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Hey all,

I am looking to upgrade my graphics for my current system and am looking for some opinions/guidance. I am currently running a 1 GB GDDR5 GTX 550 Ti on an Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2 Mobo with 16 GB mem and an 850 W PS.

I am wanting to set the new card up with a triple 24" display configuration, so any recommendations on nice gaming monitors would be nice as well. I am trying to stay in the $250-$300 price range for the GPU (not including monitors). I have looked at many options so far (R9 270-290, GTX 970, 750 Ti, etc) but am looking for some other opinions, or hands on experience with the cards, that any of you can provide.

Thanks!
 
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STRIX 970 is pretty much the better choice then. The multi-monitor and surround lays with Nvidia and its drivers not the 3rd party developers. But Asus`s STRIX ranges is really good so if you can afford it then do it now...
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The card I have now would be reference I guess, coming from Nvidia itself. So when I am looking at the 970's I am not sure who I should go with in terms of manufacture. They all seem to have pros and cons I suppose, I was a little more partial towards the Asus models. I watched some videos on Eyefinity and was very impressed by how easy it was to group monitors together, but when I read reviews on Nvidia Surround it seemed like it was a little more picky about how things are done. Is that really accurate?

I read a review a long while back about "Bulldozer" and I thought that it was some function between using AMD based cards along with AMD boards and CPU's to get a performance boost, but I am also not sure if that is accurate, or if it even applies with my older CPU. Any thoughts?
 
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STRIX 970 is pretty much the better choice then. The multi-monitor and surround lays with Nvidia and its drivers not the 3rd party developers. But Asus`s STRIX ranges is really good so if you can afford it then do it now...
 
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If you run all AMD they all conform with eachothers architectures as they compliment each other. But adding a Nvidia GPU in an AMD environment will not affect the entire system`s performance. If there is a diff it should be in the low ones %. But I could be wrong. Thats just the theory...
 
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Cool, I guess I will pick up the STRIX then. I found it for $330 which isn't bad, plus it looks slick. If I could trouble you for your opinion one more time...I am debating between 3 monitors.

Acer S241HL 23" or 24"
http://www.amazon.com/Acer-S231HL-BBID-23-Inch-LED-Lit/dp/B00CRZCJKK/ref=sr_1_4?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1422010054&sr=1-4

Lenovo LI2323s
http://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-LI2323s-23-Inch-LED-Lit-Monitor/dp/B00KRA5RTC/ref=sr_1_16?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1422009455&sr=1-16

I like Acer as a brand, but I feel like the Lenovo looks nicer. I want to set it up as a triple setup so I figured the Lenovo bezel looked a little slimmer as well. What do you think? Or do you by chance have any other options you can think of off the top of your head?
 
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That is true the response time is a subjective thing... The, I would then rather go for something with a =/< 5ms time. Just in case you do see it and you have regrets later but that is`nt suppose to be a prob. The contrast ratio is also just a braging rights thing in my opinion. I had a monitor with a 50 000:1 ratio and I did`nt even notice...
 
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