You Cannot Have Too Many Monitors - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

bryanzera · 06-18-2003, 04:42 PM

You can never, ever, ever, ever have too many monitors

The_Dude · 06-18-2003, 04:48 PM

just like a cockpit, wow

viveleroi0 · 06-18-2003, 05:15 PM

holy fricken cow. That guy must have a god complex when he's just in windows...

tinfoil · 06-18-2003, 05:20 PM

Shit, I thought I felt leet when I had three.

That's it, I need more now

Hydralisk · 06-18-2003, 05:27 PM

so how exactly does one do that?

I have a few spare monitors in my house, do I need a special program? Is each monitor hooked up to a unique cpu?

micah67 · 06-18-2003, 05:30 PM

micah67 · 06-18-2003, 05:33 PM

Wow. I'm impressed. I was thinking of going to three - it seems I keep running out of Real Estate.

As I understand it, the XP OS can handle up to 7 monitor cards. I count 13 monitors and they obviously are tied into one system. Does he have 7 dual-head cards?!?

tinfoil · 06-18-2003, 05:36 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Hydralisk
so how exactly does one do that?

I have a few spare monitors in my house, do I need a special program? Is each monitor hooked up to a unique cpu?

A dual head video card is the easiest way. Beware nvidia cards prior to GeForce 3, however, since their implementation sucks. You can also add a secondary PCI card, but some PCI vid (Matrox and some earlier ATi) cards don't care to be secondary and may sometimes require some bios tweaking.

bryanzera · 06-18-2003, 05:43 PM

This setup (13 Monitors) was done with a program called Wideview.

Hydralisk · 06-18-2003, 05:44 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by tinfoil
A dual head video card is the easiest way. Beware nvidia cards prior to GeForce 3, however, since their implementation sucks. You can also add a secondary PCI card, but some PCI vid (Matrox and some earlier ATi) cards don't care to be secondary and may sometimes require some bios tweaking.

I already have a radeon 9700pro and use 2 monitors with that. So you just keep adding video cards to the PCI slots and you can get a set up like that?

My games already slow down when I have 2 monitors, so I'm guessing that you need a lot more power to run that many smoothly. How do you hook up all those comps?

Sion · 06-18-2003, 06:30 PM

if you look below the desks, you will see no less than 7 cases (and there may be more that you cant see). im guessing seven total systems, each with a dual head vidcard, probably a LAN.

cool setup though.

darkure · 06-18-2003, 06:53 PM

Jesus fuck! Think of the power bill.

I still wish I could ever afford such a set up though.

bob32 · 06-18-2003, 08:21 PM

Too bad it's just for Microsoft Flight Simulator (assuming he's using Wideview). Imagine doing that with everything...

gamer715 · 06-18-2003, 08:30 PM

that is damn awesome

i need more monitors

i felt 1337 when i got my 2nd...

freedomdowntime · 06-19-2003, 02:31 AM

OK, this is a robbery. I am taking your chair. By the way, mind if I play flgiht sim for a sec or two?

The_Dude · 06-19-2003, 04:39 AM

where do you live again?

sandeep · 06-19-2003, 09:49 PM

i like the 15" monitor up top for msn messenger. nice touch

Boner · 06-19-2003, 10:55 PM

I think its probably too much when you have to look around the room to find one of the applications that you have running

YourNeverThere · 06-19-2003, 11:49 PM

i need more!

sub zero · 06-20-2003, 02:38 AM

can i borrow that?

rogue49 · 06-20-2003, 03:06 AM

Man, I hate that shit.
We've got 6 different monitors for each station in our NOC at work
Layered 3 x 2.
It confused the hell out of me.

Give me one BIG monitor.

gump · 06-20-2003, 06:48 AM

that rocks i'd love try and play that

bryanzera · 06-20-2003, 09:14 AM

This isn't my setup. I found the pic online. I wish it was my setup ...

-z3r0- · 06-20-2003, 08:19 PM

I only have one monitor

soopafreek · 06-21-2003, 10:07 AM

off the subject, but the dude's got a seat belt for his chair!!!! oh my gawd!!!

Sion · 06-21-2003, 12:58 PM

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Originally posted by soopafreek
off the subject, but the dude's got a seat belt for his chair!!!! oh my gawd!!!

soop, thats not a seat belt, its some sort of strap/harness to hold the joystick in proper position for playing the sim.

freedomdowntime · 06-21-2003, 03:25 PM

On the subject of the chair I can see it now

"fat boy's lard burns as he he fails to unbuckle his joypad from his chair."

juanvaldes · 06-21-2003, 04:44 PM

this just made slashdot

wasapeas · 06-21-2003, 06:23 PM

That is absolutely insane, I thought I was the coolest one on the block with 2 =(

Randerolf · 06-21-2003, 09:20 PM

Too bad the man will die from radation posioning from the monitors.

heh, all those people who we laugh at who are dying becasue of cigarettes, will chuckle when we, as a generation, all start getting adverse effects from heavy computing.

