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Can two gtx 760's in sli run 3 monitors at 1440p

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July 28, 2013 6:35:32 PM

here is my build
intel i5 3570k
asrock z77 extreme 4
zalman cnps9000 max b
seasonic x650 gold
kingston hyper x 8gb ram
fractal design define r4
I am planning on getting the yamakasi catleap monitors

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July 28, 2013 6:43:20 PM

mrdmatt123 said:
here is my build
intel i5 3570k
asrock z77 extreme 4
zalman cnps9000 max b
seasonic x650 gold
kingston hyper x 8gb ram
fractal design define r4
I am planning on getting the yamakasi catleap monitors


It doesn't make sense to have twice as much money in monitors than PC, sure the monitors will run but you won't get any games to.
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July 28, 2013 6:48:35 PM

It will run 3 monitors, yes. But at 7680x1440, you want the baddest cards you can find. Otherwise you will be backing off on some settings.
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July 28, 2013 6:50:06 PM

ok so what about two 770's? or do you think that i would need to get the 4gb version
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July 28, 2013 6:58:58 PM

mrdmatt123 said:
ok so what about two 770's? or do you think that i would need to get the 4gb version


Two 780's is your best bet and even with that most games won't run maxed at that resolution. You're going to need the 4GB cards, definitely, and probably a 1000W power supply.
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July 28, 2013 7:07:54 PM

+1^
2 x GTX 780 maxed out = 500W. That is ~42A on the +12V rails just for the cards alone. Before O/C'ing them. Although, I would be unsure that the GTX 770s wouldn't be enough at 4GB VRAM each. They might just do it. But that is a huge amount of pixel/texels to render per frame.

Three way SLI with weaker cards might be an option. Either way you are talking lots o' $$$$
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July 28, 2013 7:23:50 PM

It's not worth it to drop the extra cash on 4GB cards, when you are spending that much just go all out and get 780's and dodge the issue all together.
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July 28, 2013 7:33:48 PM

Yea I think your most ideal options are to go with two gtx 780's or maybe three 4gb gtx 770's (tri-sli would eliminate most micro-stuttering). However, running 3 770's on a 650w PSU doesn't seem like a good idea.
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July 28, 2013 7:44:06 PM

clutchc said:
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2 x GTX 780 maxed out = 500W. That is ~42A on the +12V rails just for the cards alone. Before O/C'ing them. Although, I would be unsure that the GTX 770s wouldn't be enough at 4GB VRAM each. They might just do it. But that is a huge amount of pixel/texels to render per frame.

Three way SLI with weaker cards might be an option. Either way you are talking lots o' $$$$


Do you think a 750w option would be best for this setup?
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July 28, 2013 7:45:22 PM

Nevermind on 4GB cards, I forgot that 780's came with 3 at stock.
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July 28, 2013 7:55:57 PM

BranFlake5 said:
clutchc said:
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2 x GTX 780 maxed out = 500W. That is ~42A on the +12V rails just for the cards alone. Before O/C'ing them. Although, I would be unsure that the GTX 770s wouldn't be enough at 4GB VRAM each. They might just do it. But that is a huge amount of pixel/texels to render per frame.

Three way SLI with weaker cards might be an option. Either way you are talking lots o' $$$$


Do you think a 750w option would be best for this setup?

For 2 x GTX 780 @ SLI? Marginal. I'd feel more comfortable with 800W+ personally. Heck, I have an 850W for my 2 x GTX 660 OC cards. I am a bit of a power freak when it comes to PSUs.
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July 28, 2013 8:02:34 PM

clutchc said:
BranFlake5 said:
clutchc said:
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2 x GTX 780 maxed out = 500W. That is ~42A on the +12V rails just for the cards alone. Before O/C'ing them. Although, I would be unsure that the GTX 770s wouldn't be enough at 4GB VRAM each. They might just do it. But that is a huge amount of pixel/texels to render per frame.

Three way SLI with weaker cards might be an option. Either way you are talking lots o' $$$$


Do you think a 750w option would be best for this setup?

For 2 x GTX 780 @ SLI? Marginal. I'd feel more comfortable with 800W+ personally. Heck, I have an 850W for my 2 x GTX 660 OC cards. I am a bit of a power freak when it comes to PSUs.


