Back after another long absence...

Just started flying again this month and I've now installed a significant upgrade to my system. When I built this new computer earlier this year I used a Radeon 6850 video card which supports "Eyefinity" a system that lets you run multiple monitors like they are one big monitor. See below:

Originally I just bought the one screen in the middle due to budget constraints, but now I've added two identical screens to the setup. I also had to buy a Display Port to DVI adapter to run one of those screens (they don't tell you that when they sell you the video card), and had to tweak FSX a bit, including a change to one of the .CFG files that had to be done manually.

But it works! As you can see from the still image, I'm landing with the normal forward view, but now with peripheral vision as well. It's amazing how much better the experience is and how much easier it is to land when you can more accurately judge your speed, altitude, etc. due to the added visibility.

The still image does not do this justice though. I've made a short video that I'm going to attempt to upload in the next post. We'll see how this works...