I currently have an AMD 7870 + 3x 20" 1680x1050 displays through various adapters. I'm looking at going an Nvidia 970 and possibly getting 3 new displays. Seemed an obvious decision to go completely displayport 1.2, however looking at various cards and googling nvidia with mst (hub or daisy chain) there seems to be some issues that I'm not sure exist anymore.
Seems to be a real lack of information around and a distinct lack of compatibility between Nvidia Surround and DP in several forms, even with the 780 and other recent GPUs. The 970 probably too new and the install base for triple DP monitors too little to glean any info on the net.
Are we really still not at a stage where DP is actually useful for gaming?
- 95% of the 970s released have a single displayport
- Various forums seem to indicate that single to triple DP via hub or daisy chain doesn't support surround gaming, only extended display on nvidia
- Very few monitors have DP in and out requiring an MST hub ($150-200 extra)
- Can't seem to find info on whether the Gigabyte 970 with 3 full DP ports would have those same issues (internal hub?)
- Many issues with various MST hubs on Nvidia cards working fine with AMD cards
Seems to be a real lack of information around and a distinct lack of compatibility between Nvidia Surround and DP in several forms, even with the 780 and other recent GPUs. The 970 probably too new and the install base for triple DP monitors too little to glean any info on the net.
Are we really still not at a stage where DP is actually useful for gaming?
