I was trying to get 3 monitors off one card for my own desk (2 x 1920x1080 panels and an HP 22") but I got a passive DP adaptor by accident. So I then went hunting around for other adaptors and found a PciE x2 VGA card with a dual head on it and stuck that in as well. Then I went searching round the office for monitors ...
With the internal card as well (HP 6200) I now had 7 monitors available and no desk space left! 7 is just a strange number of monitors, I managed almost 10,000 pixels across, but also discovered the limitations of built in single line display ordering. I'm now down to 4 again - until the next time. I have them setup as 3 for work plus one for status monitoring at the end (much smaller screen) Keep an eye on performance as every so often Aero turns off due to performance. I only have 8Gb Ram on the desktop and with 2-3Gb of video memory and the shadowing with real memory is probably what is causing it. Mike From: James Kerr [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 31 August 2011 21:04 To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT - Triple Monitor Setup If I was to have 3 24" monitors I would make one of them be above the other two. I have dual 23" now and one is almost directly in front of me slightly to my left and I struggle to see stuff to the far right on the second monitor and I have decent vision. I run 1920x1080. I was thinking about running two 27" but when I looked at a 27" and imagined a second one I figured I would need binoculars to see the outer edges of the screen to my right. James On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Joseph Heaton <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: your desk is waaay too clean. >>> Webster <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> 8/31/2011 >>> 11:10 AM >>> Here is mine: [cid:[email protected]]<mailto:[cid:[email protected]]> HP L2405w in Portrait mode (for Word) Dell UltraSharp U2410 24-inch Widescreen Qty 2 nVidia GeForce 9800 GTX+ video card Qty 2 I can add a 4th monitor but my desk isn't wide enough. Carl Webster Consultant and Citrix Technology Professional http://www.CarlWebster.com<http://www.carlwebster.com/> From: Mark Smith [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 12:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT - Triple Monitor Setup Hello Everyone, I'm looking into building a new PC for my home office and I'm contemplating a triple monitor setup. I would like to have a single desktop across 3 monitors (probably 24"). That way I could have an RDP session to my lab on 1, create/edit docs on the 2nd and surf/email/media on the 3rd. May also be used for some gaming by my son. looking for advice, recommendations, etc. on the video card/ monitors setup more so than the rest of the PC. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
