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Old November 13, 2011, 12:51 PM
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so how well would one 6970 run 3 monitors ? cause I could afford 2 more right now ?
It won't play at ultra.. maybe high. You would need 2 6970s for ultra though.
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Old November 13, 2011, 12:58 PM
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It won't play at ultra.. maybe high. You would need 2 6970s for ultra though.
ok,looked at comparison images on nvidia site ,high looks good
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Old November 13, 2011, 01:03 PM
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Like you, I am looking at a new card, but for what I use for LCD I do not need a power house card, as much as it would be great. But no need for it.
Looked at 6970 and GTX 580, but for me a GTX 560Ti will do the job as my res is only 1680 by 1050. Once I buy new 27in LED LCD then the fun starts all over again.. lol
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Old November 13, 2011, 01:38 PM
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Like you, I am looking at a new card, but for what I use for LCD I do not need a power house card, as much as it would be great. But no need for it.
Looked at 6970 and GTX 580, but for me a GTX 560Ti will do the job as my res is only 1680 by 1050. Once I buy new 27in LED LCD then the fun starts all over again.. lol
lolz ain't that the truth
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Old November 13, 2011, 02:08 PM
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Just remember guys that its not the size of the monitor in inches that matters, its the output Resolution ;)
Thats why its always best to build a System around the Resolution,
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Just remember guys that its not the size of the monitor in inches that matters, its the output Resolution ;)
Thats why its always best to build a System around the Resolution,
Agreed, remember it is a pretty big leap going from say a 1920x1080 to 2560x1440 pixel wise.
I started my last build with a 1650 res and moved to a 2560, everything played fine on the 1650 then when I went to 2560 while the 2560 was nice it clearly to much for a single 6970. So another 6970 was needed.
If I would have thought that I was moving to a higher res I would have done this build a little different.
Like not gone p67 with only 2 pcie slots
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Agreed, remember it is a pretty big leap going from say a 1920x1080 to 2560x1440 pixel wise.
I started my last build with a 1650 res and moved to a 2560, everything played fine on the 1650 then when I went to 2560 while the 2560 was nice it clearly to much for a single 6970. So another 6970 was needed.
If I would have thought that I was moving to a higher res I would have done this build a little different.
Like not gone p67 with only 2 pcie slots
1080p = 2073600 pixels
2560x1440 = 3686400 pixels

That's 178% more pixels
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Old November 13, 2011, 04:14 PM
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Just remember guys that its not the size of the monitor in inches that matters, its the output Resolution ;)
Thats why its always best to build a System around the Resolution,


Yes I agree, Should have said larger LCD screen with better resolution on it. there
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