SLI and Tri-Screen 5760x1200 resolution

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Originally Posted by Quesse

Sadly whatever idiots control the monitor market have decided that 16x9 is preferable to 16x10 so that monitor is no longer sold as far as I can tell. (I only have one)

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Same panels are used for television, more of them are in the market, which leads them to be cheaper. For the "consumer" market 16:9 is perfectly fine because the dominate majority only watch videos in the 16:9 aspect. 16:10 sadly has it's disadvantages with some games that don't support the format and leads to those oh so annoying black bars.

Unless you're doing professional work it really doesn't make that much of a difference.

You should be careful with those S.Korean displays. They can be a nightmare for warranty support.

This game has SLI support?

I have 2 screens and one GPU Ill be investing another screen and GPU VERY SOON! any tips? currently running GTX 660, i5 8 GB Ram. think another GTX 660 would be good?

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Originally Posted by stardrifter

I have 2 screens and one GPU Ill be investing another screen and GPU VERY SOON! any tips? currently running GTX 660, i5 8 GB Ram. think another GTX 660 would be good?

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With an nVidia based card, you would have to go with the same card. Unlike AMD, you can't mismatch them.

Edit: So yes, another 660 would be good for SLI.

I entirely agree. I've seen those korean ips panels, and they have good reviews, however 16:9 for a computer is entirely masochistic, especially if you're going to tri-screen. If you search for hh281 you can find refurbs of the monitor. I had 3, and one had intermittent power problems, so I bought one to replace my existing monitor, and another as a spare. They arrived today.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listi...8344743&sr=8-1

Sunset micro is the retailer I used, only I found them on ebay first and bought them($10 more expensive ;;) but at least I have them. They were packed very well, even though UPS beat the hell out of the box the monitors were in perfect condition. When they do fail, it's because of 5 capacitors in the psu, which I'll be replacing in my one that had power problems to keep as a second spare. I don't want to go to 16:9 or 1440p, IMO for 28" the 5760x1200 is perfect.

I can't imagine doing 2 monitors, but I have a symetry OCD, I'd be staring at a screen bezzle right in the middle. If you can use a main and a side, major props to you, but I'd litterally go insane.

I don't know if I'd say it's "optimized" for SLI, but it definitely works with SLI, although every game I have tried does. I do get lower frames than I did in 1.0 with official SLI support on the same settings. In 1.0 I could max everything at this res and get 50fps, but now I have to go medium and only get 30fps. A bummer but I hope it will improve. It's not that bad, though, tbh.

I run an hd7950 (amd) with 3 1080p IPS panels. On high I get just under 30fps in areas with heavy traffic low 50's in the middle of nowhere alone. Crossfire in my future for sure. I used to have a HD5750 that could do eyefinity, but could never justify spending the cash for monitors. For something I wasnt sure I'd love or had the power to pull off. One day at work they pitched some old monitors I scarfed them up. Been on the upgrade path ever since. Could never go back to one screen.

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Originally Posted by Quesse

While I'm on the subject, have you taken a look at any common 15" laptop sold recently? 1366x768? What masochist came up with that idea?

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While I realize that I am possibly in the minority (and I am seriously not trying to troll), I consider 1366x768 to be ideal (for computers), and this factors heavily into my purchasing. If enough consumers feel the same as I do (and/or, enough just don't care, since the common man is not a tech enthusiast like gamers tend to be) then it makes sense for manufacturers to continue to push this resolution for the non gaming/enthusiast laptop models.

It depends on what you're doing. 768 vertical lines, with win7/8's task bar as big as it is taking up 70+ of those lines, doesn't leave you with much space to play with. I can't stand laptops because they only have one screen to begin with, then low resolution makes it feel incredibly cramped. At work I have tri-screen's, same with at home. Very rarely do I have to use a single monitor on my laptop, but fortunately my one laptop is 1080p and hte other is 1600x1200.