VR headset + triple monitor setup?

[shponglefan]

I have a 980 Ti and a three monitor setup. All three monitors are currently using the displayport connections on the graphics card. That leaves an HDMI port free. I believe the 980 Ti supports up to four monitors simultaneously.

Does anyone know if something like a Vive will work in this setup without needing to unplug any of the other monitors?

[Spyderborg]

The Vive works in weird ways to improve maximum performance, so Windows doesn't really see it as another monitor as far as I know, so it should act independently of the other monitors.

[grenadecx]

I have the same setup but with an GTX 780. I hope it works without having to unplug anything. It would make me sad if it didn't.

[Litva]

grenadecx님이 먼저 게시:

I have the same setup but with an GTX 780. I hope it works without having to unplug anything. It would make me sad if it didn't.

Yea it will make you sick too with that video card :D

[grenadecx]

Litva님이 먼저 게시:

grenadecx님이 먼저 게시:

I have the same setup but with an GTX 780. I hope it works without having to unplug anything. It would make me sad if it didn't.

Yea it will make you sick too with that video card :D

You've no idea what you are talking about.

[PopinFRESH]

shponglefan님이 먼저 게시:

I have a 980 Ti and a three monitor setup. All three monitors are currently using the displayport connections on the graphics card. That leaves an HDMI port free. I believe the 980 Ti supports up to four monitors simultaneously.

Does anyone know if something like a Vive will work in this setup without needing to unplug any of the other monitors?

shponglefan, It should work fine with that setup. The only thing that might be an issue is if you are trying to mirror out Vive to your desktop due to the large resolution of your tripple monitors (assuming you are using nVidia Surround). The latest SteamVR beta now supports direct mode on the Vive.

Litva님이 먼저 게시:

grenadecx님이 먼저 게시:

I have the same setup but with an GTX 780. I hope it works without having to unplug anything. It would make me sad if it didn't.

Yea it will make you sick too with that video card :D

I'm not sure I understand what you are saying here Litva? Are you trying to say that they will get motion sick because of their GTX 780? The 780 will work for it also, and also shouldn't have an issue with the tripple monitor setup and the Vive via HDMI. The GTX 780 is in the upper yellow section of the VR performance test (assuming decent CPU & Memory). Besides I'm pretty sure grenadecx is in the same boat as me and is planning on getting a new Pascal GPU once they are available in the summer, but until them I'm sure they will be happily enjoying paint-sculpting, creating crazy contraptions, and serving robot overlords in their Vive.

-PopinFRESH

[shponglefan]

Litva님이 먼저 게시:

grenadecx님이 먼저 게시:

I have the same setup but with an GTX 780. I hope it works without having to unplug anything. It would make me sad if it didn't.

Yea it will make you sick too with that video card :D

GTX 780 is roughly on par with the GTX 970 performance-wise.

[grenadecx]

PopinFRESH님이 먼저 게시:

I'm not sure I understand what you are saying here Litva? Are you trying to say that they will get motion sick because of their GTX 780? The 780 will work for it also, and also shouldn't have an issue with the tripple monitor setup and the Vive via HDMI. The GTX 780 is in the upper yellow section of the VR performance test (assuming decent CPU & Memory). Besides I'm pretty sure grenadecx is in the same boat as me and is planning on getting a new Pascal GPU once they are available in the summer, but until them I'm sure they will be happily enjoying paint-sculpting, creating crazy contraptions, and serving robot overlords in their Vive.

-PopinFRESH

Yup, that's right :) My system is also heavily overclocked. But yeah, it will have to work until pascal gpu comes out :)

shponglefan님이 먼저 게시:

GTX 780 is roughly on par with the GTX 970 performance-wise.

Yeah :)


Why do I get the feeling that some people just respond with false information just because they are mad about the HTC Vive price?

