One thing i would like to see from Kepler

[Cleeecooo]

For the <1% of people who run three screens this is very important. For the remaining >99% it is unimportant unless you are an AMD fanboy and just like extra features that are rarely used.

Given a choice out of having multi monitor support, or saving £1, I prefer to have that pound.

3 screen support from one GPU was pointless until now really.

Earlier, one card with three screens wouldn't be able to play games that well. However, with the powerhouses we have nowadays, if nvidia didn't have 3 screen support from one card, then they'll be falling behind.

Earlier, they were slightly behind, but that would only be because of fanboys (mostly) of AMD who made eyefinity such a big thing. With the 7970, eyefinity is a proper, recognisable feature as opposed to a gimmick IMO

 

[ALXAndy]

I'd also like to see this...

I have three 30" hazros (at 2560*1600 each) so mostly I game on one screen, but I'm tired of multi-GPU solutions and want to go single-GPU this time around. I'd still like the option of triple-screen gaming in less demanding games...

Absolutely. Currently unless you want to bring a plethora load of problems upon yourself it's not really an option at all. The other problem currently is that the only surround set up worth doing is 580 3GB. 1.3gb in any sort of triple monitor set up is just, well, total LOLZ.

 

[TheRealDeal]

3 screen support from one GPU was pointless until now really.

Earlier, one card with three screens wouldn't be able to play games that well. However, with the powerhouses we have nowadays, if nvidia didn't have 3 screen support from one card, then they'll be falling behind.

Earlier, they were slightly behind, but that would only be because of fanboys (mostly) of AMD who made eyefinity such a big thing. With the 7970, eyefinity is a proper, recognisable feature as opposed to a gimmick IMO

What you meant to say is its only a gimmick until nvidia have it on a single gpu card. When they do have it, then and only then it will become a worth while technology.

Seriously though there were reviews of 5870 cards happily using eyefinity on release. Yea in some games the settings had to be lowered to make it playable but it was playable on one card.

 

[Final8y]

My friend has been running a single 5850 @ 5040x1050 for 2 years and only just after Xmas did he say the performance is not to his liking any more in the latest games, he will be upgrading to the 7xxx.

 

[ALXAndy]

What you meant to say is its only a gimmick until nvidia have it on a single gpu card. When they do have it, then and only then it will become a worth while technology.

Seriously though there were reviews of 5870 cards happily using eyefinity on release. Yea in some games the settings had to be lowered to make it playable but it was playable on one card.

I've seen Dirt 2 playable on a 5770.

 

[Minstadave]

For the <1% of people who care about physx this is very important. For the remaining >99% it is unimportant unless you are an Nvidia fanboy and just like extra features that are rarely used.

Given a choice out of having physx support, or saving £1, I prefer to have that pound.

Goes both ways.

 

[Duff-Man]

Absolutely. Currently unless you want to bring a plethora load of problems upon yourself it's not really an option at all. The other problem currently is that the only surround set up worth doing is 580 3GB. 1.3gb in any sort of triple monitor set up is just, well, total LOLZ.

There are plenty of games that run well at that res (7680*1600), even with 1.5Gb VRAM. A fair few need AA to be switched off to avoid paging, but for the most part I've found GPU power to be the main limiting factor rather than VRAM. Most of the games that use above 1.5Gb are just too slow to run triple-screen at that res anyway.

 

[Rroff]

Yeah I agree man. When I bought my 7970 I got the XFX core model for £439 delivered. Which is pretty good, given the prices I saw around..

I was fully aware that it didn't come with a Mini DP - HDMI adapter as the Sapphire does, but the Sapphire was £35 more so you were paying for it.

I just don't need the thing, so was far happier with the saving.

However, what you do need to take into account is that this is a lot more important than a £1 saving. This is a function that Nvidia cards do not have. That would be fine if ATI/AMD cards did not offer the function, but when making a purchase you will consider all of these things. That's why they have clung onto Physx really. Sure, it's a bit papp and pointless, but it's something AMD cards don't have.

Surround/Eyefinity, even though it has very very few users, is way more important though. Owning an Nvidia card right now basically rules it out completely. Spending another £200 or so and relying on SLI and all that stuff is really a complete deal breaker if you were even so much as considering it IMO.

Most won't ever use Eyefinity, but at least it's there should you ever become curious

Granted don't have a huge amount of experience with it but I never had any issues playing with 3x 120Hz 1680x1050 panels on my GTX470 SLI aside from lacking VRAM with higher settings in some games.

 

[smilertoo]

I imagine 3 screens is a niche market, and 3x3d even more so; even though we love the big fast cards, the money is in the mid range.

 

[oweneades]

For gaming I imagine any single card setup is going to be pretty naff anyway.

Well my HD7970 pulls over 50FPS in BF3 at 3560x1920 and high settings with minimums in the high 30's.

I wouldn't exactly call that naff.....

Heck it was playable at the same settings on my old HD6970 albeit framerate was in the mid 30's.

 

[EL_NEO]

All in all I just hope the new cards will support 3 screens from 1 gpu. My m8 el_jock (member on here) has just got 3 screen running on a 6970 and loves it, so would like to do it to. And if i can do it in 3d then that's a big + to me.