Post your expensive multi-screen gaming setups

[Limited]

Still, would you rather have that, or 3 separate monitors?

Good point. I'd rather have that 150inch screen they showed at CES :P

[JunkfoodMan]

My dual monitor setup is inferior.

[flibitijibibo]

I was thinking about a dual monitor setup, but this question kept me from it: How does it work with an FPS? Would the crosshair be stuck between them?

[JunkfoodMan]

I was thinking about a dual monitor setup, but this question kept me from it: How does it work with an FPS? Would the crosshair be stuck between them?

Yes it is. And you'd find yourself running into plenty of walls.

[InnerGoat]

I was thinking about a dual monitor setup, but this question kept me from it: How does it work with an FPS? Would the crosshair be stuck between them?

That's why you game on one screen, and throw mIRC or whatever else you want on the other.

[flibitijibibo]

That's why you game on one screen, and throw mIRC or whatever else you want on the other.

Yup, that's what I do with WoW and #modacity.

[CN3089]

That's why you game on one screen, and throw mIRC or whatever else you want on the other.

quotin this cuz i'm down

[InnerGoat]

My dual monitor setup is inferior.

whoops sorry about the bump I didn't see the date

[Bodzilla]

not a fan of tri and dual screens tbh.

if i ever went that way i'd look at soemthing like that alienware screen (if it becomes available)

same reason i wouldnt get a 30inch screen, theres just that much going on. peripheral can be nice but paying an extra 800 for it, not to mention the desk space isnt for me.

[dg]

Once you go dual monitors, I highly doubt you will ever go back. My productivity with school/work has increased tremendously. To be able to have Word on one screen and Wikipedia on the other is absolutely fantastic when you want to write papers. On the flip side, running a game in one monitor and a website/map layout/achievement listings/keyboard shortcuts in the other is one of the handiest things I've ever come across.

For me, I would not recommend the dual monitor gaming, with one game spanning across both. Almost 90% require your eyes to be drawn to the center of your screen at all times, so it would not make sense to put a "wall" right in front of that area. People will argue, but I don't care. It would be just like 6" think piece of duct tape and putting it right in front of your windshield. You don't gain anything by losing key elements!

In all honesty, get another monitor. Personally, I have a 22" Dell LCD on the left which I use at 1680x1050 for main programs (word, photoshop, VLC, games) and my old, clunky 17" KDS CRT monitor at 1280x1024 for my secondary uses like email, web, torrents, explorer windows, and Acrobat. Neither monitor has to be the same make/model or even the same resolution!

To wrap up my thoughts on this issue, dual screens (or more) can increase the work/play potential of your computer, while decreasing the time to get (sometimes) vital information.

Don't knock it till you try it.