For those who play games on a PC with 2 monitors, are you a game on the left screen or game on the right screen person?
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Are they different in some way, so certain games look better or are easier to play on one of them? I think I could understand that more than the pure chaos of mixing it up on identical monitors.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Not really. Sometimes it's also just what mood I'm in. The left monitor is actually a much bigger TV with higher resolution but lower refresh rate. The right one is on an arm, curved, 165hz and hdr always works instead of some of the time but only 30 inches or so
I just... Change them whenever. No real reason
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I play strictly on my left screen, but I couldn't actually tell you why. The monitors are identical, and it's no more of a strain to look at one over the other for extended periods. Left just feels right to me.
It just feels left you mean.
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Or I suppose you could be some kind of crazy person who switches it up per game.
I assume you three-monitor people use the middle one, but I'd be interested to hear if that's the case?
My left monitor is placed more directly in front, while my right monitor is more angled. I generally use the left as my "primary" and the right as the "secondary", though they're identical otherwise.
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Or I suppose you could be some kind of crazy person who switches it up per game.
I assume you three-monitor people use the middle one, but I'd be interested to hear if that's the case?
Game split across both screens with the cross hair in the middle
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Not really. Sometimes it's also just what mood I'm in. The left monitor is actually a much bigger TV with higher resolution but lower refresh rate. The right one is on an arm, curved, 165hz and hdr always works instead of some of the time but only 30 inches or so
I just... Change them whenever. No real reason
Ok, I can kind of see that. A giant screen is going to have a much different vibe than a closer fancy curved monitor.
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Ok, I can kind of see that. A giant screen is going to have a much different vibe than a closer fancy curved monitor.
Here's the thing though. The monitor is only close if I want it. It's in a heavy duty arm and gets moved around a lot. The TV is further away by a significant margin because I can't afford a TV stand atm considering I also can't afford food. But I will just switch between TV and monitor for no rhyme or reason. Sometimes during the same session. Start on one, end on another
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Or I suppose you could be some kind of crazy person who switches it up per game.
I assume you three-monitor people use the middle one, but I'd be interested to hear if that's the case?
Left screen is for the chord (fucken noons won't get off it), and browser. Right is for gaming because its actually center of the desk.
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Or I suppose you could be some kind of crazy person who switches it up per game.
I assume you three-monitor people use the middle one, but I'd be interested to hear if that's the case?
I don't game frequently, and when I do it's game on the left. My right screen is a drawing cintiq and has lower resolution, plus is at an angle.
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Or I suppose you could be some kind of crazy person who switches it up per game.
I assume you three-monitor people use the middle one, but I'd be interested to hear if that's the case?
Bottom (32") is games. Top (32") is for a browser. Top left (24") is for cameras. Bottom left (15") is touchscreen for music player. Right (same make/model as top) is portrait mode for discord, steam, and system monitor. The three 32" pull double duty as work monitors during work hours.
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Or I suppose you could be some kind of crazy person who switches it up per game.
I assume you three-monitor people use the middle one, but I'd be interested to hear if that's the case?
I never really thought about it as left and right monitors, but my main monitor (30" 16:10) is centered and my secondary monitor (27" 9:16 vertical) is off to the right.
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Or I suppose you could be some kind of crazy person who switches it up per game.
I assume you three-monitor people use the middle one, but I'd be interested to hear if that's the case?
Game on the right, but I have no choice over it, I might have chosen left if my wall mounted monitor wasn't on the left.
But, the positive is that it takes up no desk space because in the left, it's just air.
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Bottom (32") is games. Top (32") is for a browser. Top left (24") is for cameras. Bottom left (15") is touchscreen for music player. Right (same make/model as top) is portrait mode for discord, steam, and system monitor. The three 32" pull double duty as work monitors during work hours.
And even then, you're still usually just scrolling on your phone.
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Or I suppose you could be some kind of crazy person who switches it up per game.
I assume you three-monitor people use the middle one, but I'd be interested to hear if that's the case?
Game on the right but that's because my right monitor is the good monitor. The left one is a glorified TV.
