Crysis 2 / Quad-SLI 3GB GTX580 - 990X - 3x 30" Portrait nVidia Surround

[MrDreadlokz]

awsome! rly nice FPS for this resolution... gogo overclock gpu and cpu =D

[Mc3ain]

i only read what was in your original post, either way, it was about framerate.

[Mc3ain]

Then maybe post the actual resolution, so an accurate calculation can be made,

and since i was defending your frame rate, which is great for that resolution i dunno why u have to be an ass hat.

[CallsignVega]

@Mc3ain I was pointing out that my math work's perfectly well... 5080x2560 is what you select in the game for the bezel corrected resolution, but the actual lit pixels are 4800x2560, or just right about equal to six times 1080P.

[be2easy5]

I don't like these 3 screens, they should be at least very wide

[BenMatthews1984]

Brilliant set-up, amazing even - but there is no way I could play a game with the Bezels from the monitors in the middle all the time!

[Casmatik]

what's your monitors ?

[lavitz1125]

I love how everyone is like "FPS SUCK !!"

Yes, 60fps is so low.

[VikEst87]

I would just buy an OLED TV

[manssupar]

wo.. so serious guy

[CaptChadd]

The black borders of the monitors would really get on my nerves. One big monitor is enough for me.

[German2010Tutorials]

how do i can set these "thing" in the top left corner ?

[HDsKillzProductionS]

crysis prison edition

[Hrcy007]

I never understand people using 2 or more monitors?

Complete waste of money(to me)!

I have 27" monitor and its big!

[Mageforthe]

@Hrcy007 You can see more on the sides with 3 screens, =) you dont have to look so much on the left and right to notice the enemies =)

[IntensiveBytes]

OMG the panels are just freakin annoying how can you guys play like that

[prochris1995]

@ CallsignVega

nice video man it looks awesome...

[morozacademy]

Nice setup :-)

[metalmarx123]

just wondering but how do you get these nice specs at the upperleft corner?

[trashypickles]

what if you didnt water cool them but have good airflow

[Thomashed15]

well at least i've got my amd athlon 3000 x2... yeah - dual core!!!

[HDsKillzProductionS]

those bar are annoyinnng

[anto1122]

I'm not hating, but that looks aweful with those huge black lines.

[CabhanListis]

Help me understand. Why do people use multiple monitors instead of one big monitor?

[007pieke]

@CabhanListis Resolution , and the experience of eyefinity or Nvidia surround gaming XD

[CabhanListis]

@007pieke Thanks!

[CAOMPE1014]

@CabhanListis cuz we can

[dark2koneko]

@CabhanListis In a setup specifically like this, higher resolutions bring a crisper picture. Smaller pixel pitch is also nicer than having a 2 feet in front of you and looking at what is essentially pixels the size of tumors. Also from experience, this is very good for desktop work.

[CabhanListis]

@dark2koneko Thank you.

[TheAndroidNerd]

@CallsignVega ur compuer is awesome, just sayin'

[BlockyPudding]

..But can it run crysis 50?

[denz7706]

what's the name of the program that shows fps,gpu usage on the left top?

[nepdyse]

I'm sorry the the TV panels just ruin it for me, I doubt I could ever get into it.

[PhatboyHD88]

Frame rate isn't very good , I understand the whole 3 screens , but I get double that frame rate with everything on ultra .. 27'' screen and only have 2 video cards and a i7 980x @4.2 ghz

[CallsignVega]

@PhatboyHD88 This is six times greater resolution than a 27" 1920x1080 screen.

[MrSypherin]

@CallsignVega Don't you mean 3?

[CallsignVega]

@MrSypherin 3 what?

[MrSypherin]

@CallsignVega Times the resolution, seeing as you say your total over 3 screens is 5080x2560, which is 1920x1080 x 3 minus the bezel correction.

[CallsignVega]

@MrSypherin American schooling at its best. 3x 30" = 4800x2560 = 12,288,000 pixels. 1080P 27" = 1920x1080 = 2,073,600 pixels. This setup has SIX times the resolution as everyone talking about "hi-res" 1080 monitors and TV screens.

They look like utter garbage compared to something like this.

[Sc0ttyz23]

@CallsignVega i think the game looks good enough on 1080p.

