I keep making up my mind to get one and then talking myself out of it....back and forth, back and forth. 
 

You have a 680... Put that bad boy to work.

Heres where you can buy 2B models. A bit pricey but right now thats the only option. Before you buy the oc monitor make sure you can drive it. My 3x470's are hurting playing games maxxed out  :(   A lot of good info on the site also.   http://www.120hz.net/

I need a 4GB 680 or 670 first before I buy any more of these screens!
As long as pricing remains similar I will be buying more.

I thought about paying the extra money for the OC to 120Hz+ models, but after I got three of them, all i can say is 2560x1440 is a killer resolution.  I have them at 7680x1440p normally and 8080x1440p (Bezel Correction) while gaming and benching, and I dont think id be able to afford to get just 2D Surround to 120FPS on maxxed settings.
 
Heaven 3.0 on Maxxed out settings and just 2x AA on 8080x1440P with windows Aero on, and on an overclocked 690 (1178Mhz Clock 6900Mhz Memory) it hits 1900-1950MB Vram and I get an average of 35FPS on it. Its playable, but is not ideal.
 
On 5760x1080 with everything maxxed out even AA at 8x, it only uses 1500-1550 MB VRAM and it gets around 55-60 FPS.
 
So having said that, you would need Quad SLI 680s/690's to even get 60+ FPS on 2D Surround with Heaven 3.0, just to meet the standard 60Hz quality. Its not even an issue of VRAM, it just lacks the pure brute force to push that res on the monitors.
 
But I can say, the difference in picture quality between the 1080p and 1440p is very noticible.  Its amazing and crystal clear. It looks alot better playing on just "High" Settings at 1440P than playing on "Ultra" Settings at 1080P for sure.
 
Just a single monitor I think will be fine with 1 or 2 680s =) But I like surround haha.  Maybe the upcoming Flagship 685/780 whatever they decide to call it, will have enough power in Quad SLI to get these closer to 120 FPS to make the 120Hz worth it in surround.  Id have to save for a couple years to afoord that =(
 
I know benching and gaming are totally different, but I just used this example because it is a good baseline that people can compare performance with when using different setups or what to expect from their hardware.

bhk1004


You have a 680... Put that bad boy to work.

 
You're right...ordered.
 

Welcome to the club kody!

....Jealous :/....

I received my monitors yesterday.  They delivered three of them, all taped together and then wrapped in bubble wrap around the boxes.  They left Korea Monday and were delivered Wednesday morning my DHL.  The boxes were in fantastic condition.
 
Their was some criticism about the perfect pixel option I opted for.  I paid 386/monitor.  My interpretation of this option  was the retailer opened the boxes before they shipped out to make sure that their are no dead pixels.  In post 223, with the image, I believed that to be the factory standards for all monitors.
 
It appeared that my boxes were opened.  One monitor had a fingerprint on the screen, one had ripped plastic wrapping, and cracked styrofoam.  Of course this could of happened at the factory during packaging.  I can't say for sure if they were checked. 
 
In the end, I had no dead pixels, no black light bleed and for the price I paid for them, I am amazed at the picture especially comparing them side to side with my HP. 
 
Today my 3 monitor mount will arrive and I cant wait to get these bad boys mounted.  If you take the gray plastic thing off the back, it exposes the mounting holes.  A word of caution, I have only taking one off, and I did it semi-delicately and it snapped off on both ends.  Nothing a little gorilla glue wouldn't take care off if I every decided to put it back on. 
 
So how are the 580s holding up?  Barely.  I went from 70fps in bf3 at 2560x1600 to 32fps at stock clocks.  I am going to hold out as long as I can for GK110.  Till then, I'm going to overclock these 580s as far as they can go. 

Curious as to what mount you got that will hold 3 27" screens?
But glad you got 3 badass screens mate!

http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.aspx?m=1413877
They barely fit.

I have plans to order this and change out the stand when I get back next week from training. Looks a lot more sturdy than stock.
http://www.doublesight.com/product/?idx=72 May see how much it is at WorstBuy or maybe even if they have one in stock.

vwlichtenstein


I received my monitors yesterday.  They delivered three of them, all taped together and then wrapped in bubble wrap around the boxes.  They left Korea Monday and were delivered Wednesday morning my DHL.  The boxes were in fantastic condition.

Their was some criticism about the perfect pixel option I opted for.  I paid 386/monitor.  My interpretation of this option  was the retailer opened the boxes before they shipped out to make sure that their are no dead pixels.  In post 223, with the image, I believed that to be the factory standards for all monitors.

It appeared that my boxes were opened.  One monitor had a fingerprint on the screen, one had ripped plastic wrapping, and cracked styrofoam.  Of course this could of happened at the factory during packaging.  I can't say for sure if they were checked. 

In the end, I had no dead pixels, no black light bleed and for the price I paid for them, I am amazed at the picture especially comparing them side to side with my HP. 

Today my 3 monitor mount will arrive and I cant wait to get these bad boys mounted.  If you take the gray plastic thing off the back, it exposes the mounting holes.  A word of caution, I have only taking one off, and I did it semi-delicately and it snapped off on both ends.  Nothing a little gorilla glue wouldn't take care off if I every decided to put it back on. 

So how are the 580s holding up?  Barely.  I went from 70fps in bf3 at 2560x1600 to 32fps at stock clocks.  I am going to hold out as long as I can for GK110.  Till then, I'm going to overclock these 580s as far as they can go. 

