Serious monitor decisions for poker/gaming etc.

[Tryptamean]

I am in the same boat as you, OP.

I was considering a triple setup from digitaltigers, 24" center and two 17" portraits on the side.

However, after thinking it over I've been sold on a 30" and I'll probably add one portrait on the side for 2p2/music etc while mutlitabling on the 30".....

I'm curious which brand you are going for? Seems like Dell has the best rep overall.

[SirFelixCat]

I haven't gotten too deep into researching which brands to go with yet, as I can't even narrow down the setup I'm going with [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

That said, the Apple is by far the nicest, but also the spendiest ($1800ish). The only other 2 options I see, in the 30" area is the Dell and Samsung. Samsung has a great reputation with their smaller screens, so I very well may lean that way, but again, I haven't done much homework on this yet.

But I assure you, I am the king of research before I buy anything of value. Hell, I spent 2 weeks researching vacuum cleaners before I pulled the trigger a couple years back. You can only imagine what I go thru for something like this. But with that said, I promise I'm never disappointed and I get every cent of value out of my purchases [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[Tryptamean]

haha, so what kind of vacuum did you get? (curious because I just bought a vac)

[funkyworms]

Get a 305t with two 204b in portrait. Or two 305t with two 204b in portrait. Or four 305t.

[phu_dawg]

At least one 30" monitor in your setup. That is all you'll really need. Add two 20" LCD in portrait if you'd like. But it is overkill (I have such a setup). Simply one 30" is more than enough.

[ICMoney]

You can get a quad 20" 1600x1200 set up for the price of that 30".

I have a quad setup:

1 2
3 4

No complaints here.

[guitarizt]

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You can get a quad 20" 1600x1200 set up for the price of that 30".

I have a quad setup:

1 2
3 4

No complaints here.

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What are you using for mounts? Pics plz!

[SirFelixCat]

Well, for those that care, I've decided on the following:

The HP LP3065 30" LCD monitor for the main screen, run by a 8800GTX vid card

(links to reviews of said monitor):

ExtremeTech Review

Anandtech review

Hot Hardware review (last page compares the Dell and HP)

Widescreengamingforum User review w/ pics!


This will then be flanked by dual 20" monitors in portrait, run off of my current 7900GT vid card.

Thanks for all your help fellas and I can't wait til next month when I get these!!!

[pvn]

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You can get a quad 20" 1600x1200 set up for the price of that 30".

I have a quad setup:

1 2
3 4

No complaints here.

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What are you using for mounts? Pics plz!

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http://www.cyberguys.com/templates/s...productID=6848

[gobby888]

2x 1920x1200

why?

because most decent gfx cards have two dvi outputs. two monitors better than one - what if your 30" breaks down? what if you're playing pc games? switch the other monitor off and save power.

Also, you'll need a really beefy gfx card e.g. 8800GTX 640mb nvidia to drive it at 2500x1600 res.