Multi-monitors?

[yacob.naif 10+ year member]

After christmas, when the prices go down a bit, i'm wanting to do a new computer configuration with matching 19" lcd's.

Which of these 3 different orientations would you go with?

the classic 3-monitor horizontal. it's tried and true, i've personally done it before and loved it, albeit with 3 completely mismatched crt monitors, that all had different sizes/refreshes/resolutions and caused one hell of a headache.....

4-monitor horizontal.. at first it seems like a great idea, because it's the huge horizontal workspace of the 3-monitor horizontal, but with a bonus 4th monitor..... it will require actual head turning to see all 4 monitors, it's an AWFUL long way to move the cursor to get from the far left to the far right, and you lose having a 'center' monitor for the main desktop. Plus it's pretty much useless for games/movies, cause you'd have to completely disfigure the picture to make it fit

the quad-screen 2x2 setup.... doesn't even have as much horizontal workspace as the 3-screen setup, and would be awful tall on my desk, but after the work is done, it's be AWESOME for games, and watching tv/movies, since it's esentially a huge 40" square screen so movies could span all 4.......

what do you guys think? i asked this on a computer forum, but they're too busy playing WoW or something to give me any thoughts.

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[dvrmstrng 5,000+ posts]

3 across seems to be the best bet...cant go wrong

 

[yacob.naif 10+ year member]

ya, that was my original plan, but the video card i'm getting can do 4 monitors, so i've just been playing with the idea of getting a 4th to take full advantage

 

[faulkton 5,000+ posts]

three across..

i used to have dual 21" trinitrons and it was sweet...i doubt your going to be watching movies or playing games with 4.. that would ****.

 

[brandontw 10+ year member]

just go with the three across. that 2x2 would be awkward...seems like a reipe for a sore neck. and 4 wide? do you have a desk that big? i guess go for it is you think youll use it, but im plenty happy with dual monitors.

 

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

do a full circle around you like an omni theatre

 

[bballrrt06 10+ year member]

it would probably be cheaper to buy multiple monitors sepearatly

 

[tEh koRnDog 5,000+ posts]

im just wonderin, im guessing the multi monitor setup is for gaming? or am i wrong?

 

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

im just wonderin, im guessing the multi monitor setup is for gaming? or am i wrong?

editing, gamin, looking at multiple browsers, just get more space get my drift //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/naughty.gif.94359f346c0f1259df8038d60b41863e.gif

 

[tEh koRnDog 5,000+ posts]

editing, gamin, looking at multiple browsers, just get more space get my drift //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/naughty.gif.94359f346c0f1259df8038d60b41863e.gif

yea i get your drift lol

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

more room for ****? is that what you're goin for? lol

 

[bballrrt06 10+ year member]

eh, not alot of games have multi monitor support

 

[ssj2xxgotenxx 10+ year member]

Only bussiness people, artist, and extreme pr0ngraphic viewers can truly justify having multiple monitors.

 

[bballrrt06 10+ year member]

do video editors fall into one of those categories?

 

[SocMunky 10+ year member]

I say go for the 3. Better for watching movies and tv then 4, as you have the center display, and better than the 4square *UNLESS* and thats a big unless, you can find 4 monitors with a reeeeeeeeeeeeeallllllly thin casing, otherwise having a big black cross in the middle of your screen is gonna drive ya nuts. At work they have a 4 screen display like you showed, in the ops/monitoring room, and for work its ok, but I can't imagine gaming or watching anything on it as is. But if it were a thin casing, that'd own.