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TehMiik
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Okay guys so the rig in my profile is the one I'm using and should be using for  awhile along with the laptop. I am looking to buy 2 different types of monitors for my setup to try them out. a cheap 4k display and 2 1440p monitors (1 being vertical) Will my system be able to cope when using this setup for productivity with Photoshop being the most intensive and a load of browsers, skype and stuff like that as well? I have 2x 1080p monitors at the moment and my God do I need way more screen space! For gaming I plan to use the single 1440p monitor and maybe sometimes connect the MacBook Pro up to a 1440p display.

 

I am new to the whole >1080p thing xD

Any help is appreciated <3

Main Rig: Intel i7 3930k @4.0GHz---8GB Ballistix @1600MHz---Asus P9X79 Pro---Samsung 840 Pro 128GB---3TB HDD Config---2x GTX 780Ti 3GB---Windows 7 Ultimate

Laptop: Late 2012 13" Retina MacBook Pro---2.5GHz Dual i5---8GB DDR3 @1600MHz---128GB PCI-E SSD---Intel HD4000 1GB---OSX 10.10 Yosemite

Phone: Nexus 4

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Okay guys so the rig in my profile is the one I'm using and should be using for  awhile along with the laptop. I am looking to buy 2 different types of monitors for my setup to try them out. a cheap 4k display and 2 1440p monitors (1 being vertical) Will my system be able to cope when using this setup for productivity with Photoshop being the most intensive and a load of browsers, skype and stuff like that as well? I have 2x 1080p monitors at the moment and my God do I need way more screen space! For gaming I plan to use the single 1440p monitor and maybe sometimes connect the MacBook Pro up to a 1440p display.

 

I am new to the whole >1080p thing xD

Any help is appreciated <3

You should be good. 780Ti has a good amount of power for doing light stuff like that. 

Does not having a second parenthesis around something bother anyone else as much as it does me? (Like if this statement was missing a second side)

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Thanks guys! Hoped the 780Ti would be okay. I have 1 more question for those of you who are still here. Would I be able to game on the single 4k monitor at all? I know high settings would be impossible but how about lower end titles?

Main Rig: Intel i7 3930k @4.0GHz---8GB Ballistix @1600MHz---Asus P9X79 Pro---Samsung 840 Pro 128GB---3TB HDD Config---2x GTX 780Ti 3GB---Windows 7 Ultimate

Laptop: Late 2012 13" Retina MacBook Pro---2.5GHz Dual i5---8GB DDR3 @1600MHz---128GB PCI-E SSD---Intel HD4000 1GB---OSX 10.10 Yosemite

Phone: Nexus 4

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If you want the really good performance you can scale the 4K down to 1080x1920 when gaming. You can game with a 4K but it will at best run at 30 FPS. (I can take one of those monitors... Lol xD)

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Thanks guys! Hoped the 780Ti would be okay. I have 1 more question for those of you who are still here. Would I be able to game on the single 4k monitor at all? I know high settings would be impossible but how about lower end titles?

Should be ok with 1 780Ti. However it will not be high settings or even 60fps I think.

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I know, another question xD You guys are awesome at the support. Since I have  Zotac 780 Ti 3GB, If I got another, would gaming be slightly better or much better. I guess the question I'm asking is would it be worth the extra £300 for it. I am already throwing near enough £1k on this setup so the extra £300 wouldn't kill the bank, it would just be nice to know if it's worth it. c:

Main Rig: Intel i7 3930k @4.0GHz---8GB Ballistix @1600MHz---Asus P9X79 Pro---Samsung 840 Pro 128GB---3TB HDD Config---2x GTX 780Ti 3GB---Windows 7 Ultimate

Laptop: Late 2012 13" Retina MacBook Pro---2.5GHz Dual i5---8GB DDR3 @1600MHz---128GB PCI-E SSD---Intel HD4000 1GB---OSX 10.10 Yosemite

Phone: Nexus 4

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I know, another question xD You guys are awesome at the support. Since I have  Zotac 780 Ti 3GB, If I got another, would gaming be slightly better or much better. I guess the question I'm asking is would it be worth the extra £300 for it. I am already throwing near enough £1k on this setup so the extra £300 wouldn't kill the bank, it would just be nice to know if it's worth it. c:

The result will be better than 1 780Ti. :P You can refer to this website to look at the benchmark for the 780ti sli on 4K resolution.

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[CPU] i5-4690K @ 4.5GHz with NZXT Kraken X61 [MOBO] Asus Z97-AR [Memory] HyperX Fury 32GB DDR3-1600 [Storage] Samsung 840 EVO 500GB & WD 1TB Black & Hitachi 1TB [GPU] Gigabyte GTX 1080 8GB Xtreme Gaming [Case] Corsair Air 540 [PSU] Cooler Master V1000 [Case Fan] Corsair SP140 LED Fan x 3 & SP120 LED Fan x 3 [Display] Main: Philips 31.5" FULL HD IPS | Side: Philips 28" 4K UHD [Keyboard] Razer Blackwidow Ultimate Stealth Edition [Mouse] Razer Ouroboros [Mouse Pad] Razer Firefly [Sound] BOSE Companion 5 Multimedia Speaker System

 

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I know, another question xD You guys are awesome at the support. Since I have  Zotac 780 Ti 3GB, If I got another, would gaming be slightly better or much better. I guess the question I'm asking is would it be worth the extra £300 for it. I am already throwing near enough £1k on this setup so the extra £300 wouldn't kill the bank, it would just be nice to know if it's worth it. c:

Realistically speaking you might get another 40-60% increase, which is nothing to sneeze at, it just depends on if you can justify the cost for that. If they support DX12 and Vulkan, then your frame buffer issues will disappear and you'll see a much higher performance increase.

Do you have a reference card? Just out of curiosity

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Realistically speaking you might get another 40-60% increase, which is nothing to sneeze at, it just depends on if you can justify the cost for that. If they support DX12 and Vulkan, then your frame buffer issues will disappear and you'll see a much higher performance increase.

Do you have a reference card? Just out of curiosity

Thanks for the advice! I have the base line Zotac card. 940 MHz I think? c:

Main Rig: Intel i7 3930k @4.0GHz---8GB Ballistix @1600MHz---Asus P9X79 Pro---Samsung 840 Pro 128GB---3TB HDD Config---2x GTX 780Ti 3GB---Windows 7 Ultimate

Laptop: Late 2012 13" Retina MacBook Pro---2.5GHz Dual i5---8GB DDR3 @1600MHz---128GB PCI-E SSD---Intel HD4000 1GB---OSX 10.10 Yosemite

Phone: Nexus 4

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The only one I could find was the AMP cooler unit (the one with the red fans) and the Reference cooler unit that they had.

It has the orange fans yeah. It's definitely not the reference cooler xD

Main Rig: Intel i7 3930k @4.0GHz---8GB Ballistix @1600MHz---Asus P9X79 Pro---Samsung 840 Pro 128GB---3TB HDD Config---2x GTX 780Ti 3GB---Windows 7 Ultimate

Laptop: Late 2012 13" Retina MacBook Pro---2.5GHz Dual i5---8GB DDR3 @1600MHz---128GB PCI-E SSD---Intel HD4000 1GB---OSX 10.10 Yosemite

Phone: Nexus 4

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