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Game left, wiki on the right for help files.

My left monitor is placed more directly in front, while my right monitor is more angled. I generally use the left as my "primary" and the right as the "secondary", though they're identical otherwise.

When I used to have two monitors, it was never right and left; it was always center and side.

Game split across both screens with the cross hair in the middle

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4-6 screens... EvE Online player who has a different account on each screen. Primary is lower left, the alts all get scattered on the others. And screens 5/6 are technically a seperate PC, but I use Synergy to share a mouse and keyboard.

Most games live on screen 1, which is also routed through a capture card. (I need to fix the audio passthrough, project for future me)

3 - 4

1 - 2 = 5 - 6

I never really thought about it as left and right monitors, but my main monitor (30" 16:10) is centered and my secondary monitor (27" 9:16 vertical) is off to the right.

I play in the screen centered in front of me, the second screen is off to the side. I've changed the second screen side over the years.

So the middle of the two screens!

The side doesn't matter to me. I have one screen in front and one to the side. The one in front is straight ahead just like a setup with only one monitor. My second monitor is some Dell 1280x1024 monitor from 2004 or something. It fits stuff like Mumble, Spotify, or documentation for something I might be working on.

Some people here must have really stiff necks. I've got 2 screens and play on my gaming screen, which is right in front of me. The secondary screen is to the right.

Game right screen, left screen is vertical since it's mostly for text based things.

Game on the left monitor. My left monitor is directly in front of my chair, though. Right monitor is portrait for browser, discord and whatever else I need at the time. The whole setup flipped (🔄) when I moved my desk last week, though.

Bought three monitors so I don't have to think about this (also the side ones are portrait)

Game on the right but that's because my right monitor is the good monitor. The left one is a glorified TV.

I use my two monitors in this configuration. (Not my image)

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It's fantastic for reading documentation and manga.

Bottom.

One game client on each ... or what is the point of playing with 2 monitors?

Game on the left, everything else on the right

my primary monitor is my right screen, so I put all my stuff i need to focus on on my right screen, so right is my answer.

I assume you three-monitor people use the middle one

Yes.

(I have 3 identical 1440p monitors.)

Although if I decided I wanted to play a racing or flight sim game, I might try to set it up to use all three (total 7680x1440). I'd also consider playing something like a FPS or strategy game on all three screens turned 90 degrees (total 4320x2560), but the last time I tried doing that was a long time ago (back then I had 1080p screens) and I don't think I ever managed to get the configuration to work because most games aren't designed to span across monitors.

Main game on my center screen. RuneScape and/or Discord/web browser on my side screen.

I’ve got three monitors, but of the two 28s I use the right one, which is also the Center one. The third monitor is a little 22 that mostly gets used for Element and Discord

Game on left, Wiki if need on right, drawing tablet on far right playing music or dialog heavy content.

I'm left handed so that's the main reason for gaming on that side.

Bottom (32") is games. Top (32") is for a browser. Top left (24") is for cameras. Bottom left (15") is touchscreen for music player. Right (same make/model as top) is portrait mode for discord, steam, and system monitor. The three 32" pull double duty as work monitors during work hours.

Like any good question: It depends (on the setup). I usually game(d) on the monitor closest to the PC because i would sit in the middle of the desk with the monitors offset to the opposite side of the PC—this obviously meant the monitor nearest the PC was in the middle and therefore my most natural primary monitor.

Nowadays I run a dual 4k monitor setup with the left centered in my FoV and the right one alternating between portrait and landscape. My laptop usually sits under the primary or to the bottom left. I connect over thunderbolt so I can easily swap out my work and personal laptop on the dock. Effectively I get 3 screens: my main focus, my distraction, and my comms on the built in display. If I'm gaming on the desktop I toggle the left monitor to another input. I used to have more screens but things are a lot more ergonomic now.

I do feel like I could switch to right monitor dominant, bit I think it would not be ideal considering sloppily moving the mouse to the top left on the primary would cause the mouse to jump to the secondary screen whereas on a left monitor dominant layout it would hit the border. You could offset the displays slightly to catch the mouse, but it's not worth it.

Game on the right, but I have no choice over it, I might have chosen left if my wall mounted monitor wasn't on the left.

But, the positive is that it takes up no desk space because in the left, it's just air.

Before I went ultrawide, I used to have my better monitor center, and my extra monitor to the left.

Right screen just because it happens to be closer to me on my corner desk arrangement.

... I switch it up depending on the game.

I play strictly on my left screen, but I couldn't actually tell you why. The monitors are identical, and it's no more of a strain to look at one over the other for extended periods. Left just feels right to me.

I don't game frequently, and when I do it's game on the left. My right screen is a drawing cintiq and has lower resolution, plus is at an angle.

Right monitor, because that one is the only 144hz one i have

I play on the right. That is also where I tend to keep videos and music open. Left is for general web browsing and the terminal.

Depends... my left monitor is an utlra-widescreen. Some games look/play great on that one. Other games feel/look better on the other monitor which isn't quite as wide, but physically has more vertical height.