Coming from a single 34" widescreen, I literally just picked up 3 X LG 24" (24MP68VQ) IPS monitors. The trouble I found with a single widescreen, splitting the viewing area, my browser on the right side of the screen, other stuff on the left I found visually distracting. I also own a 23" version of the LG which for the money is great, very sharp.
The other factor, I always wanted a three screen set up for years, it was a gamble especially when reading border and incompatibility issues. Its one of those things I had to try and find out for myself. The three monitors turned up last week and to be honest having spent the best part of yesterday faffing about with mounting, I really started to question my decision.
It turns out that I am delighted with my screens, out of three, one has a small patch of backlight bleed. However, when mounted (its the right hand side screen) its no where near as noticeable. Image consistency across all three is brilliant, sitting facing the screens I have no issues whatsoever. Daily use and having Spotify on one screen, browser on centre and say, Netflix on the third just works for me. Today is the first time playing games and driving sims alone, it adds an whole new level of immersion. I don't play the latest and greatest (Race 07, Experience and Automobilista) and I hope to avoid a huge frame hit, so far I have not noticed a massive hit in performance with a 1070 card. From an FPS perspective, I tend to game on TF2 and Arma 2/3.
For AAA titles or resource heavy games, I will revert to playing on a single screen.
Fired up Automobilista and it works brilliantly. With reference to borders, it may be the Honeymoon period but I have yet to find it an annoyance and never noticed when driving. From a situational and immersion perspective I am finding 3 screens awesome.
