Mixing a 27" 1440p Screen with two 19"?

DarkMatter · 3 Sep 2011 at 08:40

Sounds bazzar i know, but i was wondering if this would work.

Central screen: 2560x1440 (U2711 connected via DP)
Left & Right screen: 1440x900 rotated to 900x1440(????? connected via DVI)

To create 4460x1440,

Does anyone know if,

A. There is any 19" widescreen monitors that rotate, or any way to rotate them.

B. if eyefinity will cope with the resolution being rotated.

C. Wow and SC2 will support custom resolutions?

Surveyor · 3 Sep 2011 at 11:00

From the AMD Eyefinity FAQ:

Can I support different resolutions?

All monitors running in a Display Group or cloned modes must be running with the same resolution. If monitors have different native resolutions, the highest common non-native resolution between the monitors will be used when creating Display Groups. Monitors running in extended desktop mode can have independent resolutions.

AMD Eyefinity FAQs

It would appear that your idea won't work.

You can run an extended desktop with different resolution monitors but for gaming across 3 screens you have to create a Display Group where all the monitors have to run at the same resolution.

Alasdairhurst · 3 Sep 2011 at 11:39

it's possible to do games like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AEAhExuaaM
but you have to use windowed mode :|, so it's not eyefinity.

Surveyor · 3 Sep 2011 at 12:20

Even if it did work it would look pretty horrible.

The vertical height of the screen on a U2711 is approximately 13.24".

The width of a 16:10 19" screen is approximately 16.11" and this would become the height if you rotated it.

The screens would be completely misaligned.

DarkMatter · 4 Sep 2011 at 01:39

ok, thanks for clearing that up, oh well.