Yes, there are several kinds of arm out there for your gaming monitor to snuggle up to. Fixed arms may be the simplest and therefore the thinnest, but they don’t offer as much flexibility. Very simple in design, fixed arms usually don’t allow any movement for your monitor, so they kind of defeat the whole boost to ergonomics we talked about before. They’re OK if you know you’ll be good with that specific position for your monitor, and work best when drilled into a wall. They’re also usually slim and unobtrusive. Not great for gaming monitors, these arms are the ones you see at your local dentist’s waiting room.
Tilting arms go one beyond fixed arms by allowing the monitor to move up and down. While not as liberating as full movement mounting arms, these do accommodate different height placements very well. So more people can comfortably view the monitor and make adjustments as needed. Most often found in work environments and offices, tilt arms typically also have rather simple and therefore slim designs that appeal to many people.
The next step up arrives in the shape of tilt and swivel arms. As the name implies, now you have nearly full movement support in that 3D space we described. But the more intricate design means these aren’t as thin, and they still need to be drilled to a wall so once you make that commitment they’ll stay there. Every time you want to move them, you’ll need to drill more holes. No one will thank you for the noise and the dust, we think.