Err... I mean... HE IS GOD.

duckduck · 06-21-2003, 09:21 PM

I wonder how he got that to work in windows? I'm pressuming since it's MS Flight simulator that it's not Linux. I thought the max monitors windows supported was 8. Does that limit increase when it's dual view card.

If he's doing it with the other comps, I wonder how he got the image from one prog to be outputted through the other comps.

Really cool.

**EDIT**

Nevermind. Read slashdot and saw he's using Wideview software and that he's using both XP and Win98. Cool

ireallydontknow · 09-22-2003, 10:25 PM

AWESOME

jujueye · 09-23-2003, 10:53 AM

The gamer in me says....UT2003....Q3...Undying.....so many games could be 'enhanced' like this....so sweet!

propaganda · 09-23-2003, 11:53 AM

Damn I've always wanted to play Combat Flight Simulator on muitple monitors. Nice to know that someone actually does it

*edit* wow I didn't even notice that joystick.... hmmmm i should try that out

SonicRL · 09-23-2003, 12:14 PM

Damn..that is really nice. I wish I had more moniters to try that out. Playing CFS on one moniter seems like nothing compared to that!

Tandem · 09-23-2003, 03:30 PM

lol - bit obsessive.

I'd kill myself laughing if the owner of that fine array of monitors sat down to start playing and the console displaying the airplane instrumentation died.

B21 · 09-23-2003, 03:39 PM

WOW thats a cockpit

But how does 1 go about doing that?

Dilbert1234567 · 09-23-2003, 11:41 PM

windows 2k only suports 10 monitors what os you running?

Mr.Deflok · 09-24-2003, 12:14 AM

That's cool and all but where the heck are the candy wrappers and empty coke bottles? No workstation is complete without them!

Great Scott · 09-24-2003, 12:35 AM

I keep telling myself not to drool. There are more important things to want and do in life. Just wish I could make myself truly believe that. I want that setup too!

06-18-2003, 04:42 PM	#1 (permalink)
bryanzera Crazy Location: Fresno, CA	You Cannot Have Too Many Monitors You can never, ever, ever, ever have too many monitors

06-18-2003, 04:48 PM	#2 (permalink)
The_Dude The GrandDaddy of them all! Location: Austin, TX	just like a cockpit, wow __________________ "Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity." - Darrel K Royal

06-18-2003, 05:15 PM	#3 (permalink)
viveleroi0 Psycho Location: Oregon	holy fricken cow. That guy must have a god complex when he's just in windows... __________________ "It's not that I don't understand, it's that I don't care" - Homer Simpson

06-18-2003, 05:20 PM	#4 (permalink)
tinfoil Fucking Hostile Location: Springford, ON, Canada	Shit, I thought I felt leet when I had three. That's it, I need more now __________________ Get off your fuckin cross. We need the fuckin space to nail the next fool martyr.

06-18-2003, 05:30 PM	#6 (permalink)
micah67 Thor Location: 33:08:12N 117:10:23W	wow. __________________ ~micah

06-18-2003, 05:27 PM	#5 (permalink)
Hydralisk Upright	so how exactly does one do that? I have a few spare monitors in my house, do I need a special program? Is each monitor hooked up to a unique cpu?

06-18-2003, 05:33 PM	#7 (permalink)
micah67 Thor Location: 33:08:12N 117:10:23W	Wow. I'm impressed. I was thinking of going to three - it seems I keep running out of Real Estate. As I understand it, the XP OS can handle up to 7 monitor cards. I count 13 monitors and they obviously are tied into one system. Does he have 7 dual-head cards?!? __________________ ~micah

06-18-2003, 05:43 PM	#9 (permalink)
bryanzera Crazy Location: Fresno, CA	This setup (13 Monitors) was done with a program called Wideview.

06-18-2003, 06:30 PM	#11 (permalink)
Sion Dumb all over...a little ugly on the side Location: In the room where the giant fire puffer works, and the torture never stops.	if you look below the desks, you will see no less than 7 cases (and there may be more that you cant see). im guessing seven total systems, each with a dual head vidcard, probably a LAN. cool setup though. __________________ He's the best, of course, of all the worst. Some wrong been done, he done it first. -fz I jus' want ta thank you...falettinme...be mice elf...agin...

06-18-2003, 06:53 PM	#12 (permalink)
darkure Addict Location: Dodging the ice pick	Jesus fuck! Think of the power bill. I still wish I could ever afford such a set up though. __________________ COYW

06-18-2003, 08:21 PM	#13 (permalink)
bob32 Crazy	Too bad it's just for Microsoft Flight Simulator (assuming he's using Wideview). Imagine doing that with everything...

06-18-2003, 08:30 PM	#14 (permalink)
gamer715 Insane Location: here	that is damn awesome i need more monitors i felt 1337 when i got my 2nd... __________________ What 'chu talkin' 'bout, Willis?

06-19-2003, 02:31 AM	#15 (permalink)
freedomdowntime Banned	OK, this is a robbery. I am taking your chair. By the way, mind if I play flgiht sim for a sec or two?

