144Hz? SLI?

[JGalsky]

Hello! Ok, first off, there are two questions.

 

1.  What good cables support 1440p at 144Hz? I need a 8 foot cable minimum... (aprox. 2.5 meters/My PC is like 6 feet from my desk)

 

2.  I have a triple monitor set up and an SLI set up.  I have all three displays connected to a single graphics card, should I transfer one display to the other graphics card? Or is there no performance difference? 

 

THANKS!

[Mira Yurizaki]

Use a DisplayPort cable (actually, you should use a DP cable whenever you can anyway).

 

As for the monitors, I don't think it matters.

[JGalsky]

Just now, M.Yurizaki said:

Use a DisplayPort cable (actually, you should use a DP cable whenever you can anyway).

 

As for the monitors, I don't think it matters.

Is there a specific DP generation? Like HDMI 1.4, 2.0, etc?

[Mira Yurizaki]

1 minute ago, JGalsky said:

Is there a specific DP generation? Like HDMI 1.4, 2.0, etc?

Yes, but the minimum version to support 1440p @ 144Hz is 1.2, which was ratified back in 2009. So unless you're using old stuff, this is nothing to be concerned about.

[Glenwing]

2 hours ago, JGalsky said:

Is there a specific DP generation? Like HDMI 1.4, 2.0, etc?

You need DisplayPort 1.2, but DisplayPort cables are versionless. You just need the monitor and graphics card to support 1.2, which all 1440p 144 Hz monitors and all modern graphics cards do support. As long as the devices support version 1.2, any DisplayPort cable will work fine for it.