I do not currently have a desktop, but I know that I'll have a nice one before the end of the year. I'm a gamer, but I find myself having to Alt+Tab out of games to look to see who IM'd me or perform various other small tasks. I guess I'm a little fuzzy on exactly how a multi-monitor setup would work if you're gaming in full-screen mode on the primary monitor. Does the other monitor go blank? Does having a multi-monitor setup reduce overall GPU performance? I'm not wanting to do anything fancy. My employer has multi-monitor setups and I'm clear on how they work, but no one here is playing TF2. I'm assuming whatever video card I end up with will have dual DVI outputs.
Any insight or pointers on this topic would be greatly appreciated.
Any insight or pointers on this topic would be greatly appreciated.