With 2012 delivering the industry"s first 28nm GPUs from both AMD and Nvidia, we enjoyed watching the bitter ritual of one-upmanship as the titans scrambled to earn your cash. After a year"s worth of staggered releases, price cuts, exclusive deals and driver updates, the dust finally settled enough last November.
Considering next-gen cards are still months away, we didn"t expect to bring any more GPU reviews until the second quarter of 2013. However, we realized there was a gap in our current-gen coverage: triple-monitor gaming. In fact, it"s been almost two years since we pitted the HD 6990 and GTX 590 against each other to see how they could cope with the stress of running games at resolutions of up to 7680x1600.
Mixing things up a little this time, instead of using each camp"s ultra-pricey dual-GPU card (or the new $999 Titan), we"re going to see how more affordable Crossfire and SLI setups handle triple-monitor gaming compared to today"s single-GPU flagships. On AMD"s side, we are testing a pair of HD 7850s (~$360) and an HD 7970 (~$430), while Nvidia"s corner will feature two GTX 660 Tis (~$580) and the venerable GTX 680 (~$470).
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