[Mageforthe]

@Sc0ttyz23 He plays on 1080p, On each screens its only 1080p =)

[Sc0ttyz23]

@Mageforthe ya i know but i was saying one monitor is good enough i mean its cool to have a 3 monitor setup but it just seems a little overkill and not too necessary for me anyways.

[andyjv2000]

@CallsignVega Typical arrogance at it's best. Nothing better to do than to talk shit. Why don't you people come up with something else to say. Like how America's health care fucking DESTROYS yours.

[SuperSigx]

@andyjv2000 made me giggle a little, *cough* nhs......

[isorSOT]

@CallsignVega wtf?!

[wemmetje1]

@CallsignVega there are some stupid people out there -_-

i'm getting 3 BenQ XL2420T tommorrow (so happy)

but my setup will only be half the res of yours

i have tri sli gainward 580 3gb (only 2running now because of 850 watt power supply)

how is it running now with the dx11 patch and high res?

[dark2koneko]

@MrSypherin A single 30" @ 2560x1600 is about twice as much as a 27" @ 1920x1080. So let's do some math: 2 (Resolution) * 3 (Monitors) = 6 (Total Resolution)

[Mc3ain]

@MrSypherin actually its more than 6x his resolution has a total of 13004800 pixels

1080p is only a total of 2073600 pixels, guess your math doesnt work well either.

[Grippen98]

@CallsignVega Why portrait though? I looks cool and stuff but I find it anoying when it comes to the text ingame...

[DaMasterSarge]

@PhatboyHD88 This framerate is amazing as far as I can see.

[TheEvilCats47243]

God called he said he wants his old computer back.

[MrHippo00100]

Personally I think the 2 massive bars in the screen would be really distracting.

[SullivanInfinity]

Can it play Tetris? oO

[chinxgod]

omg!!! Realmente muy pocos FPS en relación a su precio tan carisimo, no man que desperdicio de dinero!!!

[xXSkAtTyRaTXx]

I dont get the reason behind having multiple monitors ? why not just have one big ass screen ? or is it something you pc gamers do ?

[Twest18]

@xXSkAtTyRaTXx RESOLUTION. On one "big ass screen" you'll only get 1920x1080 pixels at most (otherwise known as 1080p). When you sit up close to that big of a screen with that *few* of pixels, you can see them all. Ever notice how recommended viewing distances for TV's are further away the bigger they are? That is why. This way, he has 5080x2560 pixels and it looks about... Hmm... 10x better. Do the math: 5080x2560 = 13,004,800 pixels. 1920x1080 = 2,073,600

[MrN00binator]

...But will it blend?

[Niqbal87]

EWWWW bezels

[vipersickboy24]

how much did it set you back? 5k?

[HouseFreak97]

Alienware PCs can't run Crysis because you have to kill Aliens there. :D

[xMarkuzx]

my pc lagged while watching this

[ican7f33lmyfac3]

You must be rich, what do you do? I want your job so that I can afford to build a gaming rig like this lol

[MrCronicGaming]

what program is that that shows temps?

[falubii]

@MrCronicGaming Probably Rivatuner or MSI Afterburner.

[CallsignVega]

@MrCronicGaming MSI Afterburner on-screen display.

[Grimberg111]

And 3D and this would be berfect! :D

[SuperOver9k]

but can it run notepad?

[CallsignVega]

@SuperOver9k Computer crashed after I opened the 112,312th notepad window...

[SuperOver9k]

@CallsignVega LOL it's time to upgrade that 990X, to a 3960X so it can run more notepads!

[ilfautrire1000]

Can it run pong at 640x480 resolution xD

[Deffinettely]

Cool Rig And Gameplay Man ! I will subscire only for this video its good :)

[unlaughable]

1 curved monitor would be much better

[imre1205]

@unlaughable Or just a 42" Full-HD LED TV ;)

[IMPER1ALDRAGON]

@unlaughable no. those things are junk. an HPZR30W would be way better.

[TheCaNin3]

@unlaughable you wouldn't get the resolution, derp.

[unlaughable]

@TheCaNin3 why? 4k by 2k resulution in a curved monitor would be awesome

[TheCaNin3]

@unlaughable they don't make curved monitors and the ones that are in development cost like $5000+.

