Flight Sim X Multi Monitor Tutorial Video (Up to 8 Monitors!!)

In this video I'm teaching you how to run Flight Simulator X on multiple monitors. I show you how to run it on a maximum of 8 monitors, crazy, right? Need more help to configure FSX on multiple screens? comment below.
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[@jackiegundam]

"joystick is an optional feature" LOL

[@MrToddsCorner]

Amazing how some people just have negative things to say. While I don't have eight monitors, this got me set up with 3 and playing the game again. Thanks for the tutorial.

[@pc24retv]

This is the best explanatory video I have ever seen. Thanks for doing this.

[@spontaneousorder5670]

Great explanation. I have tried a few times to get my 3 monitors setup properly, and thanks to you, I have. Just in time for FS 2020!

[@K9Trixx]

Thank you for this video. I couldnt get my multimonitor set up to work, and havent used it in years. Going to give it another go

[@gibbinator2740]

Thank you so much for this video! You explain it so well!

[@SOUZAELS]

amazing my friend, nice tutorial...i discovered some years ago this method, but until now i had no saw any explanation about.....nice flights

[@bretthallas1261]

Thanks mate. A great tutorial, explained very well with excellent results for someone like me who is new to multi-screen.

[@NimijnebEkttok]

Great video and easy to understand tutorial! Thank you!

[@simoncardinal5116]

Thank you very mutch,very,very helpful.Your presentation is clear and easy to follow.

[@christopherduncan803]

How do you save the layout between sessions? Everytime the sim resets from a crash everything disappears and resets to a single monitor.

[@miguel3h]

The best explanation I've seen in youtube (y)

[@tedheubach1]

Well done..! I like the way you kept concentrated on the main things (others start a sentence, (comma) insert what the nephew did, (comma) insert what they did to the last monitors, (comma) explained why the cable adapter is expensive.... WHAT ???

[@falcon759]

I've never understood the attraction to this kind of setup because you have all those bezel edges interrupting the image. Seems like the best solution aside from using projectors is to get a large ultra-wide curved monitor.

[@crapvideos147]

Your tutorial was awesome! Thank you so much.

[@princelawal2672]

your setup is great and i love it am on my project now making a full scale cockpit desk and your video had just help me in many ways , but how can i save this screen setup so that if i open fsx once it open all screen as saved

[@amalgozali9723]

Just started playing this game. This video is useful.

[@glennhandschoen2112]

8 monitor wallpaper would be amazing!

[@omarsoufan4877]

It's very helpful... thanks for your effort

[@riyaan1993]

thanks for the demo.. i have just setup a 3 monitor setup for my managers home, his son is gonna use this simulator.. however, when i start the game, 2 of the monitors are blacked out, theres nothing i can do..but..u just showed me ur trick, which am gonna try tomorrow again..i just hope this solves the issue.. thanks again

[@daleghancock]

Matt... once we are set up, how do you save after each flight so that the monitor configuration stays the same the next time you play this flight?

[@vipannath4095]

Computer Planet: Good job on the explanation on setting up multiple monitors for FSX Steam. The only problem I see is that the center of runway should be in line with Captain's sitting position either using the Yoke or Stick on AB's. Another thing is I cannot use EZDOK on your setup.

[@user295295]

It looks very nice. It reminds me of the commercial flight simulators that the airlines use.

[@meme_engineering4521]

This is so cool

[@Talas99]

DUDE *JUST BUY A PLANE*

[@Mag0Lag]

I fly a plane; FSX is a cheap way to try out other aircraft.

[@washx2k755]

Flying plane is bad for our economy

[@Dovewing11]

or buy 8 20$ monitors

[@lalchandra4590]

Plane need fuel. This needs electricity. Much cheaper than ATF.

