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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: 2) by boltronics on Monday August 22 2016, @10:08AM
I have an old Intel i7-930, 24Gb RAM and an AMD 5870 Eyefinity 6 [amd.com] graphics card (which I brought on bitmit.net with Bitcoin back in the day). 6x 1920x1200 monitors, all turned on their side, positioned around my desk in a semi-circle.
That's my work machine. At home I just have a i7-6700K overclocked to 4.6GHz, 32Gb RAM, 2x M.2 Samsing Pro 950 drives, a Fury X and a single 2k BenQ XL2730Z. One day the free software amdgpu drivers will support FreeSync... one day.
It's GNU/Linux dammit!