[Litva]

grenadecx님이 먼저 게시:

PopinFRESH님이 먼저 게시:

I'm not sure I understand what you are saying here Litva? Are you trying to say that they will get motion sick because of their GTX 780? The 780 will work for it also, and also shouldn't have an issue with the tripple monitor setup and the Vive via HDMI. The GTX 780 is in the upper yellow section of the VR performance test (assuming decent CPU & Memory). Besides I'm pretty sure grenadecx is in the same boat as me and is planning on getting a new Pascal GPU once they are available in the summer, but until them I'm sure they will be happily enjoying paint-sculpting, creating crazy contraptions, and serving robot overlords in their Vive.

-PopinFRESH

Yup, that's right :) My system is also heavily overclocked. But yeah, it will have to work until pascal gpu comes out :)

shponglefan님이 먼저 게시:

GTX 780 is roughly on par with the GTX 970 performance-wise.

Yeah :)


Why do I get the feeling that some people just respond with false information just because they are mad about the HTC Vive price?

Well you want damn steady FPS in games, not talking these demos they will pass on for recomended, Star Citizen for exemple.
And I just realised that my rig is with 770gtx Will have to throw away on new card r9 390 until pascal comes out and its like freaking June closest.

[grenadecx]

Don't get me wrong. I don't expect to play modern games at highest settings with my setup.

[Tя!cky ツ]

My last upgrade I got the Asus Z97-A/USB 3.1 it has Integrated Graphics processor - Intel HD Graphics support. So there is both HDMI & Display port on this mobo. I could run my 3340x1440 @60hz on Display Port mobo. Then my 980 ti for Vive. But I won't know if that will work till I get the Vive unit. Interesting how ATX form factor are coming out with Integrated Graphics.

[PopinFRESH]

Litva님이 먼저 게시:

...
And I just realised that my rig is with 770gtx Will have to throw away on new card r9 390 until pascal comes out and its like freaking June closest.

Don't waste your money on that. Your GTX 770 will be able to play a lot of the games if they support scaling down the fidelity. Run the performance test and you'll see you should be somewhere in the low-mid yellow section, and check if you had any dropped frames due to your GPU (or CPU). I had no dropped frames and suspect that with many of the titles that will scale their fidelity (or allow adjustments) I'll just run things with a little lower fidelity for a couple months until I get a new Pascal GPU.

You would be much better off tossing that money you'd be spending on a R9 390 toward the jump from a "GTX 1080" to a Titan. Or just saving it :)

Tя!cky ツ님이 먼저 게시:

...Interesting how ATX form factor are coming out with Integrated Graphics.

the IGP has nothing to do with the ATX form factor. There have been tons of ATX motherboards with integrated graphics over the years. Now that Intel has integrated a GPU into their CPUs most Intel motherboards (regardless of formfactor) will have the physical portion of the pipeline to allow for IGP output.

If you have a GTX 980ti, I'd personally disable the IGP in UEFI and run your displays and the Vive off of the GTX 980ti.

-PopinFRESH

[Z0mBi3]

if you have gtx 970 or above you are pretty much good to go with VR it looks like

[Tя!cky ツ]

If you have a GTX 980ti, I'd personally disable the IGP in UEFI and run your displays and the Vive off of the GTX 980ti.

-PopinFRESH

As I stated I will test using both Integrated along with the 980ti. As well as solely 980 ti.

My main gaming rig is triple 144hz 3D monitors with dual Titan X's. I don't plan on using my Dual Titan Rig for VR.

[Channel VR {Ebola}]

Hi i use a MSI 390X and have triple monitors using infinity. Cant seem to get the vive working without disconnecting one of the monitors....hmm the 390x has 4 ports so it should work but it doesnt .... for the moment its either 2 monitors and the vive or 3 monitors and no vive so thats very disappointing.

[shponglefan]

Old thread...

Anyway, I can confirm that the Vive works perfectly with my three monitors plugged it (via displayport) and the Vive via HDMI.