3 1440p Monitors.

[Articxslack]

I recently got 2 980ti's in SLI and i'm currently using a 34 Inch curved display. [4k]. Games run fine, lots of clearance for windows etc, but, I got into sim racing a couple months ago. Many Of the other guys are using 3 panel setups at 1080p.
However, being i'm a picky person, I son't want 1080p. I want 1440p 😛. With that being said, I wanted to run at 1ms response time, over 60 Hrz, and at 27 inches. I found my perfect match. The Dell S2716DG. Iv'e since bought one of them [Coming in shipping] And plan to buy the other two soon.

My question: I play loads of different games. Everything from Racing sims to the Arma series [Arma 3 ETC]. If I were to run the racing setup on all 3 monitors with 2 980tis, will I get a playable fps? The high refresh rate is not why I purchased this monitor for sim racing, it was for the bezels, resolution, and the size. With that being said. If I run my demanding Games on the middle display, will the other two panels having something like a YouTube video open hinder my FPS dramatically? Like I said i'm not planning to play demanding games on all 3 panels, just racing simulators.

Thanks

-Artic

 

[10tacle]

First what racing sims are you talking about? Project Cars and Assetto Corsa? Those are much heavier hitters on the GPUs than say DiRT Rally and Grid Autosport. I have overclocked 970 SLI and a single 1440p and get into the 80s on average in PCars with frames dipping down into the 60s in night time driving, rain, and heavy traffic combinations. Assetto Corsa is in the 80s. My cards are overclocked to near 980 SLI performance to give you an idea.

DiRT Rally however is over 100FPS average as is Grid Autosport. The other racing sim I play is RaceRoom Experience, and it is in the 70s but it does not officially support SLI and only runs on one card (it's the successor to what GTR2/GTR Evolution was to have been). All settings on all these racers are maxed out with effective 4xAA (some games using 2xMSAA + FXAA, others using in game 4xMSAA).

Long story short: don't expect 60+FPS with triple 1440p monitors in sims even with 980Ti SLI. I get similar variating results for various shooter games.

 

[Articxslack]

First what racing sims are you talking about? Project Cars and Assetto Corsa? Those are much heavier hitters on the GPUs than say DiRT Rally and Grid Autosport. I have overclocked 970 SLI and a single 1440p and get into the 80s on average in PCars with frames dipping down into the 60s in night time driving, rain, and heavy traffic combinations. Assetto Corsa is in the 80s. My cards are overclocked to near 980 SLI performance to give you an idea.

DiRT Rally however is over 100FPS average as is Grid Autosport. The other racing sim I play is RaceRoom Experience, and it is in the 70s but it does not officially support SLI and only runs on one card (it's the successor to what GTR2/GTR Evolution was to have been). All settings on all these racers are maxed out with effective 4xAA (some games using 2xMSAA + FXAA, others using in game 4xMSAA).

Long story short: don't expect 60+FPS with triple 1440p monitors in sims even with 980Ti SLI. I get similar variating results for various shooter games.

Iracing, and I could care less about the msaa on iracing stil looks like a sick game at 1440

 

[10tacle]

Iracing, and I could care less about the msaa on iracing stil looks like a sick game at 1440

Well you'd want to turn off AA anyway on triple 1440p. I was just giving you a reference for my system. As of last year, iRacing still had horrid SLI scaling (like the second card is only used 20% while the first card is 80% according to some people). People also reported significant micro-stuttering issues. Not sure if there have been any updates for it since to fix those issues as I do not have it (but have friends that did).

About the only good thing is that iRacing is older code and not as heavy on the GPU as the newer racers. But I still don't see hitting 60+FPS in triple 1440p running mostly a single effective 980Ti.

 

[Articxslack]

Iracing, and I could care less about the msaa on iracing stil looks like a sick game at 1440

Well you'd want to turn off AA anyway on triple 1440p. I was just giving you a reference for my system. As of last year, iRacing still had horrid SLI scaling (like the second card is only used 20% while the first card is 80% according to some people). People also reported significant micro-stuttering issues. Not sure if there have been any updates for it since to fix those issues as I do not have it (but have friends that did).

About the only good thing is that iRacing is older code and not as heavy on the GPU as the newer racers. But I still don't see hitting 60+FPS in triple 1440p running mostly a single effective 980Ti.

Wow, just searched youtube and found this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpSf6-2akR0 guy is running 3 of the same monitors I'm getting and with 0 studder. To top that he's running only 1 980 ti hybrid.

 

[rcald2000]

Yeap, I'm watching the video now. I wonder how many FPS he's getting.

 

[10tacle]

The video comments by him to someone's answer say he's got FPS capped at 144FPS and that it dips down into the 120s at night in a full field of cards. But he has quality settings turned down. VERY impressive nonetheless. You will not be seeing this in any the above games I mentioned without serious downturn of quality settings.

I knew iRacing was more frame friendly, but I had no idea this much better. I sure learned something.

 

[JohnBonhamsGhost]

send me the 2160p curved display and i'll give you an answer.

just kidding.

though you seem to be throwing an awful lot of money around on displays. maybe research a bit more before making those decisions and save a ton of cash. but more power to you if you just enjoy the hobby that much.
hope it all works out well.