Hey I agree but you kinda suggested that the cards only use 500W, so you agree that either http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=120-G2-100... OR http://www.corsair.com/us/power-supply-units/tx-series-... OR http://www.corsair.com/us/power-supply-units/hx-series-... are all good?
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July 28, 2013 8:05:49 PM

This sure is getting expensive. The monitors cost 1200 Dollars, if you get them cheap, Graphics 1200 and Powersupply about 200. Can we please get a budget and maybe recommend one 1440p monitor or 3 1080p monitors.
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July 28, 2013 8:07:57 PM

@Branflakes5
Heck yeah! Good PSU choices. I know I'm being a bit overboard. In all honesty, I doubt a good quality 750W PSU would have a problem with 2 x GTX 780s depending on the rest of the system. That's the trouble... one doesn't know the other +12V stuff in the system. But the card is the biggest power hog followed by the older hotter CPUs. Then water pumps, drives, etc.
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July 28, 2013 8:37:05 PM

BranFlake5 said:
This sure is getting expensive. The monitors cost 1200 Dollars, if you get them cheap, Graphics 1200 and Powersupply about 200. Can we please get a budget and maybe recommend one 1440p monitor or 3 1080p monitors.


This is why I'm going nowhere near 1440p for the foreseeable future, 1080p will do just fine thank you.
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July 28, 2013 8:41:13 PM

Hey, can I ask a totally unrelated question?
Is everyone receiving email notices when there's a reply to the threads they are on? I haven't for days. I have to come here and check myself.
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July 28, 2013 8:48:44 PM

clutchc said:
Hey, can I ask a totally unrelated question?
Is everyone receiving email notices when there's a reply to the threads they are on? I haven't for days. I have to come here and check myself.



Last email I got was on Friday about thread replies.
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July 28, 2013 8:53:53 PM

Hey, HP. Yeah, I'm not getting emails anymore. Just wanted to check to see if it was my problem or Tom's.
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July 28, 2013 8:54:33 PM

Go into you're profile and re-enable notification by email if you want it.
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July 28, 2013 9:00:51 PM

BranFlake5 said:
Go into you're profile and re-enable notification by email if you want it.


That option no longer appears to be in my Forum Settings or Account Settings.

(Sorry, don't mean to hi-jack this thread. Just wanted to see if others had this issue)
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July 28, 2013 10:36:23 PM

i think that 3 1440p monitors is going to be too much. so what would be the graphics card for 3 1080p monitors?
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July 29, 2013 10:31:31 AM

Dayday831 said:
mrdmatt123 said:
i think that 3 1440p monitors is going to be too much. so what would be the graphics card for 3 1080p monitors?

2 GTX 770s, Amazon has PNY brand for $387 each. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CZ7Q028/ref=s9_simh...

60FPS on Ultra Settings in 5760x1080 on most games. http://www.legitreviews.com/article/2210/


The PNY cards are terrible. It's worth a couple extra bucks on EVGA's ACX 770's but you're gonna need extra memory bandwidth (4GB) to push that resolution constant.
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July 29, 2013 10:41:59 AM

Also why is Nvidia surround so important to you? It cost a lot to run, minimum you're looking at is two grand right now. Monitors cheapest 600, Graphics cheapest 800, PSU cheapest 200 and don't forget desk space, mounting, power and other things, around another 300 at the cheapest, so that comes to 1900 Dollars on the low-end. And if you don't game constantly, three monitors can get annoying.

May I recommend a single card and 120Hz monitor or 1440p Monitor? Your looking to spend half as much for high-end single monitor gaming than low-end multi-monitor gaming.
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July 29, 2013 11:55:05 AM

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I'd highly recommend SLI Gigabyte GTX 770 4GB WF's http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CU9GOAO/ref=as_li_q... You will want the added VRAM for your high res setup and Gigabyte is a great quality manufacturer with an awesome cooler.


+1 Gigabyte has a good warranty policy, almost like EVGA's. You can tinker with their cards and still be covered.
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July 29, 2013 12:30:01 PM

mrdmatt123 said:
ok so what about two 770's? or do you think that i would need to get the 4gb version


Keep in mind if you SLI 2 770's or 2 780's you will need a quality 850w PSU


And I agree with the other two above - if you are going to SLI, go the gtx 770 route,
the price diff on the 780's is way too much, especially since you won't notice the
diff in performance.
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July 29, 2013 12:45:34 PM

BranFlake5 said:
Dayday831 said:
mrdmatt123 said:
i think that 3 1440p monitors is going to be too much. so what would be the graphics card for 3 1080p monitors?

2 GTX 770s, Amazon has PNY brand for $387 each. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CZ7Q028/ref=s9_simh...

