id recommend going with a 120hz monitor

Why not hold out for the Oculus?

Should mention I have this, and am happy to use it as my main screen, so i could just get 2 monitors for <$500..

http://www.samsung.com/ae/consumer/computers-peripherals/monitors/led/LS23A750DS/ZN

and thats a 120hz

120 hz = 60 fps
120 fps = 240 hz

am I wrong?

You certainly are.

1hz (one cycle per second) = 1fps (one frame per second)

A 120hz screen can display up to 120 frames per second.

So something like this?
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=558_1212&products_id=17297&zenid=a2bb09b8bd02dc875e24c86815a3eec5

The card has 4 Mini DP and 1 dvi.

Finding dp monitors sure wont be easy, the dell monitor that was suggested earlier has one. But is the bezel bad?

Anyone got this monitor? http://gaming.benq.com/gaming-monitor/xl2720t

Looking at purchasing this

Anyone got this monitor? http://gaming.benq.com/gaming-monitor/xl2720tLooking at purchasing this

Mate had that, said it was OP for what it is. Prefers his current one http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=558_1210&products_id=22711&zenid=a2bb09b8bd02dc875e24c86815a3eec5

The card has 4 Mini DP and 1 dvi.Finding dp monitors sure wont be easy, the dell monitor that was suggested earlier has one. But is the bezel bad?

If you want DP inputs on 120Hz panels with thin bezels, then you want a Samsung S23A750D or equivalent.

The bezels are about standard thickness, but they are very low depth, so you put the bezels behind each other and halve their effective distance.

http://i.imgur.com/5cpYFaI.jpg

Depends what connections your card has on it. AMD typically give you lots of DP connections from memory. If that's the case you may want screens with DP connections on them as IVY_Mike said.

If you're using DP you don't need 'active' adapters at all, that only applies if you want to use D-Sub(VGA) or DVI connectors.

The Dell's I described earlier are the best 'bang-for-buck' monitors I can recommend for this configuration. By all means someone let me know if they know a cheaper and better solution. (n.b. you do not NEED DisplayPort enabled monitors, but if you're buying new hardware, why not use the 'current' display technologies... DVI should be retired. I AM happy to assist anyone who wishes to go ahead with a non-DP configuration, there are some pitfalls and traps to be aware of, but not worth going into if its unnecessary)

Some of my observations when using DP:
- Each monitor will 'behave' kinda like a USB device in windows. (Turn the monitor off and Windows will have a small stroke while it re-arranges the 'display real-estate')
- If you want to play across all three screens, simply turn all 3 monitors on, and enable 'eyefinity mode' using the Catalyst control centre, BAM, 5760x1080 (in the case of the 3x U2312HMs). Load your game, if it supports it (there is a certain level of DirectX compliance winthin the game*) select the rez from the options screen and go on.
- If you want to switch back to 'discrete desktops' mode (Windows will treat each panel as a separate monitor, important for things like 'maximize' or when you want to watch a movie/tv show on one screen, 'general compute' on another and RDP on the third) it's easiest done with Catalyst control centre.** From there DP can be a little bit of a pain in the ass if you want to turn on/off individual monitors.


* Some games can be 'forced' to work in eyefinity resolutions by editing .ini files, Take a gander at the Widescreen Gaming forums for an awesome source for all things 'widescreen gaming' related.

** When I last used my eyefinity setup there was an option to 'save presets' for your display configuration, this meant switching between 'eyefinity' [read: single 5760x1080 panel] mode and 'discrete monitor' [read: 3x1920x1080 panels] mode was a 'two-click' affair. But this has not always been reliable between driver updates; your mileage may vary.



I'm no 'pro, 1337, haxx0r' at this stuff, but my experience running NVidia 78/8800GT's with matrox cards, then twin ATi Radeon HD 4850's and my current ATi Radeon HD 5870 Eyefinity 6 card has taught me a s***load about 'widescreen' gaming. It's not as intimidating or big budget as it once was, and for 'immersion' it's far more effective than '3D' IMO (tho each has their own applications/strengths and weaknesses).
I've seen some awesome, effortless setups, and also some really 'gaffa-taped' arrangements too (including one machine with two 7800GT's and a pair of Matrox Milleniums running 7 CRT monitors...).

