Asus Strix 1080 4K Triple Monitors

[dsmith12]

So I am planning to use the asus strix gtx 1080 gpu to run a triple 4k monitor setup. I want to use three Asus PB287Q monitors. The problem is I need displayport to connect to all the monitors. The card only has 2 displayports and 2 hdmis and one dvi-d. How can I do it? Do I only need one displayport connection?

[Quiet_]

You should seriously consider buying a second card if you're dead set on this.
But, I can't say that I see the practicality in the setup.

[TheHiddenCreeper]

triple 4k is cool but you would need at least 3 gtx 1080's and even 4 titan x's cant power them at 60 fps max settings

instead by a 1440p ultrawide 

[Quiet_]

2 minutes ago, TheHiddenCreeper said:

triple 4k is cool but you would need at least 3 gtx 1080's and even 4 titan x's cant power them at 60 fps max settings

instead by a 1440p ultrawide 

Assuming you're considering gaming with this, then this an extremely valid point.

[Glenwing]

You would need a DisplayPort 1.2 or higher connection to each monitor, there's no way to do that with that card. Consider finding a different monitor with an HDMI 2.0 port, so you can use HDMI for one of the monitors.

 

Or, just consider getting a different GTX 1080 that has 3 DisplayPort outputs.

[Oshino Shinobu]

1 minute ago, Glenwing said:

There's no way to convert the others into a DisplayPort 1.2 connection. Consider finding a different monitor with an HDMI 2.0 port, so you can use HDMI for one of the monitors.

As the 1080 uses DP 1.3, wouldn't he be able to run two of the monitors off a single port with an MST hub? 

[Glenwing]

1 minute ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

As the 1080 uses DP 1.3, wouldn't he be able to run two of the monitors off a single port with an MST hub? 

In theory yes, but no MST hubs with DP 1.3+ support exist right now.

[Big-G]

1 hour ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

As the 1080 uses DP 1.3, wouldn't he be able to run two of the monitors off a single port with an MST hub? 

The only thing is you will be sharing DP bandwidth, to run 3 monitors at their best, you'd need to attach them directly to the GPU each.