60FPS on Ultra Settings in 5760x1080 on most games. http://www.legitreviews.com/article/2210/


The PNY cards are terrible. It's worth a couple extra bucks on EVGA's ACX 770's but you're gonna need extra memory bandwidth (4GB) to push that resolution constant.


I can't speak on the quality of PNY, but I know they come with a lifetime warranty. I have a EVGA GTX 770 super clocked version with the Titan cooler. As far as 4GB cards, I haven't seen 1 benchmark where the 4GB cards in SLI beat the 2GB cards. Titan has 6GB, 780 has 3GB, and a 2GB 770 SLI will kill them both. I read many benchmarks and reviews because I wanted the 770 with the reference cooler, and you can't get that in 4GB. After 2 weeks of reading and not seeing any difference in performance, I got the 2GB.

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July 29, 2013 12:55:41 PM

BranFlake5 said:
Also why is Nvidia surround so important to you? It cost a lot to run, minimum you're looking at is two grand right now. Monitors cheapest 600, Graphics cheapest 800, PSU cheapest 200 and don't forget desk space, mounting, power and other things, around another 300 at the cheapest, so that comes to 1900 Dollars on the low-end. And if you don't game constantly, three monitors can get annoying.

May I recommend a single card and 120Hz monitor or 1440p Monitor? Your looking to spend half as much for high-end single monitor gaming than low-end multi-monitor gaming.


Your prices are way off IMO. I bought 2 23" 1080p Acer monitors for $150 each, so that would be $450 not $600. GPU price is spot on, $400 each. PSU, Seasonic 850w is $130 and would be able to easily power 770 SLI. As far as mounts for the monitor, if you have the desk space, you don't need to buy a tri-mount. I bought a L-shape desk for $150, and will not use a tri-mount, although I did look into them.

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July 29, 2013 1:00:56 PM

Dayday831 said:
BranFlake5 said:
Dayday831 said:
mrdmatt123 said:
i think that 3 1440p monitors is going to be too much. so what would be the graphics card for 3 1080p monitors?

2 GTX 770s, Amazon has PNY brand for $387 each. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CZ7Q028/ref=s9_simh...

60FPS on Ultra Settings in 5760x1080 on most games. http://www.legitreviews.com/article/2210/


The PNY cards are terrible. It's worth a couple extra bucks on EVGA's ACX 770's but you're gonna need extra memory bandwidth (4GB) to push that resolution constant.


I can't speak on the quality of PNY, but I know they come with a lifetime warranty. I have a EVGA GTX 770 super clocked version with the Titan cooler. As far as 4GB cards, I haven't seen 1 benchmark where the 4GB cards in SLI beat the 2GB cards. Titan has 6GB, 780 has 3GB, and a 2GB 770 SLI will kill them both. I read many benchmarks and reviews because I wanted the 770 with the reference cooler, and you can't get that in 4GB. After 2 weeks of reading and not seeing any difference in performance, I got the 2GB.



Evga offers lifetime including if you remove the included cooler, overclock the chip(and it burns) and practically everything else you could do. The stock cooler is okay but you can find way better heat dissipation/noise with aftermarket coolers. Because the setup will be surround or a very high res, more memory bandwidth is needed to keep minimum framerates decent. 2GB is fine for single monitor but surround SLI setups require more memory.
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July 29, 2013 1:13:27 PM

BranFlake5 said:
Dayday831 said:
BranFlake5 said:
Dayday831 said:
mrdmatt123 said:
i think that 3 1440p monitors is going to be too much. so what would be the graphics card for 3 1080p monitors?

2 GTX 770s, Amazon has PNY brand for $387 each. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CZ7Q028/ref=s9_simh...

60FPS on Ultra Settings in 5760x1080 on most games. http://www.legitreviews.com/article/2210/


The PNY cards are terrible. It's worth a couple extra bucks on EVGA's ACX 770's but you're gonna need extra memory bandwidth (4GB) to push that resolution constant.


I can't speak on the quality of PNY, but I know they come with a lifetime warranty. I have a EVGA GTX 770 super clocked version with the Titan cooler. As far as 4GB cards, I haven't seen 1 benchmark where the 4GB cards in SLI beat the 2GB cards. Titan has 6GB, 780 has 3GB, and a 2GB 770 SLI will kill them both. I read many benchmarks and reviews because I wanted the 770 with the reference cooler, and you can't get that in 4GB. After 2 weeks of reading and not seeing any difference in performance, I got the 2GB.



Evga offers lifetime including if you remove the included cooler, overclock the chip(and it burns) and practically everything else you could do. The stock cooler is okay but you can find way better heat dissipation/noise with aftermarket coolers. Because the setup will be surround or a very high res, more memory bandwidth is needed to keep minimum framerates decent. 2GB is fine for single monitor but surround SLI setups require more memory.

