HI,

  I had built  a PC for my flight sim, and had lackluster performance.  I always suspected the video card as I never hit more than about 30% CPU load. One of the guys at the flight school also built a machine were he threw caution into the wind, Haswell i7 and a Geforce titan Card. He runs Three monitors for cocpit view and a forth one for instruments.  Needless to say I was jealous. When Talking to him about his settings he claims other than messing with some configs to spread the cockpit view across three screen, he did noting else.

 

   So Obviously I am ready to step up and replace mt video card. The question is, i can locally source a GTX 770 for a decent price or I can order a titan in for a ridiculous amount...  Will the 770 do the job and is the titan overkill?

 

im planning on running tripple 24" monitors

im planning on running tripple 24" monitors

 

The larger the monitor, the higher the resolution needed & hence the more pixels that have to generated and formatted. Triple monitors and I assume, three different views (LFwd,Fwd,RFwd), can consume a lot of computer horsepower.

 

Consider three smaller monitors to achieve that objective. 1024 x 768 res. works just fine on 17" or 19" monitors.  Three 17's will give you a total horizon about 45" wide with the side bezels touching each other.

Placed in a contiguous arc about 26" from your nose, that's almost all your peripheral vision can see!

If you use monitors larger than these you may need higher resolution to avoid graininess  or push them further away from your eyes.

The old IBM/Lenovo monitors are ideal as they have hydraulic height adjusters.

Best of all these old small monitors are now practically giveaways- who wants tiny monitors- except multi-mon simmers!

january

Titan is not overkill for your needs, if you can afford it buy it.

The larger the monitor, the higher the resolution needed & hence the more pixels that have to generated and formatted. Triple monitors and I assume, three different views (LFwd,Fwd,RFwd), can consume a lot of computer horsepower.

 

Consider three smaller monitors to achieve that objective. 1024 x 768 res. works just fine on 17" or 19" monitors.  Three 17's will give you a total horizon about 45" wide with the side bezels touching each other.

Placed in a contiguous arc about 26" from your nose, that's almost all your peripheral vision can see!

If you use monitors larger than these you may need higher resolution to avoid graininess  or push them further away from your eyes.

The old IBM/Lenovo monitors are ideal as they have hydraulic height adjusters.

Best of all these old small monitors are now practically giveaways- who wants tiny monitors- except multi-mon simmers!

january

 

Sure, all very well getting some cheap, old monitors, but bear in mind the colour and contrast of different monitors can vary greatly. If you have FSX stretched across three monitors then it' s impertaive to ensure maximum compatibility of picture quality throughout.

stretched across three monitors then it' s impertaive to ensure maximum compatibility of picture quality throughout.

 

Quite correct- but not all that diffcult. I spent a few hours playing with colour and balance on my old setup resulting in NO practical difference across the view spread. 

And this was comprised of an ACER, an old CRT & an IBM/Lenovo!

But it takes a willingness to nitpick to achieve equality.

Perhaps part of the process is to shift laterally, the outer views the EXACT amount of the Bezel separation between monitors. I did this adjustment to the 1/100 th of a degree in Panel Config (FS9). 

Here is the result- Bonanza -Dawn On final R6R KLAX  & Over British Columbia's Monarch Icefield. Compare consistency of sky colour across the the mons.

Looks clumsy but the result was remarkable- became just history when the computer died!

january

(Bonanza engines appear twisted inward because screen shots do not account for the outer monitors being physically angled in an arc around the pilot's eyes.)

Honestly you should get 3 of the exact same screens then you can enable Nvidia surround. This will combine all screens to become a large virtual monitor. You can run in full screen which will yield about 10 more FPS compared to window mode. It also allows you to use bezel correction if you want so you don't have to hand edit like in the above example. The monitors you select should support DVI,HDMI and Display Port because those are the outputs available on the back of the card, but the requirement to use the same model of screens remains. You can even add a 4th monitor if you want for gauges or external programs etc. This one does not need to be the same as the surround setup.

 

 

Will the 770 do the job and is the titan overkill?

 

The 770 will certainly do the job but whether the Titan is overkill really depends on what CPU you have.

 

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