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Hey I am sure this has been asked a bunch but I was curious if my rig could power a 4k monitor. I would want the typical good gaming experience with high frames and high settings. I was looking at getting a new monitor but I do not want to buy a 4k if it will make my games run crappy.

My setup is:
i7 6700k
32gb Gskill Ripjaws DDR4
Gigabyte Gaming 7
Nvidia 780

 
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Barty1884
The ultrawides are not quite as taxing at 3440x1440p, that's somewhere between 1440p (2560x1440) and 4K (3840x2160)
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~5m (21:9 ultrawide) pixels sits between 3.7m(1440p) and 8.3m (4K)

Remember though, if you're currently at 1080p (1920x1080) that's only a little above 2m pixels. 1440p, let alone the ultrawide is going to add a substantial demand on your GPU to game at that resolution.

Honestly, I'd look to a GPU upgrade before a monitor. A new GPU may not be fully utilized at 1080p, but will be ready to go when you upgrade the monitor.
The flip side would be sluggish performance from the 780 at substantial resolutions until you can upgrade the GPU.
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A 780, while a strong card in it's day - is not at 4K gaming card. It's comparable(ish) to a GTX 970, which falls below even a 1060 as far as raw power goes.

You can power a 4K monitor, but I wouldn't expect playable FPS on anything >low settings.

Honestly, high FPS and high settings on most titles (excluding things like LoL etc) are not really achievable with a single card, or particularly affordable.

Medium settings & more than playable FPS can be achieved by a single GTX 1080 or Titan X(p), but High-Max settings at 4K, you're looking at two of those cards (or 2x 1070's will be a bit stronger than a single 1080 or TitanXp), and predominantly in games that scale well in SLI.
 
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What about something like the Acer Predator. Are those 34inch ultrawides as taxing?
 
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The ultrawides are not quite as taxing at 3440x1440p, that's somewhere between 1440p (2560x1440) and 4K (3840x2160)
Or
~5m (21:9 ultrawide) pixels sits between 3.7m(1440p) and 8.3m (4K)

Remember though, if you're currently at 1080p (1920x1080) that's only a little above 2m pixels. 1440p, let alone the ultrawide is going to add a substantial demand on your GPU to game at that resolution.

Honestly, I'd look to a GPU upgrade before a monitor. A new GPU may not be fully utilized at 1080p, but will be ready to go when you upgrade the monitor.
The flip side would be sluggish performance from the 780 at substantial resolutions until you can upgrade the GPU.
 
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Gerzzog

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Thanks! That is kinda the answer I was looking for. I plan on upgrading the gpu sometime this year just didn't know if I bought a new monitor how that would affect my current setup.
 
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