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21:9 and 16:9 dual monitor setup

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Hey forum!

I currently have a dell ultrawide in my setup which I use for gaming and general use. The monitor has a 60hz refresh rate and suffers from pretty bad screen tearing in games like csgo, and i was wondering if i should add a higher refresh rate gsync 1080p or 1440p monitor next to it for gaming. Should I go with the dual monitor, or should I get a new higher refresh rate ultrawide? How are your guys' experiences with a dual monitor setup?

Thanks for the help!

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I love dual monitor set ups, however as far as what you should go with, only you can really decide that ;)
I'd go 1440p high refresh rate + a normal one, also 1440p, in a dual monitor set up. Provided your system can handle it.

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Just a warning with G-Sync / Free-Sync

 

If you play in windowed/borderless mode and there is any animation runing on the secondary screen and that screen happens to have lower refresh rate than your main screen... you will have a really bad time with atrocious stuttering and FPS.

It's fine if you will play on Full Screen.

 

I am using setup like this and its fine, just have this in mind. You will have to alt tab from games to use the other screen.

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what do you mean by animation? If nothing is happening on the second one(lower refresh rate) will it effect the gsync one?

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