[dark2koneko]

@unlaughable That POS that runs at 2880x900? Uh... no. I'd rather have this any day. Oh wait I do.

[unlaughable]

@dark2koneko you would rather have black lines annoying you while gaming than a curved monitor?

who said anything about 2880x900? where did you get that number?

[dark2koneko]

@unlaughable The only curved monitor, by ostendo, has a resolution of 2880x900. Those black lines suddenly become invisible when you're playing the game, unless of course you're looking for them. If you're focused on the game (which you should be) they're irrelevant.

I currently run 3 x 30"rs for gaming, and there's just nothing like it. Ill be doing 5 soon enough for the extra immersion it'll allow me. (Number 4 is just sitting right now)

[fuzzyrhino5]

@unlaughable or just a huge ass tv

[dark2koneko]

@fuzzyrhino5 If they had the QuadHDTV's out at a reasonable price with low input lag and good response time, then sure. But even then, 3x30"rs are still going to have 33.34% more resolution and be slightly wider in aspect ratio and have a taller rendering height which will make the world more crisp than a QuadHDTV.

[fuzzyrhino5]

@dark2koneko yea.

[DefectedSalvations]

@unlaughable they cost like what 6789.99 ?

[EpicFknBrutality]

@unlaughable THIS THIS THIS. I don't see how people can tolerate that black bar shit in the way of the picture.

[MrSypherin]

@EpicFknBrutality If you have ever ran it you would know, though I do rather them to be horizontal not vertical. You really don't notice the black lines when focusing.

[EpicFknBrutality]

@MrSypherin That's fine and dandy, and it's really cool that the computer is even capable of stuff like this, but honestly I'd rather just keep my 37" single monitor/TV. Sure it only goes up to 1080p, but honestly that's all I need. At least I don't have to deal with the black bars. Anything over 1080p is pretty much overkill on a monitor of that size anyways. Resolution higher than 1080p only makes a significant difference on very large monitors... so why waste the extra money?

[MrSypherin]

@EpicFknBrutality In my opinion it is only worth it on smaller monitors like my 24" Asus ones. Stick 3 horizontal and you get a huge amount more of peripheral vision and can see more of the game that way. Not really needed but it is awesome when playing.

[dark2koneko]

@EpicFknBrutality I disagree. If I'm sitting 1'-3' from my display I don't want to be able to count the pixels on the screen. With a 37" @ 1080p I'd want to sit much further away from my setup. Pixel pitch is very important to people.

[EpicFknBrutality]

@dark2koneko I sit about 4-5 feet from the screen. I have my computer/TV set up in the corner of my room and I have a fairly small table facing it in the middle of my room in front of my recliner, my mouse and keyboard are wireless so I can move the table wherever I want. If I want to pull the table up next to my bed and relax and play Minecraft or browse the web/watch movies/Youtube, I can do so and the screen is still huge from that distance. I have no problem seeing small text.

[EpicFknBrutality]

@dark2koneko Also, I have my room set up with a 5.1ch Surround Sound system with a Pioneer Reciever with my computer's sound running directly into it, as well as my PS3 that way everything sounds legit, from playing my guitar through Amplitube on my computer to watching a movie in full surround sound.... the speakers are beast and the sub bumbs. I love this setup. It's perfect. I can sit down to it like a desktop, or chill and use it in bed like a laptop with no quality loss at all.

[dark2koneko]

@EpicFknBrutality I also have a fairly decent 5.1 setup and I'd still rather sit 2 feet from my displays. I like my office chair. But to each, their own. No one is saying this is for everyone, but it's definitely cool.

[MrSypherin]

@unlaughable Quite a bit more expensive and is horrible when watching a film or anything like that.

[C4ptKrunch]

@unlaughable okay pay him 10k

[MrEmokid09]

what monitors did you use for this demo?

[PhillipInc]

is it weird that we can tell this is on a 120hz set of displays even though this vid is playing at 30fps?

[rainbowbowserpow9999]

Those blackbars between the monitors would annoy the heck out of me.....

[Antdemo]

@rainbowbowserpow9999 i know and people buy this shit, fucked world right?

