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NVIDIA Surround now supports 5+1 monitors

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2014/12/01 20:57:53 (permalink)
Perhaps this is "old news" but having upgraded driver to 344.75 I was surprised to see more options for monitor configurations when enabling the Surround mode. Normally I play with 3+1 (3 monitors in Surround + 1 accessory monitor) and was offered "1x4" option. So I've plugged two more monitors for a total of 6 and began experimenting. Here are my findings:
- NVidia Surround now supports spanning across up to 5 monitors
- All Surround monitors should plugged into identical ports. I could only join 5 monitors into a single screen when they all were connected to DVI ports between my 3 Titans.
- As before, the surround monitors can be in vertical mode (the monitors should be "rotated" before joining them into Surround).
 
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As before, having configured the Surround I was able to activate the Accessory monitor (which does not have to be connected via same type of port -- was connected via DisplayPort in my case):

The new setup has provided me with 12,503,040 pixels, and I was keen to test a few games... (will post results on the next message)
 

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    Re: NVIDIA Surround now supports 5+1 monitors 2014/12/01 20:58:54 (permalink)
    The few games I've tested at the 12.5 resolution did show respectable average FPS:
     
    Built-in Game benchmarks tested (with VSYNC @60 FPS):
    • Sniper Elite 2: max settings except super sampling off. Average FPS 55.65
    • Tomb Raider: max settings with TresFX except FXAA for AA. Average FPS 56.2
    • Metro 2033: High, MSAA 4x, AF 16x, PhysX:Yes, Tessellation:Yes, DOF:NO. Average FPS 57.23
    However for me the experience was not better than my "regular" 3-monitor surround (horizontal) at 6016x1200. Things that got in the way:
    - Too many bezels! Perhaps it's just me, but when stacking monitors vertically the bezels really distract me. Feeling "behind the bars" :) And stacking 5 screens horizontally does not really make sense, the image distortion on the edges would be too much.
    - Game textures don't really shine at those resolutions -- objects seem a little "overly zoomed". Perhaps with exception of Lara Croft's face :) Perhaps it would look better on smaller pixel size screens than my 24 inch ones.
    - Smoothness is gone for the most part. With 3 overclocked Titans I am spoiled by seldom seeing my games dipping below 60fps. I use v-sync at 60fps, and most of my games fully maxed run very smoothly at the "regular" 7.2M pixels resolution at constant 60fps. At 12.5M pixels I saw choppiness, perhaps less pronounced in Tomb Raider. Metro was very choppy. I did apply the Nvidia x79 PCIe 3.0 fix and had the cards running at 16/8/8 3.0 speed (my 4th slot is occupied with a sound card hence only 1st card runs at 16x speed)
    - Some quality settings trade-offs. I had to lower the settings below my usual, for example moving to FXAA from MSAAx2 in Tomb Raider, and disabling Super Sampling in Sniper Elite 2 from the usual 2.25. On large (1920 tall) screen it shows, at least to a "trained eye".
     
    With all the above, I will keep my 3-screen setup for now (at least as long as I keep Titans). Nevertheless I am very happy NVIDIA continues evolving its Surround support! Perhaps by Maxwell-2 or Pascal there would be some truly bezel-less monitors to stack vertically. Or someone would release a "4-5K" 21:9, 50-60" diagonal, 120Hz curved screen for immersive gaming :)
     
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    Re: NVIDIA Surround now supports 5+1 monitors 2014/12/02 02:35:20 (permalink)
    "Or someone would release a "4-5K" 21:9, 50-60" diagonal, 120Hz curved screen for immersive gaming :)"
     
    like this...
     
    http://www.gadgetfolder.com/ostendo-crvd-curved-super-wide-display.html
     
    but 4k and well, while im dreaming, 180 degree full surround :-)
     
     
    post edited by Pgcmoore - 2014/12/02 02:37:35

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    Re: NVIDIA Surround now supports 5+1 monitors 2014/12/04 08:13:19 (permalink)
    Yes, something like that plus 120Hz/1ms :)

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    Re: NVIDIA Surround now supports 5+1 monitors 2014/12/07 07:45:16 (permalink)
    This only means bigger better gpus are on the horizon, more vram,  along with the Maxwell die shrink.

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