4320x2560 Monitor Setup

[drewhoo]

I'm curious to know if anyone has ever seen this implemented: 3 WQHD Monitors vertically oriented for a 4320x2560 resolution.

Would it certainly require a three GPU setup? The max resolution for most GPUs is QHD, so it seems it would require one GPU per monitor, not to mention the fact that it takes a 770 to run games on ultra at these resolutions.

This is purely hypothetical (at least until I win the lottery). However, with the UHD monitors debuting at $3500, and WQHD monitors dropping below $500, the above setup would be a larger resolution for < half the cost. I'm satisfied with the pixel pitch of my current 27" WQHD, so I can't imagine I would want UHD in a 31.5" panel.

I also welcome any speculation about the performance of the GTX 860 on WQHD monitors as I am eyeing an upgrade from a Zotac 560 Ti AMP! =)

 

[babernet_1]

Wowzers. You would have four mighty GTX Titans on their knees with that setup. But you would need that kind of memory, 6GB.

 

[MauveCloud]

It's been done before, as you can easily find out with a Google search. If you ignore gaming performance, you can drive all three monitors at full resolution with a single graphics card, as long as it has enough outputs that are DisplayPort or dual-link DVI. There are even a few Radeon "Eyefinity edition" cards that have 6 mini-displayport outputs and might even be able to stretch the desktop across 6 of those 3840x2160 monitors.

However, even with 4 GTX Titans, there are other drawbacks to such a setup, and I posted questions about them several months ago that never really got answered:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-1622652/questions-gaming-3x1-portrait-config.html

 

[babernet_1]

But you would need that kind of memory, 6GB.

The benchmarks out there of 4k do not suggest you need even 3GB vram for that resolution, let alone 6GB.

@OP, yes that has been done and you can do it if you don't mind bezels. The absolute minimum GPU setup you should be looking at for it though is a pair of 780s in SLI. If you don't mind turning some settings down in the most demanding games, 780 SLI would handle that resolution just fine.

What are you talking about? With all the texture maps, Skyrim can rise above 2GB even for a 1920X1080 display, his display has 5X the pixels!

 

[babernet_1]

But you would need that kind of memory, 6GB.

The benchmarks out there of 4k do not suggest you need even 3GB vram for that resolution, let alone 6GB.

@OP, yes that has been done and you can do it if you don't mind bezels. The absolute minimum GPU setup you should be looking at for it though is a pair of 780s in SLI. If you don't mind turning some settings down in the most demanding games, 780 SLI would handle that resolution just fine.

What are you talking about? With all the texture maps, Skyrim can rise above 2GB even for a 1920X1080 display, his display has 5X the pixels!

Sorry but I'm more interested in benchmarks than anecdotal and niche worst case scenarios. And if you believe all the horror stories that show up on forums about modded skyrim, there is no way that even 6GB vram would be enough at ~UHD resolution.

It does look like max settings at 4k in some games needs 3GB over 2GB vram (per anantech's recent benchmarks), but playable settings would be fine on 2GB cards.

For example, not the similar results between a 2GB 680 and a 4GB 680:
http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/Frame-Rating-High-End-GPUs-Benchmarked-4K-Resolutions

A lot depends on the AA settings. Normally you don't run a triple monitor setup at 8X AA because you would get about 5 FPS. With that setting, you'd need 6+GB RAM and more graphics power than God.

 

[klepp0906]

im using that exact setup atm. well mostly. i run 4 titans and i run bezel correct @ 4680x2560. Found this thread somehow due to looking for some wallpaper for portrait and its a real pain >.<

since your on the topic... i dont know that it brings the titans to their knees but theyre stretched thats for sure. Most games play @ 60-100fps on maximum with 3-4gb of vram useage. Id imagine next generations round of games will require the giving up of some aa etc though >.<

so... wheres those >4k walllpapers at? ;P

 

[drewhoo]

Glad to know someone is living the dream! For hi-res wallpapers, I would check out apod.nasa.gov. You'll have to do some digging, but they typically post some very high resolution images from Hubble, Cassini, Mars HiRise. Also, the Library of Congress has some cool stuff: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?va=exact&sp=2&co%21=coll&st=gallery&q=LOT+10332&fi=number&sg=true&op=PHRASE