Triple monitor with 2 x 1080 and 1 x 4k

toby843

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So I've just bought myself a system to build based around the following specs:

Phanteks enthoo luxe
Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Ultra Gaming Intel Z170
i5 6600k
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 AERO 8G OC 8192MB
Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit

And the monitor I went for is the Acer 4k2k B276HK 27" 3840x2160 IPS.

I currently have and Acer K272HL 27 1080p and they are going reasonably cheap so I was thinking perhaps have my 4k in the middle with a 1080 each side for triple gaming set up.

I've read in various places problems with resolutions etc but all the posts seem to be quite old so I was wondering if anyone else has any new gen on the issue and whether it would work?

Cheers,
 
I'm not sure it will work well.

Running 4k + 2 1080P monitors on a GTX 1070 would be a hard task on a single 1070, even if you could get it to work. :D

Though upscaling from 1080p to 4k is pretty simple given it's just 1 pixel to 4, the 4k monitor will look just like a 1080p monitor when given a 1080p signal. (Subject to it being able to upscale, most can.)

So you could use it as a 3x 1080p setup when you want triple monitor gaming and use the 4k for 1 monitor gaming, having the 2 1080p monitors for desktop using while gaming, which is what I do with my 1440p g-sync 144Hz + 2x 1080p setup.
 
Three options; using something like nvidias dsr to upscale the 1080p monitors to 4k, but then you would be running 3x4k monitors which would be quite a handful.

Second option, downscale 4k monitor to 1080p and run all three in that(wouldn't recommend to be honest)

Third option and maybe the best perf wise and looks wise. Downscale 4k monitor to 1440p, and upscale the other two to 1440p (same aspect as 4k)

I run some games in 1440p on my 4k monitor and it looks fine with all settings turned up max but 1080p is a push too far visually, can hurt your eyes.
 
So I can play 1080p on a 4k monitor? All three monitors would be 27 inches so physical size isn't a problem. Am I getting it right in saying that if I changed the resloution on the 4k monitor to 1080p via the nvidia control panel then I would effectively have 3 1080p monitors and could use them as a triple monitor gaming setup?
Surely I can choose the resolution on my 4k monitor otherwise I have no choice but to run games at lower settings as it's 4k.
 
toby843 said:
So I can play 1080p on a 4k monitor?
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Of course you can. 1080p perfectly pixel doubles to 4K - in fact 4K monitor in 1080p mode is slightly sharper/clear than native 1080p of same size due to each 1080 pixel represented by four 4K pixels and less relative pixel area taken by pixel "boundary grid" (so less screen-door effect).

That's partially why I've became strong adept of 4K, because to me it gives most flexibility both for work and play.
 
RidingTheFlow said:
Of course you can. 1080p perfectly pixel doubles to 4K - in fact 4K monitor in 1080p mode is slightly sharper/clear than native 1080p of same size due to each 1080 pixel represented by four 4K pixels and less relative pixel area taken by pixel "boundary grid" (so less screen-door effect).

That's partially why I've became strong adept of 4K, because to me it gives most flexibility both for work and play.
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Ok so this seems like a real possibility then. A 27 inch 4K monitor flanked by a 27 Inch 1080p on either side with all three running at 1080p should then let me game with a triple set up? I guess would I do the set up trough the Nvidia tool as normal.

Sorry if I'm asking dumb questions as this is all new to me, this will be my first build.
 
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