1440p vs triple 1080p for SLI 1070s

[Ford_Nucleon]

Title says it all, would it be better to have triple 1080p or a single 1440p (widescreen?) monitor when using SLI 1070s?

 

[rhysiam]

You mean an ultrawide, like 3440 x 1440? As someone with 3 x 1200P displays, if my primary use-case was gaming, I'd swap for a 1440P ultrawide any day of the week. Surround gaming (multi-monitor) is still only sporadically supported and getting it working often involves making some sacrifices (like poor HUD elements scaling/position, or frustrating menu issues) and/or spending time and energy researching and trying to apply fixes/hacks/workarounds. It's fantastic when it all works, but that's only sometimes and the hassles when it doesn't work can be really frustrating.

I absolutely love my 3 x 1200P displays when it comes to productivity (i.e. work). Each of mine swivel and I regularly work with 1 landscape and 2 portrait displays. I would suggest that if your primary use-case is work related, then 3x1080P displays would have an edge. But for gaming, there's no question in my mind that a single 1440P ultrawide, particularly a GSync one with 75hz+, would offer a far superior gaming experience in a much wider variety of games.

 

[guanyu210379]

In my opinion, it is better to get either :
144Hz 1440p 27" IPS display 16:9 with GSync <--- I went this way
or
100Hz 1440p 34" IPS display 21:9 with GSync
If you have 2xGTX1070s on SLI.

Currently with a single GTX1080, I am running XB270HU as primary and my secondary monitor is ASUS PB278QR.
I game only on XB270HU.