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I'm looking into in renewing my multiple monitor setup.

I would like to have total of six monitors, two of them, are already dell 2913WM, the setup should be done 3x2.

I'm having hard time deciding what monitor to buy, I am using desk mounts too, if necessary I will buy another one, ATM I have one quad and two mount ( link )

A little BG on myself, I am system administrator, I run mRemoteNG on the one of 2913WM and other one is watching movie (Netflix or local).

I use other four monitor for Chrome, Communications(Skype), StarCraft II, and last monitor for Misc.

Bezels and mounting are critical here, color gamunt, size, price shouldn't be too relevant. Please do share any pictures or modern multiple monitor setup, because all of pictures and setups in this forum are almost five year old.

Thanks!
 
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That post is more than year ago, I'm looking for setups that is at least in 2014 not 2013.

Thanks anyway!
 
I feel you! There are two monitor threads you need to consider.

ASUS Announces ROG SWIFT PG278Q Premium Gaming Monitor http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1800408
34" 21:9 UltraWide Displays (3440x1440) - LG UM95/UM65 & Dell U3415W http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1801170

For productivity, people who use 34" 21:9 say it's a whole new world and they'll never go back to multi-monitor.

For gaming, people who use 120hz gsync TN say it's a whole new world and they'll never go back to 60hz non-gsync IPS.

Wild, I know! But that's the state of cutting edge tech right now.
 
For monitoring/movies/communication and in some cases productivity i'd also think of 4K 39+", where refreshrate matters less and because no bezels = best of bezel choice :). For gaming i'd think of new 32" 2560x1440 AMVA monitors, as having more common aspect ratio then those 34" 21:9 ultrawide ones.
 
bAMtan2 said:
For productivity, people who use 34" 21:9 say it's a whole new world and they'll never go back to multi-monitor.
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Because they usually came from shitty x1080 screens. Note that there isn't his hallelujah for 21:9 from 30" owners. Next to nobody in that group buys into that nonsense.
 
bAMtan2 said:
I feel you! There are two monitor threads you need to consider.

ASUS Announces ROG SWIFT PG278Q Premium Gaming Monitor http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1800408
34" 21:9 UltraWide Displays (3440x1440) - LG UM95/UM65 & Dell U3415W http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1801170

For productivity, people who use 34" 21:9 say it's a whole new world and they'll never go back to multi-monitor.

For gaming, people who use 120hz gsync TN say it's a whole new world and they'll never go back to 60hz non-gsync IPS.

Wild, I know! But that's the state of cutting edge tech right now.
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I think PLP 1200x1600 IPS, 34" 21:9, 1200x1600 IPS would be fantastic for all uses.
 
jcvjcvjcvjcv said:
Because they usually came from shitty x1080 screens. Note that there isn't his hallelujah for 21:9 from 30" owners. Next to nobody in that group buys into that nonsense.
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The most usable productivity setup IMO is 20/30/20 PLP. Total PITA for gaming unless you're just using the 30".

Also, a big lack of 4:3 20" 1600x1200 monitors out there to make it possible.
 
zankza said:
That post is more than year ago, I'm looking for setups that is at least in 2014 not 2013.

Thanks anyway!
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You said 5 years in your original post, not 1.

With 4K and 34" 21:9 1440p monitors becoming available multimonitor setups are becoming more niche products reserved for extreme gamers and high multitaskers such as day traders and sysadmins of big server farms (real or virtual). Interestingly enough most day traders and sysadmins I know prefer a high number of monitors (12+) at 24" 1080p than a smaller number of bigger 1440p or 1600p due to the fact that window management is a heck of a lot easier with real monitors instead of virtual (using products like Hydravision) and is cheaper per pixel. 4K (which is like 4x 1080p monitors glued together in a rectangle) might change their minds if the price comes down enough.

As long as the monitors chosen have VESA (which is virtually any product larger than 24") it's mostly a matter of having a clear wall or investing in a proper VESA mount such as Ergotron or Chieftec.
 
anonuser said:
The most usable productivity setup IMO is 20/30/20 PLP. Total PITA for gaming unless you're just using the 30".

Also, a big lack of 4:3 20" 1600x1200 monitors out there to make it possible.
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Yup, I have one 20-30-20 PLP setup myself. And once I redo the cable clutter I'll have another one (non-workdays somewhere else).

