OverKILL3D – ROG Swift PG279 Triple Screen Test with Strix 1080 SLI
Introduction
We always love these OverKill 3D reviews. So often we’re constrained by reviewing the individual item in a manner where it can be compared like for like with its contemporaries, and because of that we never get to see what could be done if money was no object. Or, in the case of today’s review, space.
We’ve reviewed both of these items individually before. If you want to check out the reviews for the individual products then you can do so here ;
So having done so, it’s time to see what fun you can have if you decided to grab three of the ROG PG279 IPS Gsync screens, a pair of the Strix GTX 1080 cards, and set to work filling your vision with three screens of gaming goodness.
We’ll also take the opportunity to see how the ASUS GTX 1080 Strix SLI setup fairs against the other dual card set ups we have tested recently so skip to the end if you just want to see the 7K performance figures. Everyone else, onwards!
Test Setup
We’ve got high bandwidth SLI Bridges enabling us to run three GSYNC screens off our pair of GTX 1080s, and a wealth of game titles to rock out with. This should be a blast.
We have been teasing photos from the set up and testing from this on our Facebook and Instagram for a few days so if you’re not following then you could be missing out on the early glimpses of what we are working on.
2x ASUS GTX 1080 Strix
3x ASUS ROG Swift PG279
Intel i7 6850K
ASUS X99 Strix
Corsair ROG Dominator Platinum 3200
Corsair RM1000i
Corsair LX 512GB OS
Corsair LS 480GB x2 Raid0 Games
Corsair H100i V2
Windows 10
As you can see, those of you bereft of desk space need not apply. To the surprise of precisely nobody if you want to run three 27″ monitors side by side you require a lot of real estate. Insane amounts of. In our excitement we apparently got no photos what so ever of the monitors with their standard stands on the desk *yay for us* – we mounted the panels on a custom Ergotech stand giving us immense amounts of adjustability. Because of all of the adjustment it takes and age and we would wholeheartedly advise getting a second pair of hands to make the fine tuning required to get them spot on significantly easier! Â Â Â
