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GTX 560 Ti OK for 27" 2560x1440 ?

PieEater

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I have an MSI 560Ti Twin Frozr II which I'm using with a 22" 1680x1050 monitor which I'm considering replacing with a DGM 27" that runs at 2560x1440. I'd like opinions on whether I'm going to have to sacrifice much in the way of AA & AF with gaming (FSX & The Hunter) which currently I have on pretty high settings if I just stick with my current card.

I don't really have the money to upgrade but I am running an Asus P8Z77-V Pro board which supports SLI so I'm guessing finding a second user 560Ti to run with my existing one would be the cheapest option to allow me to use the high settings I'm used to. I haven't used SLI before so I'm not entirely sure how effective it is at enabling the use of a single high res monitor with high AA & AF settings.
 
If you have the 1GB 560TI, you will be VRAM limited and if you have the 2GB version, you will be GPU grunt limited.

My point being that sacrifices will need to be made and you will have to lower settings quite a bit in newer games on any 560TI.
 
A 560ti isn't enough for 1440p really, if it's the 2GB one it'll be ok but you'll need to run medium to high settings rather than maxed. Say goodbye to regular AA - you shouldn't be using it anyway there are better forms of AA (I.E. FXAA/SMAA).
 
Short answer NO. You can use windows. You wont play games. I'm using a GTX570 1.25gb running 2560x1440 and it will play games, bit of stutter in eve, SC2 had to drop from ultra to high detail. It still stutters when there are lots of things happening on screen. Need 2gb card and a gpu at GTX570 or faster. A GTX670 is on my order list, soon as I actually have some money that isn't need for a bill or food :-)
 
It's the 1GB version so I'll be limited by both VRAM and GPU, is SLI a viable otion or do I need to upgrade? If an upgrade is the only viable option would a 660 be OK? I'm not a massive gamer so am not looking to futureproof as much as retain the quality settings I'm able to currently use with my current monitor and current games.
 
PieEater said:
It's the 1GB version so I'll be limited by both VRAM and GPU, is SLI a viable otion or do I need to upgrade? If an upgrade is the only viable option would a 660 be OK? I'm not a massive gamer so am not looking to futureproof as much as retain the quality settings I'm able to currently use with my current monitor and current games.
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a 7950 would be a safer bet, even then some settings will have to be lowered in some games
 
PieEater said:
It's the 1GB version so I'll be limited by both VRAM and GPU, is SLI a viable otion or do I need to upgrade? If an upgrade is the only viable option would a 660 be OK? I'm not a massive gamer so am not looking to futureproof as much as retain the quality settings I'm able to currently use with my current monitor and current games.
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As Gregster said, if you have the GPU grunt for 2560x1440, at 1GB RAM you'll be memory limited.

560Ti 2GB SLI would probably be OK, but tbh with having to change your existing card AND buy another you might be better buying a GTX670 or a 7950 instead.

Even with those relatively top-end single cards, you'll still struggle to max all recent titles at that resolution.
 
If your going to get your new monitor, then try out your current 560 with IQ settings to suit and see what it brings first in the titles you play, that's the best way to find out-first hand without spending a penny.

I would however steer clear of 560 SLi as it's pointless throwing gpu horsepower onto a vram limited scenario(not knowing what your titles vram requirements are).

A second hand (Evga)670 in the mm will be a better performer than a new 660 for not that much more outlay if Nvidia is your weapon of choice. :)
 
Thanks all - finding the ~£350 for the monitor was going to be a squeeze, which is why I wanted to check if running the couple of games I play at the settings I'm used to was going to be an issue. As it looks like it will be then I'll hang fire until I can afford both the monitor and a graphics upgrade.
 
The problem with these big monitors is that you're going to need a fairly high-end GPU to keep newer games running at decent settings.

You might be better going for a 1920x1200 24" monitor, which is still a good chunk bigger with more real estate than your current solution, and ~£100 cheaper.

I've never used any of the budget brand large monitors, but the fact that they're at least £150 cheaper than the branded monitors of the same resolution would give me cause for concern.

By going for a slightly smaller screen you'll save on the GPU requirement, save on the monitor, and won't need so much GPU grunt to keep you going into the future, whilst (IMHO at least) not sacrificing too much in terms of screen size and usable area.
 
I would totally go for the 27 incher. I've got one of those cheap (200quid) Korean ones, that has been fine since May and they are brilliant!

I was using a 6950 with it at first which was fine and is similar to your 560ti.

The image quality, res and size will out outweigh the disadvantage of having to run medium settings instead of high.
 
Mate try it out, you will be surprised, I have a u3011 and two 560tis in SLI 1gb variants, I have tried to explain to people that you can still get 60fps in lots of cases at that resolution, hell just knock things onto high from ultra.

The only reason you are going to breach memory bandwidths is hammering anti-aliasing on. At 2560x1440 - 2560x1600 why would you need anymore than 2x-4x is beyond me! Games like crysis 3 and battlefield 3 there maybe more of a sacrifice needed. Other than that though you will be fine.
 
Seriously I am not bothered about "the latest games" I run FSX (MS Flight Sim X) where the GPU rarely gets to about 90% and VRAM 60% (CPU Intensive), and The Hunter which is more GPU intensive but I've yet to run any tests to find out how much. I want to upgrade from a TN to an IPS panel as I do some amatuer phtographic work and have found when editing photos the viewing angles of my TN monitor really do affect the colour reproduction, i.e. a photo looks great dead centre but way off when viewed at the top or bottom of the screen. I'd also like more 'real estate' when it comes to playing The Hunter which I find totally immersive but perhaps a bit lacking on 22". I guess what I should do is try The Hunter at medium settings to see if I can live with lower quality at the expense of more visual immersion due to the larger area.
 
You probably want a GTX 670 or above to max out newer games with medium-high AA settings with a monitor that size.

Even a GTX 660 will run into some issues at that kind of resolution, because of its gimped memory bus, so I can't imagine what a 560 will perform like : \
 
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