Could I pair 2 monitors at 1080p with a 1440p monitor.

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Hi. I would only be gaming on the center monitor (@1440p), and I would use the other two (@1080p) surrounding monitors for other things. Is this possible? Can i do it like this:

1080p,1440p,1080p 24',27',24'

Also, would the difference in size bother me too much you think? Is it that significant? Thanks.
 
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You can run all 3 monitors in Windows 7 - but they require you to have the same resolution. Windows 8 allows for different resolutions on all monitors.
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no personal experience this one (3 panels) but it will work, there are no restrictions for resolution to work in conjunction with multi monitor setups. i used to have 2 displays, 1 flatpanel then a crt, it worked fine.

now would it bother you? if you will be playing at a distance ala steam big picture mode then yes, it probably would. but if you're like 3 to 4 feet away, nah it wouldn't.
 
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Thank you for your reply, I read that you cannot have different resolutions in a setup like that. Did that person just not know what they were talking about? lol. btw im planning on using 2 gtx 780 6gb superclocked in SLI
 
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Thanks for your reply, I will be playing close to the screen. I think I will go with this setup then. If I was to game on all 3, I would have to turn the 1440p down to 1080p, correct? Thanks.
 
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If you run Windows 8.1 - you can have different resolutions. I have 4 monitors on my desktop, they used to be different sizes (22" - 24"), and the size wasn't that big of a deal - the thing that annoyed me the most was lining up the bottom of the displays....when they are uneven, the mouse doesn't always flow fluidly across the screens.
 
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I can not do that on windows 7? Its no problem if that is the case, I can pick up a copy of windows 8.1.
 
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Thanks man! I think I will pick up a copy of windows 8.1.
 
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When I ran Windows 7, I used a 22" LCD 16:9 ratio, and used a CRT display. The resolutions didn't have to match-up. The CRT was plugged in via VGA, the LCD was plugged in via DVI.
 
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