I was wondering how I would be able to play a video game such as Half life 2 or Crysis on a multi monitor setup. I have three Identical monitors running off of my PC, and would like to utilize it for games. I'm running Windows 7, so the "Horizontal Span" solution won't work. The cards are running off of the latest Nvidia driver.
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I fixed it.
Nvidia actually has "Dualview"
you just have to restart your computer, and make sure the monitors are plugged in BEFORE it starts.
Many cards offer 3 display ports, but most can only drive 2 displays at a time.
I would like to expand to 3 monitors.
For this, you'll want a ATI Radeon HD 5xxx.
Drive three displays simultaneously with independent resolutions, refresh rates, color controls, and video overlays.
The ATI Radeon HD 5670 would be the entry level card, price around $100.
The ATI Radeon HD 5750 costs around $135.
All ATI Radeon HD 5xxx support Eyefinity multi-display technology:
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On almost all multi-monitor setups, you can game in one monitor while having your desktop extended over two or more. I'm assuming you want your game to stretch across multiple monitors, correct?
If so, the GTX 460 can do what Nvidia calls "3D Vision Surround". (Although there's the "3D" in it, it's just marketese for better multi-monitor support.) More info can be had here. Make sure you have the most up-to-date drivers from NVidia's site.
And, this site has lots of info on individual titles. Not all games will play nice with wonky (a.k.a dual or triple wide) resolutions.