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Originally Posted by Forged
I do have trackir 5 (which is simply amazing), and I didn't know COD doesn't have good support for 3 monitors! That really sucks. Well, I think it does. Can't say for sure since I've never used 3 monitors  .
Despite the game apparently not (yet?) living up to its potential - I do love this game. It'll be my main game for years to come. I also play DCS warthog and p-51, and will be playing blackshark/etc. However, I don't see myself drifting too much from COD. I really like the WWII genre and would rather dogfight than manage BVR combat.
Thanks for the comments guys. I was slowly leaning to getting a single 30 inch screen before reading these comments - so now I'm definitely leaning strongly in that direction. I guess I could always get more 30 inch screens years from now (because they are expensive as hell) if I want more than 1 screen.
If anyone does use 3 screens for COD - I'd love to hear from you. Or if you use it in anything else (other flight sims, namely DCS, or racing sims).
-Forged |
Cod works on tripple screen but performance is currently not great even with my system @ 6048x1080. It is playable on my system at 6048x1080 if I turn down settings a little but im using 4way SLI voltage modded 3GB GTX580s @ 1000/2200 Mhz and a CPU @ 5Ghz.
You can get the correct perspective and everything works, but as with most games there are perspective distortions which you cant do anything about.
It adds to the sense of immersion but it really doesnt make the game any better as such, you get a little more peripheral vision but not as much as you would think, as most of the view past 1/3rd of the outside monitors is extremely distorted (fisheyed) You can over come this by zooming in but then you loose too much vertical FOV and it defeats the purpose of having it.
So its a fun factor thing but to be honest a single 30" 2560x1600 or even a larger ~40" TV is going to create a bigger sense of immersion without the distortions and give you a more realistic life size representation. (one of the better gaming TV's and I cant tell you which because im out of date on good PC gaming TVs) Or you could go for a projector but they have their own issues with required space/light and low WAF! (Wife Acceptance Factor)
In a perfect world I'd like a quad HD monitor (4K res), 2x2 1920x1080 on top of each other giving 3840x2160 in one screen. These are coming but probably not for another couple years. So the best for now in reality is a 30". But you better have a pretty strong graphics card (GTX680/HD7970) with 3GB vram for that.
edit: 4K screens/projectors are still around $20k so dont expect any mainstream 4K devices under $5k for another 3-4 years.