I'm trying to get back into hardcore gaming with newer games like Crysis, Arma 3, and Defiance. I've built my first rig which has a 7970 Ghz Edition an i7 3930k CPU and 16 GB of RAM.
With these specs what would be a good value monitor to buy 4 of(may or may not use Eyefinity).
I'm planning on having them be in sort of a...
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Kind of set up, although if I do this it will mess up the crosshairs...
Also if I do this will it be possible to Crossfire and use one GPU for the screens and one specifically for gaming.
On this note on a small ATX board like the Asus Rampage IV will putting two 7970's cause one to overheat since the GPU above it will be fanning hot air onto it?
And if I Crossfire what happens to the display ports? I heard that there's some new setup you have to know when plugging in monitors.
Will I need to get a new soundcard if I Crossfire? Someones advised me that I will need to if I use a second GPU although there is one built into my motherboard.
With these specs what would be a good value monitor to buy 4 of(may or may not use Eyefinity).
I'm planning on having them be in sort of a...
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_ _
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Kind of set up, although if I do this it will mess up the crosshairs...
Also if I do this will it be possible to Crossfire and use one GPU for the screens and one specifically for gaming.
On this note on a small ATX board like the Asus Rampage IV will putting two 7970's cause one to overheat since the GPU above it will be fanning hot air onto it?
And if I Crossfire what happens to the display ports? I heard that there's some new setup you have to know when plugging in monitors.
Will I need to get a new soundcard if I Crossfire? Someones advised me that I will need to if I use a second GPU although there is one built into my motherboard.