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Gaming at 2560x1600

rob77

rob77

rob77

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Hi all

I've got a 7970 which is clocked at 1050/1425 and just wondered if this would be enough to to power a monitor that is 2560x1600. I know I wouldn't be able to run newer games at max settings but if I turned them down a bit would I be able to run 60fps? At the moment my monitor is 1920x1200 and the 7970 copes very well at this resolution just not sure about a higher one.

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it will run fine, will need to drop a few settings down, but I game at 2560x1440 and can run most settings on bf3 at ultra and get 70fps with a 680, when I had my 7970 fps was around the same too
 
Thanks for the quick responses guys. The monitor I'm looking at (dell U3011) has a display port so will probably use that as opposed to the DVI port. I don't mind turning down a few setting as long as I can keep the game to a minimum of 60fps.
 
I found a 7970 managed quite well even at 5760x1080, mw3,avp and bulletstorm could all be played at highest settings, never played bf3 with it so not so sure about that one
 
It will be fine just do not enable high anti aliasing in newest titles....but to be honest doubt you need it on at that res and if you did 4x is enough.
 
I've been looking on various review sites and it looks like 2560x1600 is about 30% more demanding on the graphic card than 1920x1200. So a game that averages 90fps on the lower res will average 60fps on the higher. I just wasn't too sure if my 7970 would be up to it or I would need to go crossfire which I really didn't want to do.
 
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