I want three monitors and my view expands along them. So my hands are visible in the middle one, then I can see right and left too!

Immersion breaking no one walks in a dungeon looking at a map and fighting all the time

Sounds like it could be [useful/a novelty] for some users. I will never use 2 monitors for a PC because I'd be wasting even more energy

H: Don't care

While it would be cool to have a dual/triple screen support I probably wouldn't use it because my second monitor is mainly reserved for hardware monitoring(temps, voltages, fan speeds and such).

instead of having 2 monitors on low resolution I have one monitor at 2560x1600 res. I think the multiple monitor fad is a gimmick to sell more product by the manufacturers

Is it something mods could fix? Sorry, I don't know much about computers. It would be awesome to have your map on one monitor though.

I can honestly say I would never by choice use a single-monitor setup, it's simply invaluable. For programming you can have references on your secondary monitor, for writing you can keep information and quotes, for art you can keep examples - there's hardly a situation that can't be made easier by adding another, seperate screenspace. It's not really something you "get" before you use it, but it's night and day.

However, keep any multi-monitor modes optional, at least - I run windowed/noborder so I can quickly and easily switch to whatever's on my other monitor, whether it be IRC, compile output, whatever.

This is something I'd probably never use, so I don't care at all.

On my monitor I can keep 2 documents/webpages/programs displayed with no problem, but if they start using higher resolutions I will not be able to do that

And on my two I can keep four - it's a different mindset. Even ignoring that some applications just want all of your screen because their UI designer is a jerk, I know that nothing will interfere with what's on my secondary monitor. Managing multiple windows on the same monitor gets fiddly after 3 or 4, wheras it's easy to manage with multiple monitors, as well as making passive observance easier. One large monitor is in no way a replacement, they're not trying to solve the same problems. If you only ever use one application at a time, then certainly one monitor will work for you (and one big one is better), but if ever you use multiple applications at the same time then multiple monitors is vastly superior.

I normally use the second monitor for chatting, or walkthrough.

... and none of them would look nearly as pretty as 1 big monitor with the game maximized on it.

Last I checked, the two weren't mutually exclusive. One larger monitor may be better for video games and HD movies, but two is better for actual work, and there's nothing stopping one, or both, of them from being just as large.

Ah... must be just my generation of vid card... at the time none supported more than 1 monitor at 2560x1600. That is probably different with newer ones.

although it has 2x the area of the most common resolution below it, so I guess I could fit 4 applications on it.

I say: why not? As a PS3 gamer I don't have access to many cool features the PC does, particularly mods and graphical settings. I don't think it's unfair that they can have those things and I can't. It's just the way it works. If I could afford a high end gaming rig I'm damn sure I'd want those options too. It's not about "I have more more money so I deserve", it's about, "I have invested money so I could".

The least I would hope from Bethesda would be to allow the engine to facilitate common features such as this (and yes I do say common, most PC gamer friends of mine run multiple monitors) so the mod community can at least add it. For games like Elder Scrolls there really is no "unfair". It's personal preference. Personally I'd like having my stats screen running alongside the realtime window.

I don't own multiple monitors, however if the game could support dual monitors for example that's a good thing. I just can't see the benefits - other than a bigger POV - of using more than one more monitor for an ES game.

Voted for the first option.

Not sure if anyone has mention this or not (only read the first page)

http://www.amd.com/US/PRODUCTS/TECHNOLOGIES/AMD-EYEFINITY-TECHNOLOGY/Pages/eyefinity.aspx.

EDIT: I have 2 monitors (well my laptop and a monitor) and I nearly always have them both on, unless I'm playing a game, but if they can find a use for my extra monitor I won't complain, Having 2 monitors is so much easier, especially when using the CS. Just have one as the render window and the others as the cell and objects

Also I normally have one streaming TV in the background (from http://www.tvcatchup.com).

I only bought the extra monitor because my old laptops screen broke, and the monitor wasn't much more than replacing the laptop screen. And then I got a new laptop, and don't think I'll ever go back to just 1 monitor.

Yes this is an awesome idea.

This. Enough said.

+1 for 2cd and 3rd monitor.

Larger field of view or menu opening on second monitor se we dont have stop as a blonde that isn t able to walk while looking inside her bag.

Map, books and other stuffs of that kind can popup on my nose as long as they come back where i left them.
And IF time could still pass while we shuffle in our backpack, read a book or consult the map it would be awesome for those little missions like.
Bragging joe get out of his store at noon, follow him and discover who his been doing.
It s PITA to have to wait for the guy to get his rear end off his shoeshop without a book to read, because when you open the book game pause.

A lot of people understood and even sympathized with my meaning for this thread, but PhYoshi, you really nailed it with this, hahaha. That 2nd monitor has become like some kind of invaluable secret to me; I tell so many people about it but they can't seem to understand its value, but yeah, I use it for everything. Now, NOT using it seems too weird and paralyzing. I am an artist, so I'm always using it to study models of things, and when I'm writing, it holds reference books or materials. When I read a PDF, I may use the 2nd monitor to run my music on WMP and won't have to leave the document to fiddle with my music. But when I play a videogame, even a videogame I have digital maps for to aid me in navigating things, when I launch the game both windows get used somehow, so I can't do anything with the 2nd monitor, it's just black, so I turn it off. And I wonder why I can't use my imageviewer on that screen while playing the game on my default main monitor....

It seems like a useful advantage to have, whether others think its "FAIR" or not, I don't care about that viewpoint. I paid for a 2nd monitor and I love using it, and if it could be done, I wouldn't let public opinion on the "fairness" of using my 2nd monitor stop me from using my f'n monitor the way I see fit!

I can't believe the number of people on here who don't get it ... Once you go dual-jizzack, you never go back.... if I had the money to pay for a heart transplant to extend my life, you guys mostly act like it's NOT FAIR that I use that option. Your argument is selfish. "Oh, I can't afford a heart transplant, so everyone else should die too...." C'mon, people.

I mean, how much is a 2nd monitor at 19" anyway, $150 dollars now? Monitors used to be $500 when I was a kid, and that's back when our dollar had a high value and you could buy a nice used car for that much.