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PostPosted: 16 Jul 2008, 18:28 
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Today I read about USB monitors and according to the reviewer of the LG 206WU (http://www.directdial.com/L206WU.html) monitor, you can have up to 9 of these connected (as long as you have 9 usb ports that is ;p).

Can this work for games with each monitor keeping it's native resolution?

Is 5040x1050 surround gaming now possible with this?


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PostPosted: 16 Jul 2008, 20:42 
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Today I read about USB monitors and according to the reviewer of the LG 206WU (http://www.directdial.com/L206WU.html) monitor, you can have up to 9 of these connected (as long as you have 9 usb ports that is ;p).

Can this work for games with each monitor keeping it's native resolution?

Is 5040x1050 surround gaming now possible with this?


Good luck, it's still going to be the one video card generating the picture for all of them to display, the USB video adapters are only framebuffers, they're normally meant to extend desktops to multiple monitors rather than for gaming. Gaming requires a buttload of bandwidth, and you'll likely need a USB 2.0 vga adapter to pull it off, and a beefy card in the computer as is, but realize, it's going to slow down on 2 fronts, the framebuffers, and on the source card as it's generating lots more video than for just 1 monitor. Keep that in mind, but if you do try it, let us know how it works out, and see if you can't get a 360 view with like 8 monitors and a quad SLI to back it. I'd KILL for something like that.

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Today I read about USB monitors and according to the reviewer of the LG 206WU (http://www.directdial.com/L206WU.html) monitor, you can have up to 9 of these connected (as long as you have 9 usb ports that is ;p).

Can this work for games with each monitor keeping it's native resolution?

Is 5040x1050 surround gaming now possible with this?


Simply put, no... The 3D canvas does not work like that. Ofcourse, if you want 9 montors for regular non-3D desktop work, sure...but then again we're gamers, not day traders. :wink:

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