How to go about 3x monitors?

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Ok, so I'm eager to get my PC set up on 3 monitors, but I've ran into some dilemmas - and I have a few questions for you guys.
1. Will a GTX 560 (Non-Ti) be able to handle 3 monitors whilst gaming on decent fps and settings, no specific games, just in general
2. How would I go about doing it? My GPU has 1 HDMI slot and 2 DVI slots, would that still work?
3. What if I can't? I can't go SLI as I have a non SLI/Xfire mobo so that idea's down the pan
4. Would it bottleneck my PC? My specs are as follows:
i5-2500
8gb 1600
GTX 560
AsRock Z68-Pro3


Thanks guys,
 
I might be wrong but I don't think a single 560 will work on 3 monitors.

As far as I know it will only support a dual-monitor setup
 
You can get DVI-HDMI converters if all your screens are HDMI, or vis versa.

Im not 100% sure but with the DVI on most GPUs its has 1 DVI-I and 1 DVI-D. Yet im not sure if they both work or anything.
 
Again, as far as I know the only 500 series card that supports 3 monitors on one card is the GTX 590. Other than that you will need SLI to support 3 monitors
 
GTX 4/5 series don't support more than 2 displays from one card. Not sure about ATI HD 6 series, but I know the 7850/7870/7950/7870 support three displays.
 
The 58xx supports 3, I assume the 6 series also does. I run 3 comfortably with my 5850, only game on the central one though.
 
P3N9U1N said:
Again, as far as I know the only 500 series card that supports 3 monitors on one card is the GTX 590. Other than that you will need SLI to support 3 monitors
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The GTX 560 can only drive a maximum of two monitors - no matter what combination of connections you use. If your motherboard supported SLI then you could have added a second GTX 560 and run three monitors in Nvidia Surround gaming, however that isn't an option with your current board.

The only way to drive three monitors in a game is to either:

- replace your graphics card with an AMD HD 5000/6000/7000 series card that performs well in games and has at least three display outputs (and at least one of them being displayport). At the moment I would go for something like a HD 7850 2GB or faster.
- go for a GTX 680 graphics card, this is the new top-end nvidia graphics card and unlike most previous generation cards it can support three monitors in games (and a total of four - with one not being used for gaming).
- wait for the cheaper Nvidia 600 series cards to arrive which should also support three gaming monitors and play games well
- replace your motherboard with a Z68 or Z77 board that supports SLI (and CF) and runs both main PCIE ports at x8 speed. This will allow you to use multiple graphic cards, including a second GTX 560.
 
cmndr_andi said:
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The GTX 560 can only drive a maximum of two monitors - no matter what combination of connections you use. If your motherboard supported SLI then you could have added a second GTX 560 and run three monitors in Nvidia Surround gaming, however that isn't an option with your current board.

The only way to drive three monitors in a game is to either:

- replace your graphics card with an AMD HD 5000/6000/7000 series card that performs well in games and has at least three display outputs (and at least one of them being displayport). At the moment I would go for something like a HD 7850 2GB or faster.
- go for a GTX 680 graphics card, this is the new top-end nvidia graphics card and unlike most previous generation cards it can support three monitors in games (and a total of four - with one not being used for gaming).
- wait for the cheaper Nvidia 600 series cards to arrive which should also support three gaming monitors and play games well
- replace your motherboard with a Z68 or Z77 board that supports SLI (and CF) and runs both main PCIE ports at x8 speed. This will allow you to use multiple graphic cards, including a second GTX 560.
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I won't have that much of a budget so that rules out getting a 680, it will be closer to the ends of the year so I presume 6xxx cards will be relatively cheap? (~October this year), if so I could maybe consider buying a second hand 6950/6970 or something, I could also replace my mobo and buy a second gpu but at the time of purchase I guess it would probably be cheaper to buy a single second hand 6xxx card and sell my current 560.
 
I used to play games on 5760x1080 (triple 1080p) with a single 6970. It was OK for most games on high, but the odd high intensive game wouldn't play ball. BF3 for e.g.
 
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