New computer build question.

[Plunger]

I was browsing Fuzzykins "Sweet spot build" and was interested in the $1,000 build. Im new to computer building and such and will be having a friend build it but i just wanted to double check if i needed anything to for it to support x2 monitors around 23-24in each and how it would run other games a bit more graphic intensive.

[Jurwi]

It would run graphics intensive games badly on dual monitor, assuming you'd have proper high resolution and AA on. 560Ti don't have enough juice for that. You won't need anything extra to support 2 monitors though, but the gpu will limit your gaming experience.

[ispano]

Do realize that most people don't use both monitors for the game, they just game on the one, with other whatevers on the other.

[Plunger]

Yea starting out it would be 1 monitor for Games and 1 for Browser / other programs. Or even dual boxing WoW clients. Eventually id work towards using both monitors for gaming but that's down the road a bit and just wanna make sure its got the power to run the monitors / multiple programs smoothly.

[ispano]

Using two monitors spanned for gaming = garbage. Mainly because the middle, where you are usually looking, will be split in half.
Also to actually use the monitors like that, you either need Eyefinity, so an AMD card, or you have to use nVidia's 3D surround feature.

I personally prefer a single large screen to play games on, no bezels in the way.

[Plunger]

Ok last question. How would Running multiple copies of Wow do with it / Gaming on one and multi tasking on the second.

[nwo]

Ok last question. How would Running multiple copies of Wow do with it / Gaming on one and multi tasking on the second.

It would handle it with ease because WoW (and just about all other games) will not put 100% load on all cores, so you still have plenty of CPU power to spare for multi-tasking. Also 8GB of RAM will help with that too, so you're pretty much good to go.

[ispano]

Depends on how much GPU power it will allocate to the instance of the client that's non active. ie you would be running both of them in windowed or windowed fullscreen, whichever one you're not using at the minute, might use less GPU resources. If that's not the case, it could get iffy.

[Fuger]

I could run 2 windowed WoW clients on my 8800Gt. The GTX 560 should do just fine.