[rainbowbowserpow9999]

@Antdemo Indeed if I wanted and even had the cash to go for such immersive gaming Id wait and waiting isn't needed anymore because they have even bigger and better screens out already the special curvy display has unlaughable ^ mentions would be so much better indeed.

[kainthevampireduck]

I'm curious: don't you find the black bars annoying?, wouldn't it be better in a single screen even if it's smaller?

[lorac7]

so yeah if you bought the 3 gb card, you can only use 3 GB even if its a 4 way SLI.

[1and1isme]

@Memorikum Some people just want to get the maximum performance out of things, I do, I love maxing out my system tweaking the performance to its maximum. It's what I love and what I do. Besides that all, why not build insane overpowered computers? Some guys love fast cards and some love fast computers. Btw I can't legally shoot people in real life so there goes your go outside idea :P

[petershayo]

are those 16x10s or 16x9

and do you use it for anything else? as in is the portrait mode actually usable

[Biroulations]

crysis sucks

[DontStop0021]

One word: AMAZING.

[IchiJewSan]

Fuck you im jealous....

[vincecarteroye]

不错啊`画面很逼真`玩游戏够好。。。。NICE PC

[JustineBieberxoxo]

And there were no thinner bezel screens? Anywhere?

[Spartan117FS]

Portrait mode is sort of lame since you don't get a FOV advantage and you have the bezel very close to the middle. I'd say it's a deadvantage.

[AtactHD]

Quad-SLI 3GB GTX580? holy mother of PC GOD shit

[robbewuzhere]

Looks kinda unfun with the screen bars in the way... not going to buy 3 screens because of this vid ^^

[PoMaH3752]

LOL

[TheMaristBoy]

I like your keyboard ;)

[MuckingFedic]

`if i could get rid of those black bars from the monitors it would be perfect

[DaFish1337]

@MuckingFedic Use a projector ;) (The resolution would be much lower, of course, but you'd get a much bigger image withtout bezels)

[Purepromedia]

@DaFish1337 There are 4K projectors for under $4000 MSRP, but..., you'd only be able to play in a dark room, and having a table in your home theater kinda ruins the experience. It's all fun and games here and there, but for gaming, one large monitor is all I need.

[o7snk]

ememm if i wanna run arma 2 or something this way on 3 monitors and my resolution will be 6144x1152

can i get it with x2 gtx580? or i need 4 of em?..

[robbewuzhere]

@o7snk 2 580s or 1 590.

[robbewuzhere]

@o7snk 2 580s or 1 590.

[horrorboy7]

so how does this work i mean what if you want to just play on one monitor? how do you do that?

[horrorboy7]

fucking show off lol nice setup

[Razer911z]

this suck as gay get a one 40k dolars monitor will have no bars and big resolution

[gmxgamer]

why play in 3 monitors instead of playin in one of 42'?

[Thefatcowmachine]

this makes my gtx 580's look like puppies ...

[LRRPEXILE]

This guy is lost in the game...lol!

[Kickassdave]

ooft! You obviously have a lot of spare money mind you :D

That's some setup. I hate the screen bezels though, that would get on my nerves a bit!

[usakadam]

I think its better and cheaper to use led tv or plasma

[scootfd3s]

damn, this setup will last you forever!

[xSpArTiChRiSx]

proof that a good setup doesn't mean good skills.

[hollyannrobinson]

@xSpArTiChRiSx Are you retarded? He is playing at a 90 degree angle to the screen to allow an un-obstructed view of the screens for the camera. The video is not about demonstrating Crysis 2 "skills", whatever that may be. The video is about demonstrating the computer/screen setup.

[NOXXism]

Crysis menu music is SO epic.

[geekyloopholesfinder]

and how the setup was achieved with flipped , how was it configured in settings ?

[geekyloopholesfinder]

can u give me costs of the monitors

[ryanxheroes]

I just like one screen as the black lines will put me off lol

[Willanhanyard]

Does bezel componsation work in this setup?

[pn0yb0iProductions]

Damn those bezels!



[TheNewYorkFanners]

I get better with a Q8300 and a single gtx 570 on hardcore settings... dx11 on with aa.

[UrHideless]

Do a BF3 Video :)

[ExclusiveBrad]

And how much of the 12GB of memory is actually being used?

