Will a single 780 be enough for 4K gaming?

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Hey guys,So at the moment i've only got a single 780.

Will that be enough to run all games of medium at least?

Thinking about picking up a 4k tmoz,Any recommendations?

Thanks!
 
Depends a lot on the game, definitely takes a pretty big performance hit on my single 780 i.e. ultra settings in BF4 but with FXAA instead of MSAA I go from mostly holding 125fps (capped) to bouncing about between 50 and 70fps.

Most games would be fairly playable at medium settings though.

I'm not sure I'd really reccomend 4K panels for gaming unless your mostly playing flight sims/space games or racing games with wheel or controllers, IMO a decent 2560x panel would be better if you want high end visual quality and a decent gaming experience.
 
Rroff said:
Depends a lot on the game, definitely takes a pretty big performance hit on my single 780 i.e. ultra settings in BF4 but with FXAA instead of MSAA I go from mostly holding 125fps (capped) to bouncing about between 50 and 70fps.

Most games would be fairly playable at medium settings though.

I'm not sure I'd really reccomend 4K panels for gaming unless your mostly playing flight sims/space games or racing games with wheel or controllers, IMO a decent 2560x panel would be better if you want high end visual quality and a decent gaming experience.
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Interesting,Cheers.
 
Would depend a bit on your preferences/style/tastes - I've found the AOC U2868PQU a little less than ideal in terms of input latency, responsiveness and clarity in motion for serious gaming and seems to be a similiar story with the other 4K panels out at the moment I also find 4K resolution a bit of a challenge in terms of mouse settings for some games and desktop use with it hard to find a balance between quickly moving over large areas of the screen while retaining good precision in smaller moves.

From my own experience if you are prepared to make some sacrifice in response/latency as a trade off for better image quality then there are 2560x IPS panels that are a better compromise and I don't half miss my 120Hz panels when it comes to FPS games when trying them on the 4K one. Some stuff like racing games though with a wheel for input are very nice on the 4K panel.
 
This is a really interesting conversation! I've been looking at the new wave of sub-£500 4K monitors and thought I'd decided that was the next step for me. It seemed that the price difference between a 1440p and 4K monitor was almost nothing and as well as the resolution the 4K monitors also offer a 1ms response time. Seemed perfect for work and play.

But now I'm a bit confused. I thought if anything the 1440p panels would feel less responsive as the refresh rates seem higher (I've not found one with less than 5ms I don't think?) but it seems I'm missing something. Also, whereas I was thinking 3GB of VRAM would be sufficient I've recently found a few benchmarks that suggest otherwise.

I'm currently using an Asus VG248QE, so am used to quite smooth motion and fast refresh rates. Basically I'd hoped to maintain as much of that fluidity but bump up the resolution to something better than 1080p...would you say 4K or something else would be best?

Finally, and just to add a spanner into the mix, the game I'll be spending most time with on the new monitor will be Star Citizen...whenever it's released!
 
I have the Samsung 4K and a 780Ti and it's fine in Borderlands 2 at 4K. All details maxxed and 60 fps solid.
 
Best bet is to stay away from 4K gaming for another 2 GPU generations if you want to play games in the region of Crysis etc...By then they should have a nice amount of horsepower to drive a 4K display with all the eye candy turned on with decent frames.
 
I have ordered an AOC 4k screen to match my Iiyama 144 hz. I figure if the res is too much for my 780 then I will game on the Iiyama, until I can afford to purchase a second 780, new power supply etc.

Will let you know how i get on.
 
Absorbentsolid said:
How are you finding the monitor so far?
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Overall, I am very pleased.

The monitor is great. Remote Desktop is a revelation, Excel is awesome. Looking at photos is much better now that I can see them whole at full resolution without zooming out. Borderlands 2 at 4K is a revelation. I still prefer to use my portrait monitors for forums (like this one) and for Word.

Physically, the stand does let it down a bit. But not much. If I want it higher, I can put some books underneath it. That said, if I were ordering now and were confident of it being the same quality panel, I'd go for the AOC for the adjustable stand and VESA mount. But I expect Samsung keeps the best panels for itself and AOC gets the lesser ones.

There seems to be a problem with the Nvidia Geforce driver, though: I now have 3 monitors in PLP configuration, identified by windows as nos 3,1, and 2 from left to right, with the Samsung as #1, and when the PC resumes from sleep, all the windows from #3 appear on #1.
 
Quartz said:
But I expect Samsung keeps the best panels for itself and AOC gets the lesser ones.
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It's a CMO (Chimei) panel, so nope. Plus panel manufacturers who also make monitors don't tend to do that as the monitor manufacturers simply turn to other sources for their panels if that happens.
 
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