Ideal 3 monitor setup for gaming

[arctic23]

What is the max resolution one can use for 3 monitors set up?
Was looking at a Samsung S27B970D but it's resolution is at 2560x1440, not sure if this isn't to high?

Thx.

 

[David Lugarov]

What will you be using them for?

 

[arctic23]

mostly gaming

 

[David Lugarov]

Then unless you'll be playing 5 year old games, don't even think about going for triple monitor 1440p, unless you can afford 4 watercooled max oc'd 780s. Meaning the graphics cards alone will cost around 2500$, and with the waterblocks and coolers, 3000$.

 

[David Lugarov]

Can you tell me which computer you have, or if custom built, what your specs are?

 

[arctic23]

Ah ok. I thought three 780 would be enought, crap!

Custom build i73960X, GTX6990, 32GB RAM, MSI BIG BANG II X79.

 

[David Lugarov]

if you add another 690, you'll have enough to run 3 monitors on 1080p for the very demanding games. 3 way SLI 780s will be good too, and if you want a comparaison, 3 780s on three monitors will perform close to 1 780 in 1 monitor in games that are well optimized. Battlefield 3 can be ran at 140fps in a single monitor with 1 780, I'm guessing around 80 fps in 1440p, so you'll be getting something like 60 to 70 fps in 1440p triple monitors on ultra, it will run games at 1440p on ultra settings, but in a couple years you will need to upgrade. Cheers!

ps: if there's some game like Crysis 3, don't go crazy on the settings, at 1080p you're fine, 1440p you'll have to play on high, maaaybe medium but high will do it.

 

[arctic23]

Thank you for answering my question, CHEERS!

 

[David Lugarov]

One last thing, you better have seriously overclocked your CPU, handling 3 flagship nVidia cards is not exactly easy, even for a 3000$ Xeon.