[CallsignVega]

@ExclusiveBrad Almost all of it. The games textures and information for the GPU get's inputted into each cards VRAM as copies for each GPU to work on.

[MouthofSaurons]

@CallsignVega Not really, it's a 32-bit application which means it can only address a total of 4 GB RAM, including the VRAM on the GPU

[myg0tpurepunk]

@CallsignVega Apperently only 3GB, because of how SLI works it only uses the memory from one GPU. The rest of the cards only take turns rendering each frame.

[MartinP95]

@CallsignVega so you are saying that in sli the memory adds up? i've seen many pc gurus saying it does not, maybe in quad sli configuration it does, reply?

[CallsignVega]

@MartinP95 No, total Video RAM frame-buffer size is the amount of the card with the lowest quantity of physical Video RAM.

IE, Frame buffer size for four 3GB GTX 580's is 3GB. Not 12GB.

[TheNewbpowner123]

@CallsignVega wouldnt it be nice if you could buy one 3gb gtx 580 and 3 1.5gb gtx 580's?

[ROBLOXrules115]

@TheNewbpowner123 You can't build a PC with different cards (different video memory too)

[jamalakj]

@ROBLOXrules115 even one for dedicated physx?

[KarateKid430]

@MartinP95 I do not believe people!

Rules of GPU's:

1. In a dual-GPU card, the total memory is always advertised. Half of this is for each GPU. The GPU's cannot access each other's VRAM. Ie. HD 6990 = 4GB but 2GB per GPU inside. GTX 590 = 3GB, 1.5GB per GPU.

2. In SLI/CFX, the total amount is irrelevant. The important figure is how much is on each single GPU. So 3GB here.

[lorac7]

I agree with karatekid.

As for me gtx 590 and 6990 is a fake 3gb or 4gb. Its just a marketing strategy.

1 Vram is only used even if you have 4 way SLI. Vram cannot be added or multiply bla bla.

[KarateKid430]

@MartinP95

It is like getting four school-children to do the same assignment. Their desk-space is the memory and their assignment is to take instructions and draw a picture according to these instructions. Say one table is 1GB.

Say the instructions take up 3/4 of a table. You cannot just give the instructions to one kid. You must give it to them all.

4 kids, 4x the amount of memory but the instructions must be posted 4x (one to each child/GPU).

Geddit?

Have a good day!

[zulizin]

@ExclusiveBrad Plus Ram is dirt cheap in 2011 running sub 16gb is almost moronic due to the price range

[SapphireHD5850Xtreme]

@ExclusiveBrad Why 12GB, its only 3GB VRAM 4x3GB VRAM is not 12GB its only 3GB

[ExclusiveBrad]

@SapphireHD5850Xtreme It's 12GB. Check your math a few more times.

[SapphireHD5850Xtreme]

@ExclusiveBrad You understand that or not? In each graphics card must be provided the same information, so there are only 3 GB of VRAM can be used effectively and not 12 GB

You fail ^^

[bjuszczak6]

@ExclusiveBrad Each graphics card holds all the data, all the textures and everything, so even with 4 graphics cards all of them hold all the data, they might be working on only a quarter of it but they hold all in the memory... So effectively even though they have 12GB the data held in each card is the same

[Divey1130]

@SapphireHD5850Xtreme This is correct. You do not gain 3GB for each card. It's a total of 3GB for all cards.

[Thefatcowmachine]

@ExclusiveBrad techinically its not 12gb its actually 3gb, whenever ANY card is dumped into sli including dual gpu beasts like gtx590, the VRAM is copied to EACH of the gpus, if each card had its own dedicated gpu to work with, the fps would drop like CRAZY because the gpu'll need to talk to each other more, therefore limiting the pci express 2 slots. and vega, good job with ur build, im greeeen with envy :D

[Cristyfeature1]

@ExclusiveBrad 12 gb?dude quad sli of gtx 580 3gb means 2 gtx 580 3 gb in sli and of course 6 gb of vram 'cause gtx 580 3gb it's a dual gpu

[ThatAfrohGuy]

@Cristyfeature1 580's arent dual gpu....... the exception is the asus mars II but not many were made. So yes, he is right in his statement of '12GB'.

[ExclusiveBrad]

@Cristyfeature1 They are not dual GPU cards.