Can a GIGABYTE Radeon HD 7970 run games on a 2560x1440 monitor?

[mradrianaslani]

Hi I just made an account and am going to build a PC. I want to know if my build can run games at 2560x1440p resolution while maintaining smooth fps, more specifically which graphics card to use. here is the rig I came up with.

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823114011 Keyboard

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826104261 Mouse

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204 DVD Burner

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504 Processor

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125413 Graphics Card

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005 Power Supply

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148697 Hard Drive

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008LTB3KS?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B008LTB3KS&linkCode=xm2&tag=wwwcareyholzm-20 Motherboard

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004W2JL2A?ie=UTF8&tag=wwwcareyholzm-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B004W2JL2A Solid State Drive

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[Dnx]

yes it can, but the thing is, no matter what high end card you get (besides the gtx 690) all the other top cards will struggle on some games at that resolution if you max out the graphic settings unless you SLI or crossfire.

 

[mradrianaslani]

yes it can, but the thing is, no matter what high end card you get (besides the gtx 690) all the other top cards will struggle on some games at that resolution if you max out the graphic settings unless you SLI or crossfire.

Are there better options than the card I specified, for a graphics card I am willing to pay around $550 I have looked at the comparisons of the 680 and 7970 and the benchmarks show the 680 (not always but more often) being victorious in average fps.

But most of the 680's have 2gb 256bit (i don't even know what that means) vs the 7970 3gb 384bit (sounds better) but the 680 costs more. Example:

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125413%20%20%20%20%20Graphics%20Card

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130768

 

[Dnx]

Are there better options than the card I specified, for a graphics card I am willing to pay around $550 I have looked at the comparisons of the 680 and 7970 and the benchmarks show the 680 (not always but more often) being victorious in average fps.

But most of the 680's have 2gb 256bit (i don't even know what that means) vs the 7970 3gb 384bit (sounds better) but the 680 costs more. Example:

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125413%20%20%20%20%20Graphics%20Card

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130768

XD, as popular opinion the best single (one gpu) card on the market you can get its in fact the 7970 its very overclock friendly, sp yeah if you are going for a single gpu get that one, now as an advise since you want to play at a high resolution, you said you want to spend 550 on the gpu, well put another 50 on the budget and get 2x radeon HD 7950 in crossfire mode, it will be a lot better to play games on that resolution and you will have good fps.

 

[esrever]

for $550, you'd probably want to try and get 2 7950s. they can be had for $280 each.

the 7970 is faster than the 680 at higher than 1080p resolution.

 

[mradrianaslani]

XD, as popular opinion the best single (one gpu) card on the market you can get its in fact the 7970 its very overclock friendly, sp yeah if you are going for a single gpu get that one, now as an advise since you want to play at a high resolution, you said you want to spend 550 on the gpu, well put another 50 on the budget and get 2x radeon HD 7950 in crossfire mode, it will be a lot better to play games on that resolution and you will have good fps.

Wait I can get 2 radeon hd 7970's for $600? one costs $400?

 

[esrever]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202006
I said 2 7950s btw

 

[Dnx]

Wait I can get 2 radeon hd 7970's for $600? one costs $400?

no 2x 7950 its similar to the 7970, a little less clocked. but 2x em would beat any single gpu you could get (except the gtx 690 that thing is a monster).

 

[mradrianaslani]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202006
I said 2 7950s btw

Oh thanks for the clarification. If I crossfire them or whatever can I still overclock them and would I have to overclock them individually (i don't even know how to overclock but that's a different story)

 

[Dnx]

yes, also the 7950 its famous for being a good overclocker.

 

[mradrianaslani]

no 2x 7950 its similar to the 7970, a little less clocked. but 2x em would beat any single gpu you could get (except the gtx 690 that thing is a monster).

Oh wtf 690 sounds crazy but not putting down 1k for that. when I use 2 7950's is it programed so it works like one graphics card and all available potential is used?

 

[Dnx]

yeah they both work at full potential, sometimes having 1 pnly gives you for example 50fps on battlefield, and when you crossfire 2 of them you can get over 90-100fps.

 

[Dnx]

also if you are going to crossfire get a 750w psu instead of 650 itll cost u 10-20 more bucks but it will worth it.

 

[mradrianaslani]

yeah they both work at full potential, sometimes having 1 pnly gives you for example 50fps on battlefield, and when you crossfire 2 of them you can get over 90-100fps.

I was too busy thinking of the best single graphics card but never considered Crossfire because i thought it would be to expensive but for what you get I guess its worth it.

 

[CaptainTom]

Hi I just made an account and am going to build a PC. I want to know if my build can run games at 2560x1440p resolution while maintaining smooth fps, more specifically which graphics card to use. here is the rig I came up with.

