from my 28" monitors, I'd obviously sit further from a projector. However I would not even want a single 47" screen, let alone 120", because I want to be surrounded. It's not just about size, and for me there's such a thing as to big.

The other downfall of a projector is space. Sure, I could use a projector, set up 3 of them, 3 angled backdrops, but it would take up an unbelievably large amount of space. I have a single 6'x8' L shaped desk that I wheel into the corner of with my monitors surrounding me. That's my immersive experience. It's RIGHT THERE. And I have noticed stuff moving to my left and right, I can spot people or monsters better, so it is giving an advantage.

Yep, if you have the space for it, fine. But the thing is, if you sit the right distance away from say your 3 28" displays, and then the right distance away from the 3 120" projection displays, it will look mostly the same due to distance and how our eyes see things.

ie I understand your point. It's not for me, but I totally see why people prefer it that way.

[Fear]

This makes me wanna buy 2 more 24" monitors and hook up my ATI 6950HD like that but there isnt enough space on my computer desk lol

But with that setup you gotta run at a lower res. (draw quality) + you cant have shadow effects on, I like running max shadows + max general and background drawing

[ispano]

This makes me wanna buy 2 more 24" monitors and hook up my ATI 6950HD like that but there isnt enough space on my computer desk lol

But with that setup you gotta run at a lower res. (draw quality) + you cant have shadow effects on, I like running max shadows + max general and background drawing

Depends on the card(s). A single 6950, likely yeah, you'll need to tone down some settings to make it "playable" Well playable to my standards anyhow. Like when i'm moving I use my laptop until my heavy-as-bricks desktop is moved, but the two GTX 480Ms can't handle 2560x1600 comfortably for me, have to drop it down to like 1920x1200.

[Kailea_Nagisa]

Some screenshots:

http://i.imgur.com/X9fWe.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/DodLW.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ErjZB.jpg

I'm surprised more people don't do it. Apparently all you need is an ati 5850 with eyefinity, or any 2 nvidia cards of a decent number, and any 3 monitors that support the same resolution.

holy poop that is the video card I have (ATI 5850) .....must get... two more... LCDs.......

my PC is pretty strong, but I never have run it to its max yet.....

I honestly would just want to do this, so all my chat and UI stuff would be on the two other screens, and my center would be nothing but gameplay and the action bar ^.^

[ispano]

holy poop that is the video card I have (ATI 5850) .....must get... two more... LCDs.......

my PC is pretty strong, but I never have run it to its max yet.....

I honestly would just want to do this, so all my chat and UI stuff would be on the two other screens, and my center would be nothing but gameplay and the action bar ^.^

Just keep in mind that a single 5850 might have trouble handling the game at "good" settings with Eyefinity. Also if one of your monitors isn't DisplayPort capable you'll need an active display port adapter.

[nasomi]

Just keep in mind that a single 5850 might have trouble handling the game at "good" settings with Eyefinity. Also if one of your monitors isn't DisplayPort capable you'll need an active display port adapter.

True, however going from low settings across the board to high settings, there's a big difference, but low settings is still damned goodlooking. My laptop has a gtx260m and i run low settings and it looks pretty nice still.

And i'm pretty sure you can get displayport to HDMI/DVI off ebay for under $5.

[nasomi]

holy poop that is the video card I have (ATI 5850) .....must get... two more... LCDs.......

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.

[ispano]

True, however going from low settings across the board to high settings, there's a big difference, but low settings is still damned goodlooking. My laptop has a gtx260m and i run low settings and it looks pretty nice still.

And i'm pretty sure you can get displayport to HDMI/DVI off ebay for under $5.

It has to be an active adapter, not passive. While they're not exactly expensive, they're not $5 cheap either.

[Nightpanda2810]

I did this for a while with ATI, but it ended up being more annoying than it was worth to me. And taking screenshot's really sucked.

[nasomi]

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