Gaming on 5760x1080 vs 2560x1600

[phytoplankton]

So far I was set on 3 1920x1080 monitors with swivel so I could turn it into a 3240x1920 setup when I had to do work. Someone mentioned to me that they thought that a single 2560x1600 monitor was better for gaming and work than the 3 1080p monitors. I can easily see how in photoshop and other programs an as large as possible desktop size has an advantage but how about gaming?

I usually play games like Skyrim and ARMA which has large landscapes and not so much FPS anymore.

 

[Norlag]

logic (and a calculator) tells me that 5760x1080 has about 1.5 times the pixels that 2560x1600 does, so it would make sense that the 3 monitors are more intense and require more graphical power to run fluidly.

 

[Herr_Koos]

Single monitor is better for gaming; you need a lot of GPU horsepower to do multi-monitor gaming. Nothing beats a multi-monitor setup for productivity though.

 

[phytoplankton]

I've my mind set on the GTX Titan for various reason besides raw power and am willing to shallow the price tag, so I can run even 3 monitors rather smoothly.

Gaming wise I've been looking at youtube videos and it seems to me that in most games the picture at the edges of a 3 monitors setup gets distorted. The edges just seem to fill out the extra space instead of putting more of the environment on the screens.

I think the best solution would actually be similar to my old monitor setup where, I had a 1920x1200 gaming monitor center and then an extra, cheap 1080p monitor on the side I wouldn't use in games but added space to the desktop for menus when working. I would just get a 2560x1600 for a center monitor now

 

[phytoplankton]

OK, been looking a bit more on forums for input and I'm beginning to love the idea of a single high-res display. My problem now is that I can get 3 x U2312hm 1080p monitors for around ½ the price tag on a 30" monitor like the U3011 or ZR30w. The new U3014 cost a further 50% on top of that. Except for some overshoot issue on grey colors it seems to be the perfect U3014