How many people own more than one monitor?

magnetite said:

Well since my GTX 570 supports dual DVI plus one HDMI, then maybe I should get three monitors.

Unless you have or are going to get another video card to plug the 3rd monitor into, don't bother buying a 3rd as no Nvidia card supports more than 2 monitors at a time (not counting any of the dual cards).

stormy13 said:

magnetite said:

Well since my GTX 570 supports dual DVI plus one HDMI, then maybe I should get three monitors.

Unless you have or are going to get another video card to plug the 3rd monitor into, don't bother buying a 3rd as no Nvidia card supports more than 2 monitors at a time (not counting any of the dual cards).

I am really out of touch with nvidia , Stormy! That really surprises me , I always had Nvidia up until I got my HD 5850 then I sort assumed that all new gpu's would support 3 screen especially within the last 12 months seeing as it really seems to be a growing trend.

I have been throwing round a few ideas about upgrading my graphics card lately , 1 option was to get another HD 5850 , 1 option was to sell mine and buy a couple of 6870s another option was 2 x GTX 560s but the last option and the option I was gonna go for was to sell mine and go for a single GTX 570 (Mainly due to being able to upgrade to 2 in the future)

You may have changed my plans a bit now seeing as I was thinking of a 3 screen set up fairly soon.

Like I say I am surprised indeed!

I'm running two 19 inch LCD's on a GT 220 here at home. If I was going to go back to just a single display it would have to be a BIG display.

p5bdkw said:

With my HTPC, I use two monitors.
One to watch TV, while doing other things with the second monitor.

Ditto, for the most part. I mostly watch TV/HDTV in a window rather than full-screen, to leave much of that 24" LCD also available for additional open program windows (even if they overlap the TV window somewhat, which is not a problem if it's talk/news programs, etc.).

ATI HD4850 video, and Ceton 4-tuner/cablecard TV card plus ATI TV Wonder 650 PCI 1-tuner/OTA-ATSC TV card, lots of everyday TV recorded by Windows Media Center to watch while I work. Eizo HD2441W 24" 16:10 LCD on the side for HDTV watching from the HTPC (and even sometimes through its external HDMI hardware input option), plus an old IBM P275 21" 4:3 CRT straight ahead. Sometimes, depending on my needs, I may swap things... pulling the TV/HDTV window over to the CRT monitor and working on the big 24" LCD, if that's more appropriate for what I'm doing at the moment. "Overlay" allows the TV window to be on either monitor.

Been using two monitors like this (one for TV watching, even when it was also a 4x3 CRT) for about 15 years now, going way way back when I had an old Hauppauge WinTV (ISA) card, upgrading TV and video cards along the way ever since. Been using dual-head video cards (e.g. from Matrox!) forever.

A NEC 2490 WuXI 1920x1200 for photoshopping and a 1600x1200 DELL for gadgets, aux windows, movies, etc.

stormy13 said:

magnetite said:

Well since my GTX 570 supports dual DVI plus one HDMI, then maybe I should get three monitors.

Unless you have or are going to get another video card to plug the 3rd monitor into, don't bother buying a 3rd as no Nvidia card supports more than 2 monitors at a time (not counting any of the dual cards).

That's got me wondering. I suppose the most economical solution would be to go dual monitor. If I went with three, then another GTX 570 might strain my 850W power supply, so that would also mean another power supply in addition to the monitors and the GTX 570 on top of that.

Maybe not span the display during FSX, but for regular use it's probably fine since like you said, the runway centerline might be blocked because the monitors are split. The second display could be used for things like the GPS or the FMC.

3 monitors for Surround (2D) or 3D Vision Surround and two cards in SLI (or a single GTX 295/590),

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