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[mookie9920]

I have 4 22" acer monitors, with two EVGA GeForce 9800 GT graphics cards.

[86834]

Originally Posted by davem1979 »

Hi Folks,

I am looking to create an LCD monitor array, and would love some opinions as to what your favorite setup is.

At the moment I found a great deal on some 20" LG L2000CP LCD's with a resolution of 1600x1200. Since I would like to buy good quality panels as I also do photographic editing, these seem to be the best choice here in Spain as I can get them for 280 Euros each. I was thinking of getting three of them.

My question is for those who have used both 24" and 20" monitors. Will I be happy with this array to start out with, or should I consider getting 24" monitors that have a resolution of 1920x1200 which would allow more bars on the screen looking left to right, and for the market profiles?

Getting high quality 24" screens will cost quite a bit more as well, and I'm not sure it's worth it...

At first sight the 24" panels seemed a bit big to put 3 across a desk, but am curious if anyone has a recommendation about this.

I have a feeling I'll be able to more easily monitor things happening on the 20" screens which will take up less space and not be so wide.

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks,
David

PS. I mostly focus on scalping the Euro Bund with charts open of the DAX, DJ EuroStoxx, Schatz, S&P, Market Profile, etc...and currently I'm just using a laptop. I'll be relegating the laptop to extraneous tasks and will be getting another PC for the monitor array.

I've got 6 24in widescreen LG Flatrons. I pretty much have all the charts up that you mentioned too as i trade an array of eurex products and have multiple times frames up for each as well as a news feed.

At the moment tho i'm being pretty lazing and just trading ES as the volume on eurex is pretty crap at the moment, and plus i just can't be arsed getting up so damn early, so i'm actually only using 3 of my monitors...

[86834]

forgot to mention... if you're in the UK www.cclonline.com is the cheapest place to get hardware as far as i know. Pretty much where i get all my stuff from, altho my computer i got from http://www.tradingcomputers.com/ These guys specialize in multi monitor systems for traders and you can have a computer built to go up to 12 monitors.

[fpinero]

Hi,
I also use 4 monitors in my main PC. But I've been able to plug 3 monitors to my notebook using the Matrox Triple Head http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/th2go/ And now I can trade decently when I am at my house on the beach :-)

fpinero.