Hi I see a lot of posts about 3 monitors, but I'm looking at connecting 2 Dell 27 inch monitors, firstly

 

My specs

I7 2700k OC TO 4.6

Single GTX 670

 

 

1. how are they connected to each other?

2. I have a GTX 670 how do I connect to this?

3. If I want to have a touchscreen panel connected aswell does this have to be same resolution as the dual setup?

4. What will the touchscreen be connected to the card aswell?

5. Would it be a good idea to get another 670?

6. What connectors would I need for this?

 

 

Many thanks guys I want to get this right the first time and my knowledge in this department is lacking. In can be an expensive mistake if I get it wrong.

 

Much appreciated Wayne.

 

 

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Anyone at all please.

 

 

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Hi Wayne,

 

I think you haven't received a reply because what you are asking is very simple, you have 2 connectors at the back of your card, simply connect each monitor to your card, then configure the displays how you want in the display options properties. 9 out of ten times you don't even need to do anything, windows detects the new monitors.

 

You should also have a DVI connection on the card for an additional monitor and a onboard VGA with your motherboard if you want to add more. All the adapters should have come with your card, you may need to pick up an extra one for the additional monitor.

 

The whole setup process should take less then 5 minutes. As far as touch screens go that is is also simple to setup, just plug it in, install the drivers etc. It really is a no brainier, just experiment and try it.

Hi Wayne, I have a three monitor setup but it occurs to me that you may find the monitor bezels in a two-monitor setup run down the middle of most VCs. Haven't tried it but might be worth some investigation before you commit.

Paul

 

 

True about the bezels, even with eyefinity or surround bezel correction, a 2 monitor setup is not very thrilling with the runway running straight up the middle bezel...

 

On the other hand, my 3 monitor setup runs well at 3200x1920 but you have to have a least a 7970 or a 670 with 3Gigs VRam

and an OC'ed CPU

 

Running 3 monitors plus one in touchscreen is pushing the limits...using only 2 monitors is not worth it

 

I maintain only 3 while in eyefinity (surround analogue) and revert to regular when doing 4 monitor setups for my music production software.

Ok I might stick with one then and wait for a 30 plus inch monitor I think, any recommendations. Cheers guys.

 

 

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recomendations:

 

going NVidia surround with 3 monitors in portrait mode rather than the 30 inch single requires getting used to the bezels

 

What about a 4K monitor if your rich, but I have read they only support 30Hz sync when the PC is driving these "TVs"

recomendations:

 

going NVidia surround with 3 monitors in portrait mode rather than the 30 inch single requires getting used to the bezels

 

What about a 4K monitor if your rich, but I have read they only support 30Hz sync when the PC is driving these "TVs"

 

Might just go with dell 30 inch monitor they are supposed to be good from all accounts, 4k tv's I'd like to see a review in fsx first. Lol

 

 

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the dell 30 in is about 1450 Cdn last i looked

 

steep

Thats 14x  FTXG installs,

or 16x Flight1 777s

or 725 Tim Horton's Coffees....

 

 

etc...etc...

LOL yeah there's not much else around though in that league?

 

 

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Just quit having coffee for 3 years

Or give up for 6 years and get this:

 

http://techreport.com/news/25128/dell-shows-32-inch-ultrasharp-display-with-4k-resolution

 

gb.

Just to add another step to the 2 monitor topic, I also have a touchsceen 22", and a 36" HDTV. With a couple planes I use a VC view on both screens. Using the touch for pushing buttons and such and the larger for panning the scenery. Once I touch the smaller screen it becomes the active and I can no longer pan on the larger screen until I mouse click the larger screen. When things get busy in the cockpit, a button would be much better.

 

Does anyone know of a way to assign a joystick button to control which screen is active? Thanks.

 

 

Does anyone know of a way to assign a joystick button to control which screen is active? Thanks.

 

FSX-Settings-Controls-Views.

Assign joystick buttons to "View (previous window)" and/or "View (next window)"

 

gb.

GB   Yes Sir! I thank you, just what i was looking for.   :smile: