Wanting to upgrade to 3 monitors

[DevSquallz]

Currently I have 2 monitors. My main monitor is a http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824014377, the other is an old(er) 20inch monitor. I have been using these 2 monitors together for the better part of a year and I am wondering if I would be able to get 2 more monitors like my main (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824014377) and run games in Surround on all 3?

Current hardware:
CPU: i5 4690k overclocked
GPU: MSI GTX 970 4GB

Edit: Would it hurt my FPS? I currently run 50-70 in Arma 3 and get good frames in every game I play

 

[photonboy]

You can estimate about HALF the FPS with three monitors instead of two.

Personally, I'd wait for high-res GSYNC panels to drop in price. Something like the following is about $750USD (Freesync version is $550).

- 2560x1440
- IPS
- 27"
- GSYNC
- 144Hz+

A big part of the cost is supply and demand. The GSYNC module will also come down a lot in price. It's likely we'll see similar for $500 in a year.

 

[DevSquallz]

You can estimate about HALF the FPS with three monitors instead of two.

Personally, I'd wait for high-res GSYNC panels to drop in price. Something like the following is about $750USD (Freesync version is $550).

- 2560x1440
- IPS
- 27"
- GSYNC
- 144Hz+

A big part of the cost is supply and demand. The GSYNC module will also come down a lot in price. It's likely we'll see similar for $500 in a year.

And whats limiting that..? processor..?

 

[j3ster]

your graphics card would , you cpu is great.

 

[DevSquallz]

Another GTX 970 then maybe?

 

[j3ster]

how does the gtx 970 cost? im only asking this because i dont know which country you are in.

 

[DevSquallz]

I think around 330.

 

[j3ster]

is that US dollars? or Canadian?

 

[DevSquallz]

USD

 

[j3ster]

oh ok, well heres an idea that you might possibly like.

try sell your current graphics card, you can estimate a price for it, then since you are willing to actually add another GTX 970 to your PC, thats around ~$300 right? so if you sell your GTX 970 for a reasonable price and combine it with your ~$300 that you were about to use for anoher GTX 970 and get something like a single GTX 1070.

 

[DevSquallz]

I do..but dont like that idea.. now im shifting my focus to the screentearing....

 

[DevSquallz]

I just hooked up 3 monitors and enabled surround.. get capped at 60fps on Minecraft but get low FPS in every other game even though my cpu/gpu temps stay low the whole time?

 

[j3ster]

your graphics card cant handle that set up. you need to upgrade it.

 

[j3ster]

also depends on which settings you run your games at im not saying the GTX 970 is bad though but still, you wont expect high frame rates with it while using 3 monitors.

 

[DevSquallz]

also depends on which settings you run your games at im not saying the GTX 970 is bad though but still, you wont expect high frame rates with it while using 3 monitors.

Could it be because its running at a weird* resolution? I have 2 1600x900 monitors then the middle one is 1920x1080 (my main)... like I said my temps are low.