Widescreen Gaming Forum

imusrt wrote:Those won't line up.
- BenQ GW2270 1920x1080, 22" marketed, 21.5" viewable size.
- Acer EB321HQU 2560x1440 32" marketed, "31.5" viewable size.

Where do you find that out? Does it say in the technical specifications?

Say I have a 144hz monitor and a 60hz monitor. Is the game only sending the frames that each monitor needs, or is it creating 144 frames for the 60hz monitor, and throwing the rest away?

I ask because side monitors in multi-monitor setups are there mainly for peripheral vision, so I figure I could ...

For the side monitors, no more than $150 each. I'm not terribly concerned about the picture quality on the side monitors since they're just there for peripheral vision, and FreeSync only works with one monitor anwyay.

I'm planning out a gaming PLP setup with an ultrawide 29" 2560 x 1080 as the middle monitor. I calculated that I can get perfectly matching pixel density from a 23" 1920x1080 monitor.

Right now I'm looking at this for the center, and I'm considering these for the sides since they seem to have a ...

As I understand, some motherboards have onboard graphics chips that can run at the same time as a dedicated graphics card. Are there any performance consequences for this? I've heard that mixing onboard chips and dedicated cards from different manufacturers can cause driver conflict issues, but I ...

I've been wanting a widescreen set up for a long time, and I'm finally in the position where I can try for it. I'd like a critique of my current plans, so I know whether my assumptions are right.

My plan is to have a PLP setup with a 29" 21:9 2560x1080 ultra-wide monitor for the center, and two 23 ...