Emulators and some PC games don't give a damn about SLI , Crossfire , Dual graphic ( Only 1 GPU is used)
With that said , A GTX 690 is slower than GTX 770 in Dolphin
If you want to run a multi-monitors setup , you will need a GTX 760 or better GPU
Quote:Why not just say four is what I'm getting at
Perhaps , NaturalViolence could give you an explanation
Ah if that's the case then I'll forget about the two graphics cards option. I guess now my goal is a GPU that can play even the most demanding games in dolphin at 4x IR plus support up to 4 monitors.
...and ideally costs less than $180!
Quote:...and ideally costs less than $180!
That's impossible
A GTX 760 4GB version (2GB is out of the question) barely handle 3 + 1 monitors setup . Eric (a youtuber I know) had to use AMD 7970 6GB version to run PC games smoothly
Ok, so the youtuber was playing a game one just one screen? Or over all 3?
Triple monitors .
If it was single monitor , AMD 7770 could do the job
Oh yeah I'm in no way wanting to spread out a game over all 3 screens. If I were to play a game it would be on just one!
I'm pretty sure a GTX 660 can handle 4xIR with Super Mario Galaxy which is the most GPU intensive games (single 1080p monitor)
If I was you , I would get GTX 760 4GB . Don't know about PC games + triple monitors but Dolphin + triple monitors shouldn't be a problem
I hadn't realize that nvidia added this with the 600 series cards.
JT! Wrote:So 3 monitors plus 1 monitor? Why not just say four is what I'm getting at.
3 + 1 is more proper. You can connect up to 4 monitors however you cannot treat more than three monitors as a single virtual display (continuous).
When configured properly windows will see 2 displays. One virtual display is made of three physical monitors with a single desktop spanning across all three. This will allow games to treat is as a single display which is critical to making triple monitor gaming work. The fourth physical display device which nvidia calls the "accessory display" is treated as a separate virtual display and given its own desktop. This means that games are unable to access it since they are programmed to send their output to one of the virtual displays. The accessory display is for having other applications open like email while playing games. Thus the name.
All the documentation you'll need:
http://www.geforce.com/whats-new/articles/nvidia-surround-on-the-geforce-gtx-680#1
http://www.geforce.com/whats-new/guides/how-to-correctly-configure-geforce-gtx-680-surround#2
What IGP and motherboard does your new desktop have? It may be able to do triple monitor off of it. I'm not sure how spanning and virtual displays will work though. Doesn't sound like you really need it though.
To be honest I don't know a whole lot about multi-monitor setups since I've never done it myself and it's not too common. Even these days.
JT! Wrote:Would using two graphics cards be a better option than one?
Depends. I would argue against it in most cases.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1p5yK
It's not that I really need it, but the last thing I want to have to do is spend all this money and then have to upgrade things just because I want to connect up an extra tv.