Triple 27" Monitors in Nvidia Surround Questions

[Eazyice]

Hello all. I am planning on purchasing 3 x 27" monitors for my new rig and need some opinions. I was initially planning on getting the BenQ XL2720Z gaming monitors and am now not sure if I should go that route. I have heard that the new awesome setup is a resolution of 2560 x 1440p, but I don't know that my dual 780ti SLi could run three of those. Anyhow I will be gaming with some FPS games and a whole lot of World of Warcraft. I also dabble in Photoshop but not too much.

If anyone has any experience or opinions please let me know as I am all ears. Thanks all.

 

[remember300]

Do you have the desk space for 3x 27"??
My suggestion would be go for a high res wider panel like the LG 21:9 2k monitor, its wide screen high quality and look pwitty plus your 780's would beast it im sure.

 

[Eazyice]

I do have the space yes. I have this "Want" for the triple monitors but I have read that a 21:9 aspect ratio is definitely amazing. I will think long and hard on this

 

[JR23]

The only setups i'd buy new right now for that level of hardware are triple Dell U2414h's or an LG 34UM95, just my personal onion.

JR

 

[Eazyice]

The only setups i'd buy new right now for that level of hardware are triple Dell U2414h's or an LG 34UM95, just my personal onion.

JR

Forgive me for asking but please explain the tripe Dell monitors over the BenQ that I mentioned. I was under the impression that finding a high refresh rate monitor was important.

Anyway thank you for the response and please keep the opinions coming

 

[JR23]

Yes refresh rate is a factor but running 5760x1080 at 144hz is a massive ask so unless you like tearing most of the time you would probably lock it to 60hz(fps) using v-sync in which case why go for the higher refresh rate monitor, it makes a lot of sense if you only have one because running 1080p at 144hz with your hardware should be quite realistic.

Hence the reason for suggesting the U2414's as they have a refresh rate which should be achievable, are quite a bit cheaper, have extremely thin bezels and are a higher quality IPS panel which are generally acknowledged to give better colour reproduction and at far greater viewing angles as well as nicer blacks. This comes generally at the price of refresh rate and response times although all things considered I think they make a good choice for triples. Mainly because I think the perceived quality of each frame will be superior with better colours and deeper blacks, the BenQ has some excellent features that would be of greater advantage if you only had one.

If you just wanted a single monitor though there are also a lot of new offerings to consider although i'm having trouble deciding myself after just watching Toms ROG swift review!

Just remember how quickly the amount of pixels increases with resolution, producing a 6mp frame 144 times a second is a monumental ask of even the most beastly graphics setup. Although ultimately I guess it depends what you want to play at what level of detail, check reviews for a pair of 780Ti's and see what FPS they achieve at various resolutions and go from there.

1080p = 2.1mp
1440p = 3.7mp
21:9 1440 = 5mp
3x 1080p =6.2mp
4k = 8.3mp
3x 1440p = 11.1mp

JR

 

[Eazyice]

I'm still torn... Dammit!

 

[NeverBackDown]

Hello all. I am planning on purchasing 3 x 27" monitors for my new rig and need some opinions. I was initially planning on getting the BenQ XL2720Z gaming monitors and am now not sure if I should go that route. I have heard that the new awesome setup is a resolution of 2560 x 1440p, but I don't know that my dual 780ti SLi could run three of those. Anyhow I will be gaming with some FPS games and a whole lot of World of Warcraft. I also dabble in Photoshop but not too much.

If anyone has any experience or opinions please let me know as I am all ears. Thanks all.

Yes they can run it. No they can't run it well. That's more pixels than a 4k screen and two 780ti's have a hard enough time at 4k. You would end up needing to lower a lot of settings.

 

[Eazyice]

Yes they can run it. No they can't run it well. That's more pixels than a 4k screen and two 780ti's have a hard enough time at 4k. You would end up needing to lower a lot of settings.

Are you referring to 3 2560 x 1440p or 1920 x 1080p?

 

[NeverBackDown]

Are you referring to 3 2560 x 1440p or 1920 x 1080p?

