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What is your Video / Monitor Setup?

posted by janrinok on Sunday August 21 2016, @09:02PM   Printer-friendly
from the over-to-you dept.

martyb writes:

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!

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 22 2016, @11:41AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 22 2016, @11:41AM (#391569)

    yup, dev machine : 4 x Dell 2408, rotated 90 running from a custom thin client running an nvidia quadro NVS450. VDIs into main server (8 core Dell r410, 32G ram), XenServer with several VMs.
    Games machine : connected to Epson TW6010 3D projector (1920x1080), and just recently added an HTC Vive. Swap to ancillary 32" sony tv as the monitor when I'm in VR as I'm usually stood inbetween the projector and screen.