View Full Version : screenshots of triple LCD screens made for 3D gaming
Raedon
04-18-2006, 12:15 PM
http://www.matrox.com/graphics/offhome/th2go/gaming/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
04-18-2006, 02:52 PM
Wow, that is really sweet! Seems to be good with simulator games
rbudrick
04-18-2006, 03:17 PM
Just one step closer to a holideck
-Rob
Joker T
04-18-2006, 03:49 PM
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
04-18-2006, 03:53 PM
Imagine 3 21" CRTs? That'd be enough to heat your entire house :D
Iron Draggon
04-18-2006, 06:27 PM
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
04-18-2006, 08:11 PM
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
04-18-2006, 08:13 PM
oooooooo, ahhhhhhhh.
stressboy
04-19-2006, 07:29 AM
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
04-19-2006, 07:39 AM
Anyone want to estimate the framerates they are getting?
@_@
http://www.matrox.com/graphics/offhome/th2go/gaming/elder_scrolls_oblivion.cfm
Joker T
04-19-2006, 03:08 PM
Anyone want to estimate the framerates they are getting?
@_@
http://www.matrox.com/graphics/offhome/th2go/gaming/elder_scrolls_oblivion.cfm
Must be horrible without latest gear.. 2 7900 GTXs in SLI might cut it though.
Raedon
04-19-2006, 03:38 PM
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
04-19-2006, 07:11 PM
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
04-19-2006, 08:37 PM
That really deserves this smiley: @_@
I can't really say anything else about it.
Forget gaming... Can you picture the latest Playboy centerfold spread (No Pun Intended) across 3 monitors? Uh La La! :D
Joker T
04-23-2006, 12:42 AM
Some odd games supported on the list..
Lego Drome Racers
Liesure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude
Dogs Playing Poker
nate1749
04-23-2006, 02:04 AM
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
04-23-2006, 11:28 AM
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/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2758&highlight=
nate1749
04-23-2006, 04:49 PM
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
04-23-2006, 05:09 PM
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
nate1749
04-23-2006, 09:17 PM
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.
check out that review link above... it shows the 7900gt performace on various games, and then the 7900gt w/sli, it's needed if you have a very high resolution (they don't show resolutions for 24" or 30" lcds) and want a high fps... other than that, yeah for now 1 7900gt is definitely sufficient.
soundwave
04-26-2006, 03:47 AM
Wow that setup looks nice. too bad I gave up WOW.
Sothy
04-26-2006, 05:11 AM
Lets start a hardcore dogs playing poker clan
Sylentwulf
04-26-2006, 08:10 AM
So what does that equal for resolution, 3840*1024? Does it require a special video card, or multiple video cards? :)
Joker T
04-26-2006, 03:43 PM
So what does that equal for resolution, 3840*1024? Does it require a special video card, or multiple video cards? :)
It uses an adaptor that plugs into your existing video card but, running a game smoothly across all those screens will take a powerhouse graphics card.
nate1749
04-26-2006, 07:29 PM
So what does that equal for resolution, 3840*1024? Does it require a special video card, or multiple video cards? :)
If your video card can support that resolution then you can just set it to that. For that high you would obviously need a powerful video card, but like with my 20" widescreen I had to do a custom resolution (1680x1050) for my screen since it wasn't listed. NVidia manager has a custom resolution tool thing.
Nate