Projector Screen Gaming vs Three/Five Screen Gaming (Eyefinity/Nv Surround).

[Abz Hussain]

I would like to do some big screen gaming. I have seen eyefinity set ups, nv surround set ups and projector screen setups.

Im after user exeperiences of those of you who game on more than one screen and those of you that game on projector screens.

What vertical resolution do you game at for eyefinity and nv surround?

When immersed in gaming do you 'notice' the bezels?

What brand monitors and size are people using out there?

60hz vs 120hz?

Projector gaming - i know resolution is limited to Full HD but what are your experiences? Do you prefer that one one big massive image on your screen without bezels?

I personally would love a 5x1 portrait eyefinity, but the cost of maybe 2 amd GPU's and then 5 decent monitors is prohibitive.
A large full hd image from a projector would be quite nice too - no bezels, no alignment issues and you can get decent projectors (nv 3d vision ready too) for less than £800 now.

Would love to hear your experiences and thoughts.

Thanks

P.S I am a Dell Ultrasharp U3011 user, overkill for what i use it for but got it cheap.

 

[Abz Hussain]

 

[Rroff]

A single large projector image is good fun for gaming but it doesn't really replace the horizontal field of view you get with 3x screens.

Perception of the bezels depends from person to person - personally I can't stand it for FPS games but quickly stop noticing them for racing games - I think its because with FPS games my eyes are constantly looking around the screen identifying threats whereas racing games I'm mostly looking straight forward with the odd glance at other directions.

I've mostly used Samsung (good all around) and BenQ (great for gaming, bit naff for desktop use) monitors in the 23-24" region for gaming and Dell/Samsung for desktop stuff.

Best of both worlds would be 3x 120Hz projectors side by side but thats a bit costly.

I prefer 120Hz for gaming everything is just more fluid even when your not hitting 120 fps constantly.

 

[Abz Hussain]

A single large projector image is good fun for gaming but it doesn't really replace the horizontal field of view you get with 3x screens.

Perception of the bezels depends from person to person - personally I can't stand it for FPS games but quickly stop noticing them for racing games - I think its because with FPS games my eyes are constantly looking around the screen identifying threats whereas racing games I'm mostly looking straight forward with the odd glance at other directions.

I've mostly used Samsung (good all around) and BenQ (great for gaming, bit naff for desktop use) monitors in the 23-24" region for gaming and Dell/Samsung for desktop stuff.

Best of both worlds would be 3x 120Hz projectors side by side but thats a bit costly.

I prefer 120Hz for gaming everything is just more fluid even when your not hitting 120 fps constantly.

Thank you for your reply.
I have just been reading another thread here as to if one can really tell the difference between 60hz and 120hz..but we will leave that one there lol.

Im mostly a racing games gamer and sports (nfl, fifa etc). I would however like to experience 3D but have read that inorder to get the best effect you need a large screen - 46 inch minimum, anything really smaller doesn't cut the mustard.
I have a Panasonic Viera VT30 42inch 3D tv and to be honest have not been impressed with the 3d on that size, so from a personal point of view the larger screen theory has something to it - once again thats my opinion.
I agree with your comment about the bezels.

 

[Rroff]

I used 3D on the Samsung 2233rz (22" 1680x1050) and while a great effect the small screensize definitely reduced the impact of it (was like you were looking through a window rather than being immersed by it).

 

[Abz Hussain]

I used 3D on the Samsung 2233rz (22" 1680x1050) and while a great effect the small screensize definitely reduced the impact of it (was like you were looking through a window rather than being immersed by it).

yes thats the thing, i want to be immersed by it.