People say that all the time, but I have not seen 1 test that showed 4GB is better than 2GB on a 770 SLI. FPS is the only thing you care about, not Frame Buffer usage. I looked for 2 weeks, checked all the tests and came to my own conclusions. Like I said Titan and 780 have more memory than 770 and both get smoked at 5760x1080p FPS. They might use more Frame Buffer memory, but that doesn't matter if they are not moving it out and just storing it. Link a test with 4GB card performing better than the 2GB in games I would definitely like to see it.

There is a test that I linked that had Titan & 780 performing better at 5760x1080 in a couple games, but they weren't playable way less than 30fps on all cards, but Titan and 780 had highest FPS. That could be due to drivers for those games I would imagine.

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July 29, 2013 2:22:18 PM

Dayday831 said:
BranFlake5 said:
Dayday831 said:
BranFlake5 said:
Dayday831 said:
mrdmatt123 said:
i think that 3 1440p monitors is going to be too much. so what would be the graphics card for 3 1080p monitors?

2 GTX 770s, Amazon has PNY brand for $387 each. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CZ7Q028/ref=s9_simh...

60FPS on Ultra Settings in 5760x1080 on most games. http://www.legitreviews.com/article/2210/


The PNY cards are terrible. It's worth a couple extra bucks on EVGA's ACX 770's but you're gonna need extra memory bandwidth (4GB) to push that resolution constant.


I can't speak on the quality of PNY, but I know they come with a lifetime warranty. I have a EVGA GTX 770 super clocked version with the Titan cooler. As far as 4GB cards, I haven't seen 1 benchmark where the 4GB cards in SLI beat the 2GB cards. Titan has 6GB, 780 has 3GB, and a 2GB 770 SLI will kill them both. I read many benchmarks and reviews because I wanted the 770 with the reference cooler, and you can't get that in 4GB. After 2 weeks of reading and not seeing any difference in performance, I got the 2GB.



Evga offers lifetime including if you remove the included cooler, overclock the chip(and it burns) and practically everything else you could do. The stock cooler is okay but you can find way better heat dissipation/noise with aftermarket coolers. Because the setup will be surround or a very high res, more memory bandwidth is needed to keep minimum framerates decent. 2GB is fine for single monitor but surround SLI setups require more memory.

People say that all the time, but I have not seen 1 test that showed 4GB is better than 2GB on a 770 SLI. FPS is the only thing you care about, not Frame Buffer usage. I looked for 2 weeks, checked all the tests and came to my own conclusions. Like I said Titan and 780 have more memory than 770 and both get smoked at 5760x1080p FPS. They might use more Frame Buffer memory, but that doesn't matter if they are not moving it out and just storing it. Link a test with 4GB card performing better than the 2GB in games I would definitely like to see it.

There is a test that I linked that had Titan & 780 performing better at 5760x1080 in a couple games, but they weren't playable way less than 30fps on all cards, but Titan and 780 had highest FPS. That could be due to drivers for those games I would imagine.



The newer the game, the more memory bandwidth used. Memory makes frames smoother and increases minimum framerates. I have used both cards. Benchmarks are only so good for measuring things, experience is more important.
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July 29, 2013 2:29:15 PM

two titans in sli cannot fully max out crysis 3 running 3x@1440p, and settings need to be dropped to a mix of high/medium for two titans to handle 4k.
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July 29, 2013 5:22:45 PM

Branflake, I'm not talking about synthetic benchmarks, I'm talking about results in FPS on real games, those kind of benchmarks. Check the link of SLI 770 benchmarks. Titan has 6GB and loses to 2GB 770s by a wide margin. It's a combination of things, memory total isn't the only thing. 2GB 770 SLI only uses 2GB of memory, not 2+2 and it easily beats the 6GB Titan. This is from many results I have read. Nowhere have I saw different.
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July 29, 2013 6:05:40 PM

two tahiti based 7870xt's in CF will beat a titan in all gaming benchmarks, and thats been at about a $440-480 price point for about 6 months now.

and i just saw a price for that 7870xt's drop to $199 now, so thats $398
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July 29, 2013 7:34:28 PM

I believe it, my point was that a 2GB SLI card beat a 6GB card. If the GPU isn't fast enough to move the data, then it doesn't matter. Diminishing returns. They put 4GB on those cards as selling tools. I would buy a 4GB 770 with Titan Cooler though. LOL
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