Running triples? Post a pic and help me out!

swannyUK · 23 Jul 2013 at 10:19

Hi all,

I've recently updated my machine by adding a second GTX 670 and an OCZ 850 PSU with a view to going to triple 23"/24" monitors.

The main use for my machine is racing (rfactor, project cars etc) with the occasional BF3 session.

Requirements:

£200 is my absolute limit for a monitor
Need the thinnest bezel I can get for that price
5ms or lower latency
Needs to have DVI or HDMI connection
LED and IPS preferably

So far I'm leaning towards the LG 23EA63V.

Any pictures of your triple monitor setup / advice would be brilliant.

Cheers

swannyUK · 23 Jul 2013 at 11:15

spoffle said:
A 670 is going to struggle with triple monitors due to the 2GB ram and 256bit memory bus.

Hence the second 670 I've just added, see first post

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7371/9341617779_7f4b4867f4_o.jpg

Think it will do just fine

swannyUK · 23 Jul 2013 at 11:24

davido_labido said:
i have 3 LG 23EA63V, they are nice

That looks fantastic, thanks.

swannyUK · 23 Jul 2013 at 11:42

Ah, thanks for the info spoffle.

I did a lot of research before getting the second 670 and also found this review.

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_670_SLI/27.html

See page 6 for BF3 performance at 5760 x 1080.

I'm very happy with the performance increase it's given me.

Either way this thread is about monitors :-)

Anyone else got a triple monitor setup?

swannyUK · 23 Jul 2013 at 12:05

spoffle said:
I have actually got one, 3x 2560x1440, but no pictures at the moment unfortunately.

Just to point out in case you haven't noticed, the 670s in that review are the 4GB variants, which aren't going to be held back by a lack of VRAM due to having 4GB, but the memory bandwidth will still be an issue.

"In this review, we will test a 2-way SLI configuration of two GeForce GTX 670 2 GB graphics cards, running at NVIDIA reference clock speeds, through our entire performance test-bench"

That's what I went off on the first page of the review :confused:

What card(s) are you running?

swannyUK · 23 Jul 2013 at 12:22

spoffle said:
How odd. Every game tested has the memory at 4096MB for the 670s.

I've got 2x 7950s with big overclocks. The 3GB RAM and 384 bit bus is a must at my resolution.

Baffled me after looking again, maybe they mean combined?

That sounds like a beast of a system

WuMyster said:
I hope you dont mean £200 all together but each monitor?
Id go with the LG, thats actually on my list to buy for the thin bezel, IPS panel and the brilliant price. Its around £120 each arent they? My ASUS VE247H costs £150 each!
Check out Ultramon and DisplayFusion. They are third party programs that really help with having multimonitors. They do cost though but are worth it in my books!

£200 for each monitor

£200 for 3 would be the bargain of the century!

swannyUK · 23 Jul 2013 at 12:27

WuMyster said:
"LED AND IPS"

I was leaning toward IPS because of the better viewing angles to be honest.

The LG looks like a good choice at the current price of around £120

swannyUK · 23 Jul 2013 at 13:19

I suppose it depends what angle you have the monitors. I've not seen an IPS in the flesh but from what I've read you are right about the colours being better.

In my case I'm planning on having a sofa in the room so when the guys come over we can have a few beers and laugh at how bad their driving is so would be nice to see the screens clearly from different angles.