Sapphire 7970 3ghz on triple monitor OR GTX TITAN on 1080p plasma

[LongbonesRig]

Guys, do I go with sapphire 7970 3ghz edition and get x3 1080p monitors (£125-£150 per monitor budget)

OR

get a GTX TITAN and use my plasma 32" led or plasma 1080p

What do you think???

Set up:

Mb- Asus maximus V gene

Ram- 8gm Kingston

Cpu- i5 3570K

Cooler- Cooler Master v8

Ps- Corsair 750W

This is my set up so far on part picker but not sure.

Play things like crysis 3, Metro 2033, Command & conquer, skyrim

Thanks

 

[DarkSable]

I think either of them is kinda silly.

The Titan is a waste of money, period. Two 660ti's will outperform it, and a single 670 will max pretty much every game at 1080p.

As for three monitors, you'd want two 7970s. (Though really, 7950s that you overclock make way more sense.)

 

[ARICH5]

ya titan is not really a consumers card. it was really meant as a tech demo to show the mainstream what it can do. nvidia put it out there as a "im better than you " card. 2 7970's in sli and your fine.


i need a titan for c+c! lol....j/k

 

[edogawa]

Titan on 1080p is overkill, and a waste of money for that card.

3 x monitors is not a bad idea though, unless they are crappy monitors.

Your build is fine overall. Get the 7970ghz.

 

[LongbonesRig]

ya titan is not really a consumers card. it was really meant as a tech demo to show the mainstream what it can do. nvidia put it out there as a "im better than you " card. 2 7970's in sli and your fine.


i need a titan for c+c! lol....j/k

Ok then. X2 7970's or x2 670's 2gb??
Or x1 690

 

[emperor piehead]

i would get the 7970's the higher memory 3gb + 384bit is better than 2gb + 256bit from nvidia for triple monitors eyefinity also works better than nvidia surround

 

[bystander]

I'd get the 670 4gb with the 3 1080p monitors, and plan to get a 2nd 670 in the future. A single 670 or 7970 isn't going to fair very well with 3 monitors without lowering settings quite a bit. I'd go 670's because in Crossfire/SLI, the 670's have less issues based on several articles floating around recently.
http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-TITAN-Performance-Review-and-Frame-Rating-Update/Frame-Rat
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/60166-nvidia-gtx-titan-vs-sli-crossfire.html

It also may be worth mentioning that if you went the Titan route and planned to go with 3 monitors or a high res in the future, there are advantages. Titan would have the lowest latency, which makes games feel a lot smoother, and does not suffer the issues multi-GPU setups do.

 

[Louis B]

My 7970 runs 3 monitors fine on medium settings at 60fps in most games. I have to turn off the AA though because it kills performance, which is to be expected since there isn't much bandwidth or processing power to do nice AA on 5760x1920. I'm not sure if crossfiring will let you play on high/ultra either.

A 32" plasma for 1080p is nice on a couch. If you sit up close though, you will be able to see the pixels clearly and it will look blocky. 3 monitors immerses you in the video game because all you can see is the video game.

 

[LongbonesRig]

My 7970 runs 3 monitors fine on medium settings at 60fps in most games. I have to turn off the AA though because it kills performance, which is to be expected since there isn't much bandwidth or processing power to do nice AA on 5760x1920. I'm not sure if crossfiring will let you play on high/ultra either.

A 32" plasma for 1080p is nice on a couch. If you sit up close though, you will be able to see the pixels clearly and it will look blocky. 3 monitors
immerses you in the video game because all you can see is the video game.

So are medium settings at 60fps as good/better than a 360 Xbox then?

 

[edogawa]

My 7970 runs 3 monitors fine on medium settings at 60fps in most games. I have to turn off the AA though because it kills performance, which is to be expected since there isn't much bandwidth or processing power to do nice AA on 5760x1920. I'm not sure if crossfiring will let you play on high/ultra either.

A 32" plasma for 1080p is nice on a couch. If you sit up close though, you will be able to see the pixels clearly and it will look blocky. 3 monitors
immerses you in the video game because all you can see is the video game.

So are medium settings at 60fps as good/better than a 360 Xbox then?

That would be an understatement. Medium settings at 1080p running at 60fps will still look way better a 360.

 

[DarkSable]

So are medium settings at 60fps as good/better than a 360 Xbox then?

The xbox renders at 720p, 30fps, and low to medium settings depending on the game. (Some games are so graphically intense that they had to make settings below low so the xbox could run it at anything approaching smooth.)

Running at 1080p, 60fps, and medium-high settings is going to look like an imax movie compared to the xbox.

 

[LongbonesRig]

So are medium settings at 60fps as good/better than a 360 Xbox then?

The xbox renders at 720p, 30fps, and low to medium settings depending on the game. (Some games are so graphically intense that they had to make settings below low so the xbox could run it at anything approaching smooth.)

Running at 1080p, 60fps, and medium-high settings is going to look like an imax movie compared to the xbox.

Cheers mate! So do I go 7970 3ghz with triple monitor! Save for xfire! Or future proof my pc n get the Titan!? Which at the minute I know is massive overkill! But it'll be with me for a good long while wont it in terms of needing to upgrade a GPU in a few years

 

[DarkSable]

Cheers mate! So do I go 7970 3ghz with triple monitor! Save for xfire! Or future proof my pc n get the Titan!? Which at the minute I know is massive overkill! But it'll be with me for a good long while wont it in terms of needing to upgrade a GPU in a few years

Neither. The Titan is a HORRIBLE waste of money, as two 660tis are more powerful for $400 less, if you can even find a Titan anywhere. The triple monitor setup means you're going to have to keep upgrading often to be able to keep up with games.

Just buy a good monitor, possibly a 120Hz one, and a 7970 or 670. That's plenty - stop trying to throw your money away to make something "future proof." You'll spend less and have WAY better performance if you just upgrade the graphics card two or three years down the road than trying to waste money now by matching what you won't need till then.