So I had an intresting idea, how much would a 3x 1080p eyefinity be and how much can I squeeze out for my money and still run smoothly and efficiently? plus I have a freind that wants to get into eyefinity setups so this will be a good starting place
I offer this idea to anyone that can feed me ideas and I may just do one of these ideas but ofc there are some stipulations: -The PC hardware cannot change, so no adding second cards or upgrading cards -Monitors can be either TN or IPS with a preference on IPS but I can be flexible -Monitor size need to be uniform, cant have a single 27'' and 2 15'' -Resolution needs to be 1080p and 60hz, however if you can work ultrawides into the equations, extra cudos to you -Budget is $500 however if you can make it cheaper that is better -Active and Passive adapters are welcome, however they must be factored into final cost -Vesa mounts are nice but not required
Now for the GPU this will run off of: Sapphire Nitro 390x so your ports on this consist of: 1x DVI-D 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
This is still my favorite low cost, 1080p, IPS montior to recommend to people. It's a great price, the color quality is pretty good, not outstanding, but better than a lot of 1080p screens at this price, and it's got very thin bezels with is perfect for Eyefinity.
It supports VGA, DVI, and HDMI, and Acer is even nice enough to include all three cables. It doesn't take DisplayPort though, so you'll need an adaptor.
Only other thing to note is that they're glossy screens, so the colors pop and are unfiltered, but you gotta beware of glare if you have lighting behind you.
Total Cost: $431.99. There a few sellers offering these for as low as $90 on Amazon too, so definitely check those out if you want to try and save some $$$.
(Also yes, I have used these myself. I bought one for my dad to use for his work at home, he really likes it. I also had one at my desk when I interned last year. Very pleasant monitor to use.)
This is as good a time as any to ask this question-- --Is it possible to convert Display Port 1.2 to HDMI 2.0a? I ask because R9 290x doesn't have the current versions of Display Port and HDMI to support HDR monitors.
3 x 21,5" 1080p 75Hz FREESYNC monitors. TN, but freesync...
Now if you are willing to go a bit over 500, i can find in my country this beauty: http://www.lg.com/uk/monitors/lg-23MP68VQ-P 23" 1080p IPS 75Hz Freesync for exactly 150 Euro. Three of those - 450 Euro... IDK if you can find those in US yet...
Yes, there's a Club3d adapter that is the go-to option for this case. It's a little on the expensive side but it's the only adapter that I've seen that pretty much universally and reliably works. It is usually back-ordered at Amazon but I've ordered one at two different times and both times they arrived in a tad over a week.
EDIT: Sorry, I previously linked to the MiniDP version - just corrected my error.