Advice on my budget pc build.

[disolitude]

CGI-Quality said:

disolitude said:

pezus said:

disolitude said:

CGI-Quality said:

Starting with 1, moving to two early next month.

Nvidia can't do 2. It's 1, 3 or nothing...

For 1 screen, I can't stress how much of a waste a GTX 690 is. Overclocked GTX 670 will max out Crysis 2 and Battlefield 3 in a sense they will never dip under 50 fps. 

So yeah, just take the plunge and get 3 thin bezel screens...you have the hardware to support it :)

What do you mean they can't do 2? I have mine connected to my TV and monitor and occasionally use both at the same time.

Game that spans 2 screens can not be done using Nvidia cards. You can span 3 screens or 1 only. You can have 2 independent displays and game on one or the other but not both at same time...

I knew it's 1 or 3, which is why only one of my monitors is for gaming. And like I said regarding the 690, I didn't buy what I bought for the present. ;)

However, I do plan on a 3rd screen come Spring, I just couldn't afford more than two right now.

They thing is, and I learned this myself the hard way... When the future comes, it also comes with cool new technology. You may have futureproofed yourself now, but tomorrow the cards will be faster, with new features like native tripple 4K support through HDMI 1.5 or something.  It won't make sense to buy another 690 and miss out on these features.  Technology changes too fast to think more than a year or two down the road.

However I think a single GTX 690 is a solid buy if you utilize what it can offer. Like this site loves to proclaim...youve "maxed out" this gen of graphics cards. :)