how many monitors is too much for you ?

more than two

two (2) is the sweet spot if you're doing productive work. 3 is too much

>>60973918
one

>>60973918
When my hardware doesnt support more

One is too few. Two is the minimum. Three is great. Four is perfect. Five and I have monitors being unused.

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>>60973918
>even horizontal number of monitors
>bezel right in front of you
why do people do this

>>60973918
2

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>>60973918
there is no such thing as too may monitors, faggots

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>>60973918
Ive got two, I wish I had a couple of small monitors that just serve to hold smaller windows that I often need like pic related.

>>60973918
with 3 I already barely use one, mostly keeping task manager and other monitoring software, mostly stuff that I don't touch too much but want to keep track of

I think it'd be better if I had 3 monitors with higher res than more than 3 monitors

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>>60974276

>I think it'd be better if I had 3 monitors with higher res than more than 3 monitors

>>60974252
we got so caught up asking if we could, we never stopped to ask if we could

>>60974310
I'd rather have 3 big screens than 4+ smaller ones

>>60973918
more than one that has a width of 2 meters and is bend/curved

>>60974348

Thats not what it says though

>>60974358
that's exactly what it says

>>60974252
Looks photoshopped/GIMP'd

>>60973918
3 if gaming, 2 otherwise. preferably curved and aligned such that both are in one smooth arc.

>>60973918
4 is nice but lately I've been flirting with tthe idea of 8.

In the office I have 4. Only 2 at home.

bout tree fiddy

>>60974226
You don't have to sit in the perfect center. Nobody is going to fine you for moving around, depending on where your attention is required.

I could find use for 3. 4 Is too much

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>>60973918
Fuck you op. Now I want 8.

>>60974252
Jesus Christ anon.

Judging by the p3 era gayming mouse, early 00 flatscreens and old keyboard, you must have dived in a lot of dumpsters.

>>60973918
One large high resolution monitor is perfect for me. Any more and they just end up being used for useless distractions.

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I got three free monitors (with arm) and am thinking of setting them up. I currently have two so I would have a total of 5 displays.

It would partially cover part of my frames.

What do you think?

What all is required to even have a setup like that? 8 gpus?

Desk? Monitor stand?

>>60976329
>8 gpus
"no"

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>>60974252
>implying your running this off of a one computer
Yeah, sure thing pal.

>>60973918
I feel comfy with just two, one being 16:10, the other portrait 5:4. I use the 5:4 for keeping chats, 4chan threads or music when the main one is occupied with something. So yeah, I don't think I'd have much use for a 3rd one, perhaps I'd split all that shit I keep on a secondary display between them. Maybe I'll get one some day for muh symmetry

4 is the max for me. I have 3 right now:
One for web browsing
One as my primary workspace
One for chat: teamspeak, slack, and discord
I could use another for having my ide and what I'm testing on different monitors.

>>60977070
just slap a lot of these on one pc
http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/graphics_cards/c-series/c900/

Are they mounted?
>Yes
No such thing as too much.
>No
Two.

i have two
one was given to me as a gift but i want to replace it with a 1440p one how do i kill it without it looking intentional? living wit the person who gave it so dont want to make them mad

>>60973918
I think two monitors are perfect.
Work on the left. Shitty movies on the right.

>>60977506
Are you me

all of them.

>>60973918
if they no longer fit on my desk aka 4

>>60977777
wew

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>>60973918
More than 1. Pic related, this man is a true genius and the most valuable Google engineer. He's like a God at Google and not even the CEO would go against him. He literally made Google what it is today and wrote/worked-on all of their most important software stacks. He's worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

Now, notice something interesting:

He doesn't have two, three or four monitors and he doesn't have some gigantic TV screen that kills your focus and distracts him from everything important.

He's not distracted by having a phone out on his desk, because he doesn't use such technology as a lifeline like consumerist millennial do who'd literally die without their phone.

He doesn't have some bullshit meme mech keyboard with some special switches that were forged by elves in Japan from katana-grade steel and lights that emit perfect sRGB colors.

He doesn't have some tricked out text editor with million different features and colors.

He doesn't run some super-autistic Linux distro like Arch that demands you babysit it all the time, or a useless toy OS like Windows.

He doesn't have some DE with customized CSS US that you usually see in tons of threads on here.

He didn't even change the default theme, colors or the default background.

He can afford all that shit, yet he doesn't waste his time on it. Instead, he writes 100x more lines of code than you and is 1,000,000x more accomplished than you'll ever be. And he's infinitely smarter than you'll ever be.

So quit falling for fucking memes and quit craving all the latest bullshit that gets posted on here in these cancerous consumerist "generals" threads. Mark my words, and this is coming from a professional: there's nothing more pathetic than consumers who think having multi-monitor setups makes them productive.

