Nvidia Surround w/ SLI 770 advice

Honey Goat · Nov 19, 2013

I recently built a new PC:

i5-4670k

Gainward GTX770 4GB Phantom

[1 x 8GB 1600Mhz](http://www.corsair.com/en/memory-by-product-family/value-select-memory-upgrades/corsair-memory-8gb-ddr3-memory-cmv8gx3m1b1600c11.html)

GA Z87X D3H

Corsair GS800W PSU Bronze Certified

Old Hitachi 500GB

I'm currently playing @ 1920 x 1200 but I'm really interested in getting three "smaller" screens at 1080, 2nd 770 4GB and putting them together for eyefinity. Is this possible with my motherboard/PSU or entire set up? If so, what do I have to get? Also, which screens are the best for this kind of set up? I can spend around 780 euros on all of the needed things. It's possible to spend more and get parts one at a time, because I get 27% tax back on the items I buy. So I could start with 2 screens and the card, if 780 euros isn't sufficient.

Any advice or comments are appreciated

inzone · Nov 19, 2013

With Nvidia you have Nvidia surround and not eyefinity. AMD/Radeon has eyefinity. You can still do three monitors with the GTX 770 by itself or with another for SLI. The motherboard and power supply will both support two video cards.

Honey Goat · Nov 19, 2013

inzone :

Damn, atleast I got Surround right in the title

If I used two cards for three screens, would I get more performance than using one card? Or does it depend on drivers, games and other things?

warezme · Nov 19, 2013

The only issue I can see with getting only 2 screens and keeping your old monitor as the Center monitor is not knowing if your 1920 x 1200 monitor will scale well to 1920x1080. You can try setting it to 1920x1080 and see how it scales. If it scales by adding a bar at the top and bottom you should be good to go with just two until you can get your third. Look for a monitor that has a fast ms refresh rate 6ms or lower, in the 4ms for gaming. Also if you are ever considering vision surround 3d, your monitors have to support 120Hz if not regular 60Hz fast panels will work for you.

Unolocogringo · Nov 19, 2013

For 3 1080p screens you would want 2 cards for most games. A few would run at low settings. So a second card in SLI is needed to push that many pixels.

inzone · Nov 19, 2013

Your 4gb card will do well in running three monitors and the 4gb will be very good in providing good performance. The 4gb is overkill for one screen and 1920x1200 resolution but is very good in multiple screens.

Honey Goat · Nov 19, 2013

warezme :

I tried setting my monitor to 1920x1080 but it just makes everything very blurry.

I'm looking at getting 3 x these ( http://www.amazon.de/BenQ-G2250-LCD-Monitor-Reaktionszeit-schwarz/dp/B005OK6VYU/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top#productDescription) but I don't think it has HDMI slots only DVI

Honey Goat · Nov 19, 2013

inzone :

Well, I can't really run any games at 60fps, that's why I'm going to justify getting a 2nd card by getting 3 screens. No idea what the problem is, so this is kinda last resort for me.

warezme · Nov 19, 2013

Honey Goat :

You can try checking how your monitor is scaling. There is hardware and software. Hardware scale means your monitor determines how to scale, software is your video drivers. In the Nvidia control panel look for Adjust desktop size and position. Look for and try both Aspect Ratio setting and see if this fixes the 1920x1080 sizing. If not, switch it to No scaling and let your monitor do the scaling. This should avoid the blurriness.

Also, DVI, HDMI or Display Port ports are all good and will work with an adapter since they are all digital.

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