3x 120Hz Eyefinity Portrait Setup

Vega · 19 Oct 2011 at 00:24

3x 30" was a setup I had previous done and it was a bit overwhelming. Not to mention I do not care for 60 Hz.

This is my attempt at a portrait setup running 120Hz smoothness yet retaining some of the benefits of high resolution and also having a THIN bezel:

This took quite some custom work and is about as thin as bezels as I think can be possible for Eyefinity. Now I knew before going into this that TN panels have serious viewing angle restrictions that is exacerbated in portrait. Although, the largest fall-off is on the right hand screen on the last 1/3rd, it doesn't bother me a great deal as it usually only is quite noticeable on dark images.

On the desktop above straight on you can see it handles fairly decent. Still tweaking the screen alignment.

Cons: Viewing angle especially on outer portion of right screen is livable but could be better.

Pros: 120Hz smoothness, thin bezels, glossy panels (personal preference), LED low power/heat, decent high-resolution.

Planning on playing BF3 and Guild Wars 2 on this setup.

What do you guys think?

http://youtu.be/zPACzI9yUSA?hd=1

Crezzlin · 19 Oct 2011 at 00:28

Sweet, what screens are they thanks

Vega · 19 Oct 2011 at 00:32

Hello, 3x Samsung S23A750D's.

Crezzlin · 19 Oct 2011 at 01:02

Vega said:
Hello, 3x Samsung S23A750D's.

Thanks will your triple stand hold them landscape? if so what model is it

Crezzlin · 19 Oct 2011 at 01:10

This is my setup but really would like 120hz, only thing is will the 1920x1080p res lookover size on the Samsungs? what res is your desktop at? Ta

Razargh · 19 Oct 2011 at 11:02

If you have the Graphics capability to run 3 screens at 120fps on High/Ultra then i think its definitely worth it, but personally i think 120Hz is slightly over rated but thats me.

flopper · 19 Oct 2011 at 11:21

120hz totally worth it, eyestrain is gone, much smoother and best thing I did after my buy of a ssd.

sypher365 · 19 Oct 2011 at 11:34

Looks sweet, did the stands come off or are they folded behind (as they have the cable connections right)?

Greenja · 19 Oct 2011 at 11:51

Looks kinda cool, but i never saw the point in portrait setup like this... i'd much rather have more horizontal space than vertical.

Arcane · 19 Oct 2011 at 20:32

That looks very nice, it's the first time I've seen a triple monitor setup that looks like the bezels wouldn't be distracting. What custom work did you do?

lewis2701 · 20 Oct 2011 at 16:25

That looks very nice.

Vega · 20 Oct 2011 at 16:44

Sorry, I did not take any pictures of the whole process as I'd figure individuals willing to do such mods are extremely rare. Although, I could do a write up if people are seriously interested in purchasing these screens. I figure I have about 15 hours or so in this mod. The largest issue is that these monitors are real fragile inside. Especially when handling the circuit boards and ribbon cables etc. Along with that is removing the micro-fan with a heat gun when gutting the base/stand. Since the bezels and sub-housing retainers are removed I had to custom secure the LCD panels to the backlights so that they do not fall out.

3t3P · 21 Oct 2011 at 20:16

wow good job can you post how you did it?

Vega · 22 Oct 2011 at 00:54

This Samsung line is getting pretty good reviews. Here is one showing 4ms input lag and a pretty darn good score for a TN panel:

http://www.pcmonitors.org/monitor-reviews/samsung-s27a750d

pingu666 · 22 Oct 2011 at 12:34

that is nice

you thought about a bezel to go around them all, or ambx

sypher365 · 27 Oct 2011 at 09:36

Vega said:
Sorry, I did not take any pictures of the whole process as I'd figure individuals willing to do such mods are extremely rare. Although, I could do a write up if people are seriously interested in purchasing these screens. I figure I have about 15 hours or so in this mod. The largest issue is that these monitors are real fragile inside. Especially when handling the circuit boards and ribbon cables etc. Along with that is removing the micro-fan with a heat gun when gutting the base/stand. Since the bezels and sub-housing retainers are removed I had to custom secure the LCD panels to the backlights so that they do not fall out.

Definatelly be interested and would love to see any pics of the mod you did take as I'm sure a few others would as well as its a cracking job

Vega · 28 Oct 2011 at 01:45

Here is a few pictures of the back:

Speedy Pete · 28 Oct 2011 at 03:15

so jealous !

inSilica · 28 Oct 2011 at 09:10

Very nice.... I don't think I have the balls to even attempt such a mod on my U2410's

Vega · 29 Oct 2011 at 14:32

Crezzlin said:
Thanks will your triple stand hold them landscape? if so what model is it

Sorry, I did not try landscape but it looks like it would hold them.

http://www.amazon.com/Ergotron-Trip...VF1U/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1319895115&sr=8-8

Oh and here is a video of my setup trying to get BF3 to run properly:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPACzI9yUSA

One bad thing about portrait Eyefinity/Surround is you invariably run into problems. Here you can see BF3 only using GPU's #1 and #4 for some damn reason.