>>60977854
that doesn't even look like a personal workstation. I'm willing to bet that just some kiosk computer in a lab somewhere. I mean there are three stations at that desk. Looks more like a school library than a persons office.

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>>60977854
Fucking this.

Everyone I know who tries to learn how to program always gets swept up in this bullshit.

>Anon subscribe to 1000 different tutorial websites with me
>>They are all documentation walk throughs
>Anon I need another monitor to keep the tutorials on one screen and the code on another
>Anon you have to type using this exact keyboard
>>Whats the difference between that one and my $10 one?
>Mechanical switches and macro buttons silly; they are like mandatory lol
>Why are you not using this exact suite to edit your code?
>>Changes suites every two months

Just ADHD my shit up senpai.

>>60976095
>p3 era gayming mouse
>intellimouse explorer

is it june already?

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>>60977777

>>60974252
We found the anime batman's lair

>>60977211
Dude I have been looking for this GPU for a while ever since I heard of this. Thanks for posting because this is certainly an interesting piece of tech.

>>60973918
The ideal is an ultrawide for the center, and regular extra one mounted vertically to the sides or on top. For multitasking.

>>60973918
6

>>60977854
top pasta

Two. I've tried dual monitor setup on three occasions and I just can't do it.

imo 3 is the sweet spot. anything more is overkill, anything less is cramped.

>>60975177
get out reddit

>>60976295
>windows 10
Go back to >>>/bst_reddit/

>>60974252
nice shop kek

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>>60973918
i got rid of the screen on the left
i used to dual screen now i just use an ultrawide

>>60974310
he would rather replace the 3 he has with some that have a higher resolution rather than adding 3 more to the ones he already has.

>>60981665
Go fuck yourself.

>>60981749
did you realize you could lose as much money as you want with just one monitor, didn't you

5. I run 4x 16:9 23" panels at work (4 landscape, 1 portrait) and any more and you're fucking up your neck moving back and forward.

I like the idea of a 34" 21:9 and two 29" 16:9s in portrait on either side.

>>60973918
More than 4.

>>60982900
reported for hurtful language
safety squad of enterprise shills deployed to shadow ban you nigger

>>60973918
Two is too much. I've never found them useful. One screen is more than enough, so long as it's 1920x1080 or larger.

Again I never really understood the multi-monitor meme. Seems more useful to just utilize workspaces/virtual-desktops.

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>>60982971

more than 3.

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>>60982934
>crypto market
>lose money
well i am underperforming the market
only up 900% from the start of the year
entire market is up 1100% or something silly
>friend is up 4000% because he timed the ethereum meme perfectly
i'm jelly of his gains everyday

>>60983117
How much money do you make?

>>60982972
It's really only useful if you need to reference multiple items at the same time. Using it to multitask is a meme, but it's much better than having to alt-tab between an email and your work object the email talks about, or your editor and a documentation page you need, etc.

>>60973918
5

2 is a good number for work. 4 is ideal for GMing online games and fucking around with hobby stuff.

Sadly my new machine can only support 2

>>60983264
This.

The more things you need to reference at once the more godlike it becomes to have more monitors

3 is ideal.

2x high resolution (1440p, 4k) for "productivity"
1x 1080p monitor to the side for watching 1080p media

Unless you want to convince me that I should be watching 1080p content on a 1440p screen.

>>60983303
I only utilized all 6 when i was doing engineering homework. other than that 3 were a portrait eyefinity setup

>>60976295
Anyone?

>>60973918
Serious question whats the best way to get more than thee 4K monitors on Linux? I mean with best driver support and so on.

>>60984172
Run Windows ina VM with your GPUs passed through. Acquire an X server for Windows. Connect to the Linux host via ssh and forward X.

>>60984285
>Windows
no thanks

1 is death
2 is meh ok fine
3 yep this is plenty
4 ok I probably don't need that one
5 what am I going to do
6 I think I have a problem

>>60984342
well memed

>>60974252
t. frustrated mall security guard

>>60973918
3+1 is the perfect setup, currently have just 1 1440p monitor

>>60974313
Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.

>>60977854
The smartest guy I worked with was a linux admin (who used ubuntu) and just 1 24" monitor.

He took me from a desktop support tech and turned me into a proper sysadmin. I'm an infrastructure engineer now.

Guy was smart as hell, used to design transistors, he moved to systems administration and devops because it was less stressful.

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4k monitor at home, laptop and monitor at work. More than 2 monitors for anything less than trading or surveillance is just retarded.

>inb4 neet "coders" get butthurt

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>>60973918
Three was too many for me. I switched back to two after realizing that I am barely looking at the third screen.

