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Weird 1920x1080 behavior on nVidia surround display
I'm having a weird problem with the nVidia multi-monitor surround spanning. I have 3 HD monitors connected to 2 GTX660s (both are in good working order), giving me a resolution of 5760x1080.
Playing games in borderless windows will give me the 5760x1080 resolution without a problem, and EVE online even allows me to play in a 1920x1080 borderless window. But the moment I play games in 1920x1080 full screen mode things start to act weird. As it has to be, only the centre monitor will display the game and the surround monitors will go into sleep mode because they're not used. The problem with the centre monitor is that the screen starts to flicker in a blueish glow over it. This flickering is caused by the monitor itself, because taking screenshots will not show this flickering.
You might say that it's the monitor causing this problem, but it's not (I'm 99.99% sure of it). Because when I use the nVidia 'activate all displays' option, giving me 3x 1920x1080 monitors, the games I play in fullscreen act 100% normal.
I've already been trying to get around this for the last week, but I can't seem to solve it. I have already tried an older nVidia driver, but the problem remains. Updating DirectX doesn't work because I'm already using the latest version. I even have tried to remove ALL programs that influence the display (FRAPS, EVGA Precision, DisplayFusion), but that's not working either. I have even physically changed the monitors to see if it's the monitor that's causing the problem, but that's not the case either (I'm using one Iiyama and 2 LGs - it's neither a brand issue).
Any help on this issue is welcome. I do want to use the spanning option and I also do want to keep playing the older games I have that don't support the 5760x1080 resolution and only play in (single monitor) full screen.
Playing games in borderless windows will give me the 5760x1080 resolution without a problem, and EVE online even allows me to play in a 1920x1080 borderless window. But the moment I play games in 1920x1080 full screen mode things start to act weird. As it has to be, only the centre monitor will display the game and the surround monitors will go into sleep mode because they're not used. The problem with the centre monitor is that the screen starts to flicker in a blueish glow over it. This flickering is caused by the monitor itself, because taking screenshots will not show this flickering.
You might say that it's the monitor causing this problem, but it's not (I'm 99.99% sure of it). Because when I use the nVidia 'activate all displays' option, giving me 3x 1920x1080 monitors, the games I play in fullscreen act 100% normal.
I've already been trying to get around this for the last week, but I can't seem to solve it. I have already tried an older nVidia driver, but the problem remains. Updating DirectX doesn't work because I'm already using the latest version. I even have tried to remove ALL programs that influence the display (FRAPS, EVGA Precision, DisplayFusion), but that's not working either. I have even physically changed the monitors to see if it's the monitor that's causing the problem, but that's not the case either (I'm using one Iiyama and 2 LGs - it's neither a brand issue).
Any help on this issue is welcome. I do want to use the spanning option and I also do want to keep playing the older games I have that don't support the 5760x1080 resolution and only play in (single monitor) full screen.
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The whole full screen 1920 x 1080 prob is known and happens to me when I don't change the settings. I suggest u look at the WSGF for help on games that u want to get widescreen . As for eve if u want a full triple mon display just get fixed window and change the resolution as well to ur desired size.
As for your monitor flickering can't help u there , I have 3 asus monitors the exact same model and none of the issues happen
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What happens when you disconnect the other two monitors and just leave the one plugged in? Might be some kind of line interference.
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If it's line interference, than I should have it on any resolution. I have tried to turn off the 2 surround monitors but the problem remains.
@sr7olsniper - what nVidia drivers are you currently using? I tried the last and the fore last ones and those 2 give this problem on my side. According to the nVidia surround info, only resolutions need to match, and having 2 identical monitors is completely optional, and that's why I kept the old Iiyama monitor that I already had
Called my brother earlier today and he suggested to physically switch GPUs and make the EVGA the main and the ASUS the slave. Haven't tried that one yet and will do it tomorrow morning (too busy this evening)
Also worth to note that 5760x1080 uses a lot more GPU resources than 3x 1920x1080. I'm using EVE in 2 boxes, each on it's own screen and in the spanning resolution the cards are used somewhere between 65% and 95%, while using 3x 1920x1080 and playing EVE in 2 boxes, one card remains almost dormant while the other one uses only around 50% of GPU resources.
"Be water my friend" - Bruce Lee
All 3 monitors have shielded DVI-D cables. I might try 1 or 2 HDMI cables for the LG monitors (they support them) and see what'll happen then. If it's distortion, the HDMI cables should be able to kill it I guess
Other thing that just occurred to me. I'm using 'Option 1' in the above picture with on the left GPU 2 displays and on the right GPU only 1. Should I drop the 2 surround displays both to the right GPU?
Try everything you can
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Good to hear
"Be water my friend" - Bruce Lee
I would have never guessed - thanks for updating us.
Reason I posted it. Who could imagine that plugging one cable on the wrong GPU could mess things up like this
Reason I posted it. Who could imagine that plugging one cable on the wrong GPU could mess things up like this
You would think the driver would either tell you the cables are plugged in wrong, or work regardless of how you have it plugged in... at least rather than just do some strangeness.
Sound cards can do it crazy well now, labeled ports and they still have the abillity to detect sometimes, or at least change, any of the ports to pretty much anything else - so if you plug your microphone into the Left Rear Channel jack by accident, your microphone still works magically. I know sound isn't the same as video, and there are different output standards that video cards are supporting now, but still - you would think we could get there one of these days.