Quote Originally Posted by Padoolikay View Post
I've been lurking on the forums for a while but finally joining in. Hi all!

John - I'm intrigued on how you like the monitor when it is working. Happy with it? I've been getting more into multi-boxing and been making the same monitor decisions. I've gone with the Acer XR382CQK instead because it's a bit bigger (37.5 inches) and I'm a sucker for the larger screens, but I'm having second thoughts because the Dell/Alienware one has so many stellar reviews and I'd love to know from someone who is multi-boxing.

I'm also interested what window layouts you all use when on an ultra wide to make best use of the extra space. Previously I've been 5-boxing on a 16:9 24 inch and been using the standard lead character up top, 4 below approach which means my main window is roughly 21:9. Weirdly, on a 21:9 monitor I'm assuming the most efficient use of space is making the main window 16:9 and then putting the other four on the right in the extra space?
I use a basic windows layout, all 5 at 3440x1120 resolution. It makes use of the full immersion a curved monitor can offer.
https://imgur.com/a/bwtNX11

As for the monitor itself, I love it for gaming. Its kindof weird for surfing the internet and whatnot but I am used to that now. No dead pixels, no flicker, great accent lighting, easily adjustable, tripod legs keep it from taking up much desk space. If the cable thing works out I wouldn't find much fault with this.