Aventum (Level 3) . . . BF3 performance

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   Budget:

5 - 6k+

Expectations:

To be able to play Battlefield 3 (and similarly graphically intensive games) at maximum resolution / quality on 3x24" monitors with no heat or crashing issues.

Usage:

Mainly gaming, but some software development related projects

What I am wondering is will the default configuration Aventum Level 3 handle Battlefield 3 and similar games at Ultra resolution on 3 monitors with no crashing or heat issues?

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audiopanik Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 06 Apr 2012 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1	Quote Reply Topic: Aventum (Level 3) . . . BF3 performance Posted: 06 Apr 2012 at 10:28am
	Budget: 5 - 6k+ Expectations: To be able to play Battlefield 3 (and similarly graphically intensive games) at maximum resolution / quality on 3x24" monitors with no heat or crashing issues. Usage: Mainly gaming, but some software development related projects What I am wondering is will the default configuration Aventum Level 3 handle Battlefield 3 and similar games at Ultra resolution on 3 monitors with no crashing or heat issues?

bprat22 Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List DS Veteran Joined: 08 Jun 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5403	Quote Reply Posted: 06 Apr 2012 at 10:51am
	Hi audiopanik......Welcome. The Avendum level 3 has tri-sli, 3x gtx680. Across 3 monitors that leaves a single 680 for each monitor . For 24" monitor and I'm assuming 1920x1080 resolution, you will get BF3 and most games playing on ultra in the mid-60 fps on average from all tests I've seen. That's average, which means at times it'l go much higher and times it might dip into the low 50 fps. Great gaming, but some want 60+ fps always. Here's a link to see results http://www.anandtech.com/show/5699/nvidia-geforce-gtx-680-review/13 I personally would rather have a single 30" monitor at 2560x1600 resolution that this setup would play maxed out with room to spare, but that's just me. As far as crashing and heat issues....The case is brand new and I can't believe DS would put this together, with all their testing, with any issues like that. Hope this helps.

Avelict Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 28 Oct 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 72	Quote Reply Posted: 07 Apr 2012 at 12:14am
	With a level 3 Aventum, you could probably run BF3 Ultra setting on 6 monitors and still get over 60 fps. The cooling on the Aventum is redonkulous, what the case does is split the computer interior into zones, and dedicates different cooling segments to the zones, and will auto-adjust it's OWN cooling to match the interior heat.