Today’s modern PC games require a pretty beefy machine, and adding 3D to the mix can push the requirements even higher.  Try doing triple-monitor 3D and you wind up with requirements only the most decadent of computers can require.  ArsTechnica got their hands on one of these monster machines, the Digital Storm Black|Ops Assassin, and once they got over the initial “whoa” they put it through the paces.

When the system arrived, I had trouble walking the box to the living room to get everything set up. The packaging for the system itself—this is before the three ASUS VG247 3D monitors, mind you—weighed 80 lbs. Some of that was packing material, but not much of it. If you’re interested in a LAN party box, this is not your system. Let’s take a look at what happens when you put God’s own system to work in the harshest conditions gaming can currently offer.

It shows the kind of hit even the biggest of PCs can take when enabling 3D, but also shows that it is technically possible.  Of course, the machine he’s using costs around $5k (with the 3 monitors included).

via Killing the beast: taking a monster through multi-monitor 3D.