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flowbot
05-07-2008, 06:43 PM
Hi,
i'd like to purchase a second Display since i'd like to move some Stuff from Maya / Photoshop since i'm a graphic artist too and color my pencil art with it (and random other stuff like browser, icq..) onto it.

Currently i'm using a 30" Dell 3007 wfpHC (i thought having a large one instead of 2 smaller is better) so now i'm thinking.. would it be better to buy a second 20" one and pivot it? Or sell the 30" and buy 2 * 24" like the 2431 Eizos and work with those.

So far i like the 30" but it is a bit on the large-large side :) The corners are a little bit darker than the center but normally i don't notice it.

I don't know if a second pivoted(!) 20" 4:3 TFT is a good choice for a 2nd display for 2d/3d work :-/ Especially since the pixel pitch on the 30/20 combo is 0.25 and the 24" do have 0.27 which i never have used before i think. I always had the smaller pixel pitch so i really don't know if its more relaxing to work with a pixelpitch of 0.27 or even the 0.285 of the NEC 2690, which i also like and thought about (using it witch the 2190uxp) ;)

What would you prefer, or what do you work with right now?
Srek
05-07-2008, 07:50 PM
I use a 21" and a pivoted 19" side by side and find it rather usefull.

Cheers
Björn
cooperunionstud
05-08-2008, 06:23 AM
i would get a 2nd dell 20inch and tilt it to the side, it's excatly as tall as the 30inch sitting flat. Would be a perfect bitch monitors to hold menu's and what not.
flowbot
05-08-2008, 08:59 AM
I see you`re using a similar Combo. Are you using ZBrush by any Chance? How`s your Performance on the 30" monster? I want to buy a new PC in the next few Month too and in the Moment i cannot use it really well since the Framerate is horrific, especially with this resolution x_x (one thing to mention is, that my current PC is ~4 years old and only with a 7600GT)
cooperunionstud
05-08-2008, 01:56 PM
i am using the mac pro, and a 1900xt which is more than enough to handle the 30 inch, i think the 7600 should be good with the 30inch as well. You shouldn't have too much flickering issues with it.
flowbot
05-08-2008, 02:08 PM
The 7600gt drives the 30" but the performance is not that great. It was just a quick solution until i have a better PC :) As i said, ZBrush doesn't really work performance-wise ^^
evanfotis
05-09-2008, 01:48 PM
Hey flowbot why don't you check out a similar thread in these forums:
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showpost.php?p=5055644&postcount=2
camelot
05-14-2008, 11:21 AM
I would always prefer two smaller one of the same size side by side over one large screen.
I use two monitors one wide panel and one crt for colour correct work.
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