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What sort of FPS are current TH2Go users getting and with what GPU setup. Is a single 8800GTX plenty to run most current games until the G90 based cards come out?

Are there any benchmarks out there at these resolutions?

The same as non TH2G users would get witht eh same card.

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Will TripleHead2Go slow down my computer?
No. The technology behind the TripleHead2Go does not slow down the speed of your computer. The 2D, 3D and video performance will be just as good as would be accomplished via your desktop or notebook PC if TripleHead2Go were not present. To prove this, simply run the TripleHead2Go in a single screen resolution (ie. 1280x1024); you will see that performance is identical to the performance with no TripleHead2Go in the system. However, the TripleHead2Go inherently opens up wider multi-monitor opportunities for you. These wider multi-monitor environments may enable a greater number of pixels to be drawn simultaneously than in a single screen environment. In the same manner that higher resolutions can impact performance in single-screen systems, performance may vary the higher the triple screen resolution selected. As a helpful comparison, the number of megapixels (which is the total number of pixels drawn on a screen) is a good general indicator of graphics workload. A megapixel number is calculated by taking the horizontal resolution and multiplying this by the vertical number of pixels. For instance a 1280x1024 resolution would be considered to be 1.2 Megapixel.

The chart below compares the Megapixels of a number of triple screen resolutions versus single screen resolutions:

TripleHead Resolution MegaPixels

1920 x 480 / 0.88 MP

2400 x 600 / 1.37 MP

3072 x 768 / 2.25 MP

3840 x 1024 / 3.75 MP

SingleHead Resolution MegaPixels

1024 x 768 / 0.77 MP

1280 x 1024 / 1.25 MP

1920 x 1440 / 2.64 MP

2560 x 1600 / 3.91 MP9

The same as non TH2G users would get witht eh same card.

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2560 x 1600 / 3.91 MP

Yeah...................but that's at single resolutions. He's talking about high screen resolutions.

Yeah...................but that's at single resolutions. He's talking about high screen resolutions.

Not sure I understand your input here, but...

There aren't any hard benchmarks on hi-res widescreen vs. TH2Go. The MP ratings are close, so that should give you a benchmark. BUT, the one difference that hasn't been accounted for is the greater FOV. A shift from 1920x1200 to 2560x1600 gives you more pixels, but it has the same geometry and the same number of objects. You're only increasing the detail of the existing scene.

Going from 2560x1600 to 3840x1024 is actually a drop in pixels, but you are adding more objects - terrain, crates, enemies, effects, etc. No one has done a comparison to show how this scales. But, I am about to build a rig for a DTH2Go setup, and a DTH2Go review. I also have a 30" panel, and will be benchmarking this.

Paddy was getting good frame rates with a single (and then a double) 7950GX2 configuration. Granted, different games were top of the heap then, but he never complained. He's running 2x8800GTX, and seems to be in heaven...

Thanks for the replies, think some may have misunderstood...

Just asking what sort of FPS TH2Go users were getting on current games and with what GPUs.

Was wondering if a single GTX is good enough or if some games struggle at 3840x1024 and thus SLI is almost a requirement in those cases...

I know how it works thanks... :wink:

I realize that Matrox's snippet I gave doesnt have the hi res, the point was that their "megapixel numer" was meant to compare the workload on single screen versus going out thru TH2G, effectively the same.

Just adding a TH2G shouldn't drop any frame rates that you may be getting "for the most part" because it is entirely up to the capabilities of your GP, processor, MB and RAM.

As Ibrin has said no one has really setup a comparison.

How are your games playing on the GTX at the moment?

If good, I think you will would be gtg with the TH2G, of course if you add a second and SLI, you have nothing to lose and more room for the future games that will push the envelope.

That type decision is the same (to me) whether or not I'm running one screen or three with the TH2G.

While SLI certainly may be a good idea for triplehead gaming, don't feel that it's necessary. I've been gaming in triplehead on a 6800GT and a 7900GT for over a year. Yes, there are games that won't perform well with all settings maxed out, but this can always be taken care of by finding a good mix of settings versus image quality.

And while there may be processing differences betwen 3840x1280 and 2560x1600, it's the best comparison we've got.

How are your games playing on the GTX at the moment?

Haven't got one at the moment, another reason for my post. I'm planning a new system.

One of the issues is whether to go for a P35 based board or a 680 board giving me the fallback allowance of SLI. If a single card would suffice then I still have the choice, if a single card may struggle in the near future then I may want to keep the door open to SLI and therfore the P35 is out of the question.

I like the idea of the 680 boards but they have had stability issues which the P35 haven't and the P35s apparantly clock quads very well.

In terms of pixels, triplehead vs cinema display is only a 4% difference, practically within the margin of error on most benchmarks.

I don't have any figures to back this up, but I think that triplehead performance will actually be more than 4% faster than a cinema display. Becuase of the way the polygons get stretched at the sides of the view, it seems like its rendering something less than true 38x10 resolution.

Just my two bits. IMO an 8800GTX will def get you further on a triplehead system than a 30" cinema display.

EDIT: To answer the original question, an 8800GTX will not be enough for the games coming out now and this fall. R6 Vegas and DiRT, Overlord, all these games crush the 8800GTX in triplehead. Plan to go SLI atleast. Welcome to the (expensive) world of exotic gaming ;)

I'd atleast suggest waiting for Nvidia to release an 80nm of the G80, if they ever do at this point.

What sort of FPS are current TH2Go users getting and with what GPU setup. Is a single 8800GTX plenty to run most current games until the G90 based cards come out?

I checked many benches and came the result that one 8800gtx is better thatn 8800gts sli, so get it!