[@imashaman-ei9ie]

@@lalchandra4590 VR !!! he's using unnecessary pixel while he's never look at them at once

[@Eman0130]

Love the setup, and your vid, is the easiest tutorial, I've found. Thank you so much for that. Did have a question. Once I do get it all set up. When I move my "HAT" view, to look around, only my main monitor moves, is this correct? Also, is there a way to save the setup, or do you have to duplicate monitors, and all that, every time I get on? Thanks again!!!

[@naijapilotxmax6006]

Nice one bro :) I would have love to see you use 3 monitors for the display

[@MrLegantWong]

thank you so much !

[@quincyanderson584]

So helpfullllll!!!!!!! Thanks so much!!!!!!!!!

[@Roxhide]

Wow i don't have 8 monitors but its good to know how to setup games on multiple monitors Liked.

[@omarsoufan2265]

i loved you explanation, your way is terrific.

[@KhanhHNVu]

Thank you!!!

[@brickbizarre]

Hey! We really appreciate your video! We just set up MS Flight Sim X Steam Version on Windows 10 with three nice curved monitors, and your instruction helped us immensely. The program sure looks great when it's set up right. Thank you so much!

[@bencevolgyi7006]

Thanks a lot!

[@Ben-nq8hm]

thx soo much it is reaaly good

[@Elioncars]

Thank you

[@mophead7806]

cool video,I just subscribed

[@cherfblessedman5259]

Thanks for sharing this very informative video. My question is how do you setup for three monitors for new Microsoft FS 2020 please?

[@Video-tipsTv]

THANKS!!!

[@knightshadow1894]

Great tutorial, which monitors did you have in this vid and which DXRACER chair do you have. Thanks again for the great tutorial. Mike

[@LJ-fr8so]

Thanks!

[@matthewthecoffeeguy]

You can use the NVIDIA Control Panel (right click desktop) and you can set up 'Surround' which merges multiple monitors together, thus resulting in a game playable on 7 monitors without the hassle of setting up more views every time you start the game.

[@thomaslp5423]

The problem is that the FOV is not correct in FSX. In the config file you need to change wide field of view to true and than it can work.

[@davidwilkinson4969]

Which '.cfg' file is that Thomas?

[@thomaslp5423]

@@davidwilkinson4969 Hi you can find the file in this path: "C:\User\Thomas\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\FSX". You find now in this directory the file "fsx.CFG". Now open the file with the Editor and then you should see in the 50.row "WideViewAspect=False" set that to "WideViewAspect=True". I used the FSX SE but it should also work with the normal FSX. And now you can use 3 Monitors ore more! (I have "only" 3 Monitors)

[@davidwilkinson4969]

Thanks for such a swift reply. As a result of following up on Matt's comment I have just now set up 7 monitors that give me about 270° of view. It has taken me about 7 hours of reading and trying different combinations based on the various limitations of my system and of FSX that I discovered as I went along. Now I have finished up with 4 monitors linked with "Surround" and three more separate monitors. There has been a lot of time spent trying to line up the views in the monitors but I have arrived at an arrangement that will be OK while I learn about other stuff like connecting my DIY controls and switches and getting a second PC networked for the Instrument Panel. I also tried your idea - finding the '.cfg' file as directed and altering the line relating to WideViewAspect. I didn't notice any difference. What was it supposed to do?

[@thomaslp5423]

@@davidwilkinson4969 My problem with 3 monitors was that I only could see the hud in the fa18 and from the left to the right monitors was it like one monitor. Now with the changed "WideViewAspect=True" I can see on the monitor in the middle the instruments and the hud (like one monitor) and the monitors on the left and right they add more view. If you want could you message me on Instagram @Thomas_HD71. Then I can send you two pictures so you can see it what it does.

[@slmst39]

That’s awesome

[@morgan8811]

HNNNNNNG THIS WAS NICE VIDEO MATTHEW XPERIPHERAL AND YOU CRASHED, PLEASE TAKE ME FLYING FRIEND

[@NadsNoodles]

How come the razer chroma X keyboard isn't available on your website I'm thinking about getting a pc soon from you and I would like to get that keyboard with the computer And great video keep up the good work 😉

[@adelaideboeing737project4]

Cool video. Got a question. Once all monitors are setup do you run Full screen mode? ALT ENTER?

