I've had 3 HP ZR24W's (1920x1200) setup in both Eyefinity and NVidia Surround depending on my current video card for the past 3 years. I just got 2 of the HP ZR24W's replaced just as the warranty was about to expire so have 2 new HP ZR24W monitors. The 3rd HP ZR24W monitor didn't really have any problem worth replacing but given the brightness differences now, I wish I would have found something. Monitor degradation is sort of like getting bad vision -- you don't really notice it until you get a pair of glasses or in this case -- a new monitor.
I've been wanting either a 2560x1600 or 2560x1440 monitor since they were released and am now looking at actually purchasing something -- probably a Viewsonic VP-2770 LED. For any of the gamers out there who've used eyefinity and have jumped back to a single higher resolution monitor -- was it worth it? Is 2560x1440 > eyefinity? I'm leaning toward the 2560x1440 because of the price and the aspect ratio in games -- 16:9 > 16:10 in gaming but I love 16:10 in everything else. Two big advantages in dumping eyefinity I see are compatibility and reduced hardware requirements/higher FPS. 6000x1200 (bezel compensated) takes about twice the GPU resources as 2560x1440 and eyefinity is almost always a pain to get running properly.
I'm planning on turning two of the 1920x1200 monitors vertically and using them as side monitors. The 2560x1440 would be the center. I used to run eyefinity portrait at one point and loved non-gaming stuff this way. A 30 inch monitor and two 1600x1200 side monitors would probably be ideal because of the resolution matching but will what I am proposing work? Any recommendations before I purchase something?
I've been wanting either a 2560x1600 or 2560x1440 monitor since they were released and am now looking at actually purchasing something -- probably a Viewsonic VP-2770 LED. For any of the gamers out there who've used eyefinity and have jumped back to a single higher resolution monitor -- was it worth it? Is 2560x1440 > eyefinity? I'm leaning toward the 2560x1440 because of the price and the aspect ratio in games -- 16:9 > 16:10 in gaming but I love 16:10 in everything else. Two big advantages in dumping eyefinity I see are compatibility and reduced hardware requirements/higher FPS. 6000x1200 (bezel compensated) takes about twice the GPU resources as 2560x1440 and eyefinity is almost always a pain to get running properly.
I'm planning on turning two of the 1920x1200 monitors vertically and using them as side monitors. The 2560x1440 would be the center. I used to run eyefinity portrait at one point and loved non-gaming stuff this way. A 30 inch monitor and two 1600x1200 side monitors would probably be ideal because of the resolution matching but will what I am proposing work? Any recommendations before I purchase something?