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At the moment I have 2 LG Flatron E2411 monitors which im not all that happy with and wanting to upgrade. I'm not really sure what to look for in a monitor spec wise, and having just 1 780ti im not sure the resolution/amount of monitors id be comfortable to run. I'd only ever game on 1 monitor, but would like atleast 2 maybe 3 just for the workspace for doing CAD drawings/video editing which I do quite frequently, probably 75-80% of the time compared to the occasional game.

Budget? not a clue as I dont know what monitors cost, but dont have a bottomless pit of money like we all wish we did.

 

Oh, for the little things, smaller bezels and able to fix to monitor stands as I have a stand already

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Auxiliary displays use very few resources. As long as you aren't stretching games across multiple displays, you can add as many as your card can support without an issue. 

Where are you shopping/located? Budget?

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Auxiliary displays use very few resources. As long as you aren't stretching games across multiple displays, you can add as many as your card can support without an issue. 

Where are you shopping/located? Budget?

Shopping in Australia, pccasegear most likely and budget something around the 300-400 mark a panel, just dont know whats good for the money

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Auxiliary displays use very few resources. As long as you aren't stretching games across multiple displays, you can add as many as your card can support without an issue. 

Where are you shopping/located? Budget?

This ^. Yeah, what's your location, budget and currency?

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Shopping in Australia, pccasegear most likely and budget something around the 300-400 mark a panel, just dont know whats good for the money

Ah, I'm frequently on the PC Case Gear site, I'll see what I can find you. :)

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The BenQ BL2710PT would actually be perfect for your kind of work. You mentioned about CAD drawings and this monitor was pretty much designed with CAD/CAM users in mind.

Link: http://www.benq.com.au/product/monitor/bl2710pt/

PC Case Gear had that exact monitor in stock several months back for just AU$399. If you simply send them the provided link with your request for them to get that monitor in stock then they should do it. I've requested several things before and they've always got them in for me. So, it's worth a shot mate. :)

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The BenQ BL2710PT would actually be perfect for your kind of work. You mentioned about CAD drawings and this monitor was pretty much designed with CAD/CAM users in mind.

Link: http://www.benq.com.au/product/monitor/bl2710pt/

^ Seems great.

..and it's $800 in the US. -___-

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The BL2710PT spiked that high already?! It was like $350 last time I looked. :o Dat supply and demand.

Oh, well it might be AU$350. That was just the last time I saw it on PC Case Gear.

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^ Seems great.

..and it's $800 in the US. -___-

The initial launch price of the BenQ BL2710PT was around, I believe, US$1,000 - US$1,500, but then something happened and they dropped the price quite considerably, however, I can't remember what it was. I read it from a reliable source like PC Monitors or TFT Central.

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It was 350 USD when I saw it, I almost bought it too. Decided not to and apparently it went up to 800!

Heck! Well according to Office Works you're right —> http://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/benq-bl2710pt-27-led-cad-cam-monitor-mmbqbl2710?searchTerm=bl2710pt

It was half price before, don't know what happened. I've never seen a product do that. :o

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Heck! Well according to Office Works you're right —> http://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/benq-bl2710pt-27-led-cad-cam-monitor-mmbqbl2710?searchTerm=bl2710pt

It was half price before, don't know what happened. I've never seen a product do that. :o

 

Well, the BL2710PT is definitely off of my list now haha. Back to fantasizing about the Dell U2515H. Those slim bezels.  :wub:

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Well, the BL2710PT is definitely off of my list now haha. Back to fantasizing about the Dell U2515H. Those slim bezels.  :wub:

Just to note: Here's proof of the price of AU$399 that I said. CPL has it for said price —> http://au.pcpartpicker.com/part/benq-monitor-bl2710pt

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There is always the BL2710PT's closest relative, the GW2765HT, see here —> http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=558_1090&products_id=28308&zenid=77df50262edd42dd9d23deeaf02f679e

TFT Central have done a review and testing of it, right here —> http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/content/benq_gw2765ht.htm#intro

:)

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There is always the BL2710PT's closest relative, the GW2765HT, see here —> http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=558_1090&products_id=28308&zenid=77df50262edd42dd9d23deeaf02f679e

TFT Central have done a review and testing of it, right here —> http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/content/benq_gw2765ht.htm#intro

:)

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Yeah, I thought about grabbing the gw. Did you get it yet, or no? Except there's something about slim bezels that I can't live without haha.

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Yeah, I thought about grabbing the gw. Did you get it yet, or no? Except there's something about slim bezels that I can't live without haha.

Nah, I haven't got it yet, plan to possibly get two of them next year with my build. :)

Well if slim bezels are your thing, but I thought you said that you wanted a decent good couple of displays for CAD drawing and video editing work?

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Well, if you can live with the higher 2560x1440 resolution, you could go for 3 of these.

http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=558_1090&products_id=27807&zenid=d192bc3d3400329ec457cd646cfec29f

You wanted slim bezels. ;)

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