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1313172 2012-11-19 02:08:00 www.pp.co.nz

For your budget and size expectations you are looking at the cheaper models, AOC/ ASUS/ LG all have 24" screens in the $300- $330 range and that's about as good as you'll get under $1000. Just pick one you like the look of, I've had good luck with AOC myself but I'd probably pick LG of the 3
dugimodo (138)
1313173 2012-11-19 03:18:00 119.47.125.81

What about these monitors? And dugimodo the monitor that you posted is a little more expensive than these and they are glossy (so you will have glare?)
stratex5 (16685)
1313174 2012-11-19 03:47:00 Should have said, the link was just to give you an Idea of the price of a cheap 27". All I can tell you about them is I personally own an older model 27" AOC monitor and I've been pretty happy with it. Owned it a bit over a year now, it sits next to a 24" samsung LCD TV I use as a second monitor and it looks better than that does (only a little). You won't do much better than those prices at 27" unless you want to try your hand at importing from E-bay or something.

To stay under $1k you are probably stuck with 24"
dugimodo (138)
1313175 2012-11-19 04:01:00 Hmm... $120 over the budget may be worth it in the long run. I might wait a while for a special. Is alphacity a good PC company? stratex5 (16685)
1313176 2012-11-19 04:58:00 If you shop online you could get 3 LG 27" LED's for 1031. On Pbtechs site from 6 tonight (www.pbtech.co.nz) Speedy Gonzales (78)
1313177 2012-11-19 06:21:00 I wouldn't even bother with 3 screens on a single gpu. You'll be under 30fps. Imo 25 is like a bear minimum for a game looking smooth-ish but you want to be up at 60.

You'll be fine in ARMA II (I think) because it's old but anything remotely new and you'll be seeing a low fps. If you've already brought the 680 it's a bit of badluck but if you did your research you would have found getting mid-range cards would have done you better for a triple screen setup. 3 screens = triple the pixels. You always lower game settings but 1920*1080 of quality is better than 5760*1080 of half-arsed graphics.
icow (15313)
1313178 2012-11-19 18:50:00 Thanks for that speedy but I just missed the deal :(

@icow i will be planing to get a second 680 in the future. Previously i have been stuck to a 128mb GPU running games on low, so i think I will be able to stand playing in surround with medium graphics :D Although probably not ideal ;)
stratex5 (16685)
1313179 2012-11-19 21:10:00 You should be sweet then lol. icow (15313)
1313180 2012-11-20 03:37:00 :drool GTX 680...sweet. ChazTheGeek (16619)
1313181 2012-11-20 06:44:00 Yea haha, and i dont need to pay a penny :D stratex5 (16685)
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