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Eyefinity or Not?

Post Date: 2010-08-26
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    Posted: 26 Aug 2010 at 8:01am
I am going to order a new rig from DS soon and I am unsure if I want to get am ATI 2 5870's or 5970 card for Eyefinity or just get a Nvidia GTX 480 card.
 
Im using the computer mostly for gaming and music so any comments would be great.
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You could always just get two 480s for the same thing, but with more GPU horsepower? Each 480 supports up to 2 monitors each.

I believe Nvidia's version is called Nvidia Surround.
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Ok If I go with Nvidia what would you suggest in SLI mode the GTX 480's, 470's, or 460's.
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the GTX 480 is the newest and would give the most juce
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Well if you are planning on playing games on 3 monitors with Nvidia Surround then definitely two 480s.

A single 480 does a 1920x1080 resolution nicely for most all games, but play a game on three 1920x1080 monitors and suddenly you're talking about playing a game at 5760x1080, which is a bitch and a half, even two 480s would be struggling with that.
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well thats budget, the higher you can afford, the more power you'll have
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