New Graphics Card for Multiple Monitors/Gaming

[Dricen]

My Nvidia GTX 570 has started crapping out on me after 4 years so it's time I upgraded it somewhat. I would like a single graphics card that will let me play games on multiple monitors. I really would like to be able to play on high settings for the most part because I could do that with my 570. I would like to spend <$250 if possible. here is some other specs you guys may need: i7-2600K, Z68 Gigabyte motherboard, 8GB DDR3 SDRAM.

I prefer Nvidia cards, but lately mine has been acting up. The driver for my GTX 570 crashes nonstop and freezes up my computer half the time. I get an error similar to this: Nvidia Kernel Mode Driver has stopped responding. So I am looking for a new card to rectify this situation.

I currently use 3 monitors but I have never used SLI or Crossfire. I can only play games on one monitor with my current graphics card, but I REALLY want to have a card that will let me play on multiple monitors.

I just want to be able to run games on high settings efficiently. I am mostly playing Grand Theft Auto 5 that hogs up resources right now.

If there is other information you guys need let me know! Thanks!

 

[ShintaiDK]

You should consider increasing your budget slightly for a GTX970.

 

[IEC]

What ports do your monitors have? Are they all the same type/same monitor?

You have basically three good options near your price point:

AMD Radeon 290 (as low as $230 AR)
AMD Radeon 290X (as low as $270 AR)
nVidia GTX 970 (as low as $315 AR)

Your monitors/input ports may affect your decision.

 

[KingFatty]

Are all three of your monitors the same? AMD gives you some flexibility in that you can mix and match monitors with different resolutions and still do eyefinity across all 3 of them. I don't think NVidia supports that ability.

Also, multimonitor is more resource intensive, which means you might want to add a 2nd video card to increase total GPU horsepower. AMD gives some flexibility there, where you can crossfire different cards in the same family (e.g., mixing a 7950 with a R9-280X) to get more power. I think NVidia needs to use two of the same cards to get SLI to work.

Here are some illustrations of how AMD can do mixed, fit, or fill mode on different resolution displays:

 

[Dricen]

You should consider increasing your budget slightly for a GTX970.

Yea I might need to do that. Everyone has suggested that card =)

What ports do your monitors have? Are they all the same type/same monitor?

You have basically three good options near your price point:

AMD Radeon 290 (as low as $230 AR)
AMD Radeon 290X (as low as $270 AR)
nVidia GTX 970 (as low as $315 AR)

Your monitors/input ports may affect your decision.

I have 2 monitors that are the 27" and one is 24". They all run the same resolution if that matters as much. The ports are all 3 VGA but the 2 27's can be HDMI or DVI as well. The 24" is VGA or DVI. However, I do have adapters to make them all HDMI if I need to do that.

Are all three of your monitors the same? AMD gives you some flexibility in that you can mix and match monitors with different resolutions and still do eyefinity across all 3 of them. I don't think NVidia supports that ability.

Also, multimonitor is more resource intensive, which means you might want to add a 2nd video card to increase total GPU horsepower. AMD gives some flexibility there, where you can crossfire different cards in the same family (e.g., mixing a 7950 with a R9-280X) to get more power. I think NVidia needs to use two of the same cards to get SLI to work.

Here are some illustrations of how AMD can do mixed, fit, or fill mode on different resolution displays:

As stated above they are not all 3 the same. I do not want to get 2 cards though, just one for now =)