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Dec 23 2015 07:07pm

Like someone said before amd is better at multiscreen and atm the 390x is to par with the 980 (i think its about 10% slower then the TI's), so why not crossfire two 390x or 295x2? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbZYas_BTlE

Amd cards are more bang for your buck but sli 980's would kill any amd cards. i also know you should spend around 40% of your PC budget on your gpu but that might only be for budgets under $1,500 lol. For cpu I'd probably stick to Intel but more cores is far better for multitasking (I feel like this could be important for 3 monitors but I myself am not too sure).

on a side note I'm a big fan of 144hz monitors but idk if you could even dish out that much fps on 3 monitors that are larger then 1080p with newer generation of games.

Although I am a novice as well so what do I know.

This post was edited by lamens on Dec 23 2015 07:12pm

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Dec 23 2015 08:00pm

Quote (Rapture @ Dec 23 2015 07:08pm)

This is what I put together.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Yt7DP6

The monitors are the biggest ambiguity, so i just chose 3 27 inches that were of good quality and maxed your hardware for it.
3x 1080p monitors is basically 4k + half of 4k (since 1x 1080p monitor is half of a 4k display)
1 980 ti struggles to do 4k for many modern titles, so i opted for a dual 980 ti.
I also opted for the i7 and some fast ddr4 ram, because thus far, Fallout 4 has run better on an i7 (over an i5) and actually benefits from faster ram speed (from what I've researched)

Quote (Upset @ Dec 23 2015 07:55pm)

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/tMTbmG

This could do it.

AMD video cards would be optimal in this situation.

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Dec 23 2015 08:07pm

Quote (NewKID @ Dec 23 2015 10:00pm)
AMD video cards would be optimal in this situation.

Sources?

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Dec 25 2015 08:15pm

4k is 4x 1080p but at 16:9 ratio

if using surround/eyefinity with 3x 1080p its less but at 16:3 ratio,

amd or nvidia do eyefinity or surround the same

nvidia has shit more sli profiles if using dual cards

amd you can alternate frame if you cant find a crossfire profile

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Dec 25 2015 09:47pm

listen man
triple monitor setup is a scam
its really shitty n waste of space

a big dick gaming monitor
with a nice monitor 4 movies be best setup

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Dec 25 2015 10:27pm

Quote (Textbook @ Dec 23 2015 07:28pm)

I figured sli 970s or a single 980Ti would be fine , no? Idk , like I said I'm not experienced :(

Fallout 4, witcher 3, far cry, Minecraft, rocket league, league of legends, diablo, etc.. Most intense games being FO4 and Witcher 3

P.S Hi Mel :)

Ty :)

You're really better off getting one really nice gaming monitor and then getting 2 secondary monitors for multi tasking, etc. The graphics power you'd need to run like Witcher 3 over 3 monitors isn't worth it imo and some of the games listed later you wouldn't really get that much out of over 3 monitors.

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Dec 25 2015 11:05pm

dont listen to these nay sayers

5 monitor setup here

you might not get to max them but you can shop work game and multi task like a mad man

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