http://multimonitor.net News, FAQ's, and How-To's on anything Multiple Monitor Related. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:46:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en While out in San Jose for my main job (aka the job that makes money) I found out that I was merely 4 miles away from a long lost New England college buddy who was attending the NVIDIA's NVISION Conference and GeForce LAN.  So I quickly skipped out for a ... http://multimonitor.net/2008/08/multimonitornet-stumbles-upon-nvision-2008-pt-1/ Harun asks: "I would like to run up to 10 monitors on one screen, is this possible, and if not what is the maximum i can run?" 10 is the maximum for Windows XP and Vista.  This is due to a limitation in "Display Properties".  I have not tested it myself, but I ... http://multimonitor.net/2008/08/what-is-the-maximum-number-of-screens-i-can-run/ I'll admit when I'm wrong, and here it goes. I was wrong.  When NVIDIA aquired Ageia and their PhysX last Feburary I was pretty confident we were going to see NVIDIA pushing that I not only need to buy 3 of their GPU's, but I will also need to buy ... http://multimonitor.net/2008/08/nvidia-actually-does-the-cool-thing-and-gives-away-physx/ The newest version of Surround Gaming Utility (SGU) by Matrox for the TripleHead2Go just got a little better by adding 2 new resalutions, triple 1440x900 and triple 1680x1050. Not very common sizes, Im sure someone out there is happy they did. So hurry on over and grab the download, ... http://multimonitor.net/2008/08/matrox-adds-2-new-resolution-modes/ Shortly after finishing Crysis across three screens, I promptly got to work on Oblivion. Oblivion was not difficult to use SoftTH v1.07b to span 3 screens, no configuration changes were needed, although I prefer changing the side monitors to run in 32bit rather than 16bit. This can be done with the ... http://multimonitor.net/2008/08/triple-screen-oblivion/  Our Multi-Monitor Gaming savior, kegetys, has released a early preview of the latest instillation of SoftTH.  Adding more compatability, speed improvements, and better automatic support for varying aspect ratios across your side monitor (Yay!) this is sounding like it could be his best release to date! Here's the changelog: * 1.08beta (rc2) - ... http://multimonitor.net/2008/08/softth-v108b-rc2-now-available/ Close to home, Logan Airport, is doing something close to my heart by mimicking a control tower for training new controllers and workers.  In addition to what looks like 7+ rear projected monitors making up the video wall, the interactive simulation has voice recognition so spoken radio commands are translated ... http://multimonitor.net/2008/08/logan-airport-boston-using-multiple-monitors-in-state-of-the-art-training-facility/ Digg This! Deciding to revisit Crysis on triple screens was an easy choice that I am running Vista64 and the game has seen a couple patches.  Sadly SoftTH still does not support DX10 or 64bit versions of games...yet.  But my time was not wasted, because I have warmed up my ... http://multimonitor.net/2008/08/triple-screen-crysis-revisited/ A group of good hearted gamers have gotten together to raise money for Child's Play by doing what they love best, a Rock Band Marathon! Welcome to M-Town L33T’s Rock Band Marathon for Child’s Play Charity. We plan on playing straight from August 1st to the 3rd. Child's play is a ... http://multimonitor.net/2008/08/rock-band-marathon-for-childs-play/   I have been a fan of gaming cockpits almost as long as I have loved Multiple Monitors.  The VRX Mach4 is my idea of a well designed cockpit and best of all they are available for purchase right now. Featuring 3x 1080p 37" LCD's and a 7" rear view LCD you ... http://multimonitor.net/2008/07/well-designed-commercial-racing-cockpit/