So for starters, I will say that I have been running triple screen setups for gaming since the days of the AMD 6850 cards being new.
Currently I have two triple monitor setups, both runnong off of nvidia cards, gtx 970 in primary rig and 770 in the second.
I have been toying around with the idea of switching one of the setups for an ultra wide display for quite a while but cannot justify the cost quite yet. I will also add that this is NOT going to be purchased in the next few months unless i can find a steal of a deal. Both my setups are triple 1080P, 60Hz.
I have a few complaints about running triple screens, primarily on my primary setup as the second setup only gets used a couple times a month.
1: while in windows my start button is on the center screen where i want it, but when i press my start/flag key on the keyboard the start menu opens way off to the left screen of the main 3 monitors. But then as soon as i start typing the entire start menu jumps to the center screen where it belongs. just a bit of a pain looking way left to see what button or menu i have to click only to have it jump away from me like a dog that just did number 1 on an electric fence.
2. keyboard shortcuts for moving windows to half of the screen. As most of us should now, holding the flag/start key down and clicking one of the arrow keys will make a window go to half of the screen, I have been doing this since windows 7 came out. in windows 10 i do this and the browser window or what ever window i am snapping to the side takes up 1 and a half monitors, as in the entire left monitor and the left half of the center monitor. I assume this is just an issue with nvidia surround and can somehow be remedied but it seems like every time i install a new driver, change OS, or even look at my display settings, something goes wonky.
3. very minor complaint here and i haven't really even noticed while gaming... Bezels. The big advantage to an ultrawide vs triple screen would be the lack of bezels in the way of the gaming window.
With all that said I know i might have some complaints about a single ultra wide monitor as well, I couldn't easily have 3 browser windows open in front of me at the same time on 1 display, but if i am only using the ultrawide for gaming then i could have auxiliary monitors to the side of that that are not running the game. but I know for a fact that I wouldn't have to chase my start menu all over the place, and I could easily snap 2 browser windows side by side on the main display and just have it simply work.
So another point i would like to make, if i did go with an ultra wide, i would not want the display height to be smaller. I dont have all the measurements in front of me right now but lets just say my 24 inch monitors i am currently using are 16 inches high, I would not want the ultrawide monitor to be 15 inches or smaller vertically for the image that is displayed. i am thinking a 34inch ultrawide would be close but i can't say for sure.
EDIT: as long as i am on the topic of potentially switching, would it be worth the cost difference to go with 120+Hz in ultrawide?
Any advice from people who have experience in both triple displays and ultrawide monitors is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Currently I have two triple monitor setups, both runnong off of nvidia cards, gtx 970 in primary rig and 770 in the second.
I have been toying around with the idea of switching one of the setups for an ultra wide display for quite a while but cannot justify the cost quite yet. I will also add that this is NOT going to be purchased in the next few months unless i can find a steal of a deal. Both my setups are triple 1080P, 60Hz.
I have a few complaints about running triple screens, primarily on my primary setup as the second setup only gets used a couple times a month.
1: while in windows my start button is on the center screen where i want it, but when i press my start/flag key on the keyboard the start menu opens way off to the left screen of the main 3 monitors. But then as soon as i start typing the entire start menu jumps to the center screen where it belongs. just a bit of a pain looking way left to see what button or menu i have to click only to have it jump away from me like a dog that just did number 1 on an electric fence.
2. keyboard shortcuts for moving windows to half of the screen. As most of us should now, holding the flag/start key down and clicking one of the arrow keys will make a window go to half of the screen, I have been doing this since windows 7 came out. in windows 10 i do this and the browser window or what ever window i am snapping to the side takes up 1 and a half monitors, as in the entire left monitor and the left half of the center monitor. I assume this is just an issue with nvidia surround and can somehow be remedied but it seems like every time i install a new driver, change OS, or even look at my display settings, something goes wonky.
3. very minor complaint here and i haven't really even noticed while gaming... Bezels. The big advantage to an ultrawide vs triple screen would be the lack of bezels in the way of the gaming window.
With all that said I know i might have some complaints about a single ultra wide monitor as well, I couldn't easily have 3 browser windows open in front of me at the same time on 1 display, but if i am only using the ultrawide for gaming then i could have auxiliary monitors to the side of that that are not running the game. but I know for a fact that I wouldn't have to chase my start menu all over the place, and I could easily snap 2 browser windows side by side on the main display and just have it simply work.
So another point i would like to make, if i did go with an ultra wide, i would not want the display height to be smaller. I dont have all the measurements in front of me right now but lets just say my 24 inch monitors i am currently using are 16 inches high, I would not want the ultrawide monitor to be 15 inches or smaller vertically for the image that is displayed. i am thinking a 34inch ultrawide would be close but i can't say for sure.
EDIT: as long as i am on the topic of potentially switching, would it be worth the cost difference to go with 120+Hz in ultrawide?
Any advice from people who have experience in both triple displays and ultrawide monitors is greatly appreciated. Thanks!