Gtx 590

[alcattle]

5xx or 5xxx?

5xx series does not have Eyefinity since they are Nvidia cards (=^.^=)

Nvidia 3xx series are for portables only
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compari...rce_300_Series

Yes, I was talking about Nvidia cards. Ok thanks for the correction. Still 5 WoWs should run on either 5xx/x series.

[Kekkerer]

Can anyone with a dual gpu card shed some light on how it will run with multiple monitors? It is my understanding that if you have multiple monitors the only real way to go is nvidia since crossfire does not kick in for non fullscreen apps. What about dual gpu cards from ATI, will the user see benefits when using 5 windowed wows?

[Sajuuk]

Oh dear, there is much ignorance in this thread.

ain't the 5xx series meant to run Eyefinity? (3 monitors) Seems 3 or 5 WoWs would not be a big deal.

They can run NVidia Surround, which is multi-monitor (3), but it requires the cards to run in SLI for it. You can use any card from the 2XX series onward (assuming driver support, at least this is what I read)

5xx or 5xxx?

5xx series does not have Eyefinity since they are Nvidia cards (=^.^=)

Nvidia 3xx series are for portables only
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compari...rce_300_Series

No eyefinity, but as mentioned above there is Nvidia Surround

Yes, I was talking about Nvidia cards. Ok thanks for the correction. Still 5 WoWs should run on either 5xx/x series.

I dearly dearly hope it could run five instances of wow, considering many people were boxing on 8800s, myself on a 9600GT for a while. Then the 2XXGTX cards from nvidia came out. Each next iteration does it better.

Can anyone with a dual gpu card shed some light on how it will run with multiple monitors? It is my understanding that if you have multiple monitors the only real way to go is nvidia since crossfire does not kick in for non fullscreen apps. What about dual gpu cards from ATI, will the user see benefits when using 5 windowed wows?

Just like using a single gpu card with two(+) monitors?

World of Warcraft doesn't benefit from SLI/Crossfire. What dual GPU cards/multi-GPU setups allow you to do is split up the rendering of slaves between GPU cores to increase overall performance. It all depends on how you set it up.

[Wink-]

I 5 box with an ATI 3870 if that answers any questions on if it can handle it. Your standard mid end ($200) card will be fine for 5 boxxing wow.

[pinotnoir]

I don't know if you can classify this in the same type as the 6990 but I use the 4850x2 card. This card is basically 2 cards in one. Its not a dual gpu on 1 card like the 6990. I run it in crossfire and run two monitors from it. It's an older card so I need to upgrade. However, it runs pretty well in non traffic areas.

[Ughmahedhurtz]

5xx or 5xxx?

5xx series does not have Eyefinity since they are Nvidia cards (=^.^=)

Nvidia 3xx series are for portables only
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compari...rce_300_Series

This is partially true. Eyefinity is an ATI brand name/trademark/whatever. NVidia multimonitor is called Surround Vision.

http://www.guru3d.com/article/triple...-radeon-6990/1

Looks like the two setups are pretty comparable.

[Ughmahedhurtz]

Oh dear, there is much ignorance in this thread.




They can run NVidia Surround, which is multi-monitor (3), but it requires the cards to run in SLI for it.

Sure about that?

[alcattle]

Not sure of the make but there was a GFX card that supported 6 monitors

[Kekkerer]

Sure about that?

http://www.nvidia.com/object/3dv-sys...echnology.html

[alcattle]

http://www.nvidia.com/object/3dv-sys...echnology.html

Are Surround and 3D surround the same thing?