[@sobolevm6024]

Amazing🎉🎉 ❤❤❤❤

[@alexcavallucci9958]

Lol running sli in 2021 is just a dream can't get a hold of any decently powered cards for new flight sim

[@carlosguzman972]

why not just use the ocules rift or trinus Vr?

[@PearsonSpottingHD]

Once you setup the 3 monitors for FSX for the first time, when you exit Flight Simulator and re start it later on, will you have to adjust the cockpit views again to line it up with the screens properly, or will it just be saved from last time?

[@davidwilkinson4969]

Yes it will save if, as you save the flight, you select the checkbox that makes it your 'Default Flight'.

[@ChandlerJC]

Time to update this with a couple of Samasung G9 ultrawide monitors and the new flight simulator

[@RonaldvanHoove]

That was very helpful, thx. Only one problem: I do not have the View option to select Left side and Right side window. There is only the option Left wing and Right wing, but these are views from the outside of the plane. Can you help me on this? Thx.

[@HellBoundDeadman]

I need to get a setup like that

[@VictorHenrique17]

Great video !! Do I need to set up every time I play FSX ?

[@jimklock1956]

Great Tutorial. However, when you reach the point where you are in free flight in FSX, pause the flight and then pull of the view menu. You have a option called "new view" on your menu that is missing on mine. Any suggestions?

[@kqballer]

thanks for vide. Are those running on separate video cards?

[@masjter]

you get a thumbs up from me man....

[@hometooflyer2418]

As mentioned earlier: There is no point in having a view of the wings half way back down the fuselage from the position of a passenger.

[@ronaldtoast]

Hi! my question is there any way to save the setting? instead of doing the same thing all over again for each flight

[@sticky4225]

right cliikc and open the white bar on the top where it says flight, aircraft ect. hit the tab that says flight and click save flight, that should save all the sings you set up and when you want to play, you just load up the flight where all this is saved

[@coolcamtv4923]

Lol this was amazing

[@magocharlie2718]

i need help because when i move the mouse pressing spacebar my camera tilts, so i cant configure the cockpit

[@baratianvandal2104]

4:30 thats where he gets to configuring just flight sim if you’ve already configured your moniters

[@la9482]

What tower are you using for this SIM? Im trying to build mine now and I have 3 monitors and one 32IN HDMI TV for my front view. What is the tower and the cables that are needed? Thank you

[@luftbilderhd]

If you use two identical graphic cards, so you'll need a motherboard with two 16x PCIe slots?

[@johnsluts100]

very nice video indeed thanks for sharing, and yes I have a question , I only have 2 monitors, I will cal it as A (left)and B (right) , I use B as a main screen, so I open a program on B monitor which is right , so I drag the new open program to the A screen which is left, but I need to drag it to the right , so my question is how can I drag a program from A to B instead of to the right but I want to drag it to the left. as the A screen is situated on my left. thanks

[@ronaldtoast]

like the video, identify and arrange the monitors in the display setting

[@Dichuz91]

@7:40 clearly this guy thinks that pilots sit in the center of the cockpit

[@waseemshaukat1643]

He just mixed up fighter jet cockpit with commercial jet cockpit

[@tarantulex1]

Hey, are you using crossfire/sli? When I activate it in mine, I can only use the outputs of the 1st card!

[@hometooflyer2418]

7:40 A pilot does not sit straddling the centre console, so he wouldn't have the cockpit centre frame right in front of his view! :-) 9:13

[@MrJetra]

Is this the same way to extract MCP displays (PFD, ND, EICAS, CDU) into separate screens in a cockpit simulator (build as a real cockpit)? Or can it be extracted through FSUIPC or other FSX interfaces?

