Can a GTX 780TI run three monitors at 1900 x 1200?

innocentxsin

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Hi, I've been doing some researching into building my first gaming PC, spending some time reading up on each part. Right now I'm looking at graphics card and was wondering can the GTX 780TI run three monitors at 1900 x 1200 smoothly? Or would I be better off with a Titan or even possibly waiting for a 6gb 780TI (if it ever comes out)?

I've done a google search and found a handful of answers, but most of them relate to higher resolutions. So I just wanted to ask and get a definite answer. Also, I'm not too keen on the idea of running a SLI because from what I read, there could be artifacts and tearing and other issues and such from incompatible games, not to mention the bigger power draw and heat. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
 
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I have a 780ti driving three 1920x1080 monitors. The answer to your question is: it differs from one game to another. Most racing games run great on my setup and it is the one game genre in which I can't go back to one monitor. Grid 2 runs @ 55+ fps everything maxed + 8x AA and Grid autosport runs @ 45+ fps, everything maxed + 4x AA. NFS rivals run @ 60 fps everything maxed out, after tweaking its shortcut.
Tomb raider 2013, thief and all Batman Arkham games run great and super smooth @ 40-60 fps (maxed out, except SSAO in thief). Battlefiled 3 multiplayer runs @ 40+ fps. Cryengine games won't run perfectly maxed oout on my resolution, the same goes for far cry 3 and watch dogs and battlefield 4 MP. For those you will need either to...

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actually, if you are gaming on only, one monitor, even a 200 $ GPU would do. since desktop environment on windows takes 300 MB of VRAM per monitor with Aero on. So let say 2-2,5 GB max Vram on main monitor, and both monitor will take 600 MB or 200 MB with aero off.

a 3 GB GPU could handle a 3 monitor at 1200P so don't worry, you'll be fine.
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1200P is 1900 * 1200 = 2.28 M pixels
1080P is 1920 * 1080 = 2.07 M pixels

difference = something around 10 % more pixels. So you can consider 10 % more Vram to use.
 

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I have a 780ti driving three 1920x1080 monitors. The answer to your question is: it differs from one game to another. Most racing games run great on my setup and it is the one game genre in which I can't go back to one monitor. Grid 2 runs @ 55+ fps everything maxed + 8x AA and Grid autosport runs @ 45+ fps, everything maxed + 4x AA. NFS rivals run @ 60 fps everything maxed out, after tweaking its shortcut.
Tomb raider 2013, thief and all Batman Arkham games run great and super smooth @ 40-60 fps (maxed out, except SSAO in thief). Battlefiled 3 multiplayer runs @ 40+ fps. Cryengine games won't run perfectly maxed oout on my resolution, the same goes for far cry 3 and watch dogs and battlefield 4 MP. For those you will need either to play on one monitor or lower the graphics settings or get at least 2x 780ti.
To use the high or ultra texture settings on watch dogs, you will need to have 6GB vRam, even on single screen resolution, i.e a titan black, or better yet, 2 x 780 6GB.
 
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