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[Vulpesveritas]

So for when I get to buying my new PC, do you think I should go with a 5760x1080 eyefinity setup or go with a 3D monitor? Personally I'm leaning towards the 3 monitor setup.

What do you guys think?

[Thorqemada]

Until the technology for holographic displays isnt ripe no 3D will ever step out of its niche.
Get the 3 Monitors, or better performing hardware.

[Uni]

i agree with thor, eyefinity setup is much more worth ot, especially for a game like this! IT WILL LOOK AWESOME!

[Oderint dum Metuant]

I went with neither, SSD or more expensive GPU. I run eye infinity currently over 3 monitors, its ok, but i dunno just over hyped.

[Stahlseele]

I'd say either Option 3 or 4. But i voted Option 3
What good do eyefinity, big *** high rez-screen and 3d do, if the game is stuttering like crazy?

[Vincent Vascaul]

Eyefinity for me for now but option 4 should really be a 2560x1600 screen, who would bother with a 1440 for just a little less money?

[Catamount]

Vincent Vascaul, on 17 January 2012 - 03:42 AM, said:

Eyefinity for me for now but option 4 should really be a 2560x1600 screen, who would bother with a 1440 for just a little less money?

It's those annoying 16x9 screens that companies seem to think we want. 2560x1600 is 16x10.


I like widescreen as much as the next guy, but there comes a point when you need some horizontal real estate too (especially when the difference is just either having a monitor with the extra height a pixels, or without it).

It's the same thing with 1920x1080 screens. Why would I want that over a 1920x1200 screen?

Edited by Catamount, 17 January 2012 - 05:04 PM.

[Vincent Vascaul]

I totally agree unfortunately for budget reasons I am going with 3 1080p screens as anything decent in the 1920x1200 range is just way to expensive at the moment (Although if I get a shot at a Dell or HP 30 high res I will do horrible unspeakable things for it.)

[Catamount]

There are screens fairly cheap in that range, and they're not terrible, it's just that the selection is horrible.

I use a Gateway FHD2401. This monitor has such terrible factory settings for color, that getting the color/contrast settings correct is like running a hedge maze. If you can get it set up properly though (so it doesn't make the reds 50000000000000000000000000000000000 times brighter than the blues), it's a pretty decent screen for the money (I paid $189).


That said, there are slightly better screens for the money, even after proper setup beyond, so it's kind of choice between getting a pretty good 1920x1080 screen, or a kind of mediocre 1920x1200 screen. I don't care about color accuracy, since I plan on getting an IPS for photo editing, but still, what kind of choice is one 16x10 screen, or several dozen 16x9 screens to choose from?


That's why I wish 16x10 wasn't so shunned by hardware manufacturers. There are screens out there, but the selection is nearly nill.

Edited by Catamount, 17 January 2012 - 07:26 PM.

[Blackfire1]

Gimmicks

[Vincent Vascaul]

Blackfire1, on 18 January 2012 - 01:48 AM, said:

Gimmicks

? not sure what your reffering too but eyefinity and multimonitor setups in general are not gimmicks, they are fantastic ways to work and play on PC's

[Catamount]

Well, I mean, you could call Eyefinity a gimick, but only with the same logic that you could use to call any sort of visual improvement a gimick. It's kind of like calling anti-aliasing a gimick

[Hardware]

GPU is the bottleneck you want to toss your money at, the more you shell out on a decent GPU the greater the visual detail, speed and option to scale upwards are a plus. ATI has the Eyefinity triple monitor support on one card, and with Nvidia you need a 2 card setup to get the same config.

SSD's are great for speed but you'd only notice the performance increase when starting the game and switching maps.

3D viewing technology will be true 3D when you don't have to wear glasses.

[Vincent Vascaul]

Hardware, on 18 January 2012 - 05:17 PM, said:

3D viewing technology will be true 3D when you don't have to wear glasses.

Yeah I dislike glassles 3d I have the evo 3d (got it for the dual core proc not the 3d screen) and I am not really into it, not to mention since glassesles 3d tech has existed since the late 50's it kind of ****** me off that major Corps are just now really trying to push it when it could be so much further along.

[Catamount]

Even if you remove the glasses, stereoscopic 3D has serious issues, ranging from muddling out fine detail, to severe eye strain (and for many people, serious headaches before too long), to say nothing for the fact that it messes up 2D elements in interfaces in most games.


I don't really think 3D is going anywhere fast. That particular tech is a gimmick, imho. When I was 6 and used to watch TV with the red and blue cereal box glasses, it was kind of cool. Now it would just be annoying to have things popping out all the time. That's probably why they actually make DE-3D glasses.

I think the first 3D tech that's going to seriously take off is Trek-style holographic tech

[Ashrok]

I freaking hate the entertainment industry's push for 3D, and how people are gobbling it up. (To be fair, I find the 3DS nice... because I can turn off the 3D. .-.)

I've tried Eyefinity - or at least, dual monitor Eyefinity on my laptop. (Need one of them splitters from Sapphire to get 3 outputs.)

And it is pretty awesome. I can imagine that it'd make the MechWarrior experience a lot more interesting.

[Seth Deathstalker]

The three monitor setup with eyfinity and TrackIR looks really stunning.
Much more immersive. Flooding ones optical nerves with that much information.
Can't see 3D comming close to that atm.
I will have just one monitor because the hard cash will go into a nice new rig first.
But that's ok for me. Can't have everything at once, can I

[HeroicTofu]

I'd personally go along with the Eyefinity setup. From the stand point of a mech, it just seems awesome to basically have your standard front view on the center monitor with the side monitors working as your left and right views. Seems perfect for this kind of game.

And if you do any kind of computer based work at home, a three monitor setup can help with productivity. http://www.nytimes.c...pagewanted=1 . I've been working on saving up for such a setup because I'm working on expanding my career into web design but it's been a slow uphill process. C'est la vie~

[crazyrob]

You forgot an "all of the above" option I have a 3D Vision surround setup, and I honestly use the 3d feature much less than surround view. However, when a game does work well in 3d surround, it is simply stunning (Batman, Arkham Asylum and BF Bad Company 2 are great examples). However, many games fail to render well in 3d (many effects like shadows and lighting are done through post processing and thus don't render at the right depth). In regard to MW:O, until we have something to test, you're better off not spending money on 3D, as it may not work well.




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Edited by crazyrob, 28 January 2012 - 11:20 AM.

[Morashtak]

My wife would kill me but I'd die happy with an Eyefinity 27"x3 setup.

After looking at some videos this might be the (expensive) solution to some people's tendency for motion sickness when playing FPS.