Asus Rog Swift PG278Q

[blackened23]

I'm curious as to how that is hooked up. Doesn't Gsync need DP to work? I don't know of any Nvidia cards that have 3x DP outputs. Unless they are using Tri-SLI, and using the DP of each card. Is it possible to do that with multi-GPU?

Edit - Looks like you can use the DP of each card, as shown here.

You may be correct. Although requiring tri-SLI for surround g-sync. Yeah,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, no thanks. I'll pass.

I hope that isn't the answer, I guess we'll find out soon enough after PCPer does their interview or whatever.

 

[Mand]

You may be correct. Although requiring tri-SLI for surround g-sync. Yeah,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, no thanks. I'll pass.

I hope that isn't the answer, I guess we'll find out soon enough after PCPer does their interview or whatever.

Well, you're going to need tri-SLI to get decent framerates at 7680x1440 at high settings anyway, and that requirement is only there as long as there is only one DP port per card. If the new cards end up with more DP ports, that requirement may go away.

 

[jackstar7]

Well, you're going to need tri-SLI to get decent framerates at 7680x1440 at high settings anyway, and that requirement is only there as long as there is only one DP port per card. If the new cards end up with more DP ports, that requirement may go away.

What counts as "decent"? As blackened pointed out, you shouldn't need 3xTitans for this because g-sync will manage to keep it looking fine even at lower FPS.

 

[blackened23]

It's for baasha.

 

[sontin]

What counts as "decent"? As blackened pointed out, you shouldn't need 3xTitans for this because g-sync will manage to keep it looking fine even at lower FPS.

You could use any card combination which is allowed by nVidia to use as Triple-SLI.

 

[dremic]

anybody have color accuracy comparisons to a u2713hm? I am considering getting this to replace it..

 

[jackstar7]

You could use any card combination which is allowed by nVidia to use as Triple-SLI.

You know you're agreeing with me, right?

 

[96Firebird]

anybody have color accuracy comparisons to a u2713hm? I am considering getting this to replace it..

http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/content/asus_rog_swift_pg278q.htm#comparison

 

[dremic]

http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/content/asus_rog_swift_pg278q.htm#comparison

I saw those, but man it's hard to know what it looks like in person. it is a TN panel after all

 

[Grooveriding]

That's not what I heard in his review at all.

Funny, it's exactly what I heard. Were you expecting to hear what I said verbatim ? Maybe another re-read of what I said and re-watch of the video. Plenty of reviewers have said it's a good monitor for what it does well, with the caveats I've been mentioning.

 

[Mand]

Funny, it's exactly what I heard. Were you expecting to hear what I said verbatim ? Maybe another re-read of what I said and re-watch of the video. Plenty of reviewers have said it's a good monitor for what it does well, with the caveats I've been mentioning.

Just about every reviewer I've seen has said that those caveats exist, but that the rest of the monitor's performance is so awesome it makes them not care.

 

[Nebor]

Not to mention the GPU power required to run it. Good luck getting 144Hz at 7680x1440.

Yeah I was figuring $2400 worth of monitors plus $2100 worth of video cards. My desk isn't even big enough...

 

[know of fence]

Tripple-monitor setups are just a bit of a PITA -I imagine - not nearly as impressive as the promise of the idea itself. The view of the side monitors is very distorted by perspective (like seen in todays PCper livestream with the Metro demo), and you totally depend on the developers to include settings for field of view into a game.
Games however are developed for consoles first with a rather narrow field of view. A tri-screen setup doesn't make the experience better, rather you may get a nice experience with with some sims.
Instead of two additional windows into a virtual world the side-screens are for peripheral vision, though maybe this can be changed with certain games.

Finally the experience of games of course has little to do with the screen themselves. It's a lot like trying to improve chess by carving ever more beautiful chess pieces. Far more enjoyment can be had by selecting better/varied games to play. How is this for perspective?

 

[Threefiddie]

Triple monitors for sim racing though is a necessity as each screen is rendered separately and there's no fish eye effect because of massive fov for in car views.

However I can't stand it for any other game because of the fish eye effect.

With that said I have triple 1440p now for sim racing( iRacing, assetto corsa, pcars etc) . But I really want a better monitors that can handle the motion blur

 

[bystander36]

I'm curious as to how that is hooked up. Doesn't Gsync need DP to work? I don't know of any Nvidia cards that have 3x DP outputs. Unless they are using Tri-SLI, and using the DP of each card. Is it possible to do that with multi-GPU?

Edit - Looks like you can use the DP of each card, as shown here.

I read that you are required to have 3-way SLI to run Surround, so it does work, but it does require a lot of GPU's. Though that isn't a huge deal considering that you need a lot of power to run 2D Surround, especially with 1440p monitors.

 

[Mand]

I read that you are required to have 3-way SLI to run Surround, so it does work, but it does require a lot of GPU's. Though that isn't a huge deal considering that you need a lot of power to run 2D Surround, especially with 1440p monitors.

You're required to have 3-way to run Surround for one simple reason: that's the only way to get enough DP outputs.

In the pcper interview they talked about the possibility of increasing the number of DP outputs on cards in the future, but until they do that, you still need three cards to get enough outputs.

 

[3DVagabond]

I read that you are required to have 3-way SLI to run Surround, so it does work, but it does require a lot of GPU's. Though that isn't a huge deal considering that you need a lot of power to run 2D Surround, especially with 1440p monitors.

Triple 1440 monitors would require 3 cards, but triple 1080 can be supported fine by 2. Add to that 3 way GPU driver support isn't as consistent and I think it's a definite negative. It might be the only way of doing it though?

 

[bystander36]

Triple 1440 monitors would require 3 cards, but triple 1080 can be supported fine by 2. Add to that 3 way GPU driver support isn't as consistent and I think it's a definite negative. It might be the only way of doing it though?

At the moment, from what I've read, it is required to have 3 cards, probably due to the limited DP ports.

 

[BrightCandle]

At the moment, from what I've read, is is required to have 3 cards, probably due to the limited DP ports.

One card per monitor is required on all current products. The gsync module does not support MST.

 

[Mand]

One card per monitor is required on all current products. The gsync module does not support MST.

But, if the 800 series has multiple DP outs, it won't require one card per monitor anymore.

 

[jackstar7]

But, if the 800 series has multiple DP outs, it won't require one card per monitor anymore.

I honestly don't know... has nV had a card with multiple DP outs yet? Even a custom?

 

[Nebor]

Hey guys, I'm new here, but found this page when I was googling "multiple DP." I am disappoint.

 

[Threefiddie]

Multi dp will happened it's been seriously hinted for 800 series. Check that pcper live stream

 

[jackstar7]

Multi dp will happened it's been seriously hinted for 800 series. Check that pcper live stream

That's great for nV users if true. It's why I initially jumped to AMD years back, because single-card eyefinity was an option...

 

[blackened23]

That's great for nV users if true. It's why I initially jumped to AMD years back, because single-card eyefinity was an option...

NV Surround is fine off a single card and has been for a long time. You can do 4 displays off a single card now with NV, 3 surround 1 accessory, this has been in place since 2012 with the 600 intro. Problem is, cards don't have 3 displayports so g-sync is different.

G-sync requires displayport, and cards have 1 DP unless an AIB wants to make a custom backplate with varying outputs. 800 series may change that on the reference design, perhaps.