The Beauty of Multiple Monitors: A Personal Experience

As someone who spends a significant amount of time working on live broadcasts, I can attest to the importance of having a well-organized workspace. My setup is quite extensive, with multiple monitors that carry out different tasks. On one monitor, I have OBS (Open Broadcasting Software) running, which allows me to stream our regular pediment show. The other monitor carries Discord, where I engage with my community and take care of various administrative tasks.

To check the feed on another monitor, I use YouTube and Facebook. This setup ensures that I can quickly review the feed and make any necessary adjustments. For me, having multiple monitors is essential to staying organized and efficient. With a single monitor, even an ultra-wide display would be limiting, as there's only so much screen real estate to work with. Paying bills every month may not be enjoyable, but it's a necessity that I handle efficiently.

To manage my expenses, I use a master spreadsheet that I update in real-time whenever I pay a bill. This keeps me on top of my finances and ensures that everyone in the family is taken care of. I have accounts for cell phones, water, internet, and more – it's not an easy task, but someone has to do it! Having a clear picture of our financial situation allows us to plan and budget accordingly.

In addition to managing bills, I also use my monitors for other purposes that require different levels of focus. When encoding for stock trading, I have one monitor showing historical trades of the company I'm studying. Another monitor displays an Excel sheet with companies I'm interested in studying, along with prices I want to sell or buy at. The third monitor is usually open on my Bloomberg account, which shows all the current stocks I own and their current value.

Using multiple monitors has been a game-changer for me. It's no longer tedious to minimize windows over and over again; instead, I can focus on my work without distractions. However, setting up the software for the monitor layout was easier than it looked, and there were some concerns about complicated installation. Fortunately, setting up a multiple-monitor setup is relatively easy, but it does require patience and flexibility.

There are two ways to use a multiple monitor setup: surround spanning or separate windows. Surround spanning makes all monitors turn into a single ultra-wide monitor, which can be great for immersive gaming experiences. However, this mode is not practical for everyday tasks like Microsoft Office or video editing. When I'm working on video editing, I have to resize Davinci Resolve each time it gets cut off, and even then, some parts are still affected.

To overcome these issues, I use the NVIDIA Control Panel to ensure that my monitors are properly aligned. Unfortunately, there's no option in Windows to identify which monitor is which, so I rely on visual cues to keep everything organized. Occasionally, I'll encounter problems with the refresh rate on one or more of my monitors, and I have to manually reset it to its maximum setting. While this can be frustrating, especially when gaming for an extended period, it's a necessary evil.

