Max resolution for cards?

Tohst · Mar 26, 2014

According to Newegg, the card I am looking at buying has a max resolution of 2560x1600.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127747

Does this mean I could not run a triple monitor setup with this card? Or rather, two of this card.

senkasaw · Mar 26, 2014

No, you can run triple monitors with that card. Sometimes those max resolution things can be deceiving.

RamonFR · Mar 26, 2014

no, this resolution is to only one monitor

paitjsu sadff · Mar 26, 2014

Tohst :

no what that does mean is that no monitor will be able to get a resolution higher than 2560x1600, you can for example run 3 monitors at 1080p, or even 3 monitors at 2560x1600 with this card but you will get lower FPS...

paitjsu sadff · Mar 26, 2014

anonymous1 :

WTH are you talking about? what difference it makes what monitor he plans to use?!...

senkasaw · Mar 26, 2014

paitjsu sadff :

Tohst :

no what that does mean is that no monitor will be able to get a resolution higher than 2560x1600, you can for example run 3 monitors at 1080p, or even 3 monitors at 2560x1600 with this card but you will get lower FPS...

^ that is a better explanation.

paitjsu sadff · Mar 26, 2014

senkasaw :

paitjsu sadff :

^ that is a better explanation.

WOOOOT !!! please select me as best answer and have a good day!

Tohst · Mar 26, 2014

Thank you all, especially paitjsu_sadff. That makes a lot of sense.

paitjsu sadff · Mar 26, 2014

Tohst :

no problem, make sure you get the 4gb version of the card if you go SLI on them...remember VRAM does not add-up in sli so a 2gb card will run out of VRAM pretty quickly on 3 monitors...

Tohst · Mar 26, 2014

paitjsu sadff :

I kept that in mind. I just bought a GTX 770 4GB off eBay! Upgrading from a GeForce GT 220 lol. And now, I wait...

paitjsu sadff · Mar 26, 2014

Tohst :

ahhhh man, it will be day and night !!! what is the rest of your system? you got a good CPU to go along with the card? PSU is good enough too?

senkasaw · Mar 26, 2014

Tohst :

paitjsu sadff :

I kept that in mind. I just bought a GTX 770 4GB off eBay! Upgrading from a GeForce GT 220 lol. And now, I wait...

Outstanding...you are going to love it.

Tohst · Mar 26, 2014

paitjsu sadff :

I am looking forward to seeing the performance difference! I got myself a 750W Corsair PSU recently so I should be good on power. And I have a Phenom II X2 555 Black Edition 3.2GHz, not the fastest but I think it should be able to hold me over until I have the $$ to upgrade that as well.

Tohst · Mar 26, 2014

senkasaw :

Tohst :

Outstanding...you are going to love it.

I do not doubt that!

paitjsu sadff · Mar 26, 2014

Tohst :

yeah that CPU is really not the best for this card but as long as you keep in mind that the card will not be fully utilised until you give her a more powerfull chip to work with, you'll be happy...you will still see low FPS when a lot of action will be going on your screen tho, so keep in mind that this is normal it's just because your GPU will not be fed enough from the CPU...your FPS will fluctuate wildly according to what is going on in the games and this is normal..

Tohst · Mar 27, 2014

paitjsu sadff :

Tohst :

yeah that CPU is really not the best for this card but as long as you keep in mind that the card will not be fully utilised until you give her a more powerfull chip to work with, you'll be happy...you will still see low FPS when a lot of action will be going on your screen tho, so keep in mind that this is normal it's just because your GPU will not be fed enough from the CPU...your FPS will fluctuate wildly according to what is going on in the games and this is normal..

Thanks, I'll keep that in mind. I was planning to upgrade to an i5-4670k in the future, that would be a good CPU to run with the GTX 770 right?

paitjsu sadff · Mar 27, 2014

yes that would bea great cpu...but games seem to be using more and more threads as the next gen of games wil unfold iwould not be surprised if the 4core 4 threads cpu might not be enough in2 or 3 years from now so maybe going with an 8 thread capable cpu either core i7 or fx-83xx for example might pay off big down the road...just saying...building from scratch woud pick an 8core the ps4 an xbone being 8thread capable machines...this will affect the way they will code the game down the road...

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