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Posted: 05 Nov 2008 at 4:36am

The question would be, what kind of monitor size would you have used for the 2 monitors?

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Posted: 05 Nov 2008 at 4:37am

Depends on the size of the monitors , and the res you plan to run them.

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Posted: 05 Nov 2008 at 4:48am

I want to go with 2 22" wide screens. Res would prolly be whatever the recommended for the monitor. 1680 x 1050 for the one Im looking at...

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Posted: 05 Nov 2008 at 4:57am

Wouldn't a 30" monitor be cheaper and slightly similar? And although not as wide as 2 22"s.... well up to you aahah. What monitor brand were they?

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Posted: 05 Nov 2008 at 5:06am

Right now looking at an acer. I like 2 monitors so I can alt tab wow without closing it and lookup quests and whatnot or if Im waiting on arena. my friend hat a 30" and I think I would rather have 2 smaller ones as opposed to 1 big one.

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Posted: 05 Nov 2008 at 7:47am

Go with samsung's syncmasters Wacko

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Posted: 05 Nov 2008 at 8:15am

I'm using two 22" WS monitors with an 8800 GTX doing exactly what you mentioned above, playing WOW on one screen and quest info on the other and have had no issues.

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Posted: 05 Nov 2008 at 9:21am

Originally posted by harleyman

Now I run won a 24 in Samsung(1900X1200) and the 19 (1600X1050) in Acer at different resolutions with a 4870X2

Im going to be running dual monitors with the same card as you.
Im going to run a 22"(1680x1050) for my main apps like games n stuff and a 17"(1280x1024) for itunes/Firefox/aim/xfire

Although im thinking about getting a 24" instead of a 22. Playing in 1920x1200 sounds nice.

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Posted: 05 Nov 2008 at 2:33pm

guys all of these cards have dual dvi out puts which will let you run your monitors just fine.

if you want to run in higher resolution then 1680 x 1050 then 4870x2 is made for higher resolutions or 2 nvidia GPU is the best choice

this is what DS recommends.

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Posted: 06 Nov 2008 at 3:48am

Thanks a lot guys. I think Im goin to go with SLI 260's with a 24" and a 22 or 20" Whats my power supply going to need to be? 750 good enough?

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