What rig do you need to be able to play 4K games with 40+ fps?

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sheckla92

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Hey,

Not too long ago i bought myself a new gaming rig which is supposed to be able to play games in 4K. Well it is able too but not very smoothly, when playing the witcher 3 i have around 25 sometimes 30 fps with everything maxed out and in 4k res. Same goes for rise of the tomb raider. But now I started playing wow again and it's really laggy, I dont even get 20 fps when outside buildings and when I lower the res it looks really bad since I have a 4k screen.

Is wow just optimized or something that makes it so much more laggier than my other games or is it just that much heavier to play in 4k? If so what can I improve to make my pc better suited for 4k gaming?

My rig is:

Intel core i5 6600K 4x3.5Ghz
Nvidia Geforce GTX 1080 8GB GDDR5X 250SSD
AsRock Z170 Pro4S 1151 ATX DDR4 motherboard
Chipset Intel® Z170
 
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Max 4k requires a second 1080, to be honest. You would need a new motherboard, as yours does not support SLI. You also need to make sure you have a quality PSU, tier 1 or 2, 850w+ http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html Legion is more demanding, than WoD, also. Legion 7 is WoD Ultra. Turn shadows to low, and disable SSAO. Turn your view distance down to at least 7. That should help considerably. Those settings seem to be big FPS killers, in WoW.
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4k at max settings with a smooth framerate is very hard to achieve, but a gtx 1080 should be able to achieve it, especially in games like WoW, have you got anti-aliasing enabled? because when you say 'maxed out' i assume you have it enabled, because that will drop your framerate significantly and it doesn't really make a difference
 
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Some games just arn't optimized are coded as well as others and will not play smooth, regardless of hardware.

Your rig can handle 4k up to 60fps but not more, and that's with a single card. Not bad compared to SLI just a few months ago. Your CPU can handle it, and an overclock can boost that I5 into I7 territory, although you won't have the cores.

What you have is a very nice 1440p machine, and a 4k capable one. If you absolutely want 4k, you'll have to live with less than stellar performance and need to live with less than 60fps. If you want 60fps+ a 1440p monitor would be recommended, or a second 1080 card and SLI.
 
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sheckla92

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I'll try disabling anti-aliasing tonight see if that makes a difference in fps. My CPU is good enough? It doesn't need to be an i7 to be able to process 4k? Also my screen that I am using currently is the Iiyama 28 inch TN 4K 1ms 3840x2160.
 
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Your CPU is good enough, having an I7 would boost your fps by a little bit, though, but as long as your CPU isn't bottlenecking your GPU (which would have to be something like a low-end i5 or an i3 for your card) then you are fine
 
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Resolution makes no difference to CPU usage, actually running a higher resolution at lower fps will lighten the load on the CPU. Your CPU is good, if you monitor its usage I bet its having a fairly easy time. It's the gpu horsepower you need for 4k, for a single card your going to need to drop some settings
 
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Since you're on such a small screen (relative to the resolution), you should forgo traditional anti-aliasing altogether (e.g. MSAA, SSAA, etc) and stick to fast post process based AA methods like FXAA or SMAA.

Second thing, you won't be maxing out most modern games at 4k with just one 1080, there's no getting around that. You'll have to lower settings to get decently playable performance. Getting a second 1080 would help immensely, especially for Tomb Raider and The Witcher 3.
 
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sheckla92

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If I do upgrade my rig with another 1080, do I also need to upgrade other parts e.g. cooler, psu,... ? I'm guessing yes :(.
How much of a boost in fps would we be talking then?
 
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As long as your PSU isn't a bargain-bin, bottom-tier piece of crap, then you only need about a 600W PSU to power your build with SLI 1080s. As for cooling? You might want to have some more intake airflow, but that depends on what kind of GPU you have (i.e. Founder's Edition blower cooler v custom open-air cooler).
 
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Max 4k requires a second 1080, to be honest. You would need a new motherboard, as yours does not support SLI. You also need to make sure you have a quality PSU, tier 1 or 2, 850w+ http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html Legion is more demanding, than WoD, also. Legion 7 is WoD Ultra. Turn shadows to low, and disable SSAO. Turn your view distance down to at least 7. That should help considerably. Those settings seem to be big FPS killers, in WoW.
 
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