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Or I suppose you could be some kind of crazy person who switches it up per game.
I assume you three-monitor people use the middle one, but I'd be interested to hear if that's the case?
I’ve got three monitors, but of the two 28s I use the right one, which is also the Center one. The third monitor is a little 22 that mostly gets used for Element and Discord
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Or I suppose you could be some kind of crazy person who switches it up per game.
I assume you three-monitor people use the middle one, but I'd be interested to hear if that's the case?
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Like any good question: It depends (on the setup). I usually game(d) on the monitor closest to the PC because i would sit in the middle of the desk with the monitors offset to the opposite side of the PC—this obviously meant the monitor nearest the PC was in the middle and therefore my most natural primary monitor.
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Or I suppose you could be some kind of crazy person who switches it up per game.
I assume you three-monitor people use the middle one, but I'd be interested to hear if that's the case?
Right screen just because it happens to be closer to me on my corner desk arrangement.
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Or I suppose you could be some kind of crazy person who switches it up per game.
I assume you three-monitor people use the middle one, but I'd be interested to hear if that's the case?
Left. My left monitor is a 40" ultrawide, the right is a portrait-mode 27" for discord and such. I keep the big one on the left because I don't have most of the field of vision in my left eye, so if the main one is centered and the second is on the right I can look over and see it more easily.
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Or I suppose you could be some kind of crazy person who switches it up per game.
I assume you three-monitor people use the middle one, but I'd be interested to hear if that's the case?
wrote on last edited by [email protected]I game on one virtual representation of my real monitor at 4k60hz, and one entirely virtual monitor at 4k120hz. When I am playing a game my sister wants to watch, I play it on the screen that also exists in real life. When I am playing just for me, I play it on the 120hz screen. They are one on top of each other, at the touch of a button they swap exact places with each other. I put the one I'm playing on currently at the bottom.
The main reason I do top/bottom is because the screens are quite large. About the equivalent of sitting a foot away from my real 55 inch TV, but the screens are 20 feet away for eye comfort. So I can effectively only see one screen at a time as they each nearly fill my vision. As big as they can be without having to turn my neck to see parts of them. The top monitor is tilted down towards me, and basically on the roof. Oh, I should mention I generally play from a recliner when playing desktop games, so even the lower monitor is tilted down to face me.
When I want to play something in ultra-wide, the virtual screen can be set to 5740x1080 at 120hz(equal to 3 1080p screens side by side, but as one screen, flat or curved to any degree you want), but for the most part anything that works in ultra-wide works in VR, and full VR is likely gonna be the better option.
Although most of the time I'm playing full VR games and standing to play them. No apparent screens there, just living in the game.
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I game on one virtual representation of my real monitor at 4k60hz, and one entirely virtual monitor at 4k120hz. When I am playing a game my sister wants to watch, I play it on the screen that also exists in real life. When I am playing just for me, I play it on the 120hz screen. They are one on top of each other, at the touch of a button they swap exact places with each other. I put the one I'm playing on currently at the bottom.
The main reason I do top/bottom is because the screens are quite large. About the equivalent of sitting a foot away from my real 55 inch TV, but the screens are 20 feet away for eye comfort. So I can effectively only see one screen at a time as they each nearly fill my vision. As big as they can be without having to turn my neck to see parts of them. The top monitor is tilted down towards me, and basically on the roof. Oh, I should mention I generally play from a recliner when playing desktop games, so even the lower monitor is tilted down to face me.
When I want to play something in ultra-wide, the virtual screen can be set to 5740x1080 at 120hz(equal to 3 1080p screens side by side, but as one screen, flat or curved to any degree you want), but for the most part anything that works in ultra-wide works in VR, and full VR is likely gonna be the better option.
Although most of the time I'm playing full VR games and standing to play them. No apparent screens there, just living in the game.
What do you use the virtual monitor for?
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Or I suppose you could be some kind of crazy person who switches it up per game.
I assume you three-monitor people use the middle one, but I'd be interested to hear if that's the case?
I play in the screen centered in front of me, the second screen is off to the side. I've changed the second screen side over the years.
So the middle of the two screens!
