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#1 Oct 03 2013 at 5:47 PM Rating: Excellent
http://i.imgur.com/phSRuon.jpg

I realize now how dark the pic is, I will try to do some cleaning tomorrow and post more shots, need to finish herding the cables around as well.
#2 Oct 03 2013 at 5:51 PM Rating: Good
Is the 4 main screens all running off that one HP (?Or dell, don't remember logos..)
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#3 Oct 03 2013 at 6:08 PM Rating: Excellent
The HP is actually my work laptop, it shares the upper monitor with my main rig. For the gaming tower I have 2 650 Ti BOOSTs running.
#4 Oct 03 2013 at 11:13 PM Rating: Decent
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Very nice. I decided to go and buy an HDMI cable, dragged the PC into the lounge and plugged it into the 52" TV/Amplifier. Loving it, suits my inclination to use a controller + keyboard, plus being horizontal for gathering and crafting adds a certain charm to it. Although during combat I'm pretty much hunched forward the whole time, have to watch that posture! Built in full screen windowed mode makes life a lot easier than having to work around full screen only in XI.
#5 Oct 03 2013 at 11:40 PM Rating: Excellent
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I need to get some bigger monitors. Wint has more screen space now!

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#6 Oct 04 2013 at 12:27 AM Rating: Excellent
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Oh snap, you boys are living the dream.

I can't wait to get my setup plumbed in! Theres just a matter of doing the Kitchen first. Then the Living Room. Then the Bathroom. Then the ...
#7 Oct 04 2013 at 5:08 AM Rating: Excellent
Dread Lörd Kaolian wrote:
I need to get some bigger monitors. Wint has more screen space now!

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Funny story about my monitors. The first 27" was a gift. The 2nd and 3rd were from my brother as payment for building and deploying his business sever (as well as maintaining it for him, I also run his payroll). He gave me his CC info to buy the other two, but Best Buy was being stupid and would only allow me to put one on an order, so I just made two orders. When I went to pick up the monitors, the moron behind the counter (a real "bro", rolled sleeves, sunglasses up on his head, douchy facial hair, ******* attitude) grabbed both and scanned one, rang it up and sent me on my way. I guess he assumed they were part of the same order, so I got the 3rd for free! Smiley: laugh
#8 Oct 04 2013 at 5:10 AM Rating: Good
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Cool looking game cave Wint. I won't be able to setup a spread like that until the kids move out.
#9 Oct 04 2013 at 5:53 AM Rating: Good
Dread Lörd Kaolian wrote:
I need to get some bigger monitors. Wint has more screen space now!

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Somebody needs to dust.. a lot.
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#10 Oct 04 2013 at 7:11 AM Rating: Good
What video cards are you using? I'm having issues with nvidia surround. I have 2 gtx580's in SLi and was using a usb > dvi adapter for my 4th monitor. Then I got a 1x pci-e geforce 610, as hte usb thing doesn't work all that well.

When I did that everything looked great. Then I found I couldn't move my task bar to my accessory monitor. And my right monitor lagged with a noticeable delay when I'd move. I tried a half dozen different drivers with no luck. I switched back to my usb thing and it works better now, but the top monitor isn't as clear as when it was on a real video card.
#11 Oct 04 2013 at 7:20 AM Rating: Decent
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PocketHockey wrote:
What video cards are you using?


Wint wrote:
For the gaming tower I have 2 650 Ti BOOSTs running.
#12 Oct 04 2013 at 7:43 AM Rating: Excellent
Wint wrote:
http://i.imgur.com/phSRuon.jpg

I realize now how dark the pic is, I will try to do some cleaning tomorrow and post more shots, need to finish herding the cables around as well.


Very nice, wish I had the space for that kind of setup.
#13 Oct 04 2013 at 7:51 AM Rating: Excellent
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SkinwalkerAsura wrote:
Very nice, wish I had the space for that kind of setup.


For me, space isn't the issue. It's convincing the wife why I need to spend money on 3 monitors.

Funny story. My 19 month old daughter spilled water on my desk. Quite a bit actually. I texted my wife to let her know what had happened. She asked if the damage was really bad. I thought for a few minutes and responded by saying that I needed a new computer and 3 new monitors. She thought I was serious. I should have ran with it but I just told her everything was fine.
#14 Oct 04 2013 at 7:55 AM Rating: Excellent
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SkinwalkerAsura wrote:
Very nice, wish I had the space for that kind of setup.


For me, space isn't the issue. It's convincing the wife why I need to spend money on 3 monitors.

Funny story. My 19 month old daughter spilled water on my desk. Quite a bit actually. I texted my wife to let her know what had happened. She asked if the damage was really bad. I thought for a few minutes and responded by saying that I needed a new computer and 3 new monitors. She thought I was serious. I should have ran with it but I just told her everything was fine.


Oh so close Smiley: tongue
#15 Oct 04 2013 at 7:55 AM Rating: Excellent
PocketHockey wrote:
What video cards are you using? I'm having issues with nvidia surround. I have 2 gtx580's in SLi and was using a usb > dvi adapter for my 4th monitor. Then I got a 1x pci-e geforce 610, as hte usb thing doesn't work all that well.

When I did that everything looked great. Then I found I couldn't move my task bar to my accessory monitor. And my right monitor lagged with a noticeable delay when I'd move. I tried a half dozen different drivers with no luck. I switched back to my usb thing and it works better now, but the top monitor isn't as clear as when it was on a real video card.