 
 
congrats man.  that triple mount is a steal, is it pretty solid tho?  Hook us up with some pics when you get a chance.  

Having recently moved, after i see how much utilities run me the first month i plan to order myself 3 of those as well as a triple monitor stand.  Can someone tell me how much the monitors weigh as i have a glass desk and have to keep overall weight in check.

vwlichtenstein

It appeared that my boxes were opened.  One monitor had a fingerprint on the screen, one had ripped plastic wrapping, and cracked styrofoam.  Of course this could of happened at the factory during packaging.  I can't say for sure if they were checked.

 
They probably were checked, they have to go through customs between countrys just for security reasons.

Just got mine. It does have the glass screen and looks beautiful. No dead pixels that i can see. Im absolutely pleased with the monitor. It looks great and was worth every penny. 

I just got my 2B model from 120hz.net. Perfect pixel, but noticeable bleed in top left corner. Overall very satisfied.
 
Currently OC to 100 Hz on GTX 480. Going try for 125 Hz when my GTX 680 gets here (btw Diablo 3 just launched weeeeeeee)
 
Highly recommend the 2B model

Also got a 2B from 120hz.net...It's perfect. I adjusted the colors a little bit with PowerStrip. It's overclocked to 100hz on my 570's. There is ZERO backlight bleeding as far as I can tell...and I have tried my best to investigate. There are also ZERO dead pixels. The image quality is wonderful, and it runs great on my 570's. However, I did have to turn down some texture settings for Skyrim to fit within my 570's low VRAM. Overall, WONDERFUL purchase and I'm very pleased.

I want to get the normal version, http://www.ebay.com/itm/YAMAKASI-CATLEAP-Q270-SE-27-LED-DVI-D-Dual-Computer-Monitor-ONLY-USA-SALE-/150808035022?pt=Computer_Monitors&hash=item231cdbfece is this seller reasonable?

The feedback on that seller is 100%, but the lower number of transactions is slightly off putting. 
I would stick with green-sum who has it for the same price, but over 5000 ratings.

ordering me 3 tomorrow! i cant wait!

So I may not be up to date on these but will they work with Nvidia 3D Vision? I would really have to think about it at that price point.

Halo_003


So I may not be up to date on these but will they work with Nvidia 3D Vision? I would really have to think about it at that price point.

Only if you can get the B2 Model and make them each 120Hz. Maybe not even then, I wouldn't risk it.

Ah, gotcha. I might have to pick up a perfect pixel one sometime. Does it actually come with perfect pixels though?

Halo_003


Ah, gotcha. I might have to pick up a perfect pixel one sometime. Does it actually come with perfect pixels though?

No idea, the one I got came perfect with no dead pixels or back light bleeding. And I didn't select any weird options, I just purchased straight from Amazon.

Halo_003


Ah, gotcha. I might have to pick up a perfect pixel one sometime. Does it actually come with perfect pixels though?

This should answer your question Halo.

Hmm. That is slightly worrying that any dead/stuck pixels would be okay. I just don't have the $$$ to drop on one if it has dead pixels.
 
Maybe for 3D Vision a smaller one would be better.. Hmm.

Halo_003


Hmm. That is slightly worrying that any dead/stuck pixels would be okay. I just don't have the $$$ to drop on one if it has dead pixels.

Maybe for 3D Vision a smaller one would be better.. Hmm.

 
over at 120hz.net you can get ones that can reach 120fps, however, there has to be a nvidia driver that would support that monitor for 3d vision to work, which we don't have, *yet*.
 
I think 3D at this resolution will rock our current cards too, i don't know that for sure though.
 

Halo_003


Hmm. That is slightly worrying that any dead/stuck pixels would be okay. I just don't have the $$$ to drop on one if it has dead pixels.

Maybe for 3D Vision a smaller one would be better.. Hmm.

I bought one (not marked as pixel perfect) and it has 1 dead pixel (black).
I thought it would really annoy me having a dead pixel, but at that resolution, I never see it unless I have a solid colour across the entire screen.
Playing games/web browsing/etc I never see it.
 
Then again, people have bought normal ones and gotten no dead pixels, and people have bought pixel perfect and gotten dead/black pixels.
That's why i bought the 'normal' version, because there is no point in paying more for something that could still have a dead pixel.

I've been saving to buy three of these. Unfortunately my stupid ati hd6970 only has one dual link dvi output so I'm going to have to figure out something before I will be able to run all of them, but in the mean time I think I will just get a triple stand and mount them in portrait orientation and stair for a while lol. I've done a considerable amount of reducing my pc hardware in the last year because of other hobbies and thought that I could survive just fine with my 6970 instead of the 3gb 580's I had, which was true with my current eyefinity setup, but now I'm hurting to find the cheapest card with the most vram to run these screens. I'm perfectly happy with no AA in games, it just sucks that all the current cards only have 1 or a maybe 2 dual dvi's, and displayport adapters are around $100 still, even several years later. I'm thinking maybe 2 x 2gb 560's as a minimum or 2.5gb 570's. Even the new 690 doesn't have enough dual dvi connections so I'm forced to sli, or ati with $200 worth of adapters. I remember reading ages ago about all the displayport connection boxes that were supposed to be able to branch one displayport to several, similar to the way apple sends one displayport connection from one monitor to another, but so far I've never seen one.