New Rig Ideas: Video Cards

jvp

jvp

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Hey kids -

I'm considering freshening up my Windows gaming rig, and I'm primarily concerned with the video card. At the moment, I'm using an amped up EVGA GTX 580 card, which works quite well. My plans are to get 2 more 24" LCDs and try the 3-monitor trick with Battlefield 3 (yes motherfuckers, I'll be able to see around corners or out the side of the heli canopy!) It'll require another card to do that, though. GTX 580s are getting harder and harder to find since they're yesterday's tech.

My choices:
  • Scrounge around for another GTX 580 (might end up being refurbed)
  • Two 670s
  • Two 680s (owie!)
  • One 690 (way owwwwwie!)
  • Give up on the multi-monitor idea

I suspect most are going to chose the last one, but I'm not ready to give up on the idea just yet.

Thoughts?

jas
 
Around corners no. Around yourself yes. Unless you have already passed the corner and just like to face forward :p Fov doesnt invert its either flat or curved around your peripherals.


Id probably say another 580 but if you can sell yours and go up definitely worth it for the 670. Kinda tough most of us go single monitor and renno is right for bf3 single cards are all thats needed. Multimonitor means money period so what to do what to do lol
 
RainMotorsports said:
Around corners no. Around yourself yes. Unless you have already passed the corner and just like to face forward Fov doesnt invert its either flat or curved around your peripherals.
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Pssst. I was kidding. :-)

jas
 
Depends on money. Personally I would go with a high quality 27" monitor and one 680 or 670. While not cheap, it will last for a while and you don't have the headaches that come with multi cards (heat, some real nice hardware to run it right, etc).

If you are going sli and multi I would go 2 680's (if money is no option) or two 670's (more realistic).
 
There's no reason really to purchase the 680 over the 670. The performance gains are just not worth the price premium, at least not from what I've read.

I'm a fan of the BEST SINGLE card you can afford. I know the SLi technology and driver support is advancing, and I myself have had several SLi setups, but I am always certain my single card will work.

I'd check kijiji in your area for the 670 or another 580. In Canada, I can get another 580 for about 220 to 250. I'm running BF3 on High mostly, and I'm sitting around 80 FPS average. 42" LCD TV and my 580 is not overclocked.
 
TcRENNO said:
Only run one card. Bf3 is not optimized for two. You will see little to no gains running 2.
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There's no game performance advantage to running 2. If you want to run 3 monitors, you need 2 cards (or 1 dual-proc card).

BF3 can and does run well in expanded FOV across multiple monitors.

jas
 
Touchy touchy Mr. Poopie Pants. What he is saying Kris is that the two cards are not for game performance increases but to keep strong performance across three monitors.
 
ChuckTheHammer said:
What he is saying Kris is that the two cards are not for game performance increases but to keep strong performance across three monitors.
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Reading Comprehension is strong with this one...

jas
 
I'm with Chuck, forget the multiple monitors. I'd rather have a 27 or 30" single monitor and a high end gpu. Multiple monitors to me equal clutter and honestly I can't see the difference anyway. I do know that I have a 27" monitor with a gtx 680 and love the thing. As for what Carp said about the 670's-that's fine in theory but Nvidia also had some fucked up design problems with the 670 requiring it to need a bios flash. Even after the bios flash others have used I continue to see many forum and RMA posts for fucked up 670's. I'll spend a little extra and avoid the headache, hassle, and downtime without a gpu, thanks.
 
Rycelow said:
1 7990 is all that is needed.
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If I wanted to go with AMD garbage, then yes, I'd agree. But fortunately I have better tastes in computer hardware than that. :-)

nVidia or bust.

jas
 
TcRENNO said:
Like I said I would just get one dope monitor in stead of 3 alright ones. I mean mine was 629 when I bought it and I fucking love it. Unless you plan on dropping 2g's in monitors I would just buy one dope one.
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I already have a decent 24". Adding 2 more to the line-up won't be that expensive. While a single large, high-rez monitor is certainly nice, it misses the point behind the surround video. :-)

jas
 
Bah, surround video my ass. Might as well tell me there's such a thing as 3d. These things do not exist in my world. All joking aside, what's the rest of your rig like now? I'd rather, all other things considered, put money into upgrading my rig with cpu, mb, ssd, etc. long before I start throwing extra money at multiple monitors and gpus. It's something to think about anyway.
 
sixer9682 said:
what's the rest of your rig like now? I'd rather, all other things considered, put money into upgrading my rig with cpu, mb, ssd, etc.
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Oh, those are also on the list. The rig I have right now is nothing to write home about (older Core i5 with spinning media). The new one would likely be an X79 mobo with 2 128G SATA3 SSDs striped together, along with the apropos SB-E processor to go with it.

jas
 
One ridiculous 30" monitor trumps 3 shitty ones...the same as 1 good stereo headset is better than 5.1 or 7.1...

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CarpTarts said:
One ridiculous 30" monitor trumps 3 shitty ones.
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Well, no offense, but the monitor that Renno pointed me at isn't one I'd call "ridiculous" (ie, good). It's only 1080p and 27" in size, meaning the pixels are FRICKEN YOOOGE! My 24" LCDs are all 1920x1200 (either Dells or Samsungs) and very sharp.

And again, it doesn't matter whether a single 30" display is "better" ... the effect is completely missed. Do you understand the speed at which your brain processes information through your peripheral vision vs that which comes in through direct vision? Much, much faster. With 3 monitors (ie, "surround" video), your peripheral vision is used for things incoming from the left and right. And if you need to look at something to your side and focus on it, you can just by doing something completely natural: turning your head.

jas
 
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