PCI Express 3.0

[disolitude]

Soleron said:

disolitude said:

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3 screen gaming...

I don't need it yet, but I figure a year from now GTX470s will be 100-150 bucks used and 200 new. Might as well, if it will be beneficial. Crysis and Metro 2033 already run somewhat choppy when completely maxed out at 5160x1080 resolution...

I don't think any card maxes out PCIe 2.0 8x yet. There will still be significant benefit to a third card.

A year from now though youll probably be able to buy a single 28nm Eyefinity card that does 3 screens as fast as 3 GTX470s (or whatever Nvidia has when they catch up on multi-screen one card).

Thanks! I could never get a clear answer on this.

Yeah thats always the dilema...Sell your gear and use the money to upgrade to better gear or keep your gear and upgrade.

If ATI or Nvidia indeed have a single card which beats tri GTX470s and costs similar to a new GTX470 after selling my existing ones, I'll gladly sell mine and upgrade.