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MoNkeE

MoNkeE

MoNkeE

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Hi all,

I'm looking at setting up a 3x 24" screen setup, all based off articulating wall-mounted screens, which will allow me to rotate and position them - needless but cool :p

However, I'm a bit out of touch with the latest tech. I currently have a GTX 560ti which I know won't be able to cope so well. I'm going to look at getting a GTX 580 3GB edition to deal with the extra screens, and perhaps SLi'ing with another at some point in the future.

I'm aware that AMD have EyeFinity which allows you to span a game across three screens; what's the nVidia equivilent? Will I be able to do it off one GTX 580, or will the best temporary measure be to SLi another 560ti?

I'm going to be running 2x Dell 2409W's, I'll be picking up a 3rd 24" Dell monitor at some point in June.

Thanks!
 
When you say you'd recommend SLi, is this from a "two 580's are better than one" perspective, or are you saying that two 560ti's will work better than one 580?
 
Sounds like I'm going to click Buy on a 670 this afternoon unless anyone can think of a reason why I shouldn't?!

So with Surround, will it work with BF3 spanned across all 3 screens, with the FOV changing to make it look right? I'm guessing this can be done by tweaking the CFG file.
 
Also you mention you play in portrait mode, is it simple enough to have my 3 screens arranged side by side in portrait and span games across that?
 
That's all absolutely sound advice, thanks everyone :) let's see if I can order a 670 now and get OcUK to deliver it tomorrow! :p
 
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