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823114011 Keyboard

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826104261 Mouse

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204 DVD Burner

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504 Processor

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125413 Graphics Card

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005 Power Supply

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148697 Hard Drive

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008LTB3KS?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B008LTB3KS&linkCode=xm2&tag=wwwcareyholzm-20 Motherboard

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004W2JL2A?ie=UTF8&tag=wwwcareyholzm-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B004W2JL2A Solid State Drive

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006I2H084?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B006I2H084&linkCode=xm2&tag=wwwcareyholzm-20 Case

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008LTJJM2?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B008LTJJM2&linkCode=xm2&tag=wwwcareyholzm-20 Memory

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005O65JXI?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B005O65JXI&linkCode=xm2&tag=wwwcareyholzm-20 Fan

Fairly good build. Let's put it this way I have a 7970 OC and it runs Borderlands 2 at an average of 120-150 frames a second in 1080p. However Far Cry 3 gets about 60-70 FPS. So like the other guy said, it depends on the game. Most will be fine, but if you play something like Metro: Last Light coming out soon, I don't think so. You would have to crossfire to be 100% sure of it. However the 8970 might be better for this type of thing when that comes out soon.

 

[mradrianaslani]

Fairly good build. Let's put it this way I have a 7970 OC and it runs Borderlands 2 at an average of 120-150 frames a second in 1080p. However Far Cry 3 gets about 60-70 FPS. So like the other guy said, it depends on the game. Most will be fine, but if you play something like Metro: Last Light coming out soon, I don't think so. You would have to crossfire to be 100% sure of it. However the 8970 might be better for this type of thing when that comes out soon.

Yea but I'm going above 1080p future proofing lol.

 

[Dnx]

Fairly good build. Let's put it this way I have a 7970 OC and it runs Borderlands 2 at an average of 120-150 frames a second in 1080p. However Far Cry 3 gets about 60-70 FPS. So like the other guy said, it depends on the game. Most will be fine, but if you play something like Metro: Last Light coming out soon, I don't think so. You would have to crossfire to be 100% sure of it. However the 8970 might be better for this type of thing when that comes out soon.

ohh metro 2033, i cant belive my gtx 670 almost choke playing that thing on ultra settings with everything on, it seems like its on her knees asking for mercy (to get an avg of 35-45fps :S), and its a game from 2 years ago i mean cmon.

 

[mradrianaslani]

also if you are going to crossfire get a 750w psu instead of 650 itll cost u 10-20 more bucks but it will worth it.

Oh thanks that would have slipped my mind, while where on the subject what other revisions would i have to make to my rig plan to support two graphics cards?

 

[Dnx]

the motherboard needs 2x pci-e 16 ports, also the psu needs to say: SLI or CROSSFIRE ready, and needs 4x 6pin connectors (if not, most cards comes with adaptors so its ok).

 

[mradrianaslani]

the motherboard needs 2x pci-e 16 ports, also the psu needs to say: SLI or CROSSFIRE ready, and needs 4x 6pin connectors (if not, most cards comes with adaptors so its ok).

I don't know how to check if my motherboard meets those specifications, I checked and it doesn't say. Don't mean to be spoon fed but can you help me find a motherboard that has those requirements or check if this one will work for that?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008LTB3KS?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B008LTB3KS&linkCode=xm2&tag=wwwcareyholzm-20

 

[Dnx]

I don't know how to check if my motherboard meets those specifications, I checked and it doesn't say. Don't mean to be spoon fed but can you help me find a motherboard that has those requirements or check if this one will work for that?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008LTB3KS?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B008LTB3KS&linkCode=xm2&tag=wwwcareyholzm-20

found this one,

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7114016&CatId=2547

or: http://www.amazon.com/LGA1155-CrossFireX-Motherboard-Z77-EXTREME4/dp/B007KTY4A6/ref=sr_1_6?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1355120533&sr=1-6&keywords=crossfire+motherboard

or http://www.amazon.com/MSI-Computer-Corp-Motherboard-Intel/dp/B0090Z39EA/ref=sr_1_15?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1355120533&sr=1-15&keywords=crossfire+motherboard

 

[Dnx]

actually the 1st one i think its for 67 intel chipsets, and the one you want says 77 so forget that one.

 

[mradrianaslani]

actually the 1st one i think its for 67 intel chipsets, and the one you want says 77 so forget that one.

Wow I appreciate all the help usually don't see this on other sites this seems to have a good community. Anyways would this one work?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128558

 

[Dnx]

Wow I appreciate all the help usually don't see this on other sites this seems to have a good community. Anyways would this one work?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128558

I think i would go for http://www.amazon.com/MSI-Computer-Corp-Motherboard-Intel/dp/B0090Z39EA/ref=sr_1_15?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1355120533&sr=1-15&keywords=crossfire%20motherboard&tag=vglnk-c1001-20

 

[mradrianaslani]

I think i would go for http://www.amazon.com/MSI-Computer-Corp-Motherboard-Intel/dp/B0090Z39EA/ref=sr_1_15?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1355120533&sr=1-15&keywords=crossfire%20motherboard&tag=vglnk-c1001-20

Okay it's just that I watched a PC building tutorial with the GIGABYTE motherboard. And a motherboard looks so terribly complex to a new PC enthusiast so as a fiinal question do motherboards have a universal design?