One big monitor v 2 monitors?
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At least 2 monitors, or more. Main monitor could be large, curved, huge, whatever you prefer, but I never want to have only 1!
This is not only for playing games, I am a programmer and it is the same, never back to 1.
This is not only for playing games, I am a programmer and it is the same, never back to 1.
I'd like to echo this. Elite in VR is an experience unmatched by any monitor. If you have the means, I highly recommend it.
Three monitors give you your full cockpit view. In combat, hell in anything, having a full view is a game changer. Add head tracking and you have immersive flight. Anything less is reducing the reality. In real life we call it tunnel vision. Peripheral vision makes everything better.
Also, two monitors gives you a crack down the middle. That would suck.
Also, two monitors gives you a crack down the middle. That would suck.
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As everyone has said above, 2 are better than 1, and 3 are better than 2. I have 3, but only play ED on my lovely big Dell U2715H 2560 x 1440, reserving the others for getting info I need from the forums, or playing music. I'm not really a watch netflix etc while playing sort of guy.
But it's not really in games that multiple monitors shine (especially when you have 3 differing sizes) but when working.
I do web dev, design and marketing stuff and spread everything out all over the screens, which is great for all sorts of scenarios.
The problem? Once you get used to it, anytime I only have my laptop it feels horribly claustrophobic and I feel incapable of being productive on it
But it's not really in games that multiple monitors shine (especially when you have 3 differing sizes) but when working.
I do web dev, design and marketing stuff and spread everything out all over the screens, which is great for all sorts of scenarios.
The problem? Once you get used to it, anytime I only have my laptop it feels horribly claustrophobic and I feel incapable of being productive on it
Until you need to do 30 jumps in a row or need to search for mats on the internet or things on eddb.io.
depends on what you are using them for. I have 4
Any photos of your rig? That sounds like a very nice setup...
lol...I can lift the HMD, it's not welded to my face.
Of course, but it is far from ideal.
@OP: Running the game on two screens is also far from ideal, because you would have both bezels in the centre of your view.
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If all you ever do is play E: D then sure. But there are drawbacks to 4K... not least that all the text is tiny.
Of course, you can make it bigger, but then you lose the advantage of more screen real-estate, so I've found 3 normal cheap 1080p monitors to be the best.
I had a big 4K and sold it.
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One ultra-wide or triple head. If you go the multi-head route, make sue you buy three of the same model - different panels will have different pixel densities and different colour gamuts. Having an ill-matched display is pretty annoying.
Hmm, I have a 40" 4K screen and I run it with no scaling. I use the built in windows shortcuts to move windows around (Win+Arrow Keys), meaning that for productivity I essentially have 4 1080p screens to work on.
I do sit fairly close to the screen though, which helps
The game is optimized / designed for a single display. For my eyes and budget a 34" UW 2560*1080 as main and the "old" 27" FHD display as secondary turned out to be perfect. Due to the "low" resolution I don't need that much gfx-power, and with the size and distance it looks great even only with FXAA 85° FOV (still very well readable text). And the best: the LG 34" was on sale for € 389,-