Going over to Nvidia Surround. Good or bad idea?

Michaeljcox24 · 19 Mar 2012 at 11:40

Not really got into the 3D Vision, so thinking of selling 27" Asus monitor I bought earlier this year (and another 27" Illyama) and going for Nvidia surround with 3x 24 inchers

Currently running 2x 1.5GB 580's in SLI, would they have enough grunt or am I looking at having to upgrade to the 3GB's?

Also, what complications might I encounter (I read somewhere that in surround, gpu load is permanently 100%). Are all modern games compatible?

Thanks in advance

old gamer · 19 Mar 2012 at 16:15

3 screen gaming is great fun at first but the novelty soon wears off and after a while almost seems like a waste of electric, quite a few here including myself have ditched 3 screen gaming for a single large screen

i5aces · 19 Mar 2012 at 16:29

Michaeljcox24 said:
(I read somewhere that in surround, gpu load is permanently 100%).

is that only when using all the screens as one large screen while gaming or all the time using three monitors. im planning a 3 screen setup for photoshop, lightroom and web borwsing each on their own screen but dont want it at 100% all the time.

Michaeljcox24 · 19 Mar 2012 at 16:36

old gamer said:
3 screen gaming is great fun at first but the novelty soon wears off and after a while almost seems like a waste of electric, quite a few here including myself have ditched 3 screen gaming for a single large screen

Yeah, a lot like 3D Vision. Fun until you get eye strain after 10 mins and then the novelty very rapidly wears off.

Might just leave it then, reading around it doesn't seem like many games support the right aspect ratio.

old gamer · 19 Mar 2012 at 17:06

Its not cheap to setup, around 5 to 6 hundred quid for 3 mid range monitors, spend the money on one top of range monitor i say, before i got my eyefinity setup i read 3 cheap monitors does not make 1 good 1, never a truer word been spoken.

Michaeljcox24 · 20 Mar 2012 at 08:34

Thanks for the help lads, you've convinced me to stay with my 27" Asus. Might not use the 3D very much at all, but gaming in 2D for hours at 120Hz doesn't even give you the slightest bit of eyestrain. On 60Hz and after an hour I use to feel like a zombie

Thanks.