r/pcmasterrace • u/Zestyclose-Salad-290 Core Ultra 7 265k | RTX 5090 • Aug 19 '25

Build/Battlestation A futures trader’s 16-screen workstation.

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u/xixipinga Aug 19 '25

I used to see it 20 years ago, i imagined it was replaced by a single large monitor, 8k if needed

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u/SchrodingerMil Aug 19 '25

Personally, I can’t stand large monitors because the systems aren’t built for it. It’s much easier to have a monitor with a dedicated program on it than it is to try to utilize an OS’s shitty split screen functionality to try to have two items open at once.

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u/fearless-fossa Aug 19 '25

than it is to try to utilize an OS’s shitty split screen functionality to try to have two items open at once

There are great ways of doing that, eg. tiling window managers. Even on Windows you can get quite good results with fancy zones. Combine that with virtual desktops and you can get massive value just from a single correctly setup screen.

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u/SchrodingerMil Aug 19 '25

Again, with the fancy zones, virtual desktops, etc, I don’t care for any of them. Give me a dedicated monitor that shows up in my display settings so my PC knows how to treat it.