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Im looking to move to dual screens.

I run cs6 and Lr5.

Which graphics card should I be looking to get??
 
Depends on the monitors but nearly every graphics card available can do that now.

Do you have multiple outputs on your current graphics card?
 
Dale_tem said:
Depends on the monitors but nearly every graphics card available can do that now.

Do you have multiple outputs on your current graphics card?
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Ive got hdmi and vga....

Im thinking of running benq 2420hd
 
Difference between LCD and LED?
 
Pompeyfc81 said:
Difference between LCD and LED?
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As Neils says..

The Dell Ultrasharps are IPS panels which give better colour rendition and have better viewing angles...
 
Most cards if they have two ports will support dual screen, if you want triple screen you need to research it a bit more as its not as straight forwards as you would think.

I currently us a 40inch Bravia as my mans screen and two dell 24 inch monitors in portrait on either side.

it is important to use identical connection types as lets say your card has a VGA port and DVI, there will be a huge difference in screen quality.


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Earl said:
Most cards if they have two ports will support dual screen, if you want triple screen you need to research it a bit more as its not as straight forwards as you would think.
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GT 640 will do triple screens (and comes in passive form ;))

Earl said:
I currently us a 40inch Bravia as my mans screen and two dell 24 inch monitors in portrait on either side.
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Hmm.. I'm not a fan of using a TV as a display. Firstly, the pixel pitch is way too big (that 40" screen probably has fewer pixels than the 24" screens beside them), plus unless you know what you are doing, there's a good chance your screen is set for TV colour space rather than PC colour space.

Earl said:
it is important to use identical connection types as lets say your card has a VGA port and DVI, there will be a huge difference in screen quality.
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No. It is important to use digital interconnection (DVI/HDMI/DP/TB) over analogue (VGA). Assuming the bandwidth is high enough, each of the digital interconnection methods are equivalent.
 
arad85 said:
GT 640 will do triple screens (and comes in passive form ;))

Hmm.. I'm not a fan of using a TV as a display. Firstly, the pixel pitch is way too big (that 40" screen probably has fewer pixels than the 24" screens beside them), plus unless you know what you are doing, there's a good chance your screen is set for TV colour space rather than PC colour space.

No. It is important to use digital interconnection (DVI/HDMI/DP/TB) over analogue (VGA). Assuming the bandwidth is high enough, each of the digital interconnection methods are equivalent.
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The TV is calibrated and has a far better image than the Dells, but then they are around 8 years old now, it is 1080p screen the monitors are 1920 x 1200, this is an advantage as lots of screens are 1080 now so the extra width helps with them been in portrait as so many websites dont work with less width, connecting these up was interesting as the TV is via HDMI the Dells are from display ports, one adapter has to be active to get the third screen to work these convert into DVI
 
Earl said:
The TV is calibrated and has a far better image than the Dells, but then they are around 8 years old now
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But you don't say what the Dells are, so no idea if they are good or bad... plus just because the screen is calibrated doesn't mean it is responding correctly to 0-255. TV space is 16-235 in each channel...

Earl said:
it is 1080p screen the monitors are 1920 x 1200
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Yup the Dells are higher resolution (1920x1200 vs 1920x1080). Viewing a 40" screen at that distance and that resolution you should be able to see the individual pixels...
 
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