But the lack of new 20" is really sad. I bought a Dell U3014 to replace my 3007WFP-HC (moving that one to two other lonely 20" monitors), but an old Dell 2007FP probably uses more energy than the U3014. A shame really.

Used 2007FP's are dirt cheap though. I still should buy one to replace my laggy Samsung 204T.

A new 20" 4:3 would be nice: with Displayport 1.2 (for daisy chaining) and LED backlight (for low minimum brightness and energy consumption) please.

Yes, gaming support is poor. While it's just a software issue. I only use the 30" for that. On the 20" I put Outlook, task manager and Mumble (example).

If I had to buy new now I might have gone with 27 inchers; they are so much cheaper than 30". Really sad though. Anyway: I'm used to x1600 and not dropping down from that.

My ideal setup would be something with pixelpitch of ~0.2mm; 2560x1920 with sidescreen of 1920x1440.
 
zankza said:
The pinned threads and most of threads are. I'm looking for any threads/setups that was done in 2014. Simple?
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It's also worth noting that the cheap 27" 1440p market is better now than ever, with people reporting monitors can consistently overclock to 100hz. See: QNIX QX2710 Evolution II. You can get a lot of $350 IPS monitors for the price of one $1500 21:9! :)
 
jcvjcvjcvjcv said:
Yup, I have one 20-30-20 PLP setup myself. And once I redo the cable clutter I'll have another one (non-workdays somewhere else).

But the lack of new 20" is really sad. I bought a Dell U3014 to replace my 3007WFP-HC (moving that one to two other lonely 20" monitors), but an old Dell 2007FP probably uses more energy than the U3014. A shame really.

Used 2007FP's are dirt cheap though. I still should buy one to replace my laggy Samsung 204T.

A new 20" 4:3 would be nice: with Displayport 1.2 (for daisy chaining) and LED backlight (for low minimum brightness and energy consumption) please.

Yes, gaming support is poor. While it's just a software issue. I only use the 30" for that. On the 20" I put Outlook, task manager and Mumble (example).

If I had to buy new now I might have gone with 27 inchers; they are so much cheaper than 30". Really sad though. Anyway: I'm used to x1600 and not dropping down from that.

My ideal setup would be something with pixelpitch of ~0.2mm; 2560x1920 with sidescreen of 1920x1440.
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I have a QNIX 2710 that OCs to 110hz and it's amazing (even on the desktop). For $300 it just can't be beat, and while I could go with three of these, I just don't need all that horizontal space. I really want PLP w/this 27". I don't really mind that the pixel pitch is and height is a little off from the 2001fp/2007fp so I may just grab two of those. Right now I have two crappy 19" TN panels in a PLP and its just so easy to see everything.

I was about to pick up 2x2001FPs for $120 total. The only thing that is stopping me is the power consumption... each one is twice as much as this QNIX 2710.

Do you think I should just do it? Or should I spend $480 more and do 3x27"s? I really like vertical 4:3 ends but hmmm...
 
Zankza, Not sure if your are meaning to come across as an ass but.......

Here are several "modern" multi monitor setups from March 2014

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=862341&page=1113

You might also try searching the forums for pics of setups from Vega and I88bastard.

You are not going to find multi monitor setups with 6 32" 3440x1440 screens. The gpus aren't powerful enough for the gamers and the cost is way to high for 99% of the forum. What exactly are you hoping to find???

If you've got the cash then knock yourself out with a setup that no one has.
 
deadlift1 said:
Zankza, Not sure if your are meaning to come across as an ass but.......

Here are several "modern" multi monitor setups from March 2014

http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=862341&page=1113

You might also try searching the forums for pics of setups from Vega and I88bastard.

You are not going to find multi monitor setups with 6 32" 3440x1440 screens. The gpus aren't powerful enough for the gamers and the cost is way to high for 99% of the forum. What exactly are you hoping to find???

If you've got the cash then knock yourself out with a setup that no one has.
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I've seen all of them, 90% of them are surround setup, which I do not want. or at least similar. I'm not interested in gaming, I'm interested in spreading out my windows so I don't have to alt+tab or close windows.

I'm trying to find more better monitor setups that contain at least six monitor, neatly. Problem is usually the bezels, it's hard to find monitor that can be debezeled, and then further more, still contain VESA mounting.
 
anonuser said:
I have a QNIX 2710 that OCs to 110hz and it's amazing (even on the desktop). For $300 it just can't be beat, and while I could go with three of these, I just don't need all that horizontal space. I really want PLP w/this 27". I don't really mind that the pixel pitch is and height is a little off from the 2001fp/2007fp so I may just grab two of those. Right now I have two crappy 19" TN panels in a PLP and its just so easy to see everything.

