Nvidia surround 3 monitor setup doesn't work

[Lanzeloot]

I've a annoying problem with my new setup.
I've bought a Gigabyte GTX 1080 and have 3 Monitors.
First of all they all work on desktop as 3 "independent" 1920x1080 px monitors but not as one 5760x1080 px.

From left to right:

• Samsung S27E330 (displayport passive -> hdmi)
  
• LG 27ea (displayport passive -> hdmi)
  
• Samsung S27E330 (displayport active -> hdmi)

In Nvidia controlpanel i can't select all 3 monitors for spanning only 2.
("Only 2 monitors could be selected")
AMDs Eyefinity worked great with RX480...

• 3x1 selected
  
• polarity is same on all (+ +)
  
• resolution 1920x1080 on all
  
• refresh rate 60 Hz on all
  
• tried DVI->HDMI adapter
  
• dp - dp - hdmi doesn't work
  
• dp - hdmi - dvi neither

Is there any possibility to get 3D surround, respectively spanning?

Greets
SirCBO

[_I_]

if the monitros are noe 3d you will not get 3d

https://www.geforce.com/hardware/technology/surround/system-requirements

for surround to work, make sure the monitors are plugged into teh correct display port connectors

[Incoming]

IIRC, I had to run the two side monitors (same Brand but different model than center monitor) on HDMI and the Center on a Display port.

You might try running your center on active and the sides on pasive.

Yes, I had alot less problems when I used to run AMD cards and Eyefinity.

[Lanzeloot]

Opprinnelig skrevet av _I_:

if the monitros are noe 3d you will not get 3d

https://www.geforce.com/hardware/technology/surround/system-requirements

for surround to work, make sure the monitors are plugged into teh correct display port connectors

I did not talk about real 3D... 3D surround stands for 3D-software like games...
They are connected correctly.

Opprinnelig skrevet av Incoming:

IIRC, I had to run the two side monitors (same Brand but different model than center monitor) on HDMI and the Center on a Display port.

You might try running your center on active and the sides on pasive.

Yes, I had alot less problems when I used to run AMD cards and Eyefinity.

Yes it's a shame for such expensive cards.. I'll try with active adapter switched.

I found another hint for a problem with the drivers. I'll try a rollback to version 391.24 tomorrow or later and give feedback.

[Lanzeloot]

Allright with 391.24 it's working perfectly.
But this can't be a solution.. I hope they fix it soon.

[John Doe]

Yes, EyeFinity is known to be more forgiving. But really, if anything these kind of setups end up in more PITA than in enjoyment. That's the reason why they aren't being done as much as they used to be back in like 2011. Bezel adjustments, support problems, etc... frankly, I'd just get rid of them and get one big good monitor. I was down MediaMarkt the other day and there was a big 43 inch Viewsonic 4k IPS a guy was sitting in front of and fiddling with. Looked nice.

[Lanzeloot]

Yeah, you're right, but i use the 3 monitor setup not only for gaming.
I am multitasking with them and "can't" use just one big monitor anymore.
I like the possibility to use all 3 monitors for games like Project Cars 2 (which ironically supports 3 monitors from native without setting up nv surround or eyefinity) and other games like Borderlands or GTA V which profit from this setup for peripheral view in my opinion.
For more immersion i'll use the HTC Vive anyway..

But for now i've to use the old NV drivers and can only give this solution to others with the same problem.

http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/131974/en-us
Geforce Game Ready Driver 391.24
Windows 10 - 64bit
443.25 mb
English US

[alexaka1]

Opprinnelig skrevet av SirCBO:

Allright with 391.24 it's working perfectly.
But this can't be a solution.. I hope they fix it soon.

For my 1000m series laptop it works with 398.11 (but not with 'current' 398.36 (Crew 2)).

This is beyond stupid. How can a feature like this just break and not get resolved? Now I've lost the incentive to update my driver, because I want to use surround with 2+ monitors.