To play 16:9 games on an ultrawide, set GPU or monitor scaling to keep the aspect ratio. You get a sharp, undistorted picture with black side bars.
Step-by-step guides for connecting and arranging monitors, single, dual, triple, and beyond. Cables, docks, phones, TVs, screenshots, and getting your layout just right.
To play 16:9 games on an ultrawide, set GPU or monitor scaling to keep the aspect ratio. You get a sharp, undistorted picture with black side bars.
Two monitors side by side give cheap extra space for multitasking, but cost desk room, neck turning and a center bezel. Here is when it pays off.
Running a dual monitor with different resolutions works fine. Set native resolution, match scaling, align the screens and fix blurry apps and flicker.
How to calibrate monitor brightness, contrast, white point and gamma by eye, with the Windows and macOS tools, or with a colorimeter for photo editing.
Six monitors run off one PC, but your GPU sets the limit: most NVIDIA cards do four, many AMD cards do six. Here's how to build it.
A single touch monitor works on Ubuntu instantly. Adding a second screen is where touch goes to the wrong display. Here's how to set it up and fix it.
Almost any modern GPU drives three monitors, since current cards support four displays. The card only matters if you game across all three.
The quickest way is a USB-C cable, if your phone supports video output over USB-C. Many do not. Here is how to check and what to do either way.
Five quick checks before you buy a dual monitor arm: VESA pattern, weight, size, curve and desk clamp, plus fixes for monitors with no mount holes.
Four ways to screenshot just one screen on a dual monitor setup, from a built-in Windows shortcut to a true one-key capture, plus the Mac method.
Usually no. Turning a curved monitor sideways bows straight lines and strains the panel. It works only as a side screen for chat or long text.
Twitch freezes on a second monitor in Chrome when your screens run different refresh rates or the GPU is busy. Here's how to fix it fast.
Plug a cable into matching ports on your computer and monitor, power both on, then pick the input. Here is how to do it and fix a black screen.
Build a quadruple monitor setup the right way: the best four-screen layouts, the graphics hardware you actually need, and how to mount and arrange it all.