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September 26, 2014 12:22:07 AM

I currently have r9 280x crossfire
Can i do 4k gaming alll games

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a b 4 Gaming
September 26, 2014 12:24:25 AM

Well yes. But what settings they will run on will vary.
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September 26, 2014 12:38:10 AM

I play bf4 currently on ultra
Will it run on 4k at ultra with no AA
Best bet would be selling the cards and getting a pair of gtx 970s
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September 26, 2014 12:43:32 AM

I'm currently running sli 980s and I cant get ultra everything at 4k on BF4.
I get most of the way there, but have to turn a few things down to get >60fps.

The same goes for watchdogs.
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a b 4 Gaming
September 26, 2014 12:46:34 AM

Yeah, it'll work but you won't be able to max things out, it'll still look amazing though :) 
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a b 4 Gaming
September 26, 2014 1:04:42 AM

PC Gamer recently published an article about 4K gaming, so you should give it a read.

http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/07/29/gaming-in-4k-the-futu...

4K could be within your grasp, but advanced settings will probably need to be kept to a minimum or turned off entirely. At 4K you don't need to use AA, and turning that off is usually the biggest factor in boosting frame rates.
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a b 4 Gaming
September 26, 2014 1:08:12 AM

^ Holy wow your avatar made me spit out my coffee
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September 26, 2014 1:35:34 AM

Ohkay but i wanna run bf4 at ultra with no AA can i do so ??
40fps abovve can be achieved ?
What would be a gtx 970 sli be like as i will upgrade nearly 6 months from now
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September 26, 2014 1:42:57 AM

Sn1992 said:
Ohkay but i wanna run bf4 at ultra with no AA can i do so ??
40fps abovve can be achieved ?
What would be a gtx 970 sli be like as i will upgrade nearly 6 months from now


GTX 970 SLI would be the better bet after you sell your 7970's itll consume wayyyy less power (Be easier on your PSU.. more overclocking headroom for CPU) and will probably be better for 4k gaming too due to 4GB of ram and im sure they're more powerful overall as well.
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September 26, 2014 1:46:21 AM

What about my current cards ??
Will they scale well at 4k ultra in bf4 with no aa
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September 26, 2014 1:50:44 AM

Sn1992 said:
What about my current cards ??
Will they scale well at 4k ultra in bf4 with no aa


They could probably do it at around 40-50FPS (as for the smoothness or i guess you can say jumpiness of the screen im not sure.. never had a Xfire or SLI build as i prefer a single more powerful GPU) But honestly 4k probably isnt worth it right now. 1440P or 2k is probably the most you should look at for best FPS/Graphical combination.
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September 26, 2014 1:58:00 AM

Ok so with my 2 980s and a devils canyon CPU with 32Gb ram I get about 60 fps at 4k in BF4 with the following settings:
Texture ultra
Texture filtering medium
Lighting high
Effects high
Post pro high
Mesh medium
Terrain and terrain decoration ultra
AA deferred and post off
Ambient occlusion ssao

So expect to have settings lower than these with 970s
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September 26, 2014 2:06:53 AM

BobertCole said:
Ok so with my 2 980s and a devils canyon CPU with 32Gb ram I get about 60 fps at 4k in BF4 with the following settings:
Texture ultra
Texture filtering medium
Lighting high
Effects high
Post pro high
Mesh medium
Terrain and terrain decoration ultra
AA deferred and post off
Ambient occlusion ssao

So expect to have settings lower than these with 970s


Even lower with 7970's
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September 26, 2014 10:58:53 PM

Should i just get a 4k monitor and lower resolution to 2560x1600 and play at ultra and wait for 6 months or a year for a better generation cards??
What do you all say
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a b 4 Gaming
September 26, 2014 11:04:56 PM

Sn1992 said:
Should i just get a 4k monitor and lower resolution to 2560x1600 and play at ultra and wait for 6 months or a year for a better generation cards??
What do you all say


Honestly yeah 4K is pushing the limits

Current cards can, but barely.

If you want to get a 4K monitor you can run it though
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September 26, 2014 11:10:08 PM

Sn1992 said:
Should i just get a 4k monitor and lower resolution to 2560x1600 and play at ultra and wait for 6 months or a year for a better generation cards??
What do you all say


No. Playing at a non-native resolution usually looks a lot worse than playing on another monitor where that resolution is native. Just get a 2560x1440 monitor if you're going to play at that resolution. Personally, 4K isn't quite where it needs to be yet for gaming. The GPU horsepower just isn't there yet and the monitors aren't there yet. Turning down so many settings kind of ruins the point of buying a 4K monitor, which you would be purchasing for the purpose of greater eye candy. Also, even if you had the best possible setup (4-way SLI 980s), you'd still have trouble maxing games out with an average of 60FPS. Hell, even if you were hitting 60FPS, you'd need a G-sync display to get the best experience (v-sync is inadequate due to stuttering and screen tearing is extremely inadequate without v-sync) and the only option for a 4K G-sync monitor is crap. Also, someone above mentioned that you don't need AA at 4K, but you still actually do. There are still jaggies even at that resolution (you'll only really need 2x MSAA or something equivalent).
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September 26, 2014 11:17:53 PM

Ohkay but at my place a 4k tn panel monitor price is equal to the price of qhd ips monitor
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September 26, 2014 11:30:46 PM

Running 280x cf on 4k without aa will be go. At max preset without aa in most game you will have no problem getting average of 40+ fps with a few that will land you in the 30+ fps range. On my 280x cf, I get 40+ average fps on playing BF4 on ultra, 2x msaa and running mantle. 4K just look awesome.

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September 27, 2014 2:18:20 AM

Ohkay what drivers you using
Mine crash while using mantle
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September 27, 2014 10:53:20 PM

I am using the latest 14.7rc3. Mine did not crash using mantle but strangely if i switch to dx11 in bf4, the response time crashes! It takes forever for any response to register, including making changes in the menu. In other words I am now unable to use dx11 in bf4.
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September 28, 2014 12:01:32 AM

Alternatively, you could get the ROG Swift, which is a 2560x1440 TN monitor @144Hz and has G-sync & ULMB. In my opinion, it's currently the best monitor FOR GAMING on the market. You get a high resolution, a high refresh rate, and two excellent features in G-sync and ULMB. The difference is night and day between G-sync On and Off. Also, do you really want to play games under 60FPS? Don't get me wrong, a higher resolution like 4K is great, but it's not worth the sacrifice in FPS and overall smoothness. However, if you're hell-bent on 4K, get the Acer G-sync monitor. It's probably the only monitor that I would recommend gaming on currently at 4K.
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a b 4 Gaming
September 28, 2014 1:09:08 AM

gridironcj said:
Alternatively, you could get the ROG Swift, which is a 2560x1440 TN monitor @144Hz and has G-sync & ULMB. In my opinion, it's currently the best monitor FOR GAMING on the market. You get a high resolution, a high refresh rate, and two excellent features in G-sync and ULMB. The difference is night and day between G-sync On and Off. Also, do you really want to play games under 60FPS? Don't get me wrong, a higher resolution like 4K is great, but it's not worth the sacrifice in FPS and overall smoothness. However, if you're hell-bent on 4K, get the Acer G-sync monitor. It's probably the only monitor that I would recommend gaming on currently at 4K.


He is running AMD cards and cannot use GSYNC
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September 30, 2014 12:57:49 AM

^^ lol please read the post before answering
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