Ask HN: what is your recommended 3 monitor setup

Prefer a video card setup that can drive 3 monitors over the Matrox things.<p>The Matrox thing will make 2 or more monitors appear as one. Under Linux you can hack xinerama to deal with this. The Mac support makes it annoying to use. I haven't tried with windows but I imagine its ok there.<p>But get a modern card that can drive 3 monitors. It should be eaiser.<p>I've been running 3 24" screens for years now. But am thinking of going to one 27.

Is there a reason you're considering 3 monitors vs 2 (larger) ones?<p>Not implying that 2 monitors is better than 3, just making sure you've considered that possibility.

First, check this out: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-monitor#Multi-display_setups_in_the_workplace" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-monitor#Multi-display_set...</a><p>You definitely want a good video card, but you can pick up an nVidia 660 or Radeon 6770 for under $200. You'll need that should you ever do anything, like games, that requires a dedicated graphics card.<p>I recommend you then attach that to a Matrox TripleHead2Go: <a href="http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/th2go/displayport/" rel="nofollow">http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/th2go/display...</a><p>This is what I use to mount my monitors: <a href="http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=multi+monitor+display&#38;hl=en&#38;cid=17562374773094157369&#38;ei=8mpqUNvgL6amsgekrICIBw&#38;ved=0CCsQrhI" rel="nofollow">http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=multi+monitor+displ...</a> (originally posted wrong one)<p>Enjoy! It's awesome!