For my fourth monitor I had to use HDMI instead of DVI. For some reason the DVI was not working, and when I looked at the set up diagram they present to you when you configure surround, it does actually show how to set up the 4th. Try running HDMI from the first card that has 2 DVIs hooked up to 2 of your surround monitors. Mine looks like this when it's configured:

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Edited, Oct 4th 2013 8:55am by Wint
#16 Oct 04 2013 at 7:59 AM Rating: Decent
Space is my issue. I'm on an Ikea desk that extends off a 4x4 grid bookshelf, which seemed like a fantastic setup at the time but now means my desk real estate only has room for two 22" monitors. Adding a third would be utterly impossible even if I magically extended my desk another foot, because that foot would go into the part of the living room where people would have to walk.

I'm not too unhappy though. While the Eyefinity setup is great, the bezels would distract me too much. I need monitors with 1mm thick bezels or something to not be annoyed by them in a split screen setup.
#17 Oct 04 2013 at 8:07 AM Rating: Excellent
Catwho wrote:
Space is my issue. I'm on an Ikea desk that extends off a 4x4 grid bookshelf, which seemed like a fantastic setup at the time but now means my desk real estate only has room for two 22" monitors. Adding a third would be utterly impossible even if I magically extended my desk another foot, because that foot would go into the part of the living room where people would have to walk.

I'm not too unhappy though. While the Eyefinity setup is great, the bezels would distract me too much. I need monitors with 1mm thick bezels or something to not be annoyed by them in a split screen setup.


You'd be amazed by how quickly you adapt Smiley: laugh

Corner setups work best for space issues, if you look I don't extend that far out (less than 3' each direction) and wall mounting can save you a TON of space. Menards has pretty cheap swivel mounts ($40 or so each).
#18 Oct 04 2013 at 8:20 AM Rating: Excellent
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Sandinmygum the Stupendous wrote:

Somebody needs to dust.. a lot.

Huh? Whatever you are seeing in that picture, it isn't dust. I took that one right after I finished putting everything back after rebuilding the desk. The top of the gaming PC isn't dust, that's light diffraction from the dual fan 230mm intakes over the primary radiator. The keyboards just look like that. The razer deathstalker has this annoying rubber wrist rest that collects every piece of dust in a 40 mile radius, so not much to do there to combat it, Other than that maybe your monitor is dusty in that spot?

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What video cards are you using?.

There's 2 computers there, one with a pair of 280 GTX's on the triple screens which is where forum admining and e-mail happens. Not that I really needed 2 of them except for the ports, but they are what came out of the gaming pc before it got upgraded to a pair of 3gb 580 GTX's. THe plan is to eventually upgrade to a pair of 780s, but I haven't got that far yet.
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#19 Oct 04 2013 at 8:22 AM Rating: Excellent
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A bit of an older picture. My setup is on the left with one 27" monitor. Wife has one 23" monitor now as opposed to the two 19" monitors.

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f172/jbrown4141/Misc/101_3361.jpg
#20 Oct 04 2013 at 8:36 AM Rating: Good
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Got the exact same chair at work. Very comfortable.
#21 Oct 04 2013 at 8:39 AM Rating: Decent
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Very cool setup... Inspiring almost!

I think you may have just inspired me...

Bezels have become thinner and thinner, making these multi-monitor stretches more viable than ever.

Sadly my current motherboard doesn't support SLi, and I don't think any single card supports 3 screens... but I am inspired... and I have the means... so one day... I might mention you in the credits when I post my own awesome setup :)

What are they mounted on?

Edited, Oct 4th 2013 10:40am by Jordster
#22 Oct 04 2013 at 8:41 AM Rating: Good
I have that 27" hanns g monitor. It's hte HG281, and I have 3 HH281's below it.

http://i.imgur.com/xwVUh2b.jpg

The mount was pretty easy and is made of simple aluminum.
http://i.imgur.com/3GnUiTA.jpg


Unfortunately I have 5 series monitors, the 6 series is hte first to allow you to use the 4th port on the card for an accessory monitor. Because of that I had to use a seperate video card.

Edited, Oct 4th 2013 10:42am by PocketHockey
#23 Oct 04 2013 at 8:41 AM Rating: Good
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Geffe wrote:
SkinwalkerAsura wrote:
Very nice, wish I had the space for that kind of setup.


For me, space isn't the issue. It's convincing the wife why I need to spend money on 3 monitors.

Funny story. My 19 month old daughter spilled water on my desk. Quite a bit actually. I texted my wife to let her know what had happened. She asked if the damage was really bad. I thought for a few minutes and responded by saying that I needed a new computer and 3 new monitors. She thought I was serious. I should have ran with it but I just told her everything was fine.


I can relate to this ... Made me laugh. THANKS !!
#24 Oct 04 2013 at 8:45 AM Rating: Excellent
PocketHockey wrote:
I have that 27" hanns g monitor. It's hte HG281, and I have 3 HH281's below it.

http://i.imgur.com/xwVUh2b.jpg

The mount was pretty easy and is made of simple aluminum.
http://i.imgur.com/3GnUiTA.jpg


Unfortunately I have 5 series monitors, the 6 series is hte first to allow you to use the 4th port on the card for an accessory monitor. Because of that I had to use a seperate video card.

Edited, Oct 4th 2013 10:42am by PocketHockey


My center mount is made of steel pipe, the upper monitor is on one of those $40 menards swivel arms, the sides are mounted on 2x4's on the walls with the 4" side pointing out and using a french cleat to hold them on. The french cleat system is nice because they sturdy yet I can pull one off without needing any tools if I need to get back there.
#25 Oct 04 2013 at 8:54 AM Rating: Decent
Nice. I didn't want to mount anything to the wall, as I'm in the process of building a new office now. My top monitor is heavy, about 40lbs. The other 3 are about half the wieght of the top one as they're newer, so I wanted something sturdy.
#26 Oct 04 2013 at 10:21 AM Rating: Good
Thanks to this thread I finally got a second monitor hooked up to supplement the big screen.

How did I ever live without it?
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