GTX 770 2GB - Quad Monitors?

[nightcloud99]

Hi All,

First of all, thanks to everyone for this awesome forum, has answered many questions in the past!

Anyway to my question. I am currently going through upgrading my rig, currently I have:

Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V Pro MB
CPU: i7 2600K (not overclocked YET.) - Cooling: Noctua NH-D14 CPU Cooler
RAM: Corsair 16GB (4x4GB), PC-12800 (1600MHz) DDR3
Video: EVGA Geforce GTX580 (772Mhz), 1536MB GDDR5 (4008Mhz)
PSU: Corsair AX-850 850W ATX
HDD's: 256GB SSD, 128GB SSD, 2TB WD, 1TB WD.


At the moment I have 2x24" monitors and looking to upgrade to 4x24. 3xPrimary Monitors for gaming and one above (centered) for "other." I will be buying the BenQ XL2411T x3 for the main gaming monitors, and re-using my current XL2410T as the 4th other screen.

Will 2x EVGA GeForce GTX 770 Superclocked ACX 2GB be able to output to the 4 monitors? Noting that one will just be for web browsing/comms etc?

Also will my CPU handle it?

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks!




Tags: GTX 770, Quad Monitor, 4 Monitor, SLi

 

[bystander]

Yes, this is one of their supported configurations.

 

[nightcloud99]

Yes, this is one of their supported configurations.

Would I be restricted by the 2GB VRAM? Or is this doubled? If I have a game running on 3 of the monitors ill have to SLi right?

 

[ajl2011shooter]

You will be slightly restricted. It is not doubled. Yes you will want to SLI.

 

[nightcloud99]

You will be slightly restricted. It is not doubled. Yes you will want to SLI.

So for single instance gaming on 3 monitors the 2GB VRAM restriction won't be to bad...?

I've noticed if i run multiple instances of games currently, my VRAM maxes out at about 3 sessions, causing all 3 to crash, I would love to future proof this. So I'll assume the 4GB GTX 770 will be the best route for me.... Christmas is coming up, I wonder what I'm going to get for myself?

 

[ajl2011shooter]

Yes the 4gb card will do best. It's what I use and it does well.

 

[Zac Lloyd-Jones]

Why do people think that 2GB will be restrictive with multi-monitor setups. Check these tests out: http://alienbabeltech.com/main/gtx-770-4gb-vs-2gb-tested/3/

Really not a lot of difference.

 

[ajl2011shooter]

Why do people think that 2GB will be restrictive with multi-monitor setups. Check these tests out: http://alienbabeltech.com/main/gtx-770-4gb-vs-2gb-tested/3/

Really not a lot of difference.

There are many times I use more than 2gb while gaming. So it's pretty safe for me to say 2gb would be slightly restricted.

 

[nightcloud99]

Why do people think that 2GB will be restrictive with multi-monitor setups. Check these tests out: http://alienbabeltech.com/main/gtx-770-4gb-vs-2gb-tested/3/

Really not a lot of difference.

Yeah I understand it won't change in any single game instance. But as I have stated, I play with multiple instances open at once.

This is in EVE Online, where multiboxing is commonplace, one instance of EVE during mild combat uses roughly 700mb of VRAM. This x3 combined with web browsing/youtubing has caused my card to max out it's VRAM and crash. Now I'm no video card expert, but I'm assuming the VRAM maxing out is the issue, not anything else? (note I do not know much about VRAM, bit-rate etc. So please enlighten me)