GPU requirements for 4K monitor

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Nick Carter

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Hello everyone

I just bought a really sweet 4K monitor to replace my old 1080p monitor. My current graphics card is MSI's Twin Frozr GTX 680. On 1080p resolution, this card would keep 60fps on absolute maximum settings for any game I wanted (Crysis 3, Titanfall, etc).

I knew that 4K is a HUGE step for the GPU to handle and I tried looking up forums for this but couldn't find it. I want to know if, hypothetically, I bought a card like the GTX 780- if I could smoothly run 4K.

All the articles only talk about maxing out settings and running up to triple SLI on a 500 dollar card. That's not happening. I also do not expect those kind of settings either.

Realistically, I would love to find someone with a 4K display running a GTX 780, and has the game run smoothly on.....we'll call it...."mediocre" settings (antialiasing, textures, etc.)

I do not want to invest around 500 bucks for a card that would only slightly improve framerate.
Ironically enough, Diablo 3 runs in 4K on my current card at about 95% 60fps which I am extatic about! However, .... Titanfall, Crysis, .... not so much


Any advice would be awesome.
 
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I game at 4k, and have no issues with my R9 290 CF setup. Cost me $800 CDN for both. I can run all games at ultra and hit over 30 FPS and in some cases avg 40-50 such as Tomb raider.

You cannot play 4k with a single card and the Nvidia route is far too expensive. The 770's lack the bandwidth at those resolutions and the 780 Ti is way to expensive for the performance.

Go the AMD route, have a beefy power supply and a case with great airflow. I had to replace my case Corsair 500R for an Air 450 simply because it was getting way to hot.
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from reviews I have read, a single 780ti will get you in the 20-30 fps range at 4k. if you are looking for a constant 60fps in games with all the eye candy, you are going to need two 780’s or ti’s, or two R9 290X’s. there are plenty of benchmarks you can find on youtube, I would hop on there and check them out.

Here are some number for you to look at

Here are some benchmarks to look at, this is a single 290x and 780ti.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1056?vs=1072

Here is the 780ti and 290X in SLI/CF
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1075?vs=1073

Just look at the 3840x2160 numbers
 
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Either get a single 780ti or go SLI/crossfire. 4k is just a massive resolution so your going to have to bite the bullet if you want performance.

I think the best bang for your buck would be crossfire R9 290 or 290X. SLI 780ti will give you best performance but also cost you more money. Make sure you have one very well ventilated case.
 
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Yeah see i put in there that i do NOT need every setting maxed iut at 4k....just framerate decently high. (Because setting purely mediocre at 4K is wayyy better than maxed settings at 1080p) I think i might just go with waiting until the entire new onslaught of cards. Maybe the 800 series. A 780 Ti would set me back like 700 bucks. That will probably be the price point of the next series released.
 
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I game at 4k, and have no issues with my R9 290 CF setup. Cost me $800 CDN for both. I can run all games at ultra and hit over 30 FPS and in some cases avg 40-50 such as Tomb raider.

You cannot play 4k with a single card and the Nvidia route is far too expensive. The 770's lack the bandwidth at those resolutions and the 780 Ti is way to expensive for the performance.

Go the AMD route, have a beefy power supply and a case with great airflow. I had to replace my case Corsair 500R for an Air 450 simply because it was getting way to hot.
 
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Add on the price of a beefy PSU, extra cooling components, and crap it is almost the same price, but nvidia runs cooler for a little bit more. They are both really close adn the GTX 970 is slightly ahead of the amd 290x in everything.
 
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