In conclusion, multiple monitors are essential for someone like me who works from home and needs to stay organized. It gives me my time back to focus on the things that matter most – whether that's gaming or work. However, setting up this setup requires some effort, and there may be costs associated with it, such as higher-end gaming monitors or a powerful graphics card. If you're considering adding more monitors to your workspace, I highly recommend giving it a try. Not only will it improve your productivity, but it can also enhance your gaming experience.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enso activation codes for windows 10 check out our video on cdk offers in the video description mabilis mura and shempre legit dito madalilang mag order search for the software you need add to cart check out don casa payment options de la finished 20 discounts a purchase more legit and original software check out cdkoffers.com i have sported two monitors for over 12 years now and there is no way i can ever go back to a single monitor it isn't because it looks cool it's more than that two monitors has given me more of my life back i can finish things i need to do not just quicker but more effectively with that said does that therefore mean that three monitors are better than two and is it better for gaming i'm rafael from hardware sugar and asus just lent us three rog pg259qnr 360hz monitors to allow us to test that hypothesis after seven weeks of use here are the top five things to know before getting three monitors and what monitors are best for you number one do you have the proper table as anton and i were unboxing and admiring these gaming beasts our excitement was short-lived with one problem one of the boxes didn't have a power adapter while asus sent us a new one two days later we didn't want to wait and so i began to install my old 34-inch ultrawide samsung monitor and matched it with the two rog monitors instantly i discovered that if i didn't have this insanely lengthy and sturdy table to begin with it would have been impossible or even dangerous to have them on it to begin with in short you need to have a physical game plan are you going to use the accompanying monitor stand if so then you need to have a strong and lengthy table i have talked in the past about how the popular aka linman desk is not the most sturdy of desks and the middle band is always a risk if however you want to get a linman desk or something like it then i highly recommend placing a support pillar underneath it in the middle my desk is inspired by the linman but instead of being made out of particle board wood scrap the tabletop is 3.5 inches of pure mahogany and after close to a year i don't see any bending whatsoever in fact i feel so confident at strength that i even sit on top of it occasionally when i want to reach for something behind my monitor if you are in the market for a new table then consider getting a table with a cable management built in and a table with a thick width in case you want to add a vesa amount grommet if it is too thin the mount won't have the support it needs to be mounted another option is to just keep the table as it is and mount the monitor to the wall take note that not all monitors are vesa compatible like my old samsung so that should be something you should research on in advance even if you don't intend to mount the monitor at present i still highly recommend you get one that has a vesa amount for future proofing purposes gaming can be weird each of the monitors are non-curved and are 24 inches wide multiplying that by 3 that makes the combined screen surface area to be 72 inches this is a lot of screen space but does more space mean better game immersion if you've watched other youtubers and looked at instagram shots of users claiming that the best gaming setup involves three or more monitors put together i warn you that i think that this is overhyped and unnecessarily expensive playing cod and battlefield with three monitors even if they are the same refresh rate is amazing to look at if you are looking at it from afar oh however to actually game like this is impractical and nauseating i'm 32 and have been a gamer all my life but more than 15 minutes playing like this on cd and i wanted to throw up the mini map is on one end of the screen and the ammo counter is on the other end i felt like i was piloting a plane more than i was playing commando the bezels also take me out of the experience as it is difficult to align the monitors to the exact same height you would be much better off with a single ultra wide monitor like the curved samsung 49 inch ch g90 as opposed to several smaller monitors where it does shine however is microsoft flight simulator flying with these monitors really almost feel like the real thing this is because this game isn't about fast reflexes of course you could make it that kind of game however instead flight simulator is all about the views if you haven't read up on the game yet the highlight is that you fly from any point to any point in the world and the game is able to render an accurate presentation of anywhere you are looking out at the bgc complex while flying over edsa just before flying back to glorieta mall and other landmarks is immensely gratifying and the three monitors really gives me the sensation of being on a plane again without the fear of getting coveted in the process i haven't tried it out with racing simulators for this simple reason that racing games don't interest me and while having three expensive gaming monitors run flight simulator is fantastic it hardly justifies the cost especially since flight sim is sort of a class all on its own and what i mostly play are fps third person adventure games and rts games are you okay with different frame rates all three rog monitors are identical with a high refresh rate of 360 hertz and so simple things like moving your cursor to the left and right all feel like it's just one massive monitor however ordinary people like myself just like buying a new monitor to supplement their current ones in my case my newest monitor is the msi optics mag 322 cqr which i use for gaming originally it was my 60hz samsung ultrawide that one however has been relegated to being my secondary monitor i talked about this a little bit in my other video in short a lot of people