The start of it all

I finally made a decision on what monitor i want. It's a LG 20" model: E2041T.

http://www.lg.com/us/computer-products/monitors/LG-led-monitor-E2041T-BN.jsp

Now some of you might have a taken a look at the specs of the screen and wondered. Why not something bigger with better screen resolution. The screen resolution may go as high as 1600x900. But what I am planning is not something new. ATI introduced the EYEFINITY back in 2009 which would allow you to use 3 screens or more. Depending on the video card that you purchase from ATI or the other companies that make that added the EYEFINITY to the video cards. This was originally not part of any video card. Normally this technology was being used by air traffic control centers or road traffic systems that needed to show lots of data on lots of screen. you would have to buy a separate piece of equipment aside from the video card. Now they have integrated this and made this more avail for the gaming scene. You would get a panoramic view of the battle field when playing a FPS (first person shooter). Just like you having peripheral vision in game. Now imagine having 3 monitors while playing and my screen resolution use to be 1600x900. With 3 monitors set to landscape my screen resolution would be 4800x900. Thank goodness this screen has a power saving feature on it. Good luck on the electric bill.

Past few days i have been playing games and watching movies. Hi def, standard def, The monitor is performing the way i was expecting. LG is a great company and this is a great buy. Affordable and good quality. It doesn't have that glossy finish which i like. It has like a brush polished finish just like a ZIPPO. The frame is small enough not to be noticed. when you put all 3 screens together. Thin and light weight. So much space on my desktop has been saved thanks to the people at LG.

I found this video very helpful on how this system works. I am so excited to build my new rig! Now buying this LG monitor is a good buy and i would need 2 more. It is good enough to have good screen resolution, cheap enough that it doesn't hurt my wallet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYorUpN4PQo

Here is a link to the Sapphire website to get some idea what the difference is between a single monitor and a multiple screen when playing.

http://www.sapphiretech.com/Eyefinity/Eyefinity_video.html

I still hasn't made a decision on what video card i while be using. But i recently learned that if this is the type of set up you want. You cannot use cross fire or in other words multiple video cards. You can only use one graphics card so choose wisely and make sure that it is powerful. The price tag while be higher then just picking 2 lower end graphics cards and just use cross fire. But having one card has its advantages. Some games wont run on cross fire and what i have read you might only get a 15% to 20% increase in performance. So having one card isn't so bad.

Pros:

Multi tasking will be much easier. Because this is not just for gaming.
If you are a gamer. You will make your friends drool with envy.
Gaming is going to much easier due to the wide view.

Cons:

It costs more to set up something like this.
You would be using more electricity.
This will eat up your desktop space.

3 monitors plus a new set up! LOTS TO SAVE! But in my opinion it will be worth it.