Simviation Forum - 3 windows, 3 displays... 2 ports. D'oh...

Mar 14^th, 2007 at 9:46am

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I've kind of jumped sideways with the 'pit project, after seeing nice deals on eBay for a 15" LCD and a 6.5" LCD... I've figured out how to set up the 15" off the second port for displaying the "six pack" as an undocked (and full-screen!) window (don't ask me how I did that- I have to try it again and take notes... but I had both main VC view and the "six pack" running full-screen).
It actually was not so much a lateral move starting to fiddle with LCDs, because the 15" is going to need some mods and so is my panel frame (it's bigger than the 12" I was hoping to find).

This is great- the 15" is the perfect size for that and when I eventually go 3-view with the primary display, I'll just stick a Triple Head on the second port (new GPU only has 2 ports)... but what about the little guy, which I want to dedicate for GPS and maybe displaying JPEG images of charts and checklists? I still have an S-video port left, but... *shudder* I don't think the image quality will cut the mustard. The 6.5" hasn't arrived yet; maybe I'll try that. But here are my questions- I'm looking elsewhere for info,but I -know there are some savvy multidisplay gurus around here:

-How can I do that (three discreet windows on 3 monitors)without running a separate program or getting a 4-port GPU?
-Can I somehow output that window through a separate video card (I have a "lesser" one already; got it dirt-cheap for testing purposes)? This is the solution I'm hoping for, as I have the hardware in hand.
-Would running a separate program for GPS and/or six-pack be worth the trouble/expense (bear in mind, I'd really like to be able to use a 6-pack for each plane based on the actual panel for that plane, not a generic one)?
-Would the new, improved window-dragging features of FSX simplify this?

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Reply #1 - Mar 16^th, 2007 at 12:03pm

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What you can do is use a PCI video card in your PC to display onto more monitors. It isn't recommended to do for your primary displays (IE all your external views/cockpit view) as it doesn't sync up perfectly, but for GPS/charts etc, it'll work great.

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Reply #2 - Mar 16^th, 2007 at 1:12pm

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tunatuk wrote on Mar 16^th, 2007 at 12:03pm:

What you can do is use a PCI video card in your PC to display onto more monitors. It isn't recommended to do for your primary displays (IE all your external views/cockpit view) as it doesn't sync up perfectly, but for GPS/charts etc, it'll work great.

I was hoping that would be possible... if it works, this is gonna really make a huge difference. I rarely use Map or GPS, but want to do so in the future. Now it won't be so annoying... Grin

Thanks!!

Woops, another question: will it be a problem that the auxiliary card is not identical to the primary? They are both PCI Express, BTW, but one is quite a bit "wimpier" than the other; different chipset, etc.

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Reply #3 - Mar 17^th, 2007 at 10:35pm

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beaky wrote on Mar 16^th, 2007 at 1:12pm:

tunatuk wrote on Mar 16^th, 2007 at 12:03pm:

What you can do is use a PCI video card in your PC to display onto more monitors. It isn't recommended to do for your primary displays (IE all your external views/cockpit view) as it doesn't sync up perfectly, but for GPS/charts etc, it'll work great.

I was hoping that would be possible... if it works, this is gonna really make a huge difference. I rarely use Map or GPS, but want to do so in the future. Now it won't be so annoying... Grin

Thanks!!

Woops, another question: will it be a problem that the auxiliary card is not identical to the primary? They are both PCI Express, BTW, but one is quite a bit "wimpier" than the other; different chipset, etc.

Actually, two PCI-e might not work...you would need a regular old PCI (old school) video card to get it to work. I have never tried two PCI-e cards without going into SLI/CrossFire mode, so I cannot say if it will work or not.

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