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Feb 5^th, 2009 at 2:07pm

RAFAIR100 Offline
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I have often wondered whether I could set up three monitors for FS2004. The centre one would display the 'straight ahead' panel view (button 8), the left hand one would display the "10 o'clock" panel view ( button 7), and the right hand one would display the "2 o'clock" panel view (button 9). Is such a set-up feasible and, if so, what sort of additional hardware/software would be required?

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Reply #1 - Feb 5^th, 2009 at 5:54pm

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Hey, look up "matrox triple head to go". should answer your question Wink

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Reply #2 - Feb 7^th, 2009 at 2:18pm

RAFAIR100 Offline
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Thank you, Pengyman 89. But where do I look up?

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Reply #3 - Feb 7^th, 2009 at 2:21pm

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RAFAIR100 wrote on Feb 7^th, 2009 at 2:18pm:

Thank you, Pengyman 89. But where do I look up?

A Google Search quickly reveals...>>>

http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/

Paul...G-BPLF...FS 2004... Cool

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmHeP0hGR2Q

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Reply #4 - Feb 8^th, 2009 at 4:40am

RAFAIR100 Offline
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Thanks all. Looks like the solution.

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Reply #5 - Feb 14^th, 2009 at 11:50pm

HarvesteR Offline
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I have it and i can safely say, it's worth every penny

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Reply #6 - May 15^th, 2009 at 11:37am

Geewiz Offline
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[quote author=RAFAIR100 link=1233860836/0#0 date=1233860835] I have often wondered whether I could set up three monitors for FS2004. The centre one would display the 'straight ahead' panel view (button 8), the left hand one would display the "10 o'clock" panel view ( button 7), and the right hand one would display the "2 o'clock" panel view (button 9). Is such a set-up feasible and, if so, what sort of additional hardware/software would be required? [/quote]

Here's another solution:
http://www.my-pets-friend.com/401st/IMG_0161.JPG

This system uses an SLI Quad core Intel Motherboard with two 9600GT nVidia cards.

With two ports per card, this will drive 4 monitors (though I haven't tried adding a 4th monitor yet...3 monitors work just fine :)

The two cards are NOT used in SLI mode by the way.

Cheers!

« Last Edit: May 15^th, 2009 at 1:17pm by Geewiz »

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Reply #7 - May 18^th, 2009 at 1:50pm

westside Offline
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I have the Matrox Triple head and two vidio cards and I am running 6 monitors currently. The Matrox handles the view out the windshild and the other three handle my glass cockpit. With a Quad core I am able to keep above 15FPS in very dense scenery.

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