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>>60983259
i'm a programmer only got into the trading meme because /biz/ shilled me into buying ethereum in 2016
shit started mooning this year like crazy got sucked into some /biz/ trading discords and it's my life now
how much i made?
started with $6000ish at the start of the year times by 9 is how much i made
friend in my homebase discord turned $20,000ish into $900,000 this year noone who was in crypto at the start of the year has not made money, it's literally impossible, i was holding $400 worth of the stupidest meme currency and one day it was worth $9000, i mean it's stupid, once in a lifetime, everyone says bitcoin was once in a lifetime, there's been like 100 bitcoin like events where you could have made the same kind of money you would have buying bitcoin in 2010 or 2011
ICO's have changed business forever

I use three monitors at work. Two for my actual work and one just for outlook because that fucking piece of shit uses so much space and doesn't resize well.

if i had 6 thin bezel monitors i would not be unhappy, but 4 large ones would be fine, too. running multiple vms while coding and digging through docs and memory/network dumps would be much easier with enough screen real estate to not have to switch windows to the background. sure, i could do it all on one screen, but y tho.

When I run out of wall space / can't afford food

>>60973918
Why are you using military grade monitors?

>>60973965
i actually agree with this. recently switched from two 27"s to one 32". however, detail-oriented productivity definitely decreases with the dual monitor setup. looking straight on at one monitor cannot be discounted for any kind of color/video editing or even some stupid shit like gaming

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>>60977854
>Instead, he writes 100x more lines of code than you and is 1,000,000x more accomplished than you'll ever be. And he's infinitely smarter than you'll ever be.

This is the part where I started cracking the fuck up

>>60973918
About three fiddy

>>60987806
>Why are you
to comfortably play Battlefield , duh

1 for VS code window
1 for VS output/debug window
1 for IDA/assembly output of VS
1 for foobar/chat
1 for chrome
1 for documentation/reference lookup

Daily reminder monitors are like cores IRL and they reduce context switching.

>>60976295
If you are so concerned for your frames move them to another wall

>>60973918
Id rather have a ultra wide than an dual monitors setup. If gayming would be heavy for my GPU I don't mind the black bars...

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>>60988011
>chrome

>>60987927
That part is objectively true.

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>have 2 monitors
>it's great, use both all the time for muktitasking
>dislike how asymmetrical it makes my overall desk space
>buy 3rd monitor
>never use it for anything, it's a wallpaper all day

Does anyone else know this feel?

>>60978177
>>60977211
There's a certain Nvidia NVS card that has 8 outputs too

>>60991215
yes I do. multimonitors only made sense with 4:3 monitors.

>>60974270
This.
Have you had any luck finding one?
I tried but only found these fkin clunky monitors from those mobile dvd players.

>>60973918
I think 2 is enough. The second monitor is a must for miscellaneous programs like music, and chat windows. I have an extra monitor but I don't have it plugged in since I don't know what to do with it.

>>60973965

me too

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>>60973930
>>60973965
I thought the same for quite a long time.
Got me a third monitor, which was actually meant for any other tinkering stuff like raspberries or retro computing, but just picked it up as a third monitor for my desktop and I like it a lot.
Now have 3x1080p
2x1440p or 4k would be fuckin ebin though, but I am greedy as fuck and my fullhd shit just werks

>>60973918
I have two right now, but want to upgrade to three. Would love to have a vertical monitor for reading and code. Maybe a fourth being a graphics tablet.

>>60973965
> not using a smaller 3rd monitor for TV watchan

>>60973918
4 is my max. I only really use two most of the time.

One main 27 inch that I do 99% of everything important on. One portrait on the left for file browsing or pdf stuff. The other two on the right are just basically my music player and the news. I just kept picking up extras because they were like $10 at the thrift store for some nice 1080p ips stuff and my card had four ports.

I had to replace my main one just the other day because the original monitor I was using had the controller die after eight years. Got a Qnix 2710 somebody thought was busted for cheap and fixed the cold solder joint on the power connector. Was nice to get a pixel perfect one for $55 plus shipping.

The only time I've ever used all four at once seriously was picture references for 3D modelling or research notes. And I used to do the same thing with printouts taped to a single monitor so their utility is nil.

Desk looks pretty cool though.

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Speaking of monitors...

>>60977854
Yeah nah fuck off. I need screen estate for trading.

>>60995779
that's a VGA cable

>>60973918
At home, 2 is fine. I don't have the space for a 3rd monitor and I don't want to get a mount to place it over my current setup. 3 is what I have at work and it works out just fine.

>>60974252
>Be watching different hentai on every screen
>Hear mum get home

>>60991391
How about this?

https://www.amazon.com/Eyoyo-Monitor-1024x768-Resolution-Portable/dp/B01FHDL1DE/

>>60973918
hahahahah dude that tlooks thei like the logo from macrosoft haha WINDOWS DUDE!!! HAHAHA LOL XD BFTRRRAAAAAAAAAAAPPPPP

>>60977854
>mx518 on desk