Zitat80% - I'm working with photoshop, painting. Some of the work will go out to print, if it matters. I like to have a big space to work with, which is why I've checked out the Dell.
Then you really should consider buying a colorimeter so that you can work in a "color managed environment".
ZitatI work with photoshop, maya, after effects. I'm not sure if these are colour aware applications.
Photoshop is the prime example for colour awareness but you need to create a correct display profile.
ZitatI'm sorry but I'm not sure what this means. Is one of the monitors a special one?
The typical CRT and older TFTs (although there are current LCDs that don't feature WCG) have a color space that is comparable to sRGB. In a pure sRGB workflow ICC color management is not necessarily mandatory to get sufficient results. During the last years the color space grew through the use of special CCFL (or LED) backlights. With these displays you can for example work without difficulties in AdobeRGB what was not possible with the smaller colorspace of "conventional" displays. But a correct color management is now even more important than before. Movies and Games are examples for content that is (usually) unmanaged. The RGB triples are directly mapped to the monitor color space. That leads to a very "colourful" presentation when we think of the color spaces that are defined for the typical video standards (~/= sRGB).
So if you don't need the wider color space you will get better results without it (when we think of unmanaged environments). The exception proves the rule: Eizo has the high end CG serie that features an ingenious color space emulation - but it is quite pricy. A cheaper display without WCG is the NEC 2490WUXi (respectively the successor 2490WUXi2 - if you have a chance => get the old one without "2") which could meet your requirements quite good. The Eizo SX serie is also very good (but all current displays with WCG).
Best regards
Denis