TRI MONITOR SETUP what set of cards is better? for gaming?

[Ojames1996]

Should i get 2x670 sli or 2x7970 crossfire for a 23" tri monitor setup?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121560
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130787

 

[David Lugarov]

Do you have a specific budget? Best would be SLI 770s if you want to be able to max out your games.

 

[Ojames1996]

Do you have a specific budget? Best would be SLI 770s if you want to be able to max out your games.

im only 17 but im looking to plan for the future but not go too far spending alot, but i want a tri moniter set up 23" asus monitors,

asus maximus vi extreme
raidmax 100w psu
intel i5 4670k
corsair dominator platinum ram 2x4gb
h100i cooler

im just stuck between the 7970 vs 7970 matrix vs 670

 

[David Lugarov]

As I already suggested, best bet is 2 770s. If that's out of your price range, under that comes the 760, which is pretty much a refresh of the 670. The 7970 compares more to a 770 than a 670. So, out of those cards listed, 7970 with a nice cooler and factory OC wins, but when crossfired, you might encounter some problems, and especially on triple monitors, micro stuttering, triple monitor builds are builds that require quite a large amount of money, I was going for a triple monitor setup myself, but a 780 wasn't enough, I needed a second one.

 

[17seconds]

Rule out Crossfire entirely on a multiple monitor system. While the Crossfire frame pacing problem was partially fixed for single monitors, it absolutely was NOT fixed for multiple monitors. What does that mean? On multiple monitors, a pair of 7970's will perform no better than a single 7970, i.e. that extra card would be a waste of money.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7195/amd-frame-pacing-explorer-cat138/3

Meanwhile, here's what Guru3D has to say about SLI (quote):
"But fair enough, over time NVIDIA has done a great job, micro-stuttering is a thing of the past and there are hardly any driver issues. And with triple A game titles, NVIDIA will have a driver for you at launch day ensuring your multi-GPU solution is supported."
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/geforce_gtx_760_sli_review,19.html