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It's been a while since we ran a story about some facet of people's home computer systems and I got to wondering what kind of monitor setup other Soylentils have at home. (If you have multiple systems, feel free to enumerate each setup.)
For example, I run Win 7 Pro on a Dell laptop which has a Mobile Intel Core 2 P8700 Duo processor and which sports NVIDIA Quadro NVS 160M graphics. Instead of using the built-in laptop display, I have a several-year-old Gateway monitor with 1920x1200 resolution @ 59Hz and 32-bit color. I do not do any gaming, so I don't need the latest graphic card/monitor.
Some time down the road, though, I'd like to get a new computer and am thinking about a multi-monitor setup. I'd like at least 1920x1200 across 3 screens, though I'd not mind it if I could afford 3 x 4K screens. I'd like it to be compatible with some flavor of Linux or *BSD, preferably without systemd. Does anyone here have experience with that kind of setup? What OS do you use? What graphics card? What monitors and resolutions do you run?
I know there are some gamers on the site, as well. Here's a chance to brag a bit about your rig!
And, of course, please share any horror stories and/or triumphs, too!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 22 2016, @12:32AM
At one time I had a Mac Pro (running fedora) with three side-by-side portrait-mode 1600x1200 screens angled so that I'd be looking perpendicularly at each one as I turned my head from one side to the other.
Right now, I have a single 4k 32" screen, which btw has more total pixels than my three-monitor setup used to have...
Ultimately, I'd like a curved 40" screen, like some of those samsung curved 4k TVs. Problem is, I tried to use one as a monitor, and it won't go into power-save when dpmi turns off the signal from the video card, at least not for a long 20-30 minutes. Then, once it's "off", I needed to work the remote or push a button on the TV to wake it back up again, wiggling the mouse wasn't enough.
Once one of those 4k curved TVs would start working with dpmi, and if the ever made a matte (hate glossy with a passion) version, i'd finally have the last screen setup I ever needed. Wonder if anyone will ever make a real 40" 4k *monitor* (I think using them as TVs is stupid, don't see the point really).
Anyhow, my anonymous $0.02 (have an account, cant be bothered to use it, so there)...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 22 2016, @08:47AM
A 40 or 35-inch 4k curved monitor is my ideal too - but OLED and with FreeSync. I fancy one of the LG ones - tighter curves than Samsung.
At work, I got 3 x 22" at work (my little HP EliteDesk has 2xHDMI-out and 1 VGA-out).
At home, my desktop is a 24" Dell centered (landscape) and 30" off to the side (in portrait). The 30" was a bit too close.