Cheapest GPU to run triple screens in racing simulator

[Uphorics]

Link please?

PCPartpicker shows otherwise (murica)

 

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Sorry my mistake, was looking at the 2GB model: http://www.microcenter.com/product/416680/geforce_gtx_760_overclocked_2048mb_gddr5_pcie_30_x16_video_card

[Cheddle]

http://blogs.windows.com/bloggingwindows/2013/07/25/pushing-the-12k-pc-gaming-boundary-at-1-5-billion-pixels-per-second/

 

This guy got 4k eyefinity going with a 280x, so a 280x or better should be just fine for 1080p eyefinity.

 

I vote 290 though.

 

look at my price list, is it still worth getting a 280/280x for that price?

[Uphorics]

look at my price list, is it still worth getting a 280/280x for that price?

 

For that price, I would get the 280x. I find it a bit funny that the 660 is more expensive than the 760

[Briggsy]

look at my price list, is it still worth getting a 280/280x for that price?

 

the 290 is probably going to perform 40% better than the 280x, so for VR I would think thats something to consider for another 75 bucks price-wise.

 

edit* how is that cpu compared to i5 sandy bridge?

 

even more edit** looking at benchmarks, that i5 seems to be comparable to an 860k... maybe the 280x is the better option.

[Fate]

@Cheddle your CPU is probably gonna bottleneck at 1080p quite significantly with any of these higher end cards, but with 3x 1080p you shouldn't worry too much about it (higher resolution = lower bottlenecks).

Just keep that in mind for future use. 

 

@Briggsy quite significantly worse than Sandy Bridge i5's I believe

[zappian]

@Cheddle your CPU is probably gonna bottleneck at 1080p quite significantly with any of these higher end cards, but with 3x 1080p you shouldn't worry too much about it (higher resolution = lower bottlenecks).

Just keep that in mind for future use. 

 

@Briggsy quite significantly worse than Sandy Bridge i5's I believe

 

OFFTOPI: do you think and i3 would bottleneck a 295x2 at 4k ? Since games at 4k are very gpu bound like you mentioned.

[Cheddle]

Alrighty - so im leaning towards the 280/280x - isnt that a rehashed old card? if so what is it?

 

Also I am kinda looking for 2xDVI and 1xHDMI so I need a card that can output three clocks - my old r9 290 could do that, is that something the 280 can do, or even the 7970?

[Fate]

OFFTOPI: do you think and i3 would bottleneck a 295x2 at 4k ? Since games at 4k are very gpu bound like you mentioned.

Nothing is for certain as nobody has tested it, but probably not much worse than say an i5/i7 would bottleneck (going off the theory that every CPU is technically a bottleneck) considering a 8350 gives basically the same performance at 4k as a 4930k with two 980's, and an i3 is a better gaming CPU than an 8350 (for the most part). 

 

Alrighty - so im leaning towards the 280/280x - isnt that a rehashed old card? if so what is it?

 

Also I am kinda looking for 2xDVI and 1xHDMI so I need a card that can output three clocks - my old r9 290 could do that, is that something the 280 can do, or even the 7970?

7950/7970 respectively, yes they're rebadged. I'm not sure about the outputs though.

[zappian]

Nothing is for certain as nobody has tested it, but probably not much worse than say an i5/i7 would bottleneck (going off the theory that every CPU is technically a bottleneck) considering a 8350 gives basically the same performance at 4k as a 4930k with two 980's, and an i3 is a better gaming CPU than an 8350 (for the most part). 

 

7950/7970 respectively. I'm not sure about the outputs though.

 

Lol thats insane , someone needs to do a i3 295x2 build just for the lulz.

 

Anyways if anybody in the forums has a quadcore i5 and a 295x2 try disabling two cores and enabling hyperthreading to see how it runs ( fake i3 , kinda like linus did).

[Cheddle]

Alrighty - so im leaning towards the 280/280x - isnt that a rehashed old card? if so what is it?

 

Also I am kinda looking for 2xDVI and 1xHDMI so I need a card that can output three clocks - my old r9 290 could do that, is that something the 280 can do, or even the 7970?

 

internet says 7970 cant drive three screens. 

 

Has to be an R9 series

[zappian]

internet says 7970 cant drive three screens. 

 

Has to be an R9 series

 

Internet is full of shit.

 

[Fate]

Lol thats insane , someone needs to do a i3 295x2 build just for the lulz.

 

Anyways if anybody in the forums has a quadcore i5 and a 295x2 try disabling two cores and enabling hyperthreading to see how it runs ( fake i3 , kinda like linus did).

No hyperthreading on i5's, you'd need an i7 to replicate an i3. 

I think @Octavialicious has an i7, two 290x's, and a 4k display, maybe they could test it?

[Cheddle]

Internet is full of shit.

 

 

Displayport dosnt count, talking DVI and HDMI only. 

 

Not that I watched that video... 

[Cheddle]

I do have a spare 4850 I could run in crossfire, can you use three screens with crossfire on the hd4xxx series?

 

Id preffer not becaues its then two hot old cards running but I may have to

[zappian]

I do have a spare 4850 I could run in crossfire, can you use three screens with crossfire on the hd4xxx series?

 

Id preffer not becaues its then two hot old cards running but I may have to

 

Lol no.

[Octavialicious]

No hyperthreading on i5's, you'd need an i7 to replicate an i3. 

I think @Octavialicious has an i7, two 290x's, and a 4k display, maybe they could test it?

I'd be willing to, its just my second 290X is currently being RMA'd

[zappian]

I'd be willing to, its just my second 290X is currently being RMA'd

 

When you get it back it would be a pleasure to see those results if you dont mind.

 

Thanks.

[Octavialicious]

When you get it back it would be a pleasure to see those results if you dont mind.

 

Thanks.

Sure MSI rma is like within driving distance of my house, so it shouldn't take too long

[holy-sock]

Newegg has a refurbished hd 7990 for 300 bucks 6gb vram is more than enough to max out anything you care to throw at it.

[asusfan]

Massive overkill for what he needs. Live for Speed was released in 2003 and the other in 2008. Racing games aren't demanding as they are, these two don't require anything near a 290.

do you play racing simulation games? and if so what hardware are you running them on?

iracing updates its self and version 2 is the current one last time i looked, so its always updating and can use a lot of gpu / cpu power, if this person intends to play some of the newer sims like Assetto Corsa in high settings on 3 monitors then for sure you need a beast of a gpu to run it.

 

If budget is tight then something with a lot of onboard ram (3 or 4 gig) so maybe a no name R9 290 or something.

[xAcid9]

Newegg has a refurbished hd 7990 for 300 bucks 6gb vram is more than enough to max out anything you care to throw at it.

No, 7990 effective vram capacity is still 3gb.

[zappian]

Newegg has a refurbished hd 7990 for 300 bucks 6gb vram is more than enough to max out anything you care to throw at it.

 

Wut 7990 for 300 bucks?

 

Thats very good i want it.

 

Btw vram is mirrowed between cards even if its in the same PCB.

[david cassar]

An r9 280 would be the cheapest. Has 3 GB vram and has very good overclocking potential.

[Cheddle]

I rekcon ill get an r9 280 second hand

 

Thanks all

[Cheddle]

Lol no.

 

so yeah, I CAN actually run three screens using a 4870 and a 4850 - crossfire has to be disabled and the application ran borderless window.

 

there is some noticeable latency of perhaps 40ms or so in extending to the third screen and frames drop to about 40-50 fps.

 

new gpu soon.