Question about Monitor, Graphic Card and Resolution

I have a question/questions about Monitor, Graphic Card and Resolution.

I was looking at bottom screenshot/attachment/etc. of display resolution, from wikipidia.


So, I was thinking several things about monitor, graphic card and resolution.

1. Monitor + Resolution - Examples of "Multi Monitors":
- 3x 1080p Monitors (5760 x 1080)
- 3x 1440p Monitors (7680 x 1440)
- 3x 4K Monitors (? x ?)
- Please tell me about more possible examples of 3 x monitor setups by display resolution.

Q1: All above monitors resolution requires at least to having single GTX 980, right?

2. Resolutions (TV + Computer Monitors):
- HD 720 (1280 x 720)
- ______ (1440 x 1080)
- HD 1080 (1920 x 1080)
- WUXGA (1920 x 1200)
- UWHD (2560 x 1080)
- WGHD (2560 x 1440)
- WGXGA (2560 x 1600)
- QSXGA (2560 x 2048)
- UWQHD (3440 x 1440)
- UHD-1 (3840 x 2160)
- 4K (4096 x 2160 ?)
- Among above resolutions, please tell me about more commonly used/popular resolutions.

Q2: To use any 4K monitor, I need least single GTX 980, right?

It depends on what you want to do with the monitor(s). If basic web browsing is about the extent of it, a 960 will do fine at 4k. Anything more than that, and a 980 becomes a requirement, and a 980Ti is the bare minimum for gaming at 4k.

Atminside runs a 3x1080p setup for racing, and powers that with a single 980. For a 3x1440p setup, I'd probably recommend dual 980ti's or a Titan X, since that's about 3 million pixels more than 4k, though a single 980ti might do it.

As far as 3x4K (which would be a total resolution of 11520x2160), my guess is that you would need a minimum of 3x980Ti's. I don't know of anyone that's done this yet though. And again, these are gaming recommendations, you can get away with much less if you're only running web browsers and such.

@Dlaw: Oh, ok. Thanks for reply. Sorry for late reply, I was a bit busy.

I know this thread has been a bit old to reply, but since what I'm going to ask is related to this thread so, I post here.

I thought I would add another reply to this thread of mine, since new GPU (GTX 1060/GTX 1070/GTX 1080) came out, I should ask/clarify some questions about them,
resolutions and monitor

In the NVIDIA website/webpage for GTX 1060 / GTX 1070 / GTX 1080, it says:

1. Maximum Digital Resolution:
- 7680x4320 @60Hz (7680x4320 at 60Hz RGB 8-bit with dual DisplayPort connectors or 7680x4320 at 60Hz YUV420 8-bit with one DisplayPort 1.3 connector.)

2. Looking at the Resolution Definition, I see:
- 10240 × 4320 | 8K Ultra HD (UHD) TV | 2.33:1 (21:9) ?
- 8192 × 8192 | 8K Fulldome | 1.00:1 (1:1) ?
- 8192 × 5120 | 8K | 1.60:1 (16:10) ?
- 8192 × 4320 | 8K | 1.89:1 (17:9) ?
- 7680 × 4320 | 8K (4320p) | 1.78:1 (16:9) ?
- 5120 x 2160 | 4K Ultra Wide TV (2160p) | 2.37:1 (21:9) ?
- 4096 x 2160 | 4K DCI (Native) (2160p) | 1.90:1 (256:135) ?
- 4096 x 1716 | 4K DCI (CinemaScope Cropped) | 2.39:1 ?
- 3996 x 2160 | 4K DCI (Flat Cropped) (2160p) | 1.85:1 ?
- 3840 x 2160 | 4K UHD (2160p) | 1.78:1 (16:9) ?
- 3040 x 1440 | UWQHD | 0:00:1 (00:0) ?
- 2048 x 1080 | 2K DCI (Native) | 1.90:1 (256:135, ~17:9) ?
- 2048 x 858 | 2K DCI (CinemaScope Cropped) | 2.39:1 ?
- 1998 x 1080 | 2K DCI (Flat Cropped) | 1.85:1 ?
- 2560 x 2048 | QSXGA | 1.85:1 ?
- 2560 x 1600 | WQXGA | 0:00:1 (00:0) ?
- 2560 x 1440 | WGHD | 0:00:1 (00:0) ?
- 2560 x 1080 | UWHD | 0:00:1 (00:0) ?
- 2048 x 1536 | QXGA | 0:00:1 (00:0) ?
- 1920 x 1200 | WUXGA | 0:00:1 (00:0) ?
- 1920 x 1080 | HD 1080 (Full HD / FHD) (1080p) | 0:00:1 (16:9) ?
- 1440 x 1080 | ? | 0:00:1 (00:0) ?
- 1280 x 720 | HD 720 (High Definition / HD) (720P) | 0:00:1 (16:9) ?
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Now I ask the question.

Which above "resolutions standards" / "resolutions of TVs" are commonly used by "consumer" using TVs at their house?

And are there anything more to add, besides what I added in this reply?

Let's say I use, "GTX 1060 / GTX 1070 / GTX 1080", how will the how many graphics card I should use for "3x 1080p / 3x 2K / 3x 4K)" ?

Wow, it's necro day! Sorry, th "late reply" made me laugh!!!

3x1080p, a 980ti, a 1070 or a 1080 will do.

For 3x4K, well, nothing will do... yet! Maybe a couple of 1080ti/Titan Pascal, with some compromises on quality settings.

3x1440p, 2x1070, 2x1080 or 2x1080ti/Titan Pascal.

more tha 2 gpu's sli is not supported anymore on new gen nVidia cards.

@Tír na nÓg:
Oh, ok, cool.
Thanks for reply.