I quoted you saying 3 1440p monitors so ya i was referring the 3 2560x1440p displays lol

 

[Eazyice]

Yes refresh rate is a factor but running 5760x1080 at 144hz is a massive ask so unless you like tearing most of the time you would probably lock it to 60hz(fps) using v-sync in which case why go for the higher refresh rate monitor, it makes a lot of sense if you only have one because running 1080p at 144hz with your hardware should be quite realistic.

Hence the reason for suggesting the U2414's as they have a refresh rate which should be achievable, are quite a bit cheaper, have extremely thin bezels and are a higher quality IPS panel which are generally acknowledged to give better colour reproduction and at far greater viewing angles as well as nicer blacks. This comes generally at the price of refresh rate and response times although all things considered I think they make a good choice for triples. Mainly because I think the perceived quality of each frame will be superior with better colours and deeper blacks, the BenQ has some excellent features that would be of greater advantage if you only had one.

If you just wanted a single monitor though there are also a lot of new offerings to consider although i'm having trouble deciding myself after just watching Toms ROG swift review!

Just remember how quickly the amount of pixels increases with resolution, producing a 6mp frame 144 times a second is a monumental ask of even the most beastly graphics setup. Although ultimately I guess it depends what you want to play at what level of detail, check reviews for a pair of 780Ti's and see what FPS they achieve at various resolutions and go from there.

1080p = 2.1mp
1440p = 3.7mp
21:9 1440 = 5mp
3x 1080p =6.2mp
4k = 8.3mp
3x 1440p = 11.1mp

JR

Well JR I might be ordering those Dell U2414H monitors. I still have a "Want" for a triple 27" monitor setup, but it is probably too large and for the extra money I would spend not the best idea. Thanks again and I will post my reaction when it is all set up.

 

[XANADV]

7680x1440, to state the obvious, is higher than 4k res. Like a previous post has stated, GTX 780Ti 2way sli is just sufficient for 4k. Granted, older games like WoW will of course be no problem for your current config but don't expect to play any modern titles without significant compromises in IQ. I would go the 5760x1080@144Hz route though. Screen tearing is more of a problem at lower refresh rates and you can always set it to a lower rate on most 144 Hz displays if that is your preference.

 

[NeverBackDown]

7680x1440, to state the obvious, is higher than 4k res. Like a previous post has stated, GTX 780Ti 2way sli is just sufficient for 4k. Granted, older games like WoW will of course be no problem for your current config but don't expect to play any modern titles without significant compromises in IQ. I would go the 5760x1080@144Hz route though. Screen tearing is more of a problem at lower refresh rates and you can always set it to a lower rate on most 144 Hz displays if that is your preference.

Its not higher than 4k. It just has more pixels. 2560x1440 is smaller than 4k.. adding 3 together only adds more pixels

 

[XANADV]

Its not higher than 4k. It just has more pixels. 2560x1440 is smaller than 4k.. adding 3 together only adds more pixels

Sorry I was comparing 3x 1440 to 1x 4k purely on total number of pixels. Now 3x 4k, 11520x2160...has anybody seen benchmark numbers for that? Would be interesting as an academic curiosity.

 

[NeverBackDown]

Sorry I was comparing 3x 1440 to 1x 4k purely on total number of pixels. Now 3x 4k, 11520x2160...has anybody seen benchmark numbers for that? Would be interesting as an academic curiosity.

There's no point in doing that at this time. No GPU config will be able to handle it on the vram side nor the bit bus side of things.

 

[XANADV]

There's no point in doing that at this time. No GPU config will be able to handle it on the vram side nor the bit bus side of things.

I've personally seen 4k surround in action during my recent trip to E3. A 4xSLI GTX Titan Black rig running what must have been medium to low settings on Project Cars. Yeah of course I am in 110% agreement with you that it will take at least a console generation to run this kind of setup on a modest rig. My point being somebody out there has done it besides NVIDIA. I'm just curious what the actual numbers are. My interest in it is purely academic.