rFactor: Multiple Monitors?
Can multiple monitors be used without resorting to multiple
computers/networking? It's friggin' 2005, and I'm tired of driving around looking at the same tunnel-view we had 15 years ago in World Circuit (GP1). I really want three monitors for a front view and two side views. |
wrote: > Can multiple monitors be used without resorting to multiple > computers/networking? It's friggin' 2005, and I'm tired of driving > around looking at the same tunnel-view we had 15 years ago in World > Circuit (GP1). I really want three monitors for a front view and two > side views. I know that the Matrox Parhelia 3-monitor card has been used with F1C(or one of the earlier versions) for this. It's such a dog of a card I doubt it would even run rFactor. There's special stuff you can do with GPL and 2 slave machines to do this. I've also seen videos of GPL running on the Matrox card. I'd say your best bet would be a projector setup with a custom resolution/FOV. It may be 2005, but that doesn't mean enough people have the $$$ for 3 flat panels to be worth the vidcard makers' engineering costs. Kendt |
I don't have any flat panels. I use a 19" CRT, and have two 15"ers
sitting around collecting dust. People are giving those away these days. I'm thinking more along the lines of using two cards, one connected to the 19" like normal, then adding a two-head PCI card to connect to the other two monitors. Now, MS Flight Simulator allow you to open multiple window for different views. People have done exactly what I'm talking about by spreading the desktop over the three monitors, and then placing a different window view on each monitor. That seems pretty simple and cheap, but it would require multiple viewports in rFactor, or support for a really wide screen resolution that would wrap across all three screens (actually I'm not sure that's possible for accelerated graphics). Anyway, it sure would be nice... |
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"Sidney H Bridge" > wrote in message ... > wrote: >> Can multiple monitors be used without resorting to multiple >> computers/networking? It's friggin' 2005, and I'm tired of driving >> around looking at the same tunnel-view we had 15 years ago in World >> Circuit (GP1). I really want three monitors for a front view and two >> side views. >> > > Wide screen and TrackiR is the way to go, imo. I never found multi-monitor > setups all that immersive. After all, you can't really call them seemless, > can you? > > -- > > > Sidney Harbour Bridge Esq. But then if you drive a tintop, you get the A pillars in the way, that could be the gap in the monitors Glenn |
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