State of Multi-Monitor Gaming?

xtal asks: "What's the current state of multi-monitor gaming? LCD panels are really dropping in price - I've seen a 17" panels for under $400cdn, bringing it into the ballpark where purchasing three of them for a much wider field of view becomes possible. The hardware to drive these displays in a LAN configuration (3 machines, 3 monitors) is also inexpensive, or at least attainable - so when I look around for the state of multi monitor simulation, I don't see much. The best candidates are flight sims, but my interest lies in racing. Are there any suggestions or sites I'm missing?" What games have you played that could have really benefited from a second (or even a third) monitor? Do you think that the games you normally play will be significantly enhanced by the use of multiple monitors, or is one enough?

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DS

[tepples]

Do you think that the games you normally play will be significantly enhanced by the use of multiple monitors, or is one enough?

Just ask any Nintendo DS fanboy ;-)

Re:a very old version of doom

[rasper99]

We did this at work in like 1993 with all three PCs - left, front and right. It was like Doom 1.something. Darn cool for that time period. The game started running slower and slower. Then the computer support line (which we were responsible for answering) rang with people unable to work due to the network being bogged down.

Dang them IPX broadcast packets on 10baseT!

Re:Female gamers.

[oldwolf13]

teehee!

you said 'testees'!

Re:In the old days...

[meringuoid]

(which newbies might call downwards, relatively, since you're upside down, but any proper Descent3 pilot always knows the real up from down).

Easy. The enemy's gate is down.