Double monitor gaming

[Please help234]

Hi,

I am thinking of buying another monitor to use with my other monitor for gaming. I have a 1060 6gb, will it handle it ? Thanks for the help.

 

[captaincharisma]

yes, but there are only a small number of games that can take advantage of a dual monitor setup. but a dual monitor setup has a lot of advantages

 

[raisonjohn]

Dual monitor setup for gaming is tricky (if your game actually supports it). For example, in FPS games, you'd have the crosshair right between the two monitors (along the bezels). In racing, your windshield will be divided into two and will be annoying. In strategy games, maps will be cut by the monitors bezels. Furthermore, you'd have to always face at a certain angle (instead of straight on).

I think the only advantage for having dual monitors is for multi-tasking use, i.e., gaming/working on one monitor head-on while having another monitor for doing other stuffs.

If you are going to force extending gaming on both monitors, say, two 1080p monitors, the GTX 1060-6GB will struggle on GPU-intensive games in maxed settings. Note that the GTX 1060-6GB is ideal for 1920 x 1080 resolution (i.e., 2.07M pixels). Having two of such monitors side-by-side will bring your total resolution to 3840 x 1080 (i.e., 4.14M pixels) -- even more pixels than using a standard 1440p (2560 x 1440) monitor at only 3.68M pixels, which a GTX 1070/1080 is more ideal esp. on AAA games.

 

[Please help234]

Thanks for the detailed answer I see what you mean about the monitor bezels. I probably going to use another monitor for multitasking instead. If I do decide to use the second for gaming I'll probably buy a 1070, as I mainly play GPU intensive games. Thanks again
(Sorry for the late reply)