06-19-2003, 04:39 AM	#16 (permalink)
The_Dude The GrandDaddy of them all! Location: Austin, TX	where do you live again? __________________ "Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity." - Darrel K Royal

06-19-2003, 09:49 PM	#17 (permalink)
sandeep Insane	i like the 15" monitor up top for msn messenger. nice touch

06-19-2003, 11:49 PM	#19 (permalink)
YourNeverThere Practical Anarchist Location: Yesterday i woke up stuck in hollywood	i need more! __________________ The Above post is a direct quote from Shakespeare

06-20-2003, 02:38 AM	#20 (permalink)
sub zero Addict Location: The one state that doesn't have black outs: TEXAS BABY!!!	can i borrow that? __________________ Did you Google it yet? Join the TFP Typing team!!

06-19-2003, 10:55 PM	#18 (permalink)
Boner Insane Location: Plugged In	I think its probably too much when you have to look around the room to find one of the applications that you have running

06-20-2003, 03:06 AM	#21 (permalink)
rogue49 Loser	Man, I hate that shit. We've got 6 different monitors for each station in our NOC at work Layered 3 x 2. It confused the hell out of me. Give me one BIG monitor.

06-20-2003, 06:48 AM	#22 (permalink)
gump Addict Location: TN	that rocks i'd love try and play that

06-20-2003, 09:14 AM	#23 (permalink)
bryanzera Crazy Location: Fresno, CA	This isn't my setup. I found the pic online. I wish it was my setup ...

06-20-2003, 08:19 PM	#24 (permalink)
-z3r0- Crazy Location: usa	I only have one monitor

06-21-2003, 10:07 AM	#25 (permalink)
soopafreek Psycho Location: ask your mom	off the subject, but the dude's got a seat belt for his chair!!!! oh my gawd!!! __________________ aaarrrrrgggghhhh!!!!

06-21-2003, 03:25 PM	#27 (permalink)
freedomdowntime Banned	On the subject of the chair I can see it now "fat boy's lard burns as he he fails to unbuckle his joypad from his chair."

06-21-2003, 04:44 PM	#28 (permalink)
juanvaldes Banned Location: shittown, CA	this just made slashdot

06-21-2003, 06:23 PM	#29 (permalink)
wasapeas Upright	That is absolutely insane, I thought I was the coolest one on the block with 2 =(

06-21-2003, 09:20 PM	#30 (permalink)
Randerolf Fireball Location: ~	Too bad the man will die from radation posioning from the monitors. heh, all those people who we laugh at who are dying becasue of cigarettes, will chuckle when we, as a generation, all start getting adverse effects from heavy computing. Err... I mean... HE IS GOD.

06-21-2003, 09:21 PM	#31 (permalink)
duckduck Psycho Location: Where hockey pucks run rampant	I wonder how he got that to work in windows? I'm pressuming since it's MS Flight simulator that it's not Linux. I thought the max monitors windows supported was 8. Does that limit increase when it's dual view card. If he's doing it with the other comps, I wonder how he got the image from one prog to be outputted through the other comps. Really cool. EDIT Nevermind. Read slashdot and saw he's using Wideview software and that he's using both XP and Win98. Cool __________________ Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way! Last edited by duckduck; 06-21-2003 at 09:24 PM..

09-22-2003, 10:25 PM	#32 (permalink)
ireallydontknow Insane Location: San Jose, CA	AWESOME

09-23-2003, 10:53 AM	#33 (permalink)
jujueye alpaca lunch for the trip Location: in my computer	The gamer in me says....UT2003....Q3...Undying.....so many games could be 'enhanced' like this....so sweet!

09-23-2003, 11:53 AM	#34 (permalink)
propaganda Psycho	Damn I've always wanted to play Combat Flight Simulator on muitple monitors. Nice to know that someone actually does it edit wow I didn't even notice that joystick.... hmmmm i should try that out Last edited by propaganda; 09-23-2003 at 12:22 PM..

09-23-2003, 12:14 PM	#35 (permalink)
SonicRL Insane	Damn..that is really nice. I wish I had more moniters to try that out. Playing CFS on one moniter seems like nothing compared to that! __________________

09-23-2003, 03:30 PM	#36 (permalink)
Tandem Insane Location: Brisbane, Australia	lol - bit obsessive. I'd kill myself laughing if the owner of that fine array of monitors sat down to start playing and the console displaying the airplane instrumentation died.

09-23-2003, 03:39 PM	#37 (permalink)
B21 Loser Location: Earth	WOW thats a cockpit But how does 1 go about doing that?

09-23-2003, 11:41 PM	#38 (permalink)
Dilbert1234567 Devils Cabana Boy Location: Central Coast CA	windows 2k only suports 10 monitors what os you running? __________________ Donate Blood! "Love is not finding the perfect person, but learning to see an imperfect person perfectly." -Sam Keen

09-24-2003, 12:14 AM	#39 (permalink)
Mr.Deflok Blood + Fire Location: New Zealand	That's cool and all but where the heck are the candy wrappers and empty coke bottles? No workstation is complete without them!

09-24-2003, 12:35 AM	#40 (permalink)
Great Scott Insane Location: In a huge maze just trying to find my cheese	I keep telling myself not to drool. There are more important things to want and do in life. Just wish I could make myself truly believe that. I want that setup too!