Hey guys, been getting back to my nerd roots the last couple years, dabbling in Android, Thinkpads, and several months ago, built a new gaming rig. It looks like the costs of multi monitor setups are coming down to the point of being attainable for regular people nowadays. Came across your site while looking into the subject of course, and registered.
Now, on to my question...
It seems as if 3x Full HD (1920x1080) = 5760x1080 resolutions seem to be the most prevalent, and widely supported. But IMO, 16x9 is an abomination! I'm sorry, but, I just cant do it! I must have 16:10 monitor(s)! Am I going to cause myself undue pain by trying to move forward at one of the following resolutions?:
19" monitors x 3 in landscape @ 1440x900 = 4320x900 total
24" monitors x 3 in landscape @ 1920x1200 = 5760x1200 total
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I might consider (5) 19" monitors in portrait... if I could find some with thin bezels...
The reasons I am thinking either 19" or 24" monitors, is because they are(/were) pretty common sizes, and readily available (and therefore, cheap!).
Cost honestly is a concern, I don't want to spend an arm and a leg on this. I do not need to play all of the latest games on the highest settings. In fact, I want to do it more for office and general productivity, and then play a couple games here and there (currently playing Planetside 2, and will be playing Star Citizen when it comes out, are two that come immediately to mind; hell, I'm just now playing through Fallout 3 for the first time, lol). Also I tend to pick up things as I come across good deals, and add to my system piecemeal over time (more on that later).
But back to the monitors. So my initial questions are:
1.Is my assumption correct that those are/were fairly common monitors during their time, and therefore likely to be readily available at the current time, with a little life left in them, for not too much money.
And my main question:
2.Am I going to run into a lot of problems trying to go 16:10 route instead of 19:6? Eg., I know some games natively support multiple monitor setups, but is this a hard set value (i.e. 5760x1080) or is it usually configurable? Would I just end up letterboxed, or would I have my full screen height?