What screen resolution do you use?

[Laszlo Nagy]

Back in 2007 Link started a survey asking about the resolution people use for ArchiCAD:

http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=16436

Almost 7 years have passed and I thought it may be interesting and enlightening to repeat this poll now that available monitor sizes and resolutions have increased dramatically over the last several years.

I have tried to include all kind of resolution variants so please pick the one you have or the one closest. I have not included resolutions with less than 768 vertical pixels as this is the minimum requirement for ArchiCAD. The options at listed in increase of vertical resolution.

If you have several displays, please select the highest resolution you are using.

Of course any other comments are also welcome.

[NandoMogollon]

Laszlo,
Actually having the option to tell if we're using 1 or 2 or multiple monitors / screens may be useful.

In my case is 2 x (1920 x 1280)

Cheers

[Laszlo Nagy]

That would have to be a separate poll because this is full (10 options is max).
In case of multiple monitors the greatest resolution used should be stated.
But I think people can just state it in a post if they want to communicate it.

[Anonymous]

I have 4 x (1680x1050) monitors in a T configuration, configured for AC like so:

[3D window] [Tools palette | Plan view window] [Sections/Elevations/Layouts]

with the lower monitor showing various palettes:

[Layer Switch | Quick options + Favourites + Trace + SEO+ etc | Navigator, showing Vewports | Organizer, showing Views + Layouts].

I highly recommend it.

It may appear OTT, but with monitors picked up second hand for $40 each, and and extra graphics card, the increase in productivity pays for itself in just a few days.

But, now I'm spolit with that, anything else now just seems like a hassle.

[NandoMogollon]

I have 4 x (1680x1050) monitors in a T configuration

I'd love to see a picture of that... and see if I can pull some strings at my office.
Regards

[Link]

I'd like to see a photo of it too. Strike a pose, mate!

Cheers,
Link.

[Laszlo Nagy]

Me is interested too.

[stefan]

How do you judge Retina? 1440x900 HiDPI is double the pixel size, but toolbars stay at a visible size.

[Laszlo Nagy]

Just consider the sheer pixel count of the display, not whether the application is optimized to use that resolution.

[glenn_peters]

Two monitors side-by-side at the office for the past 10 years (various resolutions depending on time period), but at home I've just hooked up the new Asus PB287Q 28-inch 4k UHD monitor to my Mac Pro.

Asus lists the resolution at 3840 x 2160 pixels (so-called 4k standard) but when I hooked it up via DisplayPort 1.2 to get 60Hz refresh rate (and made other calibrations), the "About This Mac / Displays" pane states 5120 x 2880 pixels (for 14.75-million total).

Thankfully the most recent OS X updated to 10.9.3 allows for scaling of most text and icons so my aging eyes don't have to squint too often; sitting 60 cm from the screen, the effect is certainly retina-like. Only downside… the PB287 is TN panel rather than an IPS (those 4k monitors are in the $3,000+ range). Maybe in a couple more years?