Basicly I already have a Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card an i7 32gb Memory SSD's etc but I was contemplating adding a second card. I use Multiseating software so that 2 people can be connected to the PC at the same time and simultaneously log in and use the pc via a second set of keyboards, mice etc.
I have 3 monitors connected at the moment, 1 via DP, 1 via HDMI and one via DVI. One problem is to assign one user 2 of the displays I would need a second card as you can either dedicate all outputs on the card to one user or split each output to a separate user not give two of the outputs to one and the other to another. Hope that makes sense.
After contacting Aster the software vendor they advised to achieve what I want I need to have a second card.
This led me to think about swapping one of the displays for a bigger one at a higher res. Intention was to swap out a 22" 1920x1080 with possibly a 28 ish inch 4k display. I was looking around and can pick up a AOC 28" "gaming" one for around £380 roughly. My thoughts were that way I could stick to one card but with a larger screen and res have more things open on it at once.
The pc is used for a combination of office work (multiple spreadsheets / web browsing at the same time) and gaming plus general pc use. After reading up on the input refresh rates i know 30hz will be fine for day to day stuff but not for the gaming side of things. I think the Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card says on the box it does 4k and I think its at 30hz? Anyone able to confirm that?
If I got another Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express would it be able to handle 4k at 60hz and still maintaining high settings /fps on games?
If it can it would also solve the multiseating issue.
On a side note would the Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Vapor-X OC 4096MB GDDR5 be a better option for the second card? cost wise its only a few quid more.
My PSU is a CORSAIR 850W RM SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Other hardware is:
Case COOLERMASTER CM STORM TROOPER - GAMING ENTHUSIAST CASE
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 Six Core Processor i7-4930K (3.4GHz) 12MB Cache
Motherboard ASUS® P9X79 LE: INTEL® SOCKET LG2011
Memory (RAM) 32GB KINGSTON HYPER-X BEAST DUAL-DDR3 2400MHz X.M.P (4 x 8GB KIT)
1st Hard Disk 500GB Samsung 840 EVO SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
Memory Card Reader INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Processor Cooling Corsair H100i Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
And its running Windows 8.1 Pro
Thank you in advance
I have 3 monitors connected at the moment, 1 via DP, 1 via HDMI and one via DVI. One problem is to assign one user 2 of the displays I would need a second card as you can either dedicate all outputs on the card to one user or split each output to a separate user not give two of the outputs to one and the other to another. Hope that makes sense.
After contacting Aster the software vendor they advised to achieve what I want I need to have a second card.
This led me to think about swapping one of the displays for a bigger one at a higher res. Intention was to swap out a 22" 1920x1080 with possibly a 28 ish inch 4k display. I was looking around and can pick up a AOC 28" "gaming" one for around £380 roughly. My thoughts were that way I could stick to one card but with a larger screen and res have more things open on it at once.
The pc is used for a combination of office work (multiple spreadsheets / web browsing at the same time) and gaming plus general pc use. After reading up on the input refresh rates i know 30hz will be fine for day to day stuff but not for the gaming side of things. I think the Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card says on the box it does 4k and I think its at 30hz? Anyone able to confirm that?
If I got another Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express would it be able to handle 4k at 60hz and still maintaining high settings /fps on games?
If it can it would also solve the multiseating issue.
On a side note would the Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Vapor-X OC 4096MB GDDR5 be a better option for the second card? cost wise its only a few quid more.
My PSU is a CORSAIR 850W RM SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Other hardware is:
Case COOLERMASTER CM STORM TROOPER - GAMING ENTHUSIAST CASE
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 Six Core Processor i7-4930K (3.4GHz) 12MB Cache
Motherboard ASUS® P9X79 LE: INTEL® SOCKET LG2011
Memory (RAM) 32GB KINGSTON HYPER-X BEAST DUAL-DDR3 2400MHz X.M.P (4 x 8GB KIT)
1st Hard Disk 500GB Samsung 840 EVO SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (upto 540MB/sR | 520MB/sW)
Memory Card Reader INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Processor Cooling Corsair H100i Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
And its running Windows 8.1 Pro
Thank you in advance
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