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Triple-screen gaming setups put under the microscope, deemed an attainable luxury
Can't help salivating over gaming setups with three screens? The Tech Report knows your hunger, and aims to satiate your cravings with a detailed look at the triple-display efforts of Gigabyte's GeForce GTX 680 OC and ASUS' Radeon HD 7970 DirectCU II Top. The high-end GPUs ran Battlefield 3, Arkham City, Rage and a few other games through the wringer -- competing on temperature, game performance, noise level and more -- outputting each title in a glorious extra-wide resolution, with a few quirks on the side. The Tech Report emerged from the gauntlet reluctant to relinquish its additional displays, extolling the trial as the first "next-generation gaming experience" they've had in a while. What's this mean for you? The author sums it up nicely: "In a few short years, surround gaming has gone from being somewhat of an exotic luxury to something far more attainable." If snagging a multi-panel gaming setup is your goal, venture on to the source below where an unabridged, 11-page breakdown awaits.
Acme ships a three-screened "portable" computer
We're not sure who exactly needs a three-screened portable computer -- mobile video editors? Al Gore? -- but Acme Portable isn't about to let any segment of the market wither away, no matter how absurd: its LPG370TS "3 LCD Surround System" is a beast, with three foldout 17-inch screens and a built-in keyboard and mouse. A real step up from the bolt-on prototype we peeped back at CeBIT. The machine itself is no slouch, either, with a 2.4GHz Q6600 Core 2 Quad, dual SLI NVIDIA 8800GTX graphics cards to drive those displays, 2GB of RAM, and a 650-watt power supply. Yeah, that's portable. No word on price or availability, but something tells us it's not going to be a small number.[Via Crave]
