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2 minutes ago, OTheB said:

I've been thinking about multi-monitor displays and the loads on them. Linus' video with the triple-ultra-wide-1440p monitors looked at the load when all 3 were used for gaming, but say I had such a setup with a more reasonable PC: would the load be more manageable if the game was only on one of the monitors whilst the rest were either idle on the desktop or showing a wiki page or something? I'm asking as my intended use would benefit hugely from more monitors, but I prefer to use only one monitor for games.

 

Cheers.

If you're using secondary monitors for browser tabs and things like that, it doesn't really affect framerate at all.

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I've been thinking about multi-monitor displays and the loads on them. Linus' video with the triple-ultra-wide-1440p monitors looked at the load when all 3 were used for gaming, but say I had such a setup with a more reasonable PC: would the load be more manageable if the game was only on one of the monitors whilst the rest were either idle on the desktop or showing a wiki page or something? I'm asking as my intended use would benefit hugely from more monitors, but I prefer to use only one monitor for games.

 

Cheers.

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Yes, you can pretty much game while using the other display for something completely different. I personally play fairly intensive games while watching videos stored on my server. My system specs can be found on my profile, which I'd say are fairly average.

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2 minutes ago, OTheB said:

I've been thinking about multi-monitor displays and the loads on them. Linus' video with the triple-ultra-wide-1440p monitors looked at the load when all 3 were used for gaming, but say I had such a setup with a more reasonable PC: would the load be more manageable if the game was only on one of the monitors whilst the rest were either idle on the desktop or showing a wiki page or something? I'm asking as my intended use would benefit hugely from more monitors, but I prefer to use only one monitor for games.

 

Cheers.

If you're using secondary monitors for browser tabs and things like that, it doesn't really affect framerate at all.

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1 minute ago, Glenwing said:

If you're using secondary monitors for browser tabs and things like that, it doesn't really affect framerate at all.

Good! So I should be able to enjoy good high frame rates when I have 3 or 4 monitors. Thanks

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