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I've been offered a U2412M (1920x1200) for $180, and needless to say I would love to jump on the deal. The problem is I currently have 2 P2411H (1080p) monitors, and am looking to do a surround setup. I cannot afford to replace these. I also cannot find another P2411H.

So my question is since both monitors have almost the same PPI, would it be possible to either letterbox the center monitor to 1080p and run surround like that, or would it be possible to render the full 5760x1200 and have it slice the top and bottom off for the side monitors? Is there any chance in hell I can make this work?

No.

Neither does it work in Eyefinity!

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actually, it does work with ATI / AMD Eyefinity

you can have you center monitor on 1200 while the 2 sides on 1080

AMD's Eyefinity is a lot more flexible than nVidia Surround View

it also lets you mix different types of monitors / TV / projector size & models.

I had a lot more choices for displays when I was using the AMD cards than when I'm using nVidia, due its very strict policy


but that's the trade off, do you want better game support, or more multi-capabilities support with less game support?

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I beleive that nvidia surround will force the 1920x1200 monitor to run at 1920x1080 resolution.
You may or maynot be able to configure the input scaling in the monitors on screen settings, or potentially via the nvidia control pannel, i know this works for single screen mode, just not sure about SLS/surround mode.

Also of some use regarding AMD's support...
I’ve heard all of the monitors need to be the same resolution for AMD Eyefinity technology to work. Is that true?

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So yes, you could activate it. But it would reduce your Resolution to 1920x1080.

Or is this FAQ wrong And it keeps 1920x1200 on middle Monitor?

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in actual usage

it work either way

you can either go for the large 1200, and have the smaller monitors miss the virtual chunk that you can't see because it's beyond the 1080 to 1200 area

or you can go small and force the middle monitor to work like the side monitors at 1080, which then the graphic will look all crappy on the middle monitor

so most people chooses the other way around, and all monitors displays the proper resolution, with the loss of the top corner of the screen for the side monitors

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So you'd have a 5760*1200 Resolution instead of 5760*1080 with a stretched main Monitor!

Okay, thx. Good to know!

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You sure this is true? And if so could you list the steps on doing it?

I have recently went from 3 Dell 23" 1080PM monitors to a Dell U2713HM (1440P) for the middle monitor. And my few attempts to put them all in surround resulted in the center monitor using 1080P resolution (Scaled to the full screen). I'd rather have the 2 side monitors be cropped (missing portions of the resolution. So if someone can list the steps it would be appreciated.

I'm using a GTX Titan.

I think this only works with AMD. Not with Nvidia.

And i think it won't work with
1920*1080|2560*1440|1920*1080

Only with
1920*1080|1920*1200|1920*1080
Because you run 5760*1200 Resolution.

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I'm about to replace my 27" center Dell 1920x1080 touchscreen with a 24" 1920 x 1200 monitor. The purpose is to change the apparently unalterable Nvidia surround output of 3840x1080 to the desired surround resolution of 5760 x 1200 when used with my two 24" 1920 x 1200 wing monitors.



Yes, I am willing to lose the 3 inches and touch capabilities of the Dell.

Will this work?


Thanks,

Chas