screenshots of triple LCD screens made for 3D gaming

[Raedon]

http://www.matrox.com/graphics/offho...aming/list.cfm

Not really a new thing, I remember these around in the 90's for large scale simulation type gaming. But a look at the screenshots of your favorite PC game running on them is neeto-mesketo.

Not a Matrox 3D card lover in this current market but for World of Warcraft, this extra side view would help on raids.

[DeuZZ]

Wow, that is really sweet! Seems to be good with simulator games

[rbudrick]

Just one step closer to a holideck

-Rob

[Joker T]

Matrox isnt exactly new I remember reading about them in 2002. I remember they made a card competing with the Geforce 4 and I haven't heard anything from them since. Good to see them back now, I envy anyone that has a setup like that. Imagine that with 3 30 inch Dells

It's good to see now that it is a stand alone device so you don't need a whole new card, but still that must take all hell of a system.

[c0ldb33r]

Imagine 3 21" CRTs? That'd be enough to heat your entire house

[Iron Draggon]

Damn, that sure would be sweet if I had money coming out of my ass... and room on my desk for three 19" monitors!

[zehly]

I saw something like that at the Virginia Air & Space Mueseum once, for a demo of a flight simulator. And I think that NASA uses things like that for their space shuttle.

Also, a new technology allows a LCD-ish screen to be bent in any way needed.

Can you imagine if you could see the game world around you in EQ2?

[njiska]

oooooooo, ahhhhhhhh.

[stressboy]

Matrox isnt exactly new I remember reading about them in 2002. I remember they made a card competing with the Geforce 4 and I haven't heard anything from them since. Good to see them back now, I envy anyone that has a setup like that. Imagine that with 3 30 inch Dells

It's good to see now that it is a stand alone device so you don't need a whole new card, but still that must take all hell of a system.

The PC I used at an old job back in 1997 had a Matrox card in it. Matrox is not new at all.

I don't even want to think about what it would cost me to have a system like this. If it performs well I could see it being worth it, especially since I have been gaming on my PC more and more. The problem would be convincing my wife that I need a display setup for my PC that cost more than our Toshiba HDTV. That just isn't going to happen.

[stressboy]

Anyone want to estimate the framerates they are getting?



http://www.matrox.com/graphics/offho...s_oblivion.cfm

[Joker T]

Anyone want to estimate the framerates they are getting?



http://www.matrox.com/graphics/offho...s_oblivion.cfm

Must be horrible without latest gear.. 2 7900 GTXs in SLI might cut it though.

[Raedon]

I emailed a friend to see more about this. The frame rate is only as good as your current video card split into 1/3's. He said the newest games ran like a slide show.

The nice thing here is, games are starting to support some really interesting resolutions and camera angles.

[Matt-El]

I've seen these before at the Super Computer Sale down by the State Fairgrounds in Milwaukee. They indeed look Good, If you can afford them.....

[Slate]

That really deserves this smiley:

I can't really say anything else about it.

[Yago]

Forget gaming... Can you picture the latest Playboy centerfold spread (No Pun Intended) across 3 monitors? Uh La La!

[Joker T]

Some odd games supported on the list..

Lego Drome Racers
Liesure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude
Dogs Playing Poker

[nate1749]

Yeah I would love to play Counter-Strike Source w/that setup. Someone mentioned the dell 30", I was looking at getting one of those and that monitor by itself requires 2 DVI outputs. The power it needed from video combined with price turned me off.

I wonder how a setup with 2 widescreen lcds at 20" would look. That would allow the frame rates to still be really good with an sli setup (just with the 7600 that is going for $199 right now) and would reduce the cost a lot. I was going to ditch my 20" inch widescreen for a 24", but maybe I should just buy another 20" instead...

Nate

[Joker T]

Yeah I would love to play Counter-Strike Source w/that setup. Someone mentioned the dell 30", I was looking at getting one of those and that monitor by itself requires 2 DVI outputs. The power it needed from video combined with price turned me off.

I wonder how a setup with 2 widescreen lcds at 20" would look. That would allow the frame rates to still be really good with an sli setup (just with the 7600 that is going for $199 right now) and would reduce the cost a lot. I was going to ditch my 20" inch widescreen for a 24", but maybe I should just buy another 20" instead...

Nate

You could take a look at this..

http://www.widescreengamingforum.com...758&highlight=

[nate1749]

wow thanks for the link, he's got the setup I was thinking about, two 24"s rather than two 20"s... I'll have to read through and see what he says about framerates, but I would think sli w/7600's and two 20s would be still be better than sli w/7900s and two 24s, and the cost of two 24s and two 7900s, geez...

Nate

[Niku-Sama]

i have a 7900GT and its awsome...sli will be a good thing in the future but 1 7900GT is more than enough for any thing right now.

i love it so much i just wish i had internet at my house but not untill tuesday