Portrait Landscape Portrait Monitor setup help

Laststop311

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Having a tough time figuring out exactly what will work and what will be the best. My requirements for this setup are 3 things.

-Monitors must be IPS or PLS or higher end PVA NO TN

-Height of portrait sides must match the height of the landscape monitor as well as the Horizontal resolution of the portrait monitor must match the vertical resolution of the landscape monitor. My research shows that the best route seems to be a 30"2560x1600 in landscape and 2 20" 1600x1200 portraits.

-Thinnest bezels possible are very important to me.

So I came to this forum because this place always has the best articles and best information on the web.

1. Now for the 20/30/20 setup will a 1600x1000 16:10 monitor be the proper choice to line up exactly perfectly with the 2560x1600 since they would both be 16:10? Or will a 1600x900 still align perfectly? OR is a 1600x1200 the best?

2. Once I have the answer to 1, which 20/30/20 monitors with perfectly matching resolution and size have the thinnest possible bezels while being IPS PLS or high end PVA?

3. What are the minimum GPU requirements to run 3 monitors like this?

Maybe one of you experts has been down this road before already? Maybe some newer razor thin bezel 20/30/20 matching monitors have been released recently?

Razor thin bezels and properly matching and aligned monitors are of extreme importance. I appreciate any and all information and options this community can provide me. I truly appreciate the time you use helping me in my endeavor.

Most people are doing the 20/30/20 dell ultrasharps. Can you use a 500 dollar Korean monitor for the 30 inch with the dell 20 inchers still lining up?
 
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Laststop311

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So all the research I've done is basically telling me 2x 20" 1600x1200 in portrait on the sides and 1x 30" 2560x1600 in landscape in the center is the most accurately aligned setup you can get right now.

I know some of the korean monitors use the identical panel that dell uses so I assume grabbing one off ebay for 500 (or 650 for guaranteed perfect pixel) would work equally well. Yes I know the dell will be better callibrated etc etc but 500 or even 650 vs 1500. The dell just doesn't have an image that looks 1000 dollars better, no way.

Will the 30" korean monitor work and fit in this setup equally well?

Are there any cheaper 20" 1600x1200 or is the 400 dollar dell my only choice?

Will a single GTX titan be able to run all 3 in the desktop? When gaming I'd only use the 30". Is it possible to run a game on the center monitor while staying in the desktop on the side monitors and be on the web or something all with 1 comp and 1 gtx titan?
 
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