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?

[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.

[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.

[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

[Daku_Naito]

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

Yes, you can run the game in 5760x1080, but that doesn't mean it is supported. When you get screen stretching on either side, that mean the game doesn't support it. On top of that, FFXIV supports crossfire and SLI, but not really to its potential. I even made a thread about it.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...onitor-Support

And this,