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Donkey_Kong:
Anyone here trying to get that 3rd monitor going, this might help you. haha   :afro:


http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=117032.msg1240822#msg1240822

ark_ader:

--- Quote from: Donkey_Kong on January 16, 2012, 05:46:44 pm ---Anyone here trying to get that 3rd monitor going, this might help you. haha   :afro:


http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=117032.msg1240822#msg1240822

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I have a StarTech VGA2USB.  Its too slow for Games and Video, but perfect for Web and Office use.

DillonFoulds:
I guess this is as good as any time to brag about my desktop. It's a Triptych, where-in each monitor serves a secondary purpose. The left monitor is DVI to the desktop, and VGA to some xbox 360 cables sitting on the computers, the right monitor is DVI to the server as a "head" for my linux box, and VGA to the desktop. The middle monitor is VGA to the desktop, and DVI->HDMI for PS3 cables, also on the computers. The two console cables have separate audio outs and it all goes into a reverse splitter into the speakers (no individual channel controls, though :( ). Lastly, it's all wired so that I can flip off a power bar to cut all extra power drain when not in use, but the UPS stay on, powering only the speakers, server, router, and external hard drive.

The desktop is windows 7 x64, with a Radeon 6970, and a secondary PCI card for the third monitor (the right monitor).

The monitors are Dell 2007FPb's. These monitors are notorious for having faulty power-boards, it seems. Had to replace quite a few caps on them before I got steady picture. Regardless, they're a nice picture quality, in a 4:3 - 1600x1200. Ended up having about 10 die at work over the last few years, with various power problems. Of those 10 only 4 have been salvageable so far. The fourth is probably going to end up being de-cased, and mounted in my cocktail.

MonMotha:
So, since it's come up, anybody know of a good solution for 3x ANALOG (VGA) outputs that don't suck aside from using multiple video cards?  By "don't suck", I mean pixel clocks in excess of 250MHz and the analog bandwidth on everything to back it up.  This seems surprisingly hard to get on a single output, let alone three...

1920x1200 @ ~95Hz times 3 monitors wide for the win.  Awesome for gaming, but I can't find a video card that can drive them well enough for satisfactory thin line performance (e.g. small text, CAD, etc.), so I tend to use other monitors for that.

BTW, yes, wider is not better.  I bought my laptop when I did specifically because it was the last 16:10 at 1920x1200 on a laptop I could find.  Everything's 16:9 1920x1080, now, and I really like that extra vertical space for toolbars. I'm still up in the air as to 4:3 vs. 16:10 preference, though.  Both have their uses, but 16:9 just seems too wide for computer work (it's fine for TV, though).

ark_ader:

--- Quote from: MonMotha on January 20, 2012, 02:28:00 am ---So, since it's come up, anybody know of a good solution for 3x ANALOG (VGA) outputs that don't suck aside from using multiple video cards?  By "don't suck", I mean pixel clocks in excess of 250MHz and the analog bandwidth on everything to back it up.  This seems surprisingly hard to get on a single output, let alone three...

1920x1200 @ ~95Hz times 3 monitors wide for the win.  Awesome for gaming, but I can't find a video card that can drive them well enough for satisfactory thin line performance (e.g. small text, CAD, etc.), so I tend to use other monitors for that.

BTW, yes, wider is not better.  I bought my laptop when I did specifically because it was the last 16:10 at 1920x1200 on a laptop I could find.  Everything's 16:9 1920x1080, now, and I really like that extra vertical space for toolbars. I'm still up in the air as to 4:3 vs. 16:10 preference, though.  Both have their uses, but 16:9 just seems too wide for computer work (it's fine for TV, though).

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Yes.  Garden Variety Nvidia PCIe with dual head VGA/DVI with adapter and a PCI Nvidia 8400GS.  Works with Windows 7 and XP. Matrox triple headed card.


--- Quote ---It's a Triptych, where-in each monitor serves a secondary purpose.
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Yes mine is too.  I am thinking of getting a 17 LCDTV for all the consoles, but I have a Magic VGA sitting idle which could just link into the KWorld 1440 that drives the component XBOX display to VGA.  I had this daisy chained before but I got too much noise and the display looked crap.  Alternatively I am looking to add a VCR to the Kworld and use the composite in which gives no signal noise for the DC and PS2.

The added cable hell is something I am not looking forward to.  ;D

Audio is served by a 5 port switch box. I'll post a picky later with the setup.

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