Dual Monitor question/suggestion

Lim3y · 7 Jan 2009 at 09:12

Currently running E6600 4gig RAM and 8800 GT. Looking at a dual monitor setup. Wondering what monitors/res the computer will cope with comfortably.

Possibly looking at 2 22" 2233's but heard the 2253's are actually much better screens?

Any info would be helpful.

Typhoon · 7 Jan 2009 at 12:29

Yes your computer will run any dual monitors you through at it. You coould probably game on dual 22" at native with some of the detail turned off. No problem at all for Windows work.

Lim3y · 8 Jan 2009 at 13:57

Looking at the samsung.

Anyone know why the Samsung SM2243BW seems to be more expensive than the 2233BW everywhere? ,except for the 23" which i dont want

adamibbo · 8 Jan 2009 at 16:13

Lim3y said:
Currently running E6600 4gig RAM and 8800 GT. Looking at a dual monitor setup. Wondering what monitors/res the computer will cope with comfortably.

Possibly looking at 2 22" 2233's but heard the 2253's are actually much better screens?

Any info would be helpful.

im actually thinking about going dual screen so was wondering what two monitors 22" to get

Merlinbadman · 8 Jan 2009 at 16:28

As said use any two monitors you want. I have been using dual monitors for the last five ish years and couldnt live without them, luckily I have duals at work as well.

In my experience I have never seen any performance hit from using two monitors, assuming you are only gaming on one of them an use the other for TS/Ventrillo/MSN etc.

Furthermore UltraMon is a must for multi-monitor setups.

adamibbo · 8 Jan 2009 at 16:33

Merlinbadman said:
As said use any two monitors you want. I have been using dual monitors for the last five ish years and couldnt live without them, luckily I have duals at work as well.

In my experience I have never seen any performance hit from using two monitors, assuming you are only gaming on one of them an use the other for TS/Ventrillo/MSN etc.

Furthermore UltraMon is a must for multi-monitor setups.

what does the ultramon do mate

miniyazz · 8 Jan 2009 at 22:58

adamibbo said:
what does the ultramon do mate

All sorts actually, couldn't live without it on my (three monitor) setup. Main thing is it extends the windows taskbar across all your monitors, you can have all windows showing on each taskbar or just the ones that are open on that particular screen. Other things I use include a switch window button/shortcut key, so it automatically moves a window to a different monitor when you press it, and occasionally a stretch window button, spreads your app over all monitors. Useful for task manager, when the wider your screen the further back in history you can see network usage/RAM/CPU usage.

Lim3y · 9 Jan 2009 at 13:35

Can someone tell me if the SM2233 has an actual gloss finish on the screen itself?

Phil2008 · 9 Jan 2009 at 14:13

Do you need 2 graphic cards to run 3+ monitors?

Flossie · 9 Jan 2009 at 14:48

Phil2008 said:
Do you need 2 graphic cards to run 3+ monitors?

Either two cards (n.b. NOT configured for Crossfire / SLI - that's just for speed on a single output); or use one or two Matrox Dual/Triple Head To Go to split your outputs (it pretends to be a super-wide monitor). These cost as much as a second graphics card, though!