What software do you use on your second monitor?

[Mussels]

Just got myself a second hand monitor for my LAN system and hooked it up dual monitor to test it out... and struggling to find a use for it... so as always, ask TPU!

What programs/software/apps do you use on your secondary display? Why?

 

[qubit]

While I have two monitors, I don't usually use them both for the computer. The one in front is for the PC, while the left one is for the TV and PS4. Sound goes through a Hi-Fi amplifier and speakers.

If I do use them both to show the desktop, it's usually for something terribly boring: reconciling my PDF bank statements with my accounts program.

At work, I use both monitors regularly, but then the tasks are very different of course.

Basically, I'm not actually that keen for dual monitors on the desktop as my focus is split.

One use for you could be to have something like GPU-Z, AIDA64 etc showing on the second monitor while you play a game or game benchmark on the other so you can monitor what's happening in real time with the main monitor in full screen mode.

 

[Ebo]

I have a second monitor hooked up also, but I havent turned it on for more than a year.

 

[Aquinus]

I have 3 displays at home and usually one of them has a terminal open (I write and test software in the terminal 95% of the time.) Another display usually has a browser open with what I'm testing and documentation. The third display usually has Spotify and Slack open and sometimes another browser window over it so I can look at more documentation or so I can look at documentation and the application that I'm working on. At work, I have my 15" MBP and a 27" 4k. The 4k almost always has code on it and the laptop will have Spotify, a browser, and slack.

All in all, if I need to be productive, I'm likely using more than 1 display.

 

[Toothless]

Discord/Chrome on the secondary

 

[P4-630]

Besides my main 1440p monitor I have a second 1080p IPS for monitoring,
I always have the GPU-Z Sensor tab open with RealTemp , Steam and Weather/Clock/CPU usage gadgets.

 

[FireFox]

On my second monitor:

1 - Firefox
2 - CPU-z
3 - MSI Afterburner
4 - EVGA Precision

Sometimes:
1 - AIDA64

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

2 different streams of the same motorbike race for me at the moment.

 

[Devon68]

I had a second monitor for a few days. I used it to display a map in a game I was playing.

 

[Solaris17]

I used to use 3 for my old setup

Browsers
Software
Monitoring/VMs/RDP

When I'm at work stations with 2

Browsers
Software

I love multi monitor setups

 

[FireFox]

I love multi monitor setups

Really?

I have though i was the only one

 

[Dethroy]

I've started to make use of the virtual desktop more and more in recent time. Coupled with the 21:9 aspect ratio, I've completely moved away from multi monitor setups.

 

[Frick]

VM's if working with them, spreadsheets when playing Aurora, browsers, PDFs... Whatevs.

 

[natr0n]

afterburner, core temp,system explorer

Reason I dont need osd shitty overlays stealing fps, causing issues, etc

Also to see core usage and stuff

 

[Red_Machine]

I have three. The small one on the left is used for AOL Instant Messenger, and the one on the right is used for Skype, Discord, and my monitoring gadgets (including a note of where I am in all the TV shows I'm watching).

 

[P4-630]

AOL Instant Messenger

Is that still a thing?

 

[Red_Machine]

I have three friends who use it, and only it. It's kinda essential.

 

[IceScreamer]

I only turn mine on when I correct some assignments for college, so I keep the correct template on the secondary and actually do the correcting on the main one. Other than that I don't use it at all.

 

[newtekie1]

At work I have 3 monitors. Left is used for remote support sessions(using a few different pieces of software depending on the client). The middle is all the normal stuff. The right is always playing video, YouTube, Netflix, Amazon Prime, Kodi.

At home I've got only 2 monitors. The right is media just like at work, the left/centered monitor is everything else.

 

[Estaric]

I don't have a second monitor anymore but I use to use mine for keeping track of temps on everything also during multiplayer game while they would load or wait for match to start I would open up tpu and just scroll. My second monitor is sitting on a desk on the other side of my room collecting dust.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

Discord is full screen on it. If I need something else (like a map for a game) I'll have that window open over top of Discord. If I'm watching TV, its on there. If I'm playing music, it's on there. Basically, everything I am focused on is on the main screen and everything that I'm not is on the secondary.

 

[Mindweaver]

I could never go back to using one screen. I code on one and browse on the other. Some times, I use code from an old program I've wrote and just have it up at the same time. At home I have 3x but I've disconnected one of them, because of my Vive.

 

[silkstone]

I have 3 screens at work and 2 screens at home.

I use them for multi-tasking. I find it frustrating when I have to go back to a single screen, endless alt-tabbing is a real killer for productivity.

 

[remixedcat]

Media players, vms , discord, and weather

 

[r9]

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