Can the GTX 1050 ti run 3 monitors?

[Ruben_Samich]

So I'm building my first gaming PC soon, and I'm giving it a GTX 1050 ti. Yeah, I know people will ask stupid questions like "Hey can my Dell Optiplex with Windows 95 run a 6 TV 4K setup?" but hear me out, I think this might work. I'll tell you why I think it will work too.

So, based on my many hours of research. a GTX 1050 ti can run all popular games at high-max settings with 60 fps and 1080p. Some of those may even run at 1440p with high-max settings still with 60 fps. So the resolution of 1440p is 2560x1440. 2560x1440= 3686400 pixels to process. The monitors I would be using are 1440x900. (closest to 900p) (1440x3)x900= 3888000 pixels to process. Those two numbers aren't too far away from each other. So, if the GPU can run most games at 1440p (3686400 pixels) at high, is it really too far of a stretch to think that it can run at 900p x 3 monitors (3888000 pixels) at medium-low?

 

[TheCrether]

MERGED QUESTION
Question from Ruben_Samich : "Can my GPU do a triple monitor setup?"

OK, so I know people ask a lot of dumb questions thinking their hardware is a lot better than it is, like "Hey guys can my Dell Optiplex 390s integrated graphics handle 4K?" But hear me out.

So I'm building my first Gaming PC soon, and I'm giving it a GTX 1050 ti. I already know that, according to the rest of the internet, some people say that it can run Overwatch at 60fps 1080p on ultra. So is it too much of a stretch for it to run 4320x900? (three 1440x900 monitors) at MEDIUM? I'm not expecting it to run on ultra with three monitors, that's insane, and I know it's a bit of a stretch already for medium. But my resolution isn't quite 1080p so that might help a little bit. It's actually closer to 900p. I'm sure you already know a lot about resolution if you're on this thread anyway. OK, I'll shut up now...

First of all the GTX 1050Ti isnt made for like super high options in newer titles.
You could plugin all Monitor if they have Displayport but I think you should go with an GTX 1060.

 

[Ruben_Samich]

MERGED QUESTION
Question from Ruben_Samich : "Can my GPU handle a triple monitor setup?"

So I'm building my first Gaming PC soon, and I'm giving it a GTX 1050 ti. I already know that, according to the rest of the internet, some people say that it can run Overwatch at 60fps 1080p on ultra. So is it too much of a stretch for it to run 4320x900? (three 1440x900 monitors) at MEDIUM? I'm not expecting it to run on ultra with three monitors, that's insane, and I know it's a bit of a stretch already for medium. But my resolution isn't quite 1080p so that might help a little bit. It's actually closer to 900p. I'm sure you already know a lot about resolution if you're on this thread anyway. OK, I'll shut up now...

So most likely, you'll have to run Overwatch on only one monitor. Overwatch (and most games) don't scale well over three monitors. And even if you could, I doubt the 1050 ti could output Overwatch at 60fps at an an almost 1440p pixel array.

:/ Ok... That really sucks because I can afford more monitors but I can't afford a new GPU

btw I saw this video on Youtube where apparently this guy got Battlefield 1 to run on three monitors with a 1050 ti... The annoying part is he didn't post what settings OR what frame rate he was getting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9r5nn29vxZw

Also do you think I could do it at 30fps? I'm used to consoles right now so it wouldn't really be annoying to me. Or is 60 fps with one monitor > 3 monitors with 30 fps

In another video, some guy was testing the GTX 1050 ti for Overwatch

He consistently got 60 fps at 1440p with these settings.

https://youtu.be/wIVSZ1JjKyE?t= (pause the video at 11:19)

It's more of an issue with Overwatch itself. The rendering engine that Blizzard wrote cannot draw anything outside of 16:9. All other ratios that Overwatch supports (16:10 and 21:9) are just stretched and letterboxed 16:9 renders. There isn't really any FOV benefit to using all three monitors to play the game. You'll end up using 21:9 ratios like 2560x1080, resulting in very small amounts of the peripheral monitors filled (maybe an inch or more). The rest will be blank.

If you want to play Overwatch at 1440p, just get a 1440p monitor. If you bring down the settings with some tweaking, you should be able to get 50-60 fps. Also, consoles like the PS4 run Overwatch at around 60 fps if I remember correctly. You definitely don't want to be playing that game at 30 fps. I'd say 48-60 fps is the comfortable range.

Ah, yes, I realized that Overwatch will not work with triple monitors, so really now my question is, is it worth it for me to get three monitors and have it be amazing in every other game I play but then risk me not liking Overwatch as much because I would have to not use my other two monitors?

 

[4745454b]

MERGED QUESTION
Question from Ruben_Samich : "Can I run three monitors?"

So I'm building my first gaming PC soon, and I'm giving it a GTX 1050 ti. Yeah, I know people will ask stupid questions like "Hey can my Dell Optiplex with Windows 95 run a 6 TV 4K setup?" but hear me out, I think this might work. I'll tell you why I think it will work too.

So, based on my many hours of research. a GTX 1050 ti can run all popular games at high-max settings with 60 fps and 1080p. Some of those may even run at 1440p with high-max settings still with 60 fps. So the resolution of 1440p is 2560x1440. 2560x1440= 3686400 pixels to process. The monitors I would be using are 1440x900. (closest to 900p) (1440x3)x900= 3888000 pixels to process. Those two numbers aren't too far away from each other. So, if the GPU can run most games at 1440p (3686400 pixels) at high, is it really too far of a stretch to think that it can run at 900p x 3 monitors (3888000 pixels) at medium-low?

Why on earth would you buy/use 900 monitors? I wouldn't even use 1050 monitors.

When people say X card can't, it's because we are assuming three 1080 monitors. That's the standard. If you drop the resolution of course you can up the details. But unless you already own the monitors I don't suggest doing this. Getting/using 900 monitors just isn't a good idea.

 

[raisonjohn]

If your GPU can run 3,686,400 pixels (a single 2560 x 1440 monitor) at high outputting 60fps on a certain game, then, that same GPU can also run 3,888,000 pixels (triple 1440 x 900 monitors) at the same high setting outputting almost the same number of frames at that same certain game. The difference of only 201,600 pixels is like merely having an extra 140 horizontal pixels on that 1440p monitor, making it a "2700 x 1440" (miniscule difference).

Your main concern would be, which games will run on Nvidia Surround spanning those 3 monitors - as not all games play well with extended displays (some are stretched unproportionally, while some will contain vertical black bars at both sides).

Another concern is having to use cable adapters, as GTX 1050 Ti's usually have just 3 output ports: a DP, an HDMI, and a DVI-D (max. of 3 monitors supported). Since you will most likely buy three monitors of the same type, most 1440 x 900 monitors only have VGA (some have VGA and a DP or DVI - but hard to find and not sure if available). You want to get the monitor with at least a digital input signal port (DP, DVI or HDMI) and not only having a sole analog port (VGA) to eliminate converting digital to analog using an active adapter.