AC triple screen setup question

Hello!

I'm planning a triple screen setup for AC. I have a hardware question to throw out there. I currently have a GTx 970, and thinking about getting a 1070.

Could I run the main screen on the 1070 and the 2 other peripheral screens with the 970 in AC?

 

I dont think so.
You might be able to if you use softTH, but to do it properly you need to put the screens into surround mode where the 3 screens seen as a single high resolution display (with or without bezel correction). I dont think you can "surround" over different gen cards
the 1070 will be able drive all 3 screens with no issues on its own unless you intent to use crazy resolution panels. The only issue is ports on the 10X0 cards, you'll probably need a displayport adaptor to get a connector that matches the monitors

 

Also the 970 will not have a problemt with it, just for your information. I know many people racing with tripple and 970 without any problems.
BUT, the 1070 is a very nice card. Have fun with it

 

I decided to use 2 just to be sure!

 

I'm running triple 24's on a 970, and it works GREAT! Very high settings and around 100 fps average. With 2 970's you can probably max everything i guess But looking at the 1070 it might be the same hehe!

 

I'm in the same camp...care to share your gfx settings? I have mine pretty much sorted but in a recent MP race at Barcelona I had several FPS drops below 60, which sucks. Barcelona seems to be the least optimized track, though.

 

iam runing triples with 770 and with full grid iam getting about 80 fps on meduim to high settings :}

 

At Barcelona, too?

 

i dont really remember , i will test it later

 

Nvidia GTX 980 TI for triple 27" BENQ 144Hz monitors.
Works OK, but after one of the last patches I'm down to 47-58 fps, rarely higher with a grid of 20 cars, all settings maxed.
Before that patch I used to have over 60fps easy.
Don't know where exactly that came from, but I understood the devs are working to get a higher fps count again ?

 

You can push 100fps with very high settings on a 970? That must be alone right? I have roughly the same config but I run very low settings to get around 144fps alone, but online with a couple of other racers it soon drops to below 90...

For the OP, as stated by others, your 970 can drive 3 24" 1080p (even 144hz) screens just fine, assuming you're willing to run not maxed out gfx.

 

Thanks everyone for all of the replies! Right now I have a single screen setup with Benq 144hz monitor. Getting 2 more of those is pretty pricey. So I've been torn between trying to find some 24" PC monitors, or actually going to the route of 32" Vizio D32-D1 TV. It claims to have a 120hz refresh - and I only plan on displaying 1080p.

I just feel like the 32" will give a much more immersive experience vs. 24". Anyone doing anything that big?

 

Only 27" here. Would not go 24", but I do not feel the need for anything bigger, usually. As for the topic, I run a 980 and in general have no problem keeping fairly high settings above 60fps. As many others said, last patches caused a drop in fps so tht it goes below 60 when there are many cars (especially some cars). Looking forward to Stefano's 1.8 improvements.

 

I'm still running a gtx 680 4 gig, would like something newer though.

 

Perfectly happy with 27". I can compare with a triple 24" from a frriend, the difference is really noticeable.
I have no need to go over 27" as long as you place them where they need to be: right at the back of your wheel base and with enough angle to get "surrounded".

 

Anyone with 21/9 monitor? Seems quite good idea if somoene (like me) dont want 3 monitors on desk

 

Barcelona is indeed heaviest official track. T1 and some others too. I have similar drops also in Monza T1. Of course not while hotlapping, but with enough other cars.

It is very setting dependent, "high settings" is subjective. When you truly max out AC in triple screen, you need a monster of a GPU to handle full grids, even if reflections are on low. By dropping some details it becomes manageable but the shadows look really bad on anything other than Ultra. Also I need 4x AA and 16x AF otherwise it looks pretty bad IMO regardless what you put into other settings.

1.8 should come with FPS improvements, hope they apply to also triples. Also shadow improvements. Maybe they are not flickering on Medium/High anymore, so can lower them to gain FPS without the shadows becoming flickering mess. When playing offline, I prefer to max out the details (listed in my signature) as far as I can with 980 Ti, and then play with considerably less cars, and I can stay at 60 fps. In Barcelona have to use very small grids, but I prefer it that way, instead of having big grids with worse graphics.

When going MP, I drop shadow/track details and just bare with the flickering. Reflection quality is also major FPS killer, that needs to be on low for me.

Probably GPUs that will support NVidia Simultaneous Multi-Projection will perform a lot better on triples/VR, being able to render everything in one pass. But I believe it's only supported in the latest top tier NVidia GPU (only 1080?) Afaik AC will support this

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1080-pascal,4572-3.html

 

Don't have one myself but as I said before: good idea. It will give you 66 degrees FOV at 0.6 m distance. 24" Triples give you 140 but it's mainly for immersion. The important bits you can fit on one 34" 21:9...that means apexes even on tight hairpins. Definitely get a Vesa mounting arm to bring it in really close and into perfect position.

 

I had triple screen setup but replaced it with one 21/9 monitor. I have to say that i'm not miss my triple screen setup.

 

Taking a closer look at my T500 RS I see you could even fit the screen behind the rim if you upgrade to a wheel with wheel-mounted paddles.
That gives you another 0.2 m closer distance to screen. calculated FOV with a 34 " 21:9 monitor is ~90 degrees in such a scenario.