Using a 7990 and 3x23" 1080P monitors should result in some nice high frame-rate 'eyefappity' (as dubbed by my brother)

Sounds lame-sauce ph33x.

I was surprised it took nVidia so long to get into the 'multiple display space'.

My foray into Crossfire was a total waste of time too... trying to run the twin 4850's was a joke (It kept BSODing and then ATi came back with 'lol, don't crossfire 4850's' basically...)

Regardless, running the cards in crossfire mode meant you could only use the video outs from one video card (only two monitors)

Don't thank me yet, thank me after it's all setup and runnin.

Also if it is the Dells you're looking to purchase, haggle as best you can with the sales rep (the web chat is a good place to start) also there's a few percent discount if you're with NRMA. (Probably won't help if you can net yourself ~$100 off for the 3x monitor purchase)

Diminishing return from twin vid cards tho. Twice the power consumption from (what I'd noted previously) as much as a 5% improvement in frames per second! [read: I don't think it's worth it]

i found this debate on Nvidia GeForce GTX 580 SLI VS Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 quite interesting.

What the above battle shows is that the 2 SLI 580s are no match even for a standard 780 let alone a Ti version but how the cards match up is still an interesting read:

http://www.game-debate.com/gpu/index.php?gid=1550&gid2=880&compare=geforce-gtx-580-sli-vs-geforce-gtx-780

Mainly because lots of gamers i know sat on a 580 for a long time just because no games really came out that required anything much better. Of course better cards came out but if u were using a mid sized screen at 1080 then you were pretty fine with a 580. But now? Now i think is the time most people are asking themselves if its time to upgrade. Especially with the 780Ti specs recently leaked

Technical Specifications of the Nvidia Flagship GTX 780 Ti have just been leaked. Guess what? Nvidia is unleashing the full power of the GK110 Core, with all the 2880 SP. The Crown appears to be going back to Nvidia.

http://n4g.com/news/1383598/nvidia-flagship-gtx-780-ti-specs-leaked-full-power-of-the-gk110-unleashed

Once the Ti is out I know i shall be looking at the price drops and at the TI and weighing up getting a new build. It seems finally time.

I'll be bringing 2x 780Ti's to their knees with BF4 at only 1080 res. Still yet to see any reviewers talk about the Supersampling setting found in the game.

Any older card is no match for a newer card as the biggest performance bottleneck with graphics is VRAM. You can slam in 4 GPU's but they're all limited to the same memory speed. Having 4 massive GPU cores makes you think "Well, surely I can run all Ultra now" but when the memory bus runs under 200GB/s you'll get lag and sponginess.

The reason "I" stay on top of new release cards is to raise the ceiling limit of the memory speed. If CPU core power was what I needed, I'd keep slapping in more of them until I have what I need.

Using Downsampling (in the driver with games which don't support it), you can make any 1080 game render at 4K before being displayed, making the game crispier than any other kind of AA. This requires lots of VRAM and GPU power as you're rendering at 4K.

Dell are having a sale atm.

Link to OzBargain post

The highlights:
Dell UltraSharp U2412M 24" $329 or two for $593 (From a $439 RRP)
Dell UltraSharp U2713HM 27" $580 or two for $1119 (From a $829 RRP)

Both of these monitors are competent and capable 60Hz units which are likely to feature D-Sub, DVi-D, HDMI and DP outputs and USB3 hubs integral.

These are 'good' prices for a single monitor and very good prices for the pair; If you're going to go down this road I recommend approaching the Dell sales staff (via chat) for a deal on 3 monitors and seeing where you can 'wheel and deal'.
(I usually chase the extended warranty (which takes it out to 5 years) across the purchase and get the discount out of that margin.)

Happy hunting.

The Bezels on the 23"s are about 11mm.
It sounds huge, but when you overlap the edges and are using 3 monitors it's really not that big an issue.