My Xmas present to myself.


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This year I bought myself a present. It's been on my "wish list" for a very long time. It's a Dell 30 inch IPS monitor. To put the size of the monitor in perspective, each monitor to the left and right of the middle (30 inch) are 24 inch monitors. This monitor is pretty sweet I have yet to game on it, but I shall try that pretty soon! The graphics card that is driving that beast is a GeForce GTX 660Ti.

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You don't. :)

wow! How do you use that many screens at the same time?!

The top right creen is for things I don't care about like downloads. The left monitor is for remote assistance sessions via gotoassist. The Right monitor is for chatting and the middle monitor is for everything else.

Oh and the top left screen isn't even connected to this computer. It's connected to my server / security system / voice mail system computer.

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Wow if you are using that many screens for gaming and general desktop use is overkill.

Sentence didn't really make sense. So what is overkill?

It is also possible to do 3 full screen remote sessions all at the same time with my 3 monitor (or more if I run 2 windowed on the new 309 inch) configuration (the screenshot is of my old monitor)

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New system:

System Name: RemixedBeast

Processor: Intel i5 3570K @ 3.4Ghz

Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Pro3

Cooling: Coolemaster Hyper 212 Evo

Memory: 16GB Corsair XMS3

Video Card: Nvidia Geforce 650Ti 1GB

Hard Disk: 1.5TB Seagate/128GB Samsung 840

Optical Drive: None

CRT/LCD Model: Samsung SyncMaster P2350 23in @ 1920x1080 + LG Flatron 19in Widescreen 1440x900

Case: Antec Three Hundred Two

PSU: 620w Antec High Current Gamer HCG-620M

Software: Windows Server 2012 x64 Standard

new router:

new phone:

ZTE-N860

and new windows azure cloud server for my websites:

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Here is my present to myself......

a BlackBerry pearl 2012 dodge avenger

(not actual car but same model and color)

It had 490 miles (previous owner was in an accident)

they replaced the driver-side doors and auctioned it off

Paid $16,000 cash

saved myself $7000-$8000

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Sentence didn't really make sense. So what is overkill?

It is also possible to do 3 full screen remote sessions all at the same time with my 3 monitor (or more if I run 2 windowed on the new 309 inch) configuration (the screenshot is of my old monitor)

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I've often wondered why nobody called me out when I mention my triple screen system, now I know, most users here are savvy enough to know that not only is it possible, it's easily do-able also

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I just tried Need for speed hot pursuit at native resolution. It's like your entire face is in the screen. It was very fun!

Now you know why you can never go back.

You're so much in the game, everything less is a framed disappointment.

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This year I bought myself a present. It's been on my "wish list" for a very long time. It's a Dell 30 inch IPS monitor. To put the size of the monitor in perspective, each monitor to the left and right of the middle (30 inch) are 24 inch monitors. This monitor is pretty sweet I have yet to game on it, but I shall try that pretty soon! The graphics card that is driving that beast is a GeForce GTX 660Ti.

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Compensating for something >.<

You got smaller, suddenly all your screens are bigger :o

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