Displays £650 display set up

Hi all,

title says it all really! I have £650 to spend on a display set up for my new PC. PC Spec is:

i5 2500K
EVGA GTX 570
8Gb DDR3 Ram

I am not sure whether I should go with one IPS 27" monitor or 2 smaller ones? I want the 16:10 ratio for gaming and a larger working area should I start to work from home in the near future.

Been looking at the Dell U2711 but it appears to be 16:9 not 16:10 so any other suggestions?

Thanks

Long

 

Here's a linkBodkin is selling a 30" Monitor in the Market place for £650 delivered.

 

AH thanks man, I was very close to buying but I would like to get something new....

 

What about 3xdell u2311h in either landscape or maybe portrait mode for lots of space

 

Would my GTX 570 handle that? 1.2Gb VRAM

 

I would say so but not on the highest settings as the bandwidth (right word?) on a single card might bottleneck the performance

 

Dell U2410 ? for the 16:10 aspect ratio and then a separate U2311H for gaming/watching movie?

 

Hmm but then they wouldn't match

 

true, get one u2410 now and save up for another one? Also remember, when running 2 monitor's of a single nvidia card, I believe they turn themselves (stupidly) upto 3d clocks or something, so start to get quite hot and loud as the fan's ramp up.

 

Not sure if Nvidia cards support more than two monitors but my setup is a 22" widescreen with two 19" 4:3s on either side (all dell ultrasharps and all the same height). Perhaps do something similar but with a 24" in the middle and larger FPs on either side?

 

Unfortunately they don't D: silly @ OP you need to Nvidia card's to be able to run 3 monitors

 

Nope - with both of my displays enabled in windows (which isn't often) my graphics clocks don't change, nor does the card get hotter - sits at 34C pretty much all the time, regardless of what display config I use.

 

My GTX 570 gets hotter when both my monitors are connected. I believe this doesn't happen if your monitors are identical.

 

Well I have my GTX 570 now

 

Tbh I think (in opposition to my previous post) that a single dell27" would be better as you could play on higher settings and maybe get 2 smaller monitors later

 

its 16:9 though..... why is it not 16:10?!

 

because unfortunately 16:10 is a bit of a niche market, apart from for professionals, I'm sure goodbytes will be along shortly and go into MUCH more detail.

 

Oh and thanks for the info chum

 

longweight PM'ed me, I am looking into the suggestion posted here.

 

I got 3 u2311h for £495 brand new off eBay. They look pretty amazing on crysis 2 but I am using dual 580s in SLI to run it