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A Fresh Look At Multi-Screen PC Gaming

Posted by Soulskill on from the so-many-pixels-so-little-time dept.

crookedvulture writes "It has been quite a while since Slashdot last covered multi-monitor gaming. A lot has changed in the interim. Monitors prices continue to fall, and improved AMD Eyefinity and Nvidia Surround implementations make creating multi-display arrays incredibly easy. Graphics cards have gotten faster, allowing high-end models to handle the latest games at the ultra-high resolutions that multi-screen setups enable. Developers are doing a better job of supporting those resolutions, too, although HUD placement and single-screen cinematics are still problematic in some titles. Even in the games that do have niggling flaws, the wider perspective of a triple-screen config can offer a more engaging and immersive experience. As stereoscopic 3D implementations fail to catch on, multi-screen setups look like the best upgrade for PC gamers."

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  1. Re:The last time i tried this by noh8rz5 · · Score: 3, Funny

    my rig has 360 degree horizontal / 180 degree vertical, no bezels, retina display. it's called LIFE. high fps!

  2. Re:The last time i tried this by interkin3tic · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, but the FPS for that platform all really suck.

  3. Re:The last time i tried this by ArcherB · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, but the FPS for that platform all really suck.

    And getting it to respawn is a real bitch!

    Force feedback is very realistic, however.

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  4. Re:The last time i tried this by game+kid · · Score: 4, Funny

    I know it uses Pupil(tm) technology for high dynamic range. It's closed source and hard to crack but I'm pretty sure someone in Science already used it for wall hacks. Those guys are l33t.

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  5. Re:The last time i tried this by PopeRatzo · · Score: 4, Funny

    There were versions of some of the popular First Person Shooters back in the day that would handle multi screens.
    They were great, for about 15 minutes, then vertigo set in, and even walking up the stairs out of the basement became a challenge.

    That's why I had my gaming rig set up on the first floor. Problem solved.

    It was damp down in the basement, anyway, and my mom's knees were beginning to give out, so I started having go get my own snacks. Who needs that kind of aggravation when you're capturing the flag?

    On the down side, now I have less time to pull my pants up when I'm playing Bayonetta. Right?

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  6. Re:The last time i tried this by ozmanjusri · · Score: 3, Funny

    And getting it to respawn is a real bitch!

    PEBKAC, noob.

    http://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/

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  7. Re:The last time i tried this by MachDelta · · Score: 3, Funny

    Not really - you can't pick your race or class, most of the newb zones are poor, and there's no re-rolling.

  8. I don't understand by humanrev · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why would invest in such a setup when apparently PCs are dead, tablets are the future and so all this tech will be worthless in... (check's current technologist predictions)... about three months?

    Now go away while I transfer all my personal data to the cloud. I hear we won't have a need for hard drives anymore soon either.

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