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With the right setup you can have the best of both worlds. And it will look awesome. :D

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I moved my living room TV to my desk once because another thread mentioned it, it's a 42" 1080p television. Honestly the size was AWESOME, the huge screen that close really made me feel like I was inside the game. I hear this is what 3 monitors does as well, and perhaps better, but that large screen was really awesome on my desk.

That said I moved it back because it was too big for normal desktop operations. Way too big. It was probably a little too big for the games as well, just a tad.

I really think a 32" 1080p TV would be perfect for me and probably for you as well. Still huge, but not TOO big, and plenty immersive. It would be cheaper than three monitors, it would have a billion times less compatability problems with games and it would also require less GPU power which means higher settings and higher framerates.

I was debating Eyefinity but after my experiment I am leaning toward getting a 32" 1080p TV instead.

I went from a 22" to a 28" 2 years ago. It blew my mind.

I felt that rush again coming to eyefinity. I've taken every chance to show it to my friends - especially the doubters, and they were all blown away by it.

Support for the technology appears to be growing and most of the AAA games are supported atm, so I'm pretty content with gaming options. Plus having 3 monitors for office work is fantastic, and it makes for a great excuse if you have to explain it to the Misses.

Unfortunately pictures and videos dont come close to doing it justice, and so few ppl have it so its hard to preview it. AMD should partner with B&M stores to set up eyefinity stations. That is if 58x0 cards can stay on the shelves long enough.

I put off going THTG for a very long time because of the inherit limitations of such a solution, as attractive as it was. It was a very difficult decision.

I jumped in with both feet on EF and have not been disappointed. I understand and accept the early stages of the technology, because I understand that the solution is not only sound, but scalable, which is critical.

I have no problem limited my gaming, for the time, to 'things that run good', which has been an issue since I am running CF as well. But, the ends more than justify the means. I turned off my outside monitors today to run some quick tests in a few games, and that is when I really noticed the difference. I quickly gathered my numbers and switched back to 3*1, when normally, I probably would have gotten side tracked in the game and played for 20 minutes. :/

Also good to note is that I am very very glad that I spent the extra duckets for the Ergotech Triple stand. It is great to be able to pull it forward for racing and then push it back on the desk for work.

A few shots...



(no shifter attached...because...yeah, I can't shift and drive yet :p )



($35 costco desks are great for drilling holes in and not caring) :)



(hey, there's that damn shifter!) :)

Nice setup. But damn, 300$ for a stand? Ive got one of my monitors half on my desk, half on an adjacent desk, using cardboard to make it all even. :lol:

I have a 3x1680x1050 eyefinity group Then a 1920x1200 24 inch on a wall mount hanging above left of the eyefinity monitors that I have a dvr hooked up to. I also have a 19 inch tv monitor on the right of the eyefinity group for a fourth extended monitor so I can have teamspeak up and so forth while playing in eyefinity. It is also hooked up to my second dvr. On the other side of my basement I have a 73 inch mits diamond tv that is hooked to my ps3 and dvr with my 7.2 surround setup. with my 5970 and the eyefinity I have not touched the ps3 for gaming since I got eyefinity running right. It is the best thing to happen to gaming since 3d accelerated graphics came along.

Haha ... Apparently stangflyer also has a key to Fort Knox hanging next to his 12th monitor ;) LOL

I'm currently facing a similar quandry as yourself but I think making my decision a little harder is the fact that a few years back I had a Triple Head 2 Go setup and it is a fantastic setup. Nothing really compares to surround gaming when it's working right. Back then however I had the TH2G Analog (only one available at the time) and it was limited to a resolution of 3840X1024 which I ran on 3 single 4:3 very fast 2ms 19" monitors. When TH2G worked, it worked great and there was no comparison, however, when it didn't, I was stuck gaming on a single 19" monitor :( Which I found unacceptable.
I decided to sell up and go back to a single larger screen, which I did and I've been gaming on a beautiful 30" LG W3000H @ wonderfully crisp 2560X1600 Resolution, with an old crappy 19" CRT beside me for other apps (Ventrilo, iSpeed etc ... ) I also purchased 2 X GTX280's to push the pixels around.

Since the release of the newest ATI parts and the promise of Eyefinity, I have been considering going back to surround gaming, which I really, really miss in iRacing and flight simming but I don't really want to give up this sweet ass monitor I'm using.

So I guess my choices are :

Sell the GTX280's and the 30" Monitor ... Purchase a 5870 and 3X24" Screens
Sell the 30" ... Keep SLI and pick up 3X24's and have another go round with the TH2G Digital
Sell the 30" ... Keep the 280's in SLI and wait for nVidia to release driver support for surround when they release the new cards & pick up 3X24" screens
Keep what I've got and be happy ... LOL ... doubt that'll happen :)

It's a dilemma for sure ... any opinions ? Any other ideas ?

Until we know more about NVidia's solution it's hard to say what to do at this point, but personally, if i was in your situation I would do this:

"Sell the 30" ... Keep the 280's in SLI and wait for nVidia to release driver support for surround when they release the new cards & pick up 3X24" screens"

Cheaper IMO.

Though the best thing would be to buy 3 cheap monitors and keep your 30"
When I built my first TH Setup, I just bought 3 w1907's because You could find them all over craigslist and get people to sell them for for sup $100 prices.
I'd also say check CedarPC.com, I've gotten some good deals off of them. I bought 3 Dell S2309W's for $500 all together.

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I sold my 30" and wait for those 120Hz monitors. 3x24" in 3D is the way to go for me.

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I sold my 30" and wait for those 120Hz monitors. 3x24" in 3D is the way to go for me.

Me too, but as I already have 3x60Hz 24" I can't see myself getting them for a long time, especially as they will probably be almost all x1080 rather than x1200....

still I wonder if I can sneak them in without the wife noticing?

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