don't buy three or two monitors in one go and so when they pair up a monitor with a lower refresh rate with monitors which have high refresh rate you will notice a difference in speed instantly the moment you move your cursor and it can be irritating there are two ways a monitor connects to your pc's graphics card either through the display part which is what you should always use as much as possible or through the hdmi cable the display port will always give you faster refresh rate so even if you have the same model of monitors the one plugged in through a displayport will always be faster than that of the one plugged in through an hdmi cable if you are a light gamer or not a gamer at all i believe that 60hz is perfectly acceptable and you should get monitors with the same refresh rate so that it is less disorienting when you move your cursor from different monitors however if you are like me and you want to be a little competitive when you game i have grown used to having a 165 frame rate monitor as my main and a 60 hertz ultra wide as my secondary in spite of the annoying feeling of being throttled down every time i switch between monitors perfect for multitasking having three monitors allows me to spend less time doing the things i'm not passionate about but which needs to be done and more time on things that i do care about a lot of which are things that don't involve my computer for live broadcasts like our regular pediment show one monitor has obs on the other on discord and the other monitor i use to check youtube and facebook just to make sure that the feed is showing up as it should i honestly cannot imagine doing this with just a single monitor even on ultra wide paying bills every month is a pain but it is important to always be well organized i pay the bills for the whole family so that means everyone's cell phone accounts the moralco water internet and so forth in short i pay more than 50 to 20 different kinds of bills a month and i have a master's spreadsheet which i update the moment i pay a bill so one monitor carries the master spreadsheet while the other is an online banking browser which allows me to pay the bill itself the third monitor is my viber and whatsapp window i like sending the family updates about the changes in their respective electric bills the moment i encode for stock trading i have one monitor showing the historical trades of the company i'm studying another monitor is an excel sheet of companies i'm interested in studying and the prices i want to sell or buy at and the other monitor is usually my bloomberg account which shows all the current stocks i own and their current value this beats having to minimize windows over and over the software is easy but tedious setting up the software for the monitor layout is easier than it looks to be honest what discouraged me from experimenting with more monitors in the past is because i was concerned it was going to be a complicated install the truth is that it is easy to do but it can be annoying because of how often you sometimes need to make adjustments there are two ways on how to use a multiple monitor setup the first is the surround spanning option which makes all the monitors turn into just a single ultra wide monitor in this mode windows will just assume you have just one massive monitor regardless of the bezels so when you open up programs it will fill up the entire screen this is the mode you want if you want to have the ultra immersive gaming experience this however is not practical for simple things like microsoft office surfing the web and even video editing for video editing for instance i have to resize davinci resolve each time and even that with the resize some parts if it gets cut in summary i have to go to nvidia control panel because i use an rdx card that runs around make sure the monitors are properly aligned which sometimes they aren't and i have to guess which monitor is which because unlike the windows program there is no option to identify which is which after that there is the occasional problem of windows lowering the refresh rate for some or all of the monitors and i need to manually reset the frames to their maximum can you imagine doing this every time you want to play a game for just an hour and do it all over again afterwards when you're done it's maddening as cool as it looks the game with all three most of the gaming experience is just cool to look at but not fun unless of course you are playing something like microsoft flight simulator or a racing game for all other gaming genres though i really wouldn't recommend it the second method is to make each monitor a separate window from the others instead of a program filling up the screen of all three monitors it fills up the screen of just one monitor of your choosing this is the setup i prefer because it makes me an effective worker to set this up you don't even need to use the nvidia control panel you just right click in windows select display settings select identify and rearrange the monitors as you see fit you can arrange the monitors based on how they are physically installed like if you want one monitor to be in portrait and the other two in landscape just select it so if you want to monitor above another monitor just drag and drop in conclusion we always recommend a multiple monitor setup because it gives you your time back to focus on things that you care about gaming on multiple monitors however is expensive and sometimes impractical because it requires several higher fresh rate gaming monitors which aren't usually cheap a very powerful graphics card and it also forces you to alter settings each time in short if you want work from home and still use a single monitor please consider adding more monitors to allow you to do your work faster and better if you're looking for the best gaming experience i recommend investing in a single gaming monitor with a high enough refresh rate and a screen resolution you can afford and thereafter use your old monitors as productivity monitors stay tuned for our review of the rog pg259 qnr and more ergonomic chairs in the near future and you want to give a special shout out to our top fans dom h liam magnay ian meru and christian espinosa again thank you so much for all your support and for tuning in to our live stream i see a lot of you till next time guys\n"