I was about to pick up 2x2001FPs for $120 total. The only thing that is stopping me is the power consumption... each one is twice as much as this QNIX 2710.

Do you think I should just do it? Or should I spend $480 more and do 3x27"s? I really like vertical 4:3 ends but hmmm...
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Heat in my face was one of the reasons to buy a U3014 to replace 3007WFP-HC. But the 2007FP's are not as close nor facing me as direct, so they are less of a problem. Usually I have one screen turned off anyway.

PLP is really nice, but it should really be done with a 30". I didn't just buy into PLP; I had a 20" first (Samsung 204T), that lagged like heck (40+ ms inputlag), so I bought a Dell 2007FP and then later on bought a 3007WFP-HC from eBay. And later on another 2007FP to get a matching setup and somewhat later another 2007FP because it was in stock and comparatively cheap. If I had to spend the same money and had to start from scratch at current market conditions I don't think I'd buy the same.
 
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zankza said:
I've seen all of them, 90% of them are surround setup, which I do not want. or at least similar. I'm not interested in gaming, I'm interested in spreading out my windows so I don't have to alt+tab or close windows.

I'm trying to find more better monitor setups that contain at least six monitor, neatly. Problem is usually the bezels, it's hard to find monitor that can be debezeled, and then further more, still contain VESA mounting.
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IMO bezels aren't a big deal if you aren't gaming across multiple screens. I only game on the main screen and mainly just do a lot of multitasking without having to minimize anything. The bezels don't bother me at all.



This is the 7 monitor configuration I'm using. I wouldn't put any above the primary display because it causes too much neck strain, but one row below works pretty well.
 
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jcvjcvjcvjcv said:
If I had to spend the same money and had to start from scratch at current market conditions I don't think I'd buy the same.
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The 2001FP/2007FPs are about 2" taller (in portrait) than a 27". The difference in physical height and PPI doesn't really bother me. I'm seperating windows/programs and not stretching them and I'm only gaming on the main 27" monitor.

The price of a 20 - 27 - 20 setup would be ~$400 assuming you can get 2001FPs for $50.

Would you have done that?

Definitely interested in your input.
 
That's with some Korean 27" ? No, I don't think I would have done that. There are just too much ways for manufacturers to save costs on using cheap components on the system boards that mean your monitor will fail somewhat past warranty.

2001FP's are also very old by now; if used extensively their CCFL's will probably be a lot dimmer. Unless I'm mistaken, that means the energy consumption for a certain level of brightness also increases.
In the U.S. of cheap Energy that might not be such a problem, but where I live we pay currently around $0.28 per kWh. Every time there is a decrease in energy costs (due to cheap US coal exports right now), there is usually an increase in taxes on energy.

But $400 sounds great. I dumped around €1500 ($1875) in each of my 20-30-20 PLP setups; buying the 30 inchers and half the 20 inchers used.

PLP also means you need a PC with three outputs; currently my GTX570 is aided by my old 7900GTX to achieve three outputs; another increase in energy consumption. For laptops it's almost almost a no-go. Lenovo screwed up the Optimus implementation on my Thinpad W520 workstation, so it can only use 2 external screens (with and wihout using the build in LCD). For newer systems with something like a GTX 770 that's no problem of course; they support three screens without problems. Same for newer workstation laptops (and even the T-series Thinkpad fromt the same generation where they implemented it the right way ...:mad:)

I think I would go for dual 27", each having two or more digital inputs. And from the leftover budget some fancy stand that enables easy rotating them. A stand for PLP will cost a lot more...

All in all I think today's monitor market is completely screwed up. The useless 16:9 dominates everything, in the 30" segment we have the screens with 10 bit panels that nobody can drive. Overall there is too much inputlag (especially besides "game mode"). And some dimensions like 20" 4:3 (very useable!!) aren't even there anymore. The additional cost of 30" over 27" is also completely off the chart: 30" screens didn't drop a single dollar in the past six years...

For something like the Dell U2412M with it's 1920x1200 the marginal pixels are only like twice as expensive compared to those on a 1920x1080 screen; but for 27" > 30" it's bananas!

I sincerely hope all my current screens will last another decade, by which time I hope this 16:9 curse will have passed.
 
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