cdbob's 2560x1440 Eyefinity Rig
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Well I figured I'd start actually doing a build log and instead of just putting things together right way. My other two monitors came in today, so now I'm just waiting on the monoprice cables.\
I also need a new desk.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VTul1PQldY
I also need a new desk.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VTul1PQldY
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AverageNinja
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I agree with everyone. Three 2560x1440 screens is a complete waste of money. Good luck running those mate. And only using one screen with games other than iRacing? You just spent a lot of money on the other two screens, not to use them while playing games other than iRacing?
As was said in my first post my next planned upgrade in the month of March is two more 7950s (or titan) the question about the one 7950 was just for the mean time before I decide. I would go four GPU, but since this breaker is shared with another computer that draws about 400 watts (and who knows how many amps, 3 GPUs is probably the limit for now) and scaling on 4 GPUs brings about serious dimishing returns it seems (at least on the reviews, though they only feature low resolution screens in comparison.)
Speaking of which, what is your advice on a 7950s, should I get matching reference MSI cards or something else.
And for a PSU that supports up to 4 GPUs, what would you guys recommend?
Speaking of which, what is your advice on a 7950s, should I get matching reference MSI cards or something else.
And for a PSU that supports up to 4 GPUs, what would you guys recommend?
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Kidbest100
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Listen buddy... Buying more 7950's is not going to solve ANYTHING. If you sold your one 7950, and bought 4 GTX 680's...That would STILL not be enough.
*Facepalm*
And this talk about titan, listen... Titan is not going to push that resolution either. You could go absolutely bonkers and somehow get your hands on 4 Titans, and that would probably not get you anywhere.
At this point, you've wasted thousands of dollars on all this, just so you could play iracing. There is no other game you are going to be able to play fluently, with three of those monitors. Im willing to be that the one 7950 you have right now will struggle with even pushing one of those monitors! The most you are going to be able to do is push one monitor with that piddly little 7950 if you're lucky, and dont even think about doing anything demanding!
Listen to the forum! They know what they are talking about! There is no amount of GPU power available in the world, OR in the making at this time that will be able to push anything other than like, freaking minecraft at those resolutions!
It's your money, but if you want to save what you have still, listen to everyone here. We're telling you this wont work, and not a single person I have seen has said otherwise.
*Facepalm*
And this talk about titan, listen... Titan is not going to push that resolution either. You could go absolutely bonkers and somehow get your hands on 4 Titans, and that would probably not get you anywhere.
At this point, you've wasted thousands of dollars on all this, just so you could play iracing. There is no other game you are going to be able to play fluently, with three of those monitors. Im willing to be that the one 7950 you have right now will struggle with even pushing one of those monitors! The most you are going to be able to do is push one monitor with that piddly little 7950 if you're lucky, and dont even think about doing anything demanding!
Listen to the forum! They know what they are talking about! There is no amount of GPU power available in the world, OR in the making at this time that will be able to push anything other than like, freaking minecraft at those resolutions!
It's your money, but if you want to save what you have still, listen to everyone here. We're telling you this wont work, and not a single person I have seen has said otherwise.
Choklitmlk
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here is my experiance: I run 2 overclocked 670s with 4gb vram each and with one 2560x1440 monitor i run all games max settings very nicely. so, i borrowed my mates monitor (identical to mine) and as soon as i tried the 2 monitors like this, it wasnt nearly as pretty. i get very good frame rates, perfect if i turn some settings down... but in the end the best gaming experiance was just with my own monitor. for those 3 monitors, your going to want 3 way sli or xfire of the best single gpu cards you can get.
AverageNinja
Average Penis Too
http://www.overclock.net/t/1152730/...n-fixs-here-12-1-a-and-11-12-cap-2-inside/760
Look at post 764. Make sure you do actually have knowledge about what you're talking about before you're posting or even research mate. What you're saying is nonsense.
"Trifire 7950s on 7680x1440 on ultra settings except for AA@0 and motion blur off and I am getting between 60-90 fps. Sometimes drops to 50 never goes below.".
