eyefinity 4000x900

[Trophywolfe]

so I have a budget of $500 and I need a system that can easly play games at 4000x900 at at least 30fps. I have 2 moniters with a resolution of 1280x1024 and a 1440x900 moniter and I am going to buy near December area so prices will drop and new cards will come.

 

if I go NVidia I can use my old 8800gts 640mb as a dedicated PhysX card, but amd eyefinity I hear is better than surround so im kinda stuck and need help.

 

current choice:

amd fx-6300

8 gigs of ram

radeon HD 7850

asus m5a97 am3+ mobo

500gb hdd

 

I already have a case and 550w psu so I don't need those things.

[WoodenMarker]

You won't be able to play at the resolution at decent settings without a more powerful card like a 7950/7970.

[JoshM]

Your gonna need to buy a 7950 minimum 

[Trophywolfe]

by December how much might it cost

[fishymamba]

Same as right now probably, cheapest you can get them for is ~$250.

 

Can you game even game with two different monitors? 

[mvitkun]

by December how much might it cost

$250-$350,same as now.

 

and you wouldn't be able to play on all 3 monitors with Nvidia,you'd need to use AMD,no choice whatsoever.

because Nvidia only has triple monitor gaming +1 auxiliary monitor for desktop stuff (3+1).

AMD doesn't have a limit to the best of my knowledge.

[Trophywolfe]

Can you game even game with two different monitors? 

yes as long as I can adjust the height to be about the same and have the 1280x124 pxel area on each side cut it would be perfect

[Trophywolfe]

and you wouldn't be able to play on all 3 monitors with Nvidia,you'd need to use AMD,no choice whatsoever.

because Nvidia only has triple monitor gaming +1 auxiliary monitor for desktop stuff (3+1).

AMD doesn't have a limit to the best of my knowledge.

I don't think that NVidia would make it so that a 4th monitor is needed for desktop stuff

[Trophywolfe]

im also coming off a p4 3.2GHz rig with a 9600xt so I really need the upgrade

[mvitkun]

I don't think that NVidia would make it so that a 4th monitor is needed for desktop stuff

it isn't needed.

 

the 4th monitor is the max amount you can have.

 

the most amount of monitors you can have with Nvidia,natively,is 3 monitors for gaming +1 auxiliary monitor for browsing or whatever.

[jonasa97]

You might want to consider getting a single screen. I know some people who tried eyefinity and didn't like it at all because:

1. you get bad framerates

2. the bezels make it uglier.

3. it's hard to setup if your monitors aren't all the same model or even if they aren't all the same resolution.

[Dsgreek]

Eyefinity maximum is 6 .

[Trophywolfe]

You might want to consider getting a single screen. I know some people who tried eyefinity and didn't like it at all because:

1. you get bad framerates

2. the bezels make it uglier.

3. it's hard to setup if your monitors aren't all the same model or even if they aren't all the same resolution.

1. the moniters are only 60hz

2.i want the peripheral vision in games

3.eyefinity has great support for stuff like that

[WoodenMarker]

by December how much might it cost

 

Same as right now probably, cheapest you can get them for is ~$250.

 

$250-$350,same as now.

 

and you wouldn't be able to play on all 3 monitors with Nvidia,you'd need to use AMD,no choice whatsoever.

because Nvidia only has triple monitor gaming +1 auxiliary monitor for desktop stuff (3+1).

AMD doesn't have a limit to the best of my knowledge.

You guys are forgetting Black Friday/Cyber Monday and the 9000 series. I'm thinking the 7950 might drop down to $200 and the 7970 dropping down to $250-260.

the 4th monitor is the max amount you can have.

the most amount of monitors you can have with Nvidia,natively,is 3 monitors for gaming +1 auxiliary monitor for browsing or whatever.

You could also used integrated graphics for a few more displays.