From your card use 2 DVI connectors + 1 HDMI connector.

 

I use 2 DVI-HDMI adapters, each connected to a HD tv. Both with a DVI cable from card to HD tv.

The 3rd is just HDMI to HDMI.

I am running into issues with my 5 monitor set up. Used to be, I could span the three large 27" monitors to get one surround view for the VC view, with the two smaller 19" monitors running flight displays. Now, I can only set up the 3 monitors in surround (NVidea SLI - 2 x 780 cards) and the other two are inop. Frustrating. Anyone with any ideas on this? Seems to have happened with a recent update to the Nvidea tool

I am running into issues with my 5 monitor set up. Used to be, I could span the three large 27" monitors to get one surround view for the VC view, with the two smaller 19" monitors running flight displays. Now, I can only set up the 3 monitors in surround (NVidea SLI - 2 x 780 cards) and the other two are inop. Frustrating. Anyone with any ideas on this? Seems to have happened with a recent update to the Nvidea tool

Hi J.

My reading is that the maximum number of monitors you can have connected in a Surround setup is four, 3+1 whether with a single card or SLI setup.

How did you get five running previously?

 

gb.

From your card use 2 DVI connectors + 1 HDMI connector.

 

I use 2 DVI-HDMI adapters, each connected to a HD tv. Both with a DVI cable from card to HD tv.

The 3rd is just HDMI to HDMI.

GSalden,

This seems to be reasonable!! The only think I didn't know thus far was that in graphic's card DVI-I's input could a DVI-D cable be connected. Am I right? The GPU has one DVI-I input. So the relative cable will be HDMI to DVI-D? I do not find any cable in the market that it goes HDMI to DVI-I.... 

Am I missing something here?

 

Dimitris

 

 

I do not find any cable in the market that it goes HDMI to DVI-I....

 

I'm running two monitors of the two DVI ports on my GTX 780 and I use the same cable for both. So no need of any special DVI-I cable. Any DVI-D to HDMI will do. As far as I understand, the only thing that is different between DVI-I and DVI-D is that you can connect an analog monitor to a DVI-I port but not to a DVI-D port. If you connect a digital monitor then it makes no difference.

1) Thank you carlito777

 

2)Will there be any compatibility problem between the 2 graphics card? The one is the (Palit) Nvidia GTX 780 3GB (with 3xTV's mounted, for outer views) and the other will be the (Palit) Nvidia GTX760 Jetstream 4GB (with 3xMonitors mounted, for the PFD, MFD, Overheadpanel and FMC).

 

I hope there won't be any issue, for I've already ordered the GTX760.... !!!!

 

 

(Motherboard is Gigabyte GA-Z87X-OC FORCE)

Hi J.

My reading is that the maximum number of monitors you can have connected in a Surround setup is four, 3+1 whether with a single card or SLI setup.

How did you get five running previously?

 

gb.

 

 

This seems to has changed dramatically with the latest GTX9xx cards.

 

Looks like a 970 or 980 SLI setup can do any number of monitors from 2 to 5 in 2D surround plus another accessory display (that's good).

 

A single 9xx card can do from 2 to 4 monitors in 2D surround or 3 in 2D surround plus 1 accessory display.

 

http://www.geforce.com/hardware/technology/surround/system-requirements

 

gb.

1) Thank you carlito777

 

2)Will there be any compatibility problem between the 2 graphics card? The one is the (Palit) Nvidia GTX 780 3GB (with 3xTV's mounted, for outer views) and the other will be the (Palit) Nvidia GTX760 Jetstream 4GB (with 3xMonitors mounted, for the PFD, MFD, Overheadpanel and FMC).

 

I hope there won't be any issue, for I've already ordered the GTX760.... !!!!

 

 

(Motherboard is Gigabyte GA-Z87X-OC FORCE)

in other words, will I have to do any specific set up? Anything will the so called SLI connected cards?

Will I just have to work with the NVSurround for each card separately?

FSX doesn't use or know anything about SLI.  

 

I don't know much about NVSurround being an ATI guy but on an ATI card you create the surround view within the ATI (sorry AMD) software and it's transparent to FSX.  FSX sees it as the main monitor, i run windowed mode, but it would certainly work full screen.  I would also recommend running DX10 for the (slightly) improved frame rate and VAS usage.  You will need the WideScreenView=True, otherwise you will have a very zoomed in view. 

in other words, will I have to do any specific set up? Anything will the so called SLI connected cards?

Will I just have to work with the NVSurround for each card separately?

Those two cards will not work together in SLI mode.

You will have to run them as two separate cards.

 

You can set up surround on one of the two cards you have but not both.