[@rcmodellflug4126]

nice

[@joescheri5037]

I'm using 3 monitors but I was wandering if the was a way to freeze the views some how so I could click around the cockpit

[@henson2k]

As soon as I undock any window in FSX (even FMC one) and move to another monitor FPS drops from 30-50 to 1-2 fps!

[@Z103_jayson]

how well will a game like the division or games like cod or portal 2 work on multiple monitors

[@786free1]

Hi, i tried doing this on my fsx with dual monitors but i cannot get the images lined up and i get two runm ways instead of one. How can i get the pilot's view on the left monitor and the passenger's front view on the right monitor but both looking at one runway?

[@poly_hexamethyl]

5:33 It loaded ultra-fast, only a second or two! Mine takes much longer, even with a SSD. What sort of disks do you use to get that transfer rate? Some kind of RAID?

[@asniperx]

Hi will this work if I have 2 different connection hdmi and a normal monitor lead.

[@manojkannettil3273]

Hi, is it possible to fix an instrument panel into a monitor permanently, so that every time I start my MSFS I don’t have to drag and fix it in the respective monitors

[@JoshCartman]

I'd like to see this with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020

[@ksp1278]

good luck. it only supports a single screen, and even then the framerate isn't very high unless you have a very decent rig and will only get worse if you add more screens.

[@madbrit5053]

I know this was made a while ago, but my system plays fine with 3 monitors, bought 3 more the same and FSX wont start with them, I have to disable 3, start the game, then enable the other monitors and it works great, any reaSON YOU CAN THINK OF mY SYSTEM IS aSUSz170 PRO GAMING mb, Intel I7 6700 CPU, 32gb DDR4 RAM, 2X gtx970 graphics cards 1000w Power supply

[@EllyTaliesinBingle]

Can't figure out how to do this in the new flight simulator. :/ There are workarounds for a triple display okay, but having a top or bottom display (your number 5 monitor) for your 6 pack instruments... that's what I really want. Can't figure out how to do that in MSFS 2020.

[@mophead7806]

the load time of fsx was less than 2 sec.. oh my god

[@Extatic]

I have 3 monitors and I've always wanted to do this but I did it such a complicated way I gave up. This is simple X 99999

[@aboveaverageengineer3001]

Would X plane work the same?

[@embrj1453]

Looks great but in reality i pilot doesn't see the wings on a airliner...

[@hornos27hotmailcom]

Work also with X-PLANE 11 ???

[@708mrmike]

Thanks, really helpful, ..I wonder if you can help I'm trying to set up all my saitek controls as I have bought all the display panels but some are not lighting up Mat when all connected at once, it's as if my laptop can't handle the power output with them all together but works with them a few at a time, .....does it need a desktop to power them ?but I bought my laptop for this its got all the top specks, and I seen on a saitek tutorial on KZbin them using a laptop connected to the controls panels all working to a large screen with all the controls panels lit up and working fine, please can you tell me what I'm doing wrong as I'm a cave man when it comes to this stuff, I'm hoping it's something simple, please can you help Mat?

[@samikhalloufi1530]

Try a powered USB hub

[@spitfire4sergi]

once i actually try loading the free flight, crashes. only using 2 monitors. I'll turn off the second one, start the free flight (won't crash on just one), enable the second one, but can't drag any undocked windows (I use the 2d panels). Any suggestions? I might just bite the bullet and go back to good ol' FS9...

[@Zaidgoku]

Did you use nvidia surround ??

[@aztecwarrior1421]

I am not a computer garu, so please excuse my question. Can you use a T.V in lieu of computer monitors? If so , what type of t.v?

[@contraxlit]

How you connect all those monitors to the electricity? Do you have Big No Break or Big Surge Suppresor? Im trying to find a video for see how all of you connect all your stuff to the light.

