thinking of going to a 3 monitor setup...

magpie1966 · 7 Jan 2014 at 18:49

I currently use a single dell 27" monitor at 1900x1200.
I use a gtx 690.

I was thinking of going to a 3 monitor 2d surround system.

Can I do it on a single 690?

will it be a loss going for 3 24" asus 1080 monitors? ( the ones on offer on here)

thanks in advance for your opinions

andybird123 · 7 Jan 2014 at 19:10

A single 690 would not be a fantastic idea for a three screen setup no, I think you will be turning down settings to a point that would negate wny benefit from the added real estate

reiyushin · 7 Jan 2014 at 19:17

690 = ~ 7990 performance?

It'll be lovely, you'll not max games out but you'll hit high/very high in most titles

Uncle_Gravy · 8 Jan 2014 at 10:07

I run 3 24" 1080 in surround on a 2gb 770, I can run most games with a mixture of high/ultra settings and still get 60+fps, so I think you'll be fine.

magpie1966 · 10 Jan 2014 at 16:35

is there anyone running a 3monitor setup withagtx 690 on here by any chance?

Davy_b · 10 Jan 2014 at 16:38

I will be in a few weeks. When i get my 3rd monitor . Will post back then

magpie1966 · 10 Jan 2014 at 16:40

thanks davy

RichIbizaSport · 11 Jan 2014 at 14:01

magpie1966 said:
I currently use a single dell 27" monitor at 1900x1200.
I use a gtx 690.

I was thinking of going to a 3 monitor 2d surround system.

Can I do it on a single 690?

will it be a loss going for 3 24" asus 1080 monitors? ( the ones on offer on here)

thanks in advance for your opinions

The 690 is the same as my 670 in SLI. I run 3 x1080p without issue. The only thing bugging me is I can only run bf4 at medium, pretty much a solid 60fps. But going to high brings in AA, which I can't run at all without hitting the 2GB memory mark and turning my game into a slide show!

I can do high without AA though.

magpie1966 · 11 Jan 2014 at 16:00

thanks for the reply, I thought a 690 was x2 680's?

spoffle · 11 Jan 2014 at 16:07

RichIbizaSport said:
The 690 is the same as my 670 in SLI. I run 3 x1080p without issue. The only thing bugging me is I can only run bf4 at medium, pretty much a solid 60fps. But going to high brings in AA, which I can't run at all without hitting the 2GB memory mark and turning my game into a slide show!

I can do high without AA though.

The issue with the 690 is the memory bandwidth as well as quantity of memory (VRAM), essentially they are crippled by the 2GB and small 256 bit memory interface.

The higher the resolution, the more memory bandwidth is used, and games are already pushing the memory bandwidth of them at 1920x1080, so going triple monitors with 1920x1200 displays isn't going to be fun.

There will be plenty of games you can play no problem, older ones of course, but more recent ones are going to chug quite badly.

murah · 11 Jan 2014 at 19:37

magpie1966 said:
thanks for the reply, I thought a 690 was x2 680's?

2 cut down 680's else the 690 would melt through the earth.

essentially equal to SLI 670's , overclocks depending.

spoffle · 11 Jan 2014 at 20:24

murah said:
2 cut down 680's else the 690 would melt through the earth.

essentially equal to SLI 670's , overclocks depending.

There isn't really that much difference between a 670 and 680 anyway.

Fireblade2K4 · 12 Jan 2014 at 22:36

Is anybody running 3 screens (24" or so) on a R9 290 by any chance?

Just wondering how this card would perform at running 3 screens playing the likes of BF4, Assetto Corsa and so on ...

Stu

RedTen · 13 Jan 2014 at 08:44

Fireblade2K4 said:
Is anybody running 3 screens (24" or so) on a R9 290 by any chance?

Just wondering how this card would perform at running 3 screens playing the likes of BF4, Assetto Corsa and so on ...

Stu

Very interested to hear this also. I have a 290 (non X) and am looking at going for a triple setup.