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Game on one monitor, browser/email/media/work on the other.
Windowed modes for a lot of games are also either non-existent or poor as well. Having a full monitor so the game can use 'full screen' with everything else on a different monitor has far fewer problems. Not to mention stuff like HDR which has to be on for the whole thing not just a window etc.
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Caliane
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I can't find any source for those numbers.
That "windowed mode", "borderless window" etc, exist and is in every game. on some level, they ARE integrating multi-monitor via that. but the games themselves, are not using secondary screens or windows.
And that very vid card comes with 4 video ports I'm inclined to think the average is way higher then 25%.
Ultra wide I think is typically more expensive then 2 monitors?
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That "windowed mode", "borderless window" etc, exist and is in every game. on some level, they ARE integrating multi-monitor via that. but the games themselves, are not using secondary screens or windows.
And that very vid card comes with 4 video ports I'm inclined to think the average is way higher then 25%.
Ultra wide I think is typically more expensive then 2 monitors?
Burns
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I thought Ultrawides had issues with a lot of older or indie games, so I have never even looked at them. I also don't feel like they would add enough value to the 4x, RTS, and wRPG games I play.
On the other hand, I cant live without a second monitor for having, at a minimum, a browser/YouTube and/or a music player running.
On the other hand, I cant live without a second monitor for having, at a minimum, a browser/YouTube and/or a music player running.
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Brahma
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They don't. Matter fact I'd say in 4x and RTS games the fact you have to scroll the extra width of the screen to move around the map is a PITA/detriment.
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Bandwagon
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I was going to type something out about trannies & bathrooms, women in submarines and sign language interpreters, but you get the idea.
Mist
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I have two monitors but they're on different computers, because MWB is the fucking win.
Mizake
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I would say something along the line of - companies are in the business of making money, government is in the habit of burning it.
Everything you stated would not exist or be sparse if it wasn't for government rules and regulations.
Bandwagon
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Companies were** in the business of making money. Now they cater to the minority, to the detriment of their majority, core audience.
Triple-monitor master race, checking in.
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Seananigans
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I have a 57” 5120x1440 and a second monitor, so yeah basically three monitors. High five
Hateyou
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The DS had some cool two screen things going on but those were two screens that were so close together. Having one screen on a controller and one on a TV seems stupid/hard to use.
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Mizake
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The only thing I remember using 2 screens was when The Division was first announced, and they had the interesting idea of someone using their laptop/ipad and controlling like a drone that could mark targets for their teammates. I think they even did a demo with it, someone was playing either a PC or console, and someone else was on an iPad I believe.
For whatever reason, they scratched it and it never made it into the final product.
For whatever reason, they scratched it and it never made it into the final product.
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Control
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I didn't really play much DS. Did the games actually benefit from 2 screens in a way that wouldn't have been just as good on a single, bigger screen? (other than the folding)
edit: Not to say that there aren't good uses for other screens. In the EQ days, MQ2 was great to have on a separate screen, as were multiboxed characters. And to bring apps into the mix, I remember wishing they would make a standalone chat app so I could have guildchat on other devices (I think we actually got this to work in AIM or something for a while, my brain is oddly fuzzy on the details though).
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Mist
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If we're talking dream interfaces, what I'd really like to do is have a large 4K monitor, only render the ultrawide aspect ratio in the middle, and then place as many UI elements outside of the render window into the black space as possible.
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