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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 Sunday August 21 2016, @11:03PM
Who wants to be the trendsetting queen of the assholes who starts the trend for FOUR MONITORS?
Come on bitches. You know you want FOUR.
(Score: 2) by GungnirSniper on Sunday August 21 2016, @11:50PM
Wall Street already did it, n00b.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 22 2016, @12:05AM
And yet I don't see any wannabe quants on here with four monitors at home.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 22 2016, @03:14PM
Four is a problem. Do you have two on each side, split down the middle?, that would be hard to use. Do you have two on top and two on the bottom? Two of them are going to be too high to use easily (or too low and in hitting your legs) and you have the same middle problem. Do you stack two in the middle and have one on each side? You have the same height problem you had with two on two earlier (although otherwise it would work better). Do you have one middle, one to one side and two on the other? That kind of works, but the far monitor is going to be harder, and probably little used. It would definitely be diminishing returns (and heck why not just do five at that point?)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 23 2016, @03:36AM
As with razors, six is the sweet spot: two rows of three.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 22 2016, @11:41AM
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.
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Monday August 22 2016, @06:45PM
I do, kinda.
My primary work tower has a 40" 4K Vizio screen. All other engineers around me use a couple 20" to 24" 1080P, so I've got 4 monitors, by comparison (they used to laugh, now they're in the queue to get 4K too).
Secondary work machine is a 4K 15" laptop (needed the 4K capable HDMI)
Home is a 37" 1080p (10 year old), with secondary 20" that I rarely turn on, and the living room is a 40" 1080p NUC-as-HTPC