Having 3 monitors is so sweet

[Scrambles]

I've been meaning to take a picture of this since Christmas:



Very expensive, but a hell of a lot of fun

 

[Danny Asbury]

This is something I've been considering as of late. I'll have to price something out. But that does look very, very sweet.

 

[Kevin Ascher]

May I ask you how big the screens are, how much they were and what brand and model they are?
Thanks

 

[Scrambles]

May I ask you how big the screens are, how much they were and what brand and model they are?
Thanks

The monitors are nothing special - 24" 1920x1200, Samsung SyncMaster 2443. They were just over $200 AUD each, but computer parts are very expensive here in Australia.

 

[Kevin Ascher]

Cheers
Have fun with your set

 

[Andreas Umminger]

This is amazing! And it´s in the hands of the right man! What a powerful setup!

 

[Chris Knight]

nice plate of chips

looks coold dude ill swop you my massive tower pc for you screens

 

[Pedro Rodrigues]

Awesome!

 

[Marcel van der Linden]

O M G

Thats good stuff there Simon!!

 

[Mark Aalberts]

I have been thinking about such a rig since a long time as well 3 monitor setup but never realy took the step to do it mainly because i feel im better off with just one screen and its still a reasonable big investment you have to make though.

To top off you just need a nice racing seat to complete youre rig Simon xD

 

[Ben Phillips]

Simon is slowely edging away from racing it seems and making his millions using his talented video making!!!
Awesome looking kit though! Makes my rig look rather d.i.y!!!

 

[David Noden]

Awesome stuff Simon!!!

Are you using a Digital TH2G box or SoftTH? what video card/s are you using? can you use a 4th monitor for your race telemetry?

I've got 3 x 22" using SoftTH but considering to get the Digital TH2G with SLI nvidia cards..

 

[Scrambles]

Awesome stuff Simon!!!

Are you using a Digital TH2G box or SoftTH? what video card/s are you using? can you use a 4th monitor for your race telemetry?

I've got 3 x 22" using SoftTH but considering to get the Digital TH2G with SLI nvidia cards..

No, my ATI graphics card has Eyefinity, so I can connect as many as 6 monitors (it's got 6 mini-DP connectors) without the need for SoftTH or TH2G. I've got 2 5870s, though I regret not getting just 1 5970, as most older games don't like Crossfire/SLI and even modern games don't utilize it very well at all.

If you're going for SLI nVidia you don't need TH2G or SoftTH, as new nVidia cards will let you run games across 3 monitors on their own. If you go with ATI you only need one card - which is useful is you're running an old game like DiRT 1 that won't run with SLI/Crossfire.

Whatever you pick, do your research before hand because there are many pitfalls you can fall into running 2 cards and/or 3 monitors.

 

[Ed Williams]

all the cool kids have 120hz monitors.

 

[David Noden]

ahh I didn't know the new nvidia cards allow that, thats great news as it saves $600 just to split the screens and not having to pay for a 2nd card...

Are you running each monitor at 1920x1200?

I run my 22" monitors at 1680x1050x3

 

[Scrambles]

Yeah each monitor @ 1920x1200. On some FPS heavy games I can might turn it down to 1680x1050x3 because the difference is hardly noticeable but the increase in FPS is usually huge.

 

[David Noden]

awesome!!!

the new ATI 6970 is only $412 at MSY, $200 cheaper than its rival Nvidia GTX580

 

[Milan Radivojevic]

Wow nice setup!You can do this with 3 22' monitors aswell right ?

 

[Tim Brook]

Hmmm, this is kinda tempting. My 27" display is dropping in price at the moment too...