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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: 2) by opinionated_science on Sunday August 21 2016, @09:16PM

    by opinionated_science (4031) on Sunday August 21 2016, @09:16PM (#391242)

    Debian Jessie, 2xGTX 980 , 256GB ram - 3 monitors - HP LP3065 (2560x1600) - ASUS PB287Q (3840x2160), and generic ACER (on IPMI VGA port).

    KDE4 plasma desktop, with ASUS on left, HP in middle, and task bar assigned to HP. The top of the HP is aligned with top of ASUS, making full 6400x1600 desktop. Since bottom 3840x560 is sub menu, a good place to put panels of other stuff.

    Best applications on desktop - kdeconnect, phone can be out of sight/room and you can still see stuff on it. Also a shout out to redshift (critical to keep monitors viewable for long times), clementine (my favourite Amarok replacement) , Pidgin OTR and Gpodder.

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  • (Score: 2) by julian on Sunday August 21 2016, @09:57PM

    by julian (6003) on Sunday August 21 2016, @09:57PM (#391271)

    256GB of RAM? Are you using a server motherboard?

    • (Score: 2) by opinionated_science on Sunday August 21 2016, @10:13PM

      by opinionated_science (4031) on Sunday August 21 2016, @10:13PM (#391276)

      Yes, H8DG6, over clocked a bit. Molecular modelling.

      My next WS will definitely have at least 256GB of memory, it makes everything sooooooo fast ;-)