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[quote][quote]works a treat, centre only task bar, windows open to single displays etc. I've not tested games, stability etc yet.

Anyone tested the driver in actual games? to see how it behaves?:)
Can it do 2x1 and 4x1?
No, the new driver can't do 2x1, and from that I extrapolate that it can't do 4x1 either.







I love the improvements to Taskbar centring, and windows now maximise to a monitor, rather than across three. This driver has, frankly, fixed my biggest issues with Surround.

The fact that a GTX680 costs basically the same as my GTX460 SLI setup did, and totally obliterates it when gaming is no bad thing either. Saints Row 3 @ 6064x1200, DX11, Ultra settings.

[quote][quote][quote]works a treat, centre only task bar, windows open to single displays etc. I've not tested games, stability etc yet.

Anyone tested the driver in actual games? to see how it behaves?:)
Can it do 2x1 and 4x1?
No, the new driver can't do 2x1, and from that I extrapolate that it can't do 4x1 either.







I love the improvements to Taskbar centring, and windows now maximise to a monitor, rather than across three. This driver has, frankly, fixed my biggest issues with Surround.

The fact that a GTX680 costs basically the same as my GTX460 SLI setup did, and totally obliterates it when gaming is no bad thing either. Saints Row 3 @ 6064x1200, DX11, Ultra settings.




So basically it is safe to game with it...No problems and no cards going out in flames?:)) That is good to know;))

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So basically it is safe to game with it...No problems and no cards going out in flames?:)) That is good to know;))

It's the coolest and quietest running nVidia card I've seen in some time. Idles ~30*C, loads at max (so far, in Saints Row 3 and Shogun 2) at 64*C. This is running on the same custom fan profile which only just kept my GTX460s from spontaneously combusting when playing new games.

[quote][quote][quote]works a treat, centre only task bar, windows open to single displays etc. I've not tested games, stability etc yet.

Anyone tested the driver in actual games? to see how it behaves?:)
Can it do 2x1 and 4x1?
No, the new driver can't do 2x1, and from that I extrapolate that it can't do 4x1 either.

I love the improvements to Taskbar centring, and windows now maximise to a monitor, rather than across three. This driver has, frankly, fixed my biggest issues with Surround.

The fact that a GTX680 costs basically the same as my GTX460 SLI setup did, and totally obliterates it when gaming is no bad thing either. Saints Row 3 @ 6064x1200, DX11, Ultra settings.
That is unfortunate. The whole idea behind 2x1 and single GPU spanning is to set the bar low as possible for entry into surround-gaming club. I suppose only time will tell if they make this port standard across all 600-series cards. It's one step closer to lowering the bar all the way so anyone can piecemeal a triplehead system, but it falls short of what AMD allows. I suppose 2x1 option is less meaningful in a world where LCDs are $120 each though. Still for the economy gamer they have to buy a $500 card and 2x $125-250 LCDs to get the job done. That's pushing +$750-1000 dropped into a system at one time to triplehead.

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That is unfortunate. The whole idea behind 2x1 and single GPU spanning is to set the bar low as possible for entry into surround-gaming club. I suppose only time will tell if they make this port standard across all 600-series cards. It's one step closer to lowering the bar all the way so anyone can piecemeal a triplehead system, but it falls short of what AMD allows. I suppose 2x1 option is less meaningful in a world where LCDs are $120 each though. Still for the economy gamer they have to buy a $500 card and 2x $125-250 LCDs to get the job done. That's pushing +$750-1000 dropped into a system at one time to triplehead.

Yeah, I agree... it could be done better. Still, most of the gamers who do try Surround are likely to play a fair amount of FPS games, so lacking support for a setup which puts a bezel smack in the middle probably wasn't the largest of their worries.

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Had an interesting quirk today with the new drivers and Taskbar Centring. On a cold boot, the taskbar was centred, but at the top of the screen, unmovable, and half off the top. Killing the explorer process and restarting it did nothing; however, on a second boot (left off for a couple of minutes to make sure it wasn't a warm reboot) and it was how it should be. A few more restarts were all fine too. Curious...

Yeah, I agree... it could be done better. Still, most of the gamers who do try Surround are likely to play a fair amount of FPS games, so lacking support for a setup which puts a bezel smack in the middle probably wasn't the largest of their worries.
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Had an interesting quirk today with the new drivers and Taskbar Centring. On a cold boot, the taskbar was centred, but at the top of the screen, unmovable, and half off the top. Killing the explorer process and restarting it did nothing; however, on a second boot (left off for a couple of minutes to make sure it wasn't a warm reboot) and it was how it should be. A few more restarts were all fine too. Curious...

I'm using 301.10 with Tri-SLI GTX470 at the moment. The driver is buggy. I think my issue is with 3D Vision and the new adaptive-vsync. YouTube overlays flicker and when you control-t turn off S3D in-game it doesn't stick. I think when the adaptive-vsync shifts it resets 3D Vision to on even when you toggled it off. Minor things like that are annoying me. It's not a game-stopper though.

The issue I take with the lack of 2x1 is also that lowering the bar for entry. It's more pronounced with projectors. 3x1 requires $1500 in projectors while 2x1 only requires $1000. I've been pushing 2x1 Eyefinity 120-180 degree projection for about a year now as a viable entry level configuration compared to triplehead. The lack of 2x1 on NVIDIA side is problematic. I suppose the Zotac DP-to-Dual HDMI adapter covers that though for $45 and the GTX680 DP port. That's still $45 I'd rather people not have to spend.

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I just noticed toms hardware has done a second review that details both triple monitor benchmarks and SLI benchmarks.

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/geforce-gtx-680-sli-overclock-surround,review-32405.html

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[quote][quote][quote][quote]works a treat, centre only task bar, windows open to single displays etc. I've not tested games, stability etc yet.

Anyone tested the driver in actual games? to see how it behaves?:)
Can it do 2x1 and 4x1?
No, the new driver can't do 2x1, and from that I extrapolate that it can't do 4x1 either.







I love the improvements to Taskbar centring, and windows now maximise to a monitor, rather than across three. This driver has, frankly, fixed my biggest issues with Surround.

The fact that a GTX680 costs basically the same as my GTX460 SLI setup did, and totally obliterates it when gaming is no bad thing either. Saints Row 3 @ 6064x1200, DX11, Ultra settings.




So basically it is safe to game with it...No problems and no cards going out in flames?:)) That is good to know;))



One thing I noticed!!! Using these drivers at least for a GTX590 is that the VDC is now 0.960 instead of 0.913. This will make the card work around 6-8 degrees hotter on watercooling. No idea about air cooling. So be advised and monitor the temperatures and voltages.
I know the GTX 590 has some weak VRM for the memory... you wouldn't want of those to pop;))

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Only website to show TRUE 3D Vision Surround Gaming Videos(viewable by anyone) only at
3D Vision Surround Gallery

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I've been using MSI Afterburner to control fan speed. Not had temp issues so far because of that.

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Ibr.... Skip you busy Benchmarking/ testing or that didn't work out?

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