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Borderless window is almost like a normal Fullscreen. If the game minimizes while alt tabbing out depends on the game, IIRC most of the games i used didn't.

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Ahh okay, I guess 'll see how I go by trying to borrow a spare monitor or something first (maybe my TV and a 20m HDMI cable!) Appreciate the suggestions/advice!

Hey guys,

So i tried to achieve the 3+1 monitor using my TV and a long cable to see if it would work before purchasing another monitor.

Unfortunately when I plugged in the fourth it just disconnected one of the monitors I was using and ended up with only 3 monitors active...

Any way to resolve this? Or is it just my GPU? (GTX970)

Hi,

I'm using two different solutions depending on the game. Some games works fine in a Borderless Windowed mode so you can just move your mouse to the top screen and do your stuff. The game loose focus sure, but depending of what you play it sometimes doesn't matter. Like in my picture the game Elite Dangerous.. (the spacetruck simulator) there's lots of time you just sit in space waiting or traveling.. and it still does when i do other stuff on my top screen, like changing Youtube music videos, Netflix, browsing, Skyping..whatever.

Other games however don't have good borderless windowed support and maybe start to flicker or even crash if it looses focus. Also some games are demanding and i need fullscreen mode to work with my SLI. Then i disable the top screen.
BUT: My top screen is connected to my main through DVI and also connected with the VGA to a second small low profile PC on my desk behind my screens. So i can in the top monitor button menu change input to the VGA and then control it through a wireless small keyboard and a second mouse. Mainly using that setup for walkthrougs, browsing or Battlefields external BattleMap and such..



*EDIT:
Heres what nvidia says about your GPU and Surround.
So it should work for you, but maybe not with a TV. Its probably a bit different in refresh rates maybe?

http://www.geforce.com/hardware/technol ... quirements

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Hi,

Great reply thank you very much! I think the small/2nd PC would be an option for sure and as previosuly mentioned maybe the PC on a stick as i'd just use it for skype/walkthroughs/watching sport etc. As far as the fourth screen goes, never thought about refresh rates but you make a good point.

I'll have to try and borrow a monitor or something I suppose!

Thanks so much for the help!

Hi all,

I finally got this to work but only by using the iGPU as the fourth monitor...

Now i'm just wanting to know if when I move a game to the monitor that is coming through the igpu – Does it then use the integrated graphics card to run the game or is it still using the 970?

The reason i ask is that i'm currently using 3x 23 inch monitors but as some games don't like to run on 5760x1080 i'd like to play on the bigger 1080p screen.

I hope that all makes sense.