eyefinity S23A750D pointless?

[theDUFF]

Hi,

I’m a casual (6 hours a week) gamer and I’m looking to upgrade my PC and monitor setup soon.

I’m planning to spend about £1K on a PC and I want to get a triple head Eyefinity setup.

I’ve been looking at the Samsung S23A750D for a while, but I’m wondering if I’m wasting my money buying three of these. They may do 120Hz but I don’t think I’ll be able to get 120fps without sacrificing resolution or settings.

The games I play are… Team Fortress2 (which might be able to do eyefinity at that res)…. and that’s about though I will be getting BF3 when It’s out, but I don’t think I’ll get 120fps out of that for three screens.

So am I waiting my money on three 120Hz monitors when I won’t get highres 120fps out of the pc???

Should I….

A) Get the new PC and 3x S23A750D?
B) Get the new PC and 3x a different cheaper monitor that’s good but not 120Hz
C) Get the new PC and 3x S23A750D and add a second GFX card later for that Eyefinity 120fps bliss.

Any advice appreciated….

Ps. haven’t decided what pc to get but budget is around £1k + Vat
Ps. I use 4 monitors at work so I'm used to the bezzles getting in the way (though they are 19")

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[theDUFF]

AFAIK 120hz is what is needed for 3d gaming, so for eyefinity you should just go for a standard monitor. If you want to eyefinity with BF3 you'll definitely need a crossfire setup.

Cheers. I guess so. But even If I want a 120Hz smooth 2D display in BF3 I still need 120Fps which I doubt I'll be able to get even with 2 cards cross fired . Might get a away with it in TF2 though.

So It's a lot of cash to spend when I cannot actually realise the expensive part (the 120Hz)

 

[theDUFF]

I would strongly recommend the S27A750 instead

Thanks PCM2. I see you're point.

I guess I'm look at 3x24" becase that's close to what I'm used to at work. I like the large desktop as you get much more screen space. Most importantly it looks more "serious" .

Though a single 27" would be a comparable game play experience and I'd get all the 120hz smoothness while avoiding all the hassle of configuring games for 3 monitors. So there is a lot going for that idea.

Thing is I've never really tried to game on 3 monitors (not many demo setups like that in PC World for some reason ) or a 27" so I don't know what the difference is.

But if you say a S27A750 is better then I really should go for that.....