With say surround set up on the gtx780, the gtx760 will have to operate with separate monitor outputs resolutions.

 

Actually I'm not sure the second card will work at all paired with surround on the gtx780.

Problem is that the maximum number of monitors you can have connected in a surround setup is supposed to be four, period (pre gxt9xx).

 

Could be completely wrong on that though.

 

gb.

Thank you both for your replies!

 

So I am not wrong, thinking to connect 3 monitors to the second card for flight instruments.... Am I?

Thank you both for your replies!

 

So I am not wrong, thinking to connect 3 monitors to the second card for flight instruments.... Am I?

 

You will certainly be able to connect three monitors to the second card

if you do not use Surround with the first.

So you would have three independent monitors on the first card

and three independent monitors on the second card.

 

Re-reading your earlier #13 post I think this was your initial idea wasn't it

with separate left window/centre/right window views?

 

If you decide to use Surround on the first card for one big horizontal view

I'm not sure what will happen with the second card.

 

Really need some fellow simmer input here.

 

gb.

You will certainly be able to connect three monitors to the second card

if you do not use Surround with the first.

So you would have three independent monitors on the first card

and three independent monitors on the second card.

 

Re-reading your earlier #13 post I think this was your initial idea wasn't it

with separate left window/centre/right window views?

 

If you decide to use Surround on the first card for one big horizontal view

I'm not sure what will happen with the second card.

 

Really need some fellow simmer input here.

 

gb.

gboz, thank you for spending sometime reading my thoughts. Your contribution will be helpful in those first steps of my building cockpit experience...

 

You are right.

 

GTX780 Jetstream 3GB connected with 3x32" TVs, aiming in using them for left, center, right views, OBTAINED from 2D panels....

 

GTX760 Jetstream 4GB connected with 1)21.5" (PFD, MFD), 2)22" Touchscreen (FMCs) 3)24" Touchscreen (Overhead Panel)

 

The TV's have already arrived and the design of the support base has been started. 

I expect the second card, together with the other 3 monitors during next week...

 

 

WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW OR TO DO so as not to feel that I just throwed away 1500Euros...?????

 

Please help!!

 

 

WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW OR TO DO so as not to feel that I just throwed away 1500Euros...?????

 

But think of all the fun you are going to have finding out, priceless,    .

 

I was thinking that all those monitors could lower you frame rates quite a bit

but if you have only 2D panels on the second card you should be right.

 

gb.

Guys,

 

The Triple Set up has been mounted. Here are some pics

 

 

 

 

 

The FSX runs fine with the 3 monitors. I made a flight in VCockpit mode, from LGTS (Aerosoft Thessaloniki Add on) to LGAV (Venizelos Airport Fly Tampa) with AS NEXT, EFASS and on line in IVAP. I had no problems with the frames (more than 25/sec) in the airports.

The 3 TVs are conntected directly to the Palit GTX 780 Jetstream 3GB (1XHDMI, 2XDVI-D).

 

 

I also already purchased 1 simple 21" Monitor (intended for PFD, MFD and other instruments)

                                                      22" MultiTouchscreen for FMCs and some other gauges

                                                      24" Multitouchscreen  for Overhead Panel

I connected the above mentioned screens to the second card I purchased, Palit Nvidia GTX 760 Jetstream 4GB (1 HDMI, 2xDVI-D) .

 

When I open Nvidia Control Panel, the system recognizes all 6 screens in total.

 

I faced difficulties in trying to configure the combination of all these screens.

 

1)After many attempts, (without knowing any exact way or guide protocoll) I managed to have a configuration, but not the absolutely correct one, since the mouse cursor had to travel through complex screen "road" till go to the screen I wanted. If I attempted to rearrange the combination of screens, so as to make the travel of the cursor the correct one, then GTX780 stopped seeing 2 of 3 TVs. Meaning when I draged and dropped the screens in the NVsurround system.

 

2)ALthough the touchscreens were connected, when I undocked the FMC, or the PFD, or the MFD and I transfered them to the desired screen, then the panel (FMC/orPFD/or MFD) went Black! I had to retransfer the panels to the TV's (GTX 780-PMDG VC) and the back to the touchscreens (GTX 760 connection) so as the panels to reactivate.

Also the panels were not communicating with the aeroplane (PMDG B737 NGX). I started the engines, nothing happened to the undocked panels (on the touchscreens - GTX760) and so on...

 

3) Also, although once the undocked FMC seemed to responde on the touchscreen, all the other times I tried it didn't respond. I pressed the screen, nothing happened...

 

 

Please, is there any out there with knowledge so as to guide me? I feel desperate...

 

 

 

Thank you in advance

 

a struggling pilot in Greece....

 

Dimitris