When I used to have two monitors, it was never right and left; it was always center and side.
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Which was the center, and which was the side? Like, I'm assuming most/a large portion of people with 2 monitors have one straight on and the secondary monitor offset, but is the secondary monitor offset to the left, or offset to the right?
Eh, I switched it up, but mostly to the right.
4-6 screens... EvE Online player who has a different account on each screen. Primary is lower left, the alts all get scattered on the others. And screens 5/6 are technically a seperate PC, but I use Synergy to share a mouse and keyboard.
Most games live on screen 1, which is also routed through a capture card. (I need to fix the audio passthrough, project for future me)
3 - 4
1 - 2 = 5 - 6
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Sanity is overrated.
Plus most of it is old office equipment saved from the trash. Only stuff that I purchased is the gaming PC when thats due for a rebuild and all the wires...
seek medical aid
Main game on my center screen. RuneScape and/or Discord/web browser on my side screen.
Game right screen, left screen is vertical since it's mostly for text based things.
I have this except it's mirrored.
At work I have two landscape screens with right one being primary. This way I stretch my neck both sides a bit.
This is the way.
Game left, wiki on the right for help files.
This
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.
Game split across both screens with the cross hair in the middle
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The side doesn't matter to me. I have one screen in front and one to the side. The one in front is straight ahead just like a setup with only one monitor. My second monitor is some Dell 1280x1024 monitor from 2004 or something. It fits stuff like Mumble, Spotify, or documentation for something I might be working on.
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.
Game on the left, everything else on the right
Bought three monitors so I don't have to think about this (also the side ones are portrait)
One potrait for chats, other landacape for web browser.
Mostly for work so a chat, code, documentation
Ahhh, my middle monitor is 21:9 ultrawide, half code, half docs. Leaves 3rd free for misc.
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!
Some people here must have really stiff necks. I've got 2 screens and play on my gaming screen, which is right in front of me. The secondary screen is to the right.
I use my two monitors in this configuration. (Not my image)
It's fantastic for reading documentation and manga.
One game client on each ... or what is the point of playing with 2 monitors?
Game on the left monitor. My left monitor is directly in front of my chair, though. Right monitor is portrait for browser, discord and whatever else I need at the time. The whole setup flipped (🔄) when I moved my desk last week, though.
Game on the right but that's because my right monitor is the good monitor. The left one is a glorified TV.
Bottom.
Same.
my primary monitor is my right screen, so I put all my stuff i need to focus on on my right screen, so right is my answer.
I assume you three-monitor people use the middle one
Yes.
(I have 3 identical 1440p monitors.)
Although if I decided I wanted to play a racing or flight sim game, I might try to set it up to use all three (total 7680x1440). I'd also consider playing something like a FPS or strategy game on all three screens turned 90 degrees (total 4320x2560), but the last time I tried doing that was a long time ago (back then I had 1080p screens) and I don't think I ever managed to get the configuration to work because most games aren't designed to span across monitors.
Game on left, Wiki if need on right, drawing tablet on far right playing music or dialog heavy content.
I'm left handed so that's the main reason for gaming on that side.
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.
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.
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
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.
Before I went ultrawide, I used to have my better monitor center, and my extra monitor to the left.
Amateurs u should have 4 screens. 3 for game and 4th for wiki
One for the game, one for the official wiki, some for the unofficial wiki, and one for discord.
I do that with non first person games but I do like the immersive experience of having such a wide perspective especially as my screens are curvy
Nowadays I run a dual 4k monitor setup with the left centered in my FoV and the right one alternating between portrait and landscape. My laptop usually sits under the primary or to the bottom left. I connect over thunderbolt so I can easily swap out my work and personal laptop on the dock. Effectively I get 3 screens: my main focus, my distraction, and my comms on the built in display. If I'm gaming on the desktop I toggle the left monitor to another input. I used to have more screens but things are a lot more ergonomic now.
I do feel like I could switch to right monitor dominant, bit I think it would not be ideal considering sloppily moving the mouse to the top left on the primary would cause the mouse to jump to the secondary screen whereas on a left monitor dominant layout it would hit the border. You could offset the displays slightly to catch the mouse, but it's not worth it.
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