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Yes, but they're not all DVI and only DVI supports 144hz to my knowledge

 

you got 2 DVI and 1 Display port and they all support it, im currently running 3x 144hz monitors and a AUX monitor on my 670, and i can play Farcry 3 on med/high graphics on 5760x1080 res

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I have an EVGA 780 3GB and I've seen the 6gb 'Step-Up' and wondering if it's worth the upgrade if I'm going to accumulate 3 displays by the end of 2014 hopefully. I want to know if I can daisy-chain DVI connections so I can still take advantage of the 144hz that VG248QE's offer. Should I do the step up or wait to upgrade to SLI? I will probably be running 1 or 2 monitors running a game and another with Stream info. I mostly want to know if I can step up and if I can daisy-chain DVI cables.

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I have an EVGA 780 3GB and I've seen the 6gb 'Step-Up' and wondering if it's worth the upgrade if I'm going to accumulate 3 displays by the end of 2014 hopefully. I want to know if I can daisy-chain DVI connections so I can still take advantage of the 144hz that VG248QE's offer. Should I do the step up or wait to upgrade to SLI? I will probably be running 1 or 2 monitors running a game and another with Stream info. I mostly want to know if I can step up and if I can daisy-chain DVI cables.

No don't bother. Just add another one for SLI. 

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No don't bother. Just add another one for SLI. 

SLI doesn't increase GB of Vram, he doesn't need speed he needs video memory for more pixels, what resolution are you playing at, and do you game on all 3 monitors?

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SLI doesn't increase GB of Vram, he doesn't need speed he needs video memory for more pixels, what resolution are you playing at, and do you game on all 3 monitors?

Well, they're 1080p and as stated I will probably be playing on 2

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you can run 4 screens on that card, all on its own port

Yes, but they're not all DVI and only DVI supports 144hz to my knowledge

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SLI doesn't increase GB of Vram, he doesn't need speed he needs video memory for more pixels, what resolution are you playing at, and do you game on all 3 monitors?

I know that. What you need to realize is you could have 12GB of VRAM to run 6 screens, but you still need the Horsepower to push the image. Nevermind the VRAM. Playing 5760x1080 would be better with SLI Rather than 6GB on a single card. 

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Well, they're 1080p and as stated I will probably be playing on 2

sorry didn't see that, and should be good then.

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Yes, but they're not all DVI and only DVI supports 144hz to my knowledge

 

you got 2 DVI and 1 Display port and they all support it, im currently running 3x 144hz monitors and a AUX monitor on my 670, and i can play Farcry 3 on med/high graphics on 5760x1080 res

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you got 2 DVI and 1 Display port and they all support it, im currently running 3x 144hz monitors and a AUX monitor on my 670, and i can play Farcry 3 on med/high graphics on 5760x1080 res

Alrighty then, thank you, didn't realize DP supports 144hz

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RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB DDR4 3000MHz  |  SSD: Samsung 860 EVO 1TB  |  Monitor: ASUS PB287Q

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Well, they're 1080p and as stated I will probably be playing on 2

 

2 screens? that'll look horrendous 

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