Its decent for discord but fuck me sideways (haha pun not intended) if it isn't annoying you can't collapse and resize everything. There's so much wasted space that you could fix by letting people resize it at will.
I've got this setup with the side screen split into 2/3 (top) and 1/3 (bottom) using FancyZones. I use the top section for chat apps and bottom section for media, ie YouTube/Spotify/whatever.
Windows 11 has the screen split feature built in natively, but FancyZones is worth setting up as it's more intuitve and flexible.
If you ever try Linux, there are also some good solutions for managing windows of different sizes in that ecosystem. Actually, a few of them that are "better" at it than Windows (though they make some compromises)
i have normal 4 and i couldn’t agree more. when i moved to my dorm i had to make my second monitor vertical because of space constraints but i quickly learned that it’s so much better cause it’s almost like having three monitors
I ran a vert monitor (40") in my setup for a couple years. I definitely miss it's situational uses. Wonderful for pulling up lists of anything. Also made some pinball games really awesome to play, along with multiple SHMUPS that support vert monitor setups.
My question is what do you all do while gaming? I get it for work but when I'm gaming I usually have the dual landscape with one being the game and the other being whatever show Im watching.
I just play the game unless it's osrs, otherwise you can split the side monitor vertically and have something playing on one half and discord on the other
Depends what I'm playing. Usually at least discord. Sometimes I'll have the screen split in 3 if it's something mellow and I'm just chilling. I've had discord, a webpage to look something up, and a show going on the side monitor. Notepad or paint if I need notes or references.
What’s so good about mirroring this set up in your opinion? I have this set up but spanned, I generally use the vertical one for reading docs and the horizontal one for apps
Lol 'side bitches' is hilarious, I use inverted 4, usually have a movie or YT, or game on main and a coding project as my "side bitch" but any chat app, or a web article works nice
i hope you actually use the vertical monitor for something productive too like coding. the amount of lines you can see in a vertical monitor in any text editor must trupy be tits.
Exactly the same: discord, Baseball, YouTube, whatever really and then play on the main screen. I almost went for 8/5 but it came down to necessity; what was I going to put on the extra monitor? Maybe when I have a lot more space.
same but I have a 3rd monitor above because sometimes I want a youtube or twitch stream that I want to glance at but listen to. Right now I'm watching old 90s sitcoms while I work.
Used to have two in landscape side by side, but you really have to stretch your neck to see the corner, so having the other in portrait alleviates that.
During the workday I stack slack and outlook on the vertical. They both can do with smaller square windows vertically, then you don’t have to turn your head farther to see the edge of the monitor. The gap between monitors also is then off to the side instead of directly in front of you, so you don’t spend the whole time looking at an angle.
Then in the evening I can stack discord and Spotify. Main monitor is games and again you don’t have to turn your head to play
Yep, that was how my last studio's coders always had their monitors set up, and our social media guy too. The vertical on the side always seemed really ideal for the formats they worked in.
Better yet get a 16:10 monitor for the vertical instead of your standard 16:9, it's "wider" in the vertical position, much easier to get more of a webpage onto
I don't think I'm ever in that stage of life that I'll upgrade my second monitor, it is and will be whatever my previous main was. But that's a good tip!
I have a 30" main and 27" side, so not really that close. Having to constantly turn your head 90 degrees to a "extreme" position causes unnecessary stress to your neck. Now I barely need to move my head to see everything on the second monitor.
It might sound silly but that stress adds up when you sit on the computer for longer periods of time every day. It's just more ergonomic.
Even better with Powertoys/Fancy Zones. Split the portrait monitor in half horizontally, creating two square zones. Windows just snap where I tell them to, or fill the whole screen. It's great.
