EVGA GTX980 Superclocked 4GB GDDR5 256bitIs a single card enough to run 3 monitors?

[Jsplinter]

EVGA GTX980 Superclocked 4GB GDDR5 256bit

Is a single card enough to run 3 monitors? I am trying to boot into Ubuntu 64 bit, but I get a purple screen, followed by a black screen with a flashing cursor that is unresponsive... but it seems to work fine with 2 monitors

One monitor is 1080, and the other two are 1920-1200. Would purchasing a second card solve this problem?

 

[warhead0]

It can use the monitors, however multi-monitor gaming I think the GPU will have a rough time.

 

[Jsplinter]

It can use the monitors, however multi-monitor gaming I think the GPU will have a rough time.

Okay, so I won't buy another card just yet. Still, any idea why plugging in the third screen causes Ubuntu to go into black screen, flashing cursor, non-responsive mode?

I have tried adding each screen independently, and it does not matter which screen is added last. Same result with the black screen each time.

 

[videogame57]

GTX 980 is actually overkill for multi monitor gaming or 3 monitors. I do 3x1280x1024 on a GTX 760 2GB, Ultra Settings and I get at least 50 FPS on everything. If you do multi monitor gaming you want to have 3 identical monitors, for you it'd work as long as you put the 1920x1200s on the right and left and the 1920x1080 in the centre. The left and right would run at 1920x1080 with black bars top and bottom, but as long as they are all the same size it'll be OK.

As for Ubuntu, it could be a problem with your video driver, or with your desktop. Please don't use Unity.
Mine worked, I always start from Ubuntu Server and install only what I need, I used GDM and Gnome 3; ran OK on Open Source drivers but I installed the NVidia drivers.