that should be really easy

ive been looking at 25"+ monitors and the biggest issue i see is base stability, is there anything to do (other than mounting) about this? / does anyone have a good experience with any?

I think I saw 23" samsung monitors on sale for $130 on bradsdeals.com... desktop with video card $500-600 should be plenty for what you need.

http://laptoplogic.com/resources/per...r-online-poker

 

Originally Posted by stoneking89

i think i prefer two monitors, for organization and shit.
sounds boss tho, do you have issues sitting that close to a 52" for hours?

Do u want to build the desktop or have it ready to go out the box?

edit..i assume u want to buy it ready to go plug it in slap the two monitors on and go..i have built and seen many a setup..u can do very well for ur budget..just pricing some really good items quickly for u on newegg and i come up with this bad ass quadcore dual monitor setup for wellunder ur 1500$ budget!! i have dealt with the customer service people on both these brands and are very helpful should any issues arise. and newegg is handsdown the best for shipping speed and prices..

the desktop..
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16883227267

then 2 of these 23" jammies..
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824236081

total for me since in jersey is 1155.57 with tax and shipping but if you are outside NJ TN or CA u can knock off the 75.60 sales tax..

You don't need "good" monitors for poker, you just need monitors that are cheap, have high resolution and won't break any faster than other monitors. You don't need super accurate colors and great contrast to tell what the cards are. Same thing goes for the GFX card. Poker is 2D graphics that doesn't take advantage of any accelration a graphics card might offer, so you just need it to support two monitors.

You can get 24" monitors for less than $200 each and a dual head gfx card (isn't every card dual head these days?) for less than $100, that will be good enough. That will give you more than good enough quality.

That leaves $1000 for a computer, and that is way more than you need, at least for just poker and regular sufing/word whatever. What you do is spend around $800 on a computer, and then switch out one of the monitors for one with good picture, maybe one with a TV tuner or whatever, so you can use that for video/TV when you're only playing on one screen. If you want to play somewhat new games (with 3D graphics and stuff), you also need to spend an extra hundo or two on the graphics card.

technology is crazy....its been about 8mos. since ive looked into specs/prices..for ur budget dude u can do a badass quad desk and tri-23" for under 1500$ shipped!! do ur research and READ reviews.. lil something to wet ur whistle..this is my office as of this afternoon..was messing with settings on the girls digi-cam..

 

Originally Posted by odi420

technology is crazy....its been about 8mos. since ive looked into specs/prices..for ur budget dude u can do a badass quad desk and tri-23" for under 1500$ shipped!! do ur research and READ reviews.. lil something to wet ur whistle..this is my office as of this afternoon..was messing with settings on the girls digi-cam..

i gotta get myself a setup like this.

 

Originally Posted by BillMueller

wtf is up with that TV though?

looks like he's watching the nelson mandela special

LOL @ you guys, cracking me up with those nelson mandela comments! no the system has dual video cards (EVGA Nvidia Geforce GTX260's) for a total of 4 DVI outs , so basically u can have 4 displays hooked up..as far as the TV it was a random episode of divorce court LOL..i was messing with the ole ladies digi-cam settings trying to see what works best for indoors..the TV is 20yrs old but it still gets a great picture esp with verizon fios..ive been meaning to upgrade to some flat panel LCDs in the apt, but those have been tough sales to the girl because these old school ones we have still work great...if anyone needs any help wiring or setting up extended desktops hit me with a PM id me more than happy to try and assist yall!

 

Originally Posted by wantagolf

Heres mine.

compact and clean...i like it..what size are those screens?

 

Originally Posted by wantagolf

Heres mine.

This is such a great simple setup the TV above the monitors is perfect. Also you can run an HDMI from computer to TV for a third monitor or if your watching streaming nextflix too

what do i need to know about video cards, lets pretend im 2 steps off sleeping in a helmet...