3 monitor setup or not?

[Adam Persaud]

hey guys just wondering im using a 50 inch led 4k tv right now for my "monitor" and as everything is ok for the most part just wanted to know if it would be worth going to 3 24 inch monitors just so i can free up my tv so i can watch sports without flipping back and forth....i found triple monitors for i believe 500 dollars(canadian) response time is 2ms. Id love to hear feedback from you guys!

 

[dingo07]

what model TV are you using? what's the native resolution?

 

[Jdogz427]

Why not, plenty of people do that, and if you want to do 4k content, most modern gpus that support 4k support through drivers, also support eyefinity/surround with an auxiliary display, and you can use the 4k tv for that. i use a triple monitor setup and I love it, although i was using an eyefinity and now use a landscape 1440p monitor with 2 veritcal 1080p monitors on either side

 

[Adam Persaud]

i have vizio 4k tv which native res is 3840 x 2160. i have a gtx 970 overclocked a little... im assuming that would be enough to support the 3 way setup?

 

[Jdogz427]

yes, if it is the gigabyte that has the flex display, but i am sure the other cards support it too but they call it something different, but i am pretty sure that it will support an nv surround with an auxiliary display, if another individual wants to confirm that, but I am pretty sure about it.

What is the exact brand GPU

 

[giantbucket]

I'm running 8 monitors (all 1080p). no big deal. not for gaming, mind you, but for almost everything else it's quite nice. 6 of them are in portrait mode, in two groups of 3. then two separate singles in landscape. using onboard plus 3 graphics cards, but they're low-to-medium range cards, and I still have outputs available for 4 more screens.

 

[Adam Persaud]

yes, if it is the gigabyte that has the flex display, but i am sure the other cards support it too but they call it something different, but i am pretty sure that it will support an nv surround with an auxiliary display, if another individual wants to confirm that, but I am pretty sure about it.

What is the exact brand GPU

its the msi gtx 970 4g

 

[dingo07]

I'm running 8 monitors (all 1080p). no big deal...

why not just get a videowall and get rid of all the black space between the displays?

 

[giantbucket]

been doing it for 2 years or so. same monitors. and it kinda grew bit by bit, so I went from 1 to 2 to 6 to finally 8. I thought I'd stop at 6 but I guess not! thankfully I don't need to go past 8. and the bezels are not a big deal since in my case, it's several smaller windows and never one large window that needs to span. it actually helps to group the windows by function too - the bezel helps delineate it.

actually, this has sort of turned into an addiction. my work laptop can apparently drive 2 extra screens, so at the office I grabbed two similar monitors, plugged them into the docking station, and now I have triple-screen using my laptop. it's SCHWEEEEET.

 

[audiv8q]

been doing it for 2 years or so. same monitors. and it kinda grew bit by bit, so I went from 1 to 2 to 6 to finally 8. I thought I'd stop at 6 but I guess not! thankfully I don't need to go past 8. and the bezels are not a big deal since in my case, it's several smaller windows and never one large window that needs to span. it actually helps to group the windows by function too - the bezel helps delineate it.

actually, this has sort of turned into an addiction. my work laptop can apparently drive 2 extra screens, so at the office I grabbed two similar monitors, plugged them into the docking station, and now I have triple-screen using my laptop. it's SCHWEEEEET.

So - how are you doing this?

I just acquired 3 screens yesterday, and have ordered a 3-screen mounting bracket - but everywhere I look, people say it is expensive or impossible to do this.

My plan:
Buy 3 USB->VGA adapters, a USB hub, and plug everything in...

My desire:
To extend my desktop, so I can have web on one screen, a book on another, and an application on the third.

The setup is for school purposes.

Thanks!

Michael.

 

[giantbucket]

you want the PC hardware list and details, or the physical mounting and arrangement details?