Nvidia GTX 980 Ti Triple monitors

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Hey guys, i am thinking about upgrading to a 980 ti and i was wondering if it could happliy push a 3 monitor setup? Would 2 980s be better? Or one 980 ti?
 
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980Ti can push most games at ALMOST 60 FPS on 4K so you should be fine with a 980Ti. But I'm pretty sure that the dual 980s with overpower the singe 980Ti.

Edit: What resolutions are you planning to run at? I was thinking about 1080 as a comparison.
 
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3 monitors? on what resolution?
For 3x1080p/1200p or a single 4k monitor, I think GTX980Ti is ideal.
You might need 2 GTX980TIs for some games, if you plan to have all ultra with fps higher than 50.
If you have 3x4k monitors....hmmm....in dunno...5xGTX980Tis on SLI? I would say forget this for now.
 
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Here is the deal... Most monitors have a refresh rate of 60Hz or 60 FPS. If you card is capable of producing 180 FPS in the games that you play on a single monitor, then it can drive 3 monitors at 60 FPS. But if your card can only produce 90 FPS in the games you play on a single monitor, then with 3 monitors, you will be down to 30 FPS.

You are tripling the workload on the GPU when you go to triple monitors. If your card can handle it at the FPS you want, it is an amazing experience.
 
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Yeah i was thinking 1080! So you think the tw0 980s would work a little better? But i guess if i can one 980ti i can add another later on
 
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yeah 3 1080s
 
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For 3x1080p, a single GTX980Ti will crush most of todays game @60 fps on ultra.
For some really new high-end games, 2x GTX980Ti might be needed.

Personally, I am not a fan of 3 monitors setup, I hate those bezels...well...unless you are doing some modificatio to get rid of those bezels.
I would prefer to play on 34" 3440x1440, but this is just me.
 
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yeah i was thinking about gettin 3 benQ mlg monitors but i may have to look into the 3440x1440 monitors they look kind of expensive?
 
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I was looking at those lg ones i liked the 4k curved one and just the regular yeah now i have to think which do i want 3 monitors or on of those!
 
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Yes i was saying 1 of those 21:9 or 3 regular
 
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Rob Nijlaan

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No way, the triple screen set up is superior.
You get more screen for it in return, in GTA5 i can see 120° wich makes first person easy.
Race games and flight games are unplayable in first person mode without triple setup.

The bezel is something you wont notice if you use bezel correction in nvidia option panel.
Its like looking trough a window, you wont notice the frame at all.

Persons who complain about it , didnt experience triple screen long enough to adept, or are prejudiced, and fixated about that.
I as a owner of tripple screen setup am glad i tried it. I also was doubting the bezel thing, but within a few days you wont even notice the bezel anymore.

Like i said, i cant imagine me playing single anymore, especially when playing games like GTA5 first person.
Or F1 first person... With tripple i can see them next to me, without i crash...

Assassins Creed Brotherhood screenie from my steam page:
F00B6DB419BF39481C9D1D7C3AAB10F36472CCD0
 
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yeah im pretty used to it as well and my screens arent even that good the only problem i have is the monitors are a little different and there a shade darker or lighter
 
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So, nVidia Bezel correction can remove bezels?
Man! It corrects only the graphics but the bezels will always still there unless you grab some tools and modify those 3monitors.
The 21:9 is far better if you look from the bezel point of view, even with the picture correction from nVidia.
You still have those physical bars.
 
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Rob Nijlaan

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Man youre so fixated about the bezel...
Do you even have experienced triple screen for about 3 hours?? (i know the awnser is no)
I said you wont notice after correction. Not that they are removed.
You need to read more carefully.

If you drive in a car, are you also annoyed about the bezels from the car door and window???

"The 21:9 is far better if you look from the bezel point of view"

You dont know what youre talking about. i know for sure you dont have triple screen, you just like to promote 21:9 because you have it, and are sceptical about triple screen, something that you wont try at all just because youre so damn fixated about something that isnt a problem at all.

For anyone looking for advice about triple screen,
Be smart and ask people who actually tried it, instead of listening to the ones who refuse to try it, just because they think its bad.

 
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That's... not how that works. I get 85 fps in the witcher on one 1080p monitor. (borrowed, unfortunately) On three, it rarely dips below 65 fps.
 
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As i experienced, it mostly depends on GDDR size. When i got my old GPU i couldnt even play anything in triple screen.
So i bought a GTX 660, and it was a lot better. Bought a second one for SLI, still better.
And untill last year i could play all my games triple screen.

What happend?
Well games turned next gen, it became normal to use HD textures everywhere. Wich took a lot of GDDR space.
It started for me when i modded the sh1t out of skyrim.

The larger the pixel count of a display the more space it takes in memory.
Well 1680x1050x3 = 5040x1050 = 5292000 and thats not even with bezel correction wich also takes some pixels extra.
All this is also in GDDR!

So high res textures + triple screen hd = lots of memory.

In fact this triple screen on HD with HD textures, HD models, etc is the problem for the slowdown.
It simply wont fit anymore, and the pc has to swap info between your GDDR and DDR.
And if you dont have enough DDR memory it must even swap data from HD to DDR.

And at last, you also need a card with fast rates (texture fill rate, etc) to make 1 image this size.
But even with fast rates, having memory problems is a killer for triple screen.
 
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I am running 2x 980TIs. I want to run 3x 32" 4k monitors. From the sounds of this thread I might need to get a 3rd card and then wait for games that support DirectX12 since it can pool all the memory.
 
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Don't necro a thread.
In regard to what you said, it's just a feature. the game maker will need to implement the feature for it to work, which means it's not guaranteed.
 
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So ericstar, you think guanyu210379 posted the best awnser?

Nothing gets explained, just a personal point of view from the user based on nothing...

(sorry but i just hate it, that awnsers with no logical support to back it up. get selected as the best awnser)
 
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