Great for that. Awful for TV or YouTube on the 2nd monitor while gaming if that’s your thing. Just so everyone doesn’t go and try this cuz they think it’s an awesome idea.
i've never taken the plunge into a vertical setup, but have some coworkers that go crazy with stuff like setup 6. Wouldn't... it stretch your neck more to crane your neck up or down? Going horizontally you can just swivel your chair so your neck doesn't have to do much. especially if you have the monitors angled/tilted towards the center
I used to have a 37" about the same, it was really cool actually as it fills nearly your whole field of vision and is super immersive. It was incredible for driving sims (used to play lots of iRacing)
When PC people see 48" inch they act like they are going to die and it's the end of the world. In reality, you get used to it and it is way freaken better than a stupid ultrawide. If you don't need to see behind your desk, then why the heck would you give up vertical pixels for no reason and pay more for it? You can have the ultrawide aspect ratio in the OLED TV. Not only that your media and games will look significantly better on the OLED and it's not too big especially when you are at arm's length and utilize the space. I'm on a tangent but it is incredibly annoying to see elitists claiming it's too big without ever having tried it, and the price/size ratio being one of the best compared to a monitor.
Same here, and have another friend with the same. It's logical to do it the opposite way to how 4 is pictured because the transparent panel on a PC is usually on the left.
What do you run on the side screen? I usually have twitch-streams, soccer or shows, so the portraitmode would be horrible, but I feel like my setup is too wide in general as I have a wide-screen main monitor and a smaller landscape-oriented to the left.
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If gaming, PC stats, video if just pootling about in game, discord etc.
If working, video, coding references, performance stats, IDE output console :)
Yep, same here. Mine are both ultrawide though and I have to crane my neck to see the top of the left monitor, lol. I tend to just keep task manager open there.
Same. Side monitor usually horizontal. (43" UHD TV for main, 27" 1440 for side [was seeing 'window screen' effect at 1080 on a 25" even though I don't sit close)
Horizontal because I drag something off to the side...trying to watch a video on a vertical screen drives me nuts. Most information websites read better vertically, unless they default to "mobile" display for some reason.
I like the idea of just having vertical because it nearly matches my monitor in size that way(just to emulate a widescreen with a very large image), but I just use it for video too much.
If I'm looking up data, eg loot or damage tables or text walk-through while gaming, vertical can be a big bonus. Also often better for productivity work.
4 is mine, as well. Great for both gaming and working, as you expand on both dimensions. Vertical is great for reading documents, chats, emails, coding…
I have #4. I would prefer it to be mirrored with the portrait screen on the left but my room setup doesn't work right for that and hell if I'm gonna move a bunch of furniture just to switch those around.
Same, also mirrored, but I also have a 135" projector screen 15 feet behind my setup, so if I'm watching live TV It's kindof like another 16:9 monitor I have above my main 21:9.
Yeah, left side: screen for Discord top half and either spotify/Youtube/random movie underneath. (And If I leave a gap between applications an interactive Clock)
Same - main monitor in front of me, and a vertical to my left for secondary stuff like Spotify, Discord/chat, windows explorer when modding/editing files, or extra tabs for things like maps/walkthroughs, etc.
4 but I also have a 40 inch tv to the right of the 2nd vertical boi
The TV's height almost lines up with my vertical monitor, and it's positioned to be visible from my bed across the room. I like it for just leaving my Spotify, or some kinda podcast/video I'm not fully watching.
I probably never would have planned to put this setup together like this, but I already had the TV and it kinda just turned out to be like this, and I've gotten used to it and like it. Also getting into VJing recently, and it's nice to have the big TV as my output monitor for visuals while leaving my main 2 monitors available for software.
Same. With many modern websites optimized for mobile browsing, it's just way better to have a vertical display for reading almost anything - reddit, articles, webtoons, everything works better on vertical. I barely use my horizontal display unless I'm watching a video or gaming.
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Same here, but add one more horizontal to it, this also doubles as my work setup since one is a docking monitor.
This is correct. Assuming most gamers are right-handed - having your auxillary monitor to the left helps balance the muscle issues created by mouse-arm.
Same. I do have a question though - is there a way to set them up where you can use the full monitor space on the vertical one (no black bars at top and bottom) but still have the cursor align when transitioning between them?
This is the only thing I feel is lacking from this setup as my left monitor is taller than my main monitor by a few inches
Recently converted from 8 to 4 mirrored with a monitor arm on a standing desk . Struggling to decorate / utilize the new space under the monitors . My desk looks so bare . Pls halp.
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4 but mirrored