Any Triplehad or Eyefinity users in CHC or Canterbury?

[tdale]

Hi all

I'd be very keen to have a looksee if any of you are in Christchurch or Canterbury

Cheers and thanks

Tony

[ASHLEE]

QUOTE (tdale @ Aug 23 2010, 12:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hi all

I'd be very keen to have a looksee if any of you are in Christchurch or Canterbury

Cheers and thanks

Tony

Hi Tony, yes i have been running Eyefinity with three screens from an HD 5870 in fsx with windows vista. Associated with this Hd5870 is another Hd5770 working in dual mode ( not cross fire). This 5770 card is being used at present to run Plan G tracking my flight co ordinates at the same time as Fsx eyefinity is running.
The set up altho not flash as a simulated cockpit is running very succesfully on a dual core Amd 6000 chip with a Ausus mother board M2N32 SLI Deluxe board.
You are most welcome to contact me in Ashburton.
Ashlee

[hoki1185]

Where did you purchase the Eyefinity technology hardware?

[ASHLEE]

QUOTE (hoki1185 @ Aug 27 2010, 08:40 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Where did you purchase the Eyefinity technology hardware?

The cards Hd5870 and Hd5770 were purchased as individual units from a supplier in Dunedin and assembled by me into one cpu.
May i suggest that their are many hooks in setting up this system and all is not what it appears to be!!
Screen resolution sizes, screen ratios, fisical screen sizes, Os system, using VGA on DP with correct adapter and DVI xDVI x2, visual experience of incorrectly sized screens when approaching landing, some stretching and the waiting for updated drivers to cater for bezel management in misplaced screen fisical sizes
ie. 1x22inch, and 2x20 inch monitors in a 3in1 display.
Mine is working very well and very happy with it as i iron out the bugs I enjoy mountain and milford pass flights and i want them presented as close to real as you can get.
If i can help call me!!!!!
Iam a newbee at contacting threw communitys (in retired age) not sure how to dialogue with your questions threw this media on a personal basis.
regards
Ashlee

[SeanG]

I've got a TH2GO sitting around here somewhere....... should dig it out again!

SeanG

[tdale]

QUOTE (SeanG @ Aug 27 2010, 08:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I've got a TH2GO sitting around here somewhere....... should dig it out again!

SeanG

Hi Sean
Why did you stop using it?

Cheers
Tony

[SeanG]

QUOTE (tdale @ Aug 28 2010, 10:17 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hi Sean
Why did you stop using it?

Cheers
Tony

Gidday Tony,
I never *stopped* using it, in fact I have never actually used it at home... We use TH2GO's at work, and I saw this one come up on Trademe for cheap (not working, but it was just the power supply) so I bought it, thinking I might use it in my sim... or something. One of those too good to let it pass deals

I've used TH2GO in the sims at work, but also in testing on my desktop PC. it is AWESOME in Wings over Vietnam..... and in car racing games like GTR2 and Test Drive Unlimited. It doesn't seem to have too big of a framerate hit, despite the large number of pixels you are generating. I have run it on lowish spec video cards as well as better stuff (currently a 9800GT on my work desktop) and none have had real issues with it.

SeanG

[tdale]

Hi Sean

I just about gave up on THD2GO or Eyefinity having reseached the pros and cons of both.

THD2GO just supports 1680x1050 altho those screens are now hard to get. I had thought bthat 3 x 1280x1024 19" screens may be better as its a natively supported res in THD2GO and cheaper and a few less pixels to draw.

My own 2 cons is that I also want to upgrade my video from GTX260 to GTX480 so that, plus a THD2GO at 700 and 3 x screens at around 800 adds up.

Thus, now have almost flagged that to get a 24" 1980x1020 and a 480. That gives 14% extra lateral view plus upgraded video.

What I am really looking for is wider peripheral vision, not necessarily ultra wide but wider to make it more enjoyable and real, banking towards an airstrip, otherise its like flying an aircraft with the side windows blocked.

The affect on smoothness is a key for me. In FSX frame rate is only a number it is smoothness that I am aiming for. How do you find that?

Is there any option to see yours going?

Cheers
Tony

[dbcunnz]

QUOTE (tdale @ Aug 28 2010, 04:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hi Sean

I just about gave up on THD2GO or Eyefinity having reseached the pros and cons of both.

THD2GO just supports 1680x1050 altho those screens are now hard to get. I had thought bthat 3 x 1280x1024 19" screens may be better as its a natively supported res in THD2GO and cheaper and a few less pixels to draw.

Is there any option to see yours going?

Cheers
Tony

Hi Tony I am using THD2GO and have three Asus 22 inch monitors and running the res at 4080x768 and works ok for me if you want to look at some of my screens have a look at
http://nzff.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12637&hl=

Doug