Do i have to upgrade anything?

feralghoul

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I'm doing triple monitor gaming so my resolution (with bezel correction) is 5912x1080. my problem is that my gaming has taken a huge hit so for example i've gone from very high settings to medium which is understandable to some degree because of the resolution but then again i'm running a 780 sli which should be powerful enough for at least high settings right? anyways everything is running a stock speeds so should i upgrade anything or just overclock both the cpu and gpu? my specs are below. thanks!




Monitor: 3x Samsung - C750 27’ LED.
Case - Cooler Master Cosmos II.
Mobo - Asrock Z77 extreme 4.
Cpu - Intel core I7 3770k (3.5 GHZ) Cooled by a Corsair H80i.
RAM - Corsair vengeance 4x4 gb (16GB).
GPU - EVGA GTX 780 3gb (SLI).
PSU - Corsair GS800.
 
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I would definitely overclock the CPU - but you need a aftermarket heatsink if you don't already have one.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-760-vs-780-sli,3686-2.html

Your frames should be comparable to the ones in that review if you are running two 780s in sli - but you will measurable less frames unless you can get that CPU running a bit faster. Have you "synced" the cards on the software side yet so you know they are running together properly?

The RAM is also something to check like the above poster mentioned.. The timings need to match etc.
Did you buy that ram as a 4 stick set? as in they all 4 came in the same package? Because that would make it a quad channel set and your mobo only supports dual channel, 2 stick sets. That could be an issue.

So you have 2 graphics cards right?
That's the only way to have an SLI'd graphics card.
SLI/Crossfire means using a physical cable bridge to connect the two cards. If you don't have two or more cards you don't have an SLI/Crossfire setup.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/325814-33-intel-3000-graphics
 

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I would definitely overclock the CPU - but you need a aftermarket heatsink if you don't already have one.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-760-vs-780-sli,3686-2.html

Your frames should be comparable to the ones in that review if you are running two 780s in sli - but you will measurable less frames unless you can get that CPU running a bit faster. Have you "synced" the cards on the software side yet so you know they are running together properly?

The RAM is also something to check like the above poster mentioned.. The timings need to match etc.
 
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