[@davidwilkinson4969]

I'm running 8 monitors and two PC's with yoke & rudder pedals etc off one power point without any problems

[@code3tv726]

So, So and So many So’s! I lost count of the “so’s” once I hit 4387 “SO’s!” Breathe and stop the “So’s.” It ruins the hard work you e done which is SO dearly appreciated. SO THANKS 👍

[@poly_hexamethyl]

Wow, I didn't know you can install more than one GPU. Makes me want to buy a second one! Is there anything special you have to do to get that to work, or do all your screens (from both GPUs) just automatically appear in Windows, just like they did for you when you checked the arrangement? 3:06

[@ksp1278]

You can install more than one GPU. It used to be that you could "SLI" them, which means have them work together to render the image (But now that's considered obsolete). Basically SLI is making it potentially twice as powerful by having the cards work together, but in reality it's less than that. However if you do that, you can only use the outputs from one of the graphics cards. The other alternative is to have two graphics cards that are not configured as "SLI" and so you can use all of the video outputs (as shown in this video) but actually only the primary graphics card will be doing the 3D rendering. The other card is simply displaying output, so can actually be a much less powerful card and it won't affect anything. Due to the fact only one card is rendering 8 screens though you will find that even on FSX you will need to turn down settings to get a good framerate. On newer flight sims I think the most screens you will manage on a single GPU would be 3. Flight sim 2020 currently doesn't even support multiple monitors, so you are stuck with 1 screen.

[@smokey7774]

Team I have been playing FSX since it first launched ...only using 1 monitor desktop PC. I just recently purchased 2 more monitors to get that 3 monitor visual experience... However, on the PC I only have 2- HDMI ports and 1-VGA... I consulted with BEST BUY SME which informed me to use a 4-way HDMI splitter in case of purchasing a 4th monitor in the future... SITUATION: connected 1-HDMI cable from 1 of 2 PC ports INTO the splitter....then connected from splitter to all 3 monitors.... All 3 monitors are duplicating...sucks!! I open the PCS setting view and it doesn't identify or detect 3 different monitors... I unplugged the splitter and just used 2 separate HDMI cords from the 2 HDMI ports on the PC to the monitors... Follow the instructions and everything works great just for the two monitors however I need a total of 3 monitors to work with. Definitely could use some help with this

[@p51cMustangFUYTGIVEMEBACK]

one of my monitors always turns black also it seems that it automaticl changes always to my small monitor which is a pain

[@harrykenrick2596]

How do you save the set up on fsx

[@jamespolyefko7891]

Windows 10 Dual Monitors FS2020 (not Steam). AMD RX580. 75hz 1920X1080 on both. I would select the FS2020 icon and it would open and I play the game. Both screens stayed in their proper format,. A couple weeks ago everything went CRAZY!. Main Monitor Dell 27" and second screen a LG 24" via HDMI Display cable on my Dell 5675 version 1703 RYzen 7-1700. Last week I hit the icon to open FS2020. It threw all my icons to the second screen and changed the monitors to 3840X1080 on the second screen and the game started on my primary screen. Display setting now do not even show my primary and it only shows the secondary. When I stop playing the game my primary is just mirroring and secondary monitor. Ive tried everything. My Primary only come back if I unplug and shutdown the secondary. I plug it back in and it takes over again. Ive lost dual monitor functions.

[@hometooflyer2418]

It could be your graphics card software (AMD Radeon?) putting you in game mode.

[@maciejspike8603]

Hi, I've got question about monitors? Do they need to be exact the same? Brand, producer etc?

[@applesauce_0743]

no they do not have to be, just better that way so they look symmetrical

[@IrishBog]

Do you need to connect each monitor to the graphics cards? Can you not somehow use a DisplayLink and connect that to the graphics card ??

[@samikhalloufi1530]

Multi screen transport using one displayport

[@maskystudio9193]

what gpu u use

[@JADELAC]

isnt it posible to select a resolution that covers the three monitors so not to drop the performance with multiple "new views" ????