1440p gaming on all current AAA titles

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Sovelin

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I currently have a 2gb 770 that runs pretty much everything I throw at it (BF4, Metro: LL, etc...) on max settings (AA turned off). Now, I really doubt I am averaging 60 fps, but the gameplay is smooth (only 2 instances of slowdown on Metro for a couple seconds each). When I played Skyrim, however, I had to turn a couple of mods off when I switched to 1440p. I'm also worried that the 2gb will be a limiting factor in the nearby future if I want to continue maxing games.

My friend is willing to buy my 770 for $300. I will have roughly $400 (willing to go up to $500 if worthwhile improvement, but would like to save money to upgrade my SSD). I am considering getting the 4gb 770. Is this advisable, or would a 780 be much better (or an AMD equivalent)?

I would prefer answers from people who have hands on experience with the cards at this resolution, not just links to random benchmarks. Also, I never look at fps, as long as gameplay remains smooth without me having to turn down settings.

My PC:
CPU: Intel i5-2500k
Main Drive: 120GB Patriot Pyro SSD (considering future upgrade to 240gb samsung evo/pro 840)
Storage: 2TB 7200 RPM
Memory: 16GB (4x4gb) G.Skill Sniper series, DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900)
Graphics: nVidia GTX 770 EVGA GDDR5 2GB
Mobo: ASRock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3
Sound: Xonar Essence STX
PSU: PC Power and Cooling Silencer Mk II 950 watts
 
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enemy1g

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I would go for the 780. 3GB should be enough VRAM for now (definitely is) and the future until you'll end up needing to upgrade. With 1440p, the picture quality is much better, so you don't really have to turn on AA or anything to get similar picture quality as you would with a 1080p monitor, so keep that it mind.

I'm currently running two 780s and a 1440p monitor, everything looks incredibly crisp, and there's not a huge difference between AA on and off on Ultra.
 
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Some games would use more than 2 gb, but not MUCH more.

if you're not using AA, i dont think anything currently will go above 2gb at 1440p 60hz. BF4 in a 64 player game with no AA would probably use every bit of 2gb though.
even in the demanding games with 4x or 8x msaa... the usage of VRAM goes up to like 2.5gb at most. a single 770 playing a demanding game wiht 8x msaa wouldn't happen anyway b/c the FPS would be horrible.

i have a 1440p 120hz korean monitor... and 770 4gb SLI setup. I don't monitor my VRAM usage since I know I'm not using more than 4gb... but if you shoot me a PM, i'll be playing some BF4 tonigh and could enable VRAM usage on my afterburner monitor to look at it.

With that being said, how often do you upgrade your computer? are you always buy new stuff? if so, i'd say you're fine for now and wait until the 800 series cards. If you build a rig and just leave it be for 3 years, then bild a new one.. i'd say take the opportunity to relatively cheaply upgrade to the 4gb card. Games will continue to use more and more VRAM, so you'd be more future proof.

 
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VRAM isn't going to be your problem, the demands of games is going to increase with VRAM, so as games become harder to run, you'll need to turn down settings to get playable framerates, lowering settings also reduces VRAM usage.

Going from a 770 to a 780 is pointless in my opinion, I'd atleast wait for Maxwell.
 
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Well, I built my PC in October 2011. I probably won't do a full rebuild of my PC until summer 2017 (the CPU is still phenomenal and is not bottlenecking me, the RAM is current gen, and the SSD is fine, just kind of small). In 3 more years I'll have enough money for a full re-build, and by then my computer will likely start showing its age. So this next gfx card upgrade will have to last me until 2017. If Maxwell is coming out in the next month or 2, I can wait, but I won't be touching any upgrades for another 3 years after that.

I would just stick with my 2gb 770 if I wasn't worried I'd be capping my vram before the next 3 years are up (already capped in Skyrim with the mods I ran, and I'm sure I'm hitting it in BF4). So that leaves me with getting the 4gb 770 (more likely), get the 780 (less likely), or wait for Maxwell (most likely, provided it comes out soon, in which case the 870 would be most likely what I get).
 
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