And about the 4x GTX 680s. NEVER go for 4-Way SLI/Crossfire. The drivers aren't great for that and will never really be. Most games run WORSE with 4 GPUs than with 3 or even 2 GPUs.
I'm sure most forummembers are talking about running into issues with running games at that resolution with 1, 2 or 4 GPUs. I didn't know he was going to get 2 more 7950s.
I honestly couldnt play that close with 3 screens.
Then again I have enough screens to do this and never do for games LOL
Then again I have enough screens to do this and never do for games LOL
It takes some getting used to, but for games like Euro Truck Sim and iRacing it's pretty hard to beat. Personally I really like it.
I also picked up a second 7950, I'll use these two cards until the next gen comes out (700/8000 not titan) at which point hopefully nivida has a cheap 384 bit-bus card.
Also updated my first post.
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iiBetrayforAR
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He needs 4x 6GB 7970 lolol. Infact he needs more than that!
remember300
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its all well and good having all this gpu power, but as someone said earlier the drivers are pants for more than three cards, also the main thing is most motherboards have 2 or 3 high speed lanes for gpus but then the others dont have the available channels, which is then a waste and if your after higher bit cards you can try some of the 400gtx series if you think that will make the differance.
i love the look of the set up but tbh why do you need much more than 1080p for all three screens?
id of gone for 3 1240x1080 and a smaller one above to leave on the forums or guides or what ever else that would be my killer set up
i love the look of the set up but tbh why do you need much more than 1080p for all three screens?
id of gone for 3 1240x1080 and a smaller one above to leave on the forums or guides or what ever else that would be my killer set up
For the price the koreans we're cheap vs going for large ips screens and this board has 40 PCI lanes, so if I wanted to I could run 4 GPUS at PCI 3.0 8x or 4 GPUs at PCI 3.0 16x.
I don't see a need for a fourth screen, I just use one of my tablets for that sort of stuff while I game. That way I have no alt tabbing at all.
remember300
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you may have enough lanes for the gpus but what i was saying is not all the gpu slots are pci-e x 16 and if you have a x8 then this will act as a bottle neck this is the downside to my mobo
As far I as know there is nothing better than 8x pci 3.0 boards that are available right now.
I finally got my second 7950. It maxes Bf3 out at 2560x1440 and even uses ALL 3 GBs of vram. I would try it at higher settings but eyefinity isn't working with the newest 12.2 beta 6.
Cable management is terrible right now, these are also the first pictures of the rest of the computer. I still have a lot of work to do with this.
I will fix the cable management and get some better pictures.
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there is no management..
id get something done quickly before Tom thrashes this thread on tidy principal.
FredEx
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Something to think about. If your video set-up is kicking out 80 FPS and your monitor is at a resolution of 2560x1440 @60 Hz, you will not see 80 FPS. The screen refresh is only 60 times a second, so feeding it video running at 80 times a second is surpassing what the monitor can do. You are not going to see 80 FPS unless the monitor's refresh rate is also 80 Hz. You can't see beyond what the monitor refresh rate is at the resolution you are running at.
There is a good side to the higher FPS than the monitor refresh rate, you will be able to see 60 more since the video will stay above 60 longer the higher it can run at, maybe only dipping under during kick ass load on the cards.
When you look at monitors look at the refresh rate at the resolution you want to run games at. Mine say 75 Hz, but not at max resolution. At max I'm running 1680x1050 @60 Hz.
There is a good side to the higher FPS than the monitor refresh rate, you will be able to see 60 more since the video will stay above 60 longer the higher it can run at, maybe only dipping under during kick ass load on the cards.
When you look at monitors look at the refresh rate at the resolution you want to run games at. Mine say 75 Hz, but not at max resolution. At max I'm running 1680x1050 @60 Hz.
madness777
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Good lord man! What's that?! Sir, a squid has just been spotted in your computer!
poor pc has a nasty looking spiders nest of cables please fix before tom sees it and says kill it with fire...
