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The monitors i am getting are 3 of these the connectors they have are 1 D-Sub, and 1 DVI-D

 

My graphics card

has 1 DVI-I and 1 DVI-D plug.

 

I am pretty sure the monitor doesn't come with any cables so what cables/adapters will i need to hook all of the monitors up without them looking different from each other.

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What GPU do you have exactly? 

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Are you sure they don't come with any cables? Every monitor I've bought has come with either an HDMI, DVI, or HDMI-DVI cable (usually a VGA as well).

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From the sounds of it, I don't know if your GPU will be able to support 3 monitors...

 

Care to tell us what GPU it is?

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EVGA 650 Ti 2gb, i am planning on getting a 770 maybe a couple months after would it be easier to just buy 1 monitor and a 770 then get 2 more monitors later?

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What GPU do you have exactly? 

EVGA 650 Ti 2gb, i am planning on getting a 770 maybe a couple months after would it be easier to just buy 1 monitor and a 770 then get 2 more monitors later?

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Dual monitors are probably the best setup in my mind I wouldn't really see the case of using a third one unless I'm doing video editing. 3x monitors aren't a great value for money since most buyers go for FHD vs higher resolution panels

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Dual monitors are probably the best setup in my mind I wouldn't really see the case of using a third one unless I'm doing video editing. 3x monitors aren't a great value for money since most buyers go for FHD vs higher resolution panels

I am going to play easier to run games across all of them then on games that are harder to run i will put steam windows and teamspeak on the right one and videos and web browsing on the left one.

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If your doing surround for the 650ti just hookup via single link DVI-D cables since your monitors are 1080p, so two via DVI-D, the third via a HDMI to DVI-D cable for maximum resolution and quality, same thing if you get the GTX770. 

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