Triple Monitor Recommendation

Deetem

Deetem

Deetem

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Hi all,

Looking for a bit of advice and would appreciate any help.

Basically i'm looking for three monitors for work purposes, mainly running spreadsheets/outlook/lot's of browsers etc. so nothing to intensive.

I have purchased a Matrox TripleHead2Go Digitial Edition (DVI) unit as I'd like the flexibility to switch between laptop/desktop.

The three key factors i'm looking for in the monitors are:

  1. Cost Effective (Max £150 each)
  2. Decent Brand (doens't have to be the best) Iiyama etc. With min. 3 year warranty
  3. Slim-ish Bezel

In terms of Screen Size I'd like something between 19"-24" - the Matrox website lists supported resoloutions as "Supports a maximum resolution of 3840x1200 (2x 1920x1200) or 5040x1050 (3x 1680x1050)" Would be great to have all three monitors with a res. of 1920x1200 so i could use two with the higher res (1920x1200) as and when needed and then switch to 3 @ 1680x1050 when running three makes more sense, however not sure if it's possible to get monitors that run and 1920x1200 & 1680x1050 due to aspect ratio's etc.

Thanks in advance for any help!

D
 
Also, can anyone confirm if the Iiyama ProLite E2210HDS will do 1680x1050 - The highest res. is 1920x1080 but not sure what other res's it supports under that.
 
Deetem said:
Also, can anyone confirm if the Iiyama ProLite E2210HDS will do 1680x1050 - The highest res. is 1920x1080 but not sure what other res's it supports under that.
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It will do lower resolutions certainly, but as with all TFT screens, will look pretty poor when running at sub-native resolutions.

An ATI eyefinity card might be a better option than THtG - you will have no restriction as to maximum resolution then.
 
When I was looking at TH2Go native res is 1280 x 1024 @ 60hz. If you plan on keeping the TH2Go, then I would source 19" monitors of this resolution.

I'm running 4 x 19" AG Neovo glass front monitors (incidentally on 2 Nvidia cards). Personally I like glass fronted monitors, however these are expensive. I have been collecting them cheap over last 3 years, if repeating today would go 3 x 22" however.

If not for your TH2Go I would advise you go 3 x 22" wide, but your limited by the TH2Go res.
 
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