OT: one huge monitor or 2 smaller or bigger ones ?

[Linuxguy123]

On Fri, 2011-04-01 at 17:38 +0100, Andrew Haley wrote:
> On 04/01/2011 05:16 PM, Linuxguy123 wrote:
> 
> > e) Upgrade to 1 30 inch monitor, like the Dell U3011.  [2]560x1600, cost
> > $1300)
> 
> That's what I do.  Good for photo editing too.
> 
> Whatever you choose, make sure it's an IPS monitor.

OK.

> > How does one find out the pixel limit of a video card ?
> 
> The DVI interface maxes out at 2098 × 1311.  To do better than that,
> i.e. to drive the Big Dell, you need a "dual link DVI" video card.

I had no idea about that.  Thanks for sharing.  How does this limitation
come about ?

My current machine has a HDMI port and a VGA port...