Advice on Nvidia Product

[Lord of Blackwood]

Hello guys,

 

A long time ATI user, I am now migrating my systems to Nvidia following the renewal of my hardware.

 

I have :

CPU: Ryzen 7 2700X

RAM : 2 x G.SKILL Aegis Mémoire RAM D4 2133 C15 16 Go

MB: ASRock AB350 Pro4.

SYS/Primary PRG : Kingston SSD A1000 (SA1000M8/240G) - 240GB Disque Flash SSD, M.2 2280, PCIe NVMe

Secondary PRG/Local Data : Western Digital Green 240GB M.2 240Go M.2 Série ATA III

Graphics adapter : RX580 >> TO BE REPLACED

Displays :

Make	Size	Scale	Width	Height	Connection
DELL	24"	16/10	1920	1200	DVI
DELL	24"	16/10	1920	1200	HDMI
LG	34"	21/9	2560	1080	Display Port
LG	34"	21/9	3840	1600	Display Port

It functions pretty well like that with a Graphic card temp at around 60° celcius most of the time which is not too bad with the hardware I have on it.

 

Mass Storage is held on an aging Synology DS1812+  and a Synology DS1813+ that serve for hosting the files of the VM running on my ESXi and HyperV servers, my VM archive and project archives for a total of 12TB, as well as my  iso's, audio collection and ebook library for 1-2TB.

 

Network Services (DNS, DHCP, LDAP) are handled by a DS212+

My extranet is handled by a DS212 that host my media jukebox, COPDS servers, and picture backup solution (from my phone to the DS212 where it is encrypted, then from the DS212 to a cloud where it remains)

 

I mainly do server administration on my virtual machines (for my lab), tech documentation, audio acquisition and editing (converting old LP's to flac and mp3) and some video viewing (mostly youtube and local HD movies).

 

I migrated all my gaming on a second computer an older Core I7   with 16Gb RAM and a GTX 1050 TI OC with 4GB Ram. Even there, I do not do much gaming as I mostly do World of Tank and Warships, OpenTTD, Starcraft I & II (rarely as have been disappointed with it).

 

The question is :

What Grphics card should I get from Nvidia to replace the RX580 to plug in my 4 screens. Do I need 2 cards ? If so which ones knowing that cost is more an isssue than frame rate as I no longer game on those screens.

 

Thanks in advance,

 

André

[WereCat]

RX580 8GB is a bit better overall than GTX 1060 6GB so if you want for your upgrade to make sense then definitely dont get anything lower than GTX 1070.

But GTX 1070 from RX 580 is not a big jump in performance so it doesent really make much sense either so GTX 1070ti or GTX 1080 or RTX 2070 would make more sense.

Any of these will drive all 4 of the monitors as long as you pick the one with all the necessary video outputs if you dont want to use adapters.

[TH3R34P3R]

a gtx 1060 6gb has enough ports to drive it. but if you want more power, you can get something like the gtx 1080. 

[AngryBeaver]

3 minutes ago, Lord of Blackwood said:

Hello guys,

 

A long time ATI user, I am now migrating my systems to Nvidia following the renewal of my hardware.

 

I have :

CPU: Ryzen 7 2700X

RAM : 2 x G.SKILL Aegis Mémoire RAM D4 2133 C15 16 Go

MB: ASRock AB350 Pro4.

SYS/Primary PRG : Kingston SSD A1000 (SA1000M8/240G) - 240GB Disque Flash SSD, M.2 2280, PCIe NVMe

Secondary PRG/Local Data : Western Digital Green 240GB M.2 240Go M.2 Série ATA III

Graphics adapter : RX580 >> TO BE REPLACED

Displays :

Make	Size	Scale	Width	Height	Connection
DELL	24"	16/10	1920	1200	DVI
DELL	24"	16/10	1920	1200	HDMI
LG	34"	21/9	2560	1080	Display Port
LG	34"	21/9	3840	1600	Display Port

It functions pretty well like that with a Graphic card temp at around 60° celcius most of the time which is not too bad with the hardware I have on it.

 

Mass Storage is held on an aging Synology DS1812+  and a Synology DS1813+ that serve for hosting the files of the VM running on my ESXi and HyperV servers, my VM archive and project archives for a total of 12TB, as well as my  iso's, audio collection and ebook library for 1-2TB.

 

Network Services (DNS, DHCP, LDAP) are handled by a DS212+

My extranet is handled by a DS212 that host my media jukebox, COPDS servers, and picture backup solution (from my phone to the DS212 where it is encrypted, then from the DS212 to a cloud where it remains)

 

I mainly do server administration on my virtual machines (for my lab), tech documentation, audio acquisition and editing (converting old LP's to flac and mp3) and some video viewing (mostly youtube and local HD movies).

 

I migrated all my gaming on a second computer an older Core I7   with 16Gb RAM and a GTX 1050 TI OC with 4GB Ram. Even there, I do not do much gaming as I mostly do World of Tank and Warships, OpenTTD, Starcraft I & II (rarely as have been disappointed with it).

 

The question is :

What Grphics card should I get from Nvidia to replace the RX580 to plug in my 4 screens. Do I need 2 cards ? If so which ones knowing that cost is more an isssue than frame rate as I no longer game on those screens.

 

Thanks in advance,

 

André

Truth is the 1050ti could handle all of those monitors the problem is it doesn't have enough connections. If you are looking for the cheapest nvidia option.. then as far as new cards go it would be a 1060 3gb card. If you are looking to go used then it could be an older card like a 770,780,970,980. You can even go lower than those, but the prices are cheap enough that they are the better choices. Now this is all assuming you aren't looking to game on it at all. If you do plan to game then I would go with a 970,980,980ti if used or a new 1060 6gb.

[Lord of Blackwood]

6 minutes ago, WereCat said:

RX580 8GB is a bit better overall than GTX 1060 6GB so if you want for your upgrade to make sense then definitely dont get anything lower than GTX 1070.

But GTX 1070 from RX 580 is not a big jump in performance so it doesent really make much sense either so GTX 1070ti or GTX 1080 or RTX 2070 would make more sense.

Any of these will drive all 4 of the monitors as long as you pick the one with all the necessary video outputs if you dont want to use adapters.

So basically, I could stay on the  RX580 and save my money to replace my aging NAS to secure my storage, if I read you correctly

[AngryBeaver]

4 minutes ago, Lord of Blackwood said:

So basically, I could stay on the  RX580 and save my money to replace my aging NAS to secure my storage, if I read you correctly

I mean honestly the card you have now is more than capable of handling this setup. It might be running a little warm, but that could just mean it needs to be dusted.