triple monitor gpu question

[kylemoely]

Setting up a build for my brother with three monitors and I have a couple questions regarding the gpu.
One. Is it better to go with two graphics cards or will one work fine?
Two. Any suggestions on which cards to get? I've heard good and bad things about the NVIDIA 780ti but I would like to consider AMD as well, I just don't know which AMDs are good enough to handle three monitors. Any help or insight is appreciated. Thank you

 

[KingFatty]

What resolution are each of the monitors?

 

[kylemoely]

What resolution are each of the monitors?

1920x1080

 

[Hitman928]

I'm assuming this is for gaming? If so, what types of games will he be playing?

 

[Jeff007245]

Budget would be the most important information that we need in order to make an accurate recommendation.

As for 780ti, I would not recommend that personally. Your brother would be better off investing in current Gen products. Even its main competitor the 290x complete destroys it now in almost all benchmarks.

 

[kylemoely]

Budget would be the most important information that we need in order to make an accurate recommendation.

As for 780ti, I would not recommend that personally. Your brother would be better off investing in current Gen products. Even its main competitor the 290x complete destroys it now in almost all benchmarks.

No Budget. He's got plenty of money. Also I meant the 980ti. And yes it's for gaming he wants to play high quality games at max settings

 

[3DVagabond]

For the most demanding games he'll need 2x 980 ti or Fury X cards. Even then, there will be a title or three that he won't be able to max out. A single 980 ti/Fury X will be fine if he doesn't mind optimizing some settings for best performance.

 

[Headfoot]

I run 3x1080p on a single 290 overclocked, but I have to turn down settings quite a bit in things like GTAV. You'd be surprised though how high some settings can stay with playable frame rates.

The better card will depend on whether he goes dual card or single. 2 980 Tis end up throttling and have slightly worse multicard scaling compared to Fury X. The Fury X in CF will be faster than the 980 Ti SLI because of the CLC coolers. He would need two open fan slots relatively close to the GPUs though.

If he goes single card, an aftermarket 980 Ti would be best.

LASTLY:
In a few weeks air cooled Fury (no X) comes out at $550. 2x air cooled Fury might end up being a better buy depending on how it turns out. I'd wait for those cards to drop and make the decision after the air Fury is reviewed.