3gb 780ti and 4k monitor

delpy8 · 28 Jun 2014 at 22:17

hi all,

Would I get better gfx performance on my aoc 4k by going from the gigabyte 3gb 780ti ghz edition to the below ? with 6gb

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-037-IN

Mr crowley · 28 Jun 2014 at 22:24

I think you would end up with very similar performance.
If you go with a second 780ti in sli you will have much better performance although you wont be able to use much aa, but that isnt as nessecary at 4k.

delpy8 · 28 Jun 2014 at 22:27

Mr crowley said:
I think you would end up with very similar performance.
If you go with a second 780ti in sli you will have much better performance although you wont be able to use much aa, but that isnt as nessecary at 4k.

cheers for that now to do some thinking

Silent_Scone · 28 Jun 2014 at 23:03

Depends what settings you are comfortable with.

Geeman1979 · 29 Jun 2014 at 00:36

Good to see another brand doing the 6GB 780's

triss · 29 Jun 2014 at 03:49

The 6gb you have listed is slower 780 vs a ti, imo the 6GB cards are a good idea if you go two or more cards ,otherwise as a single card mostly time you need the extra vram you will already be pushing what the card is capable of.

Kaapstad · 29 Jun 2014 at 06:15

The problem with 6gb cards is you need 3 or more of them before you can make use of the VRAM. The problem with that is non reference cards are not suitable due to trying to keep them cool unless you can get waterblocks.

whyscotty · 29 Jun 2014 at 07:50

^^^

If you want to run games near maxed @ 4K the above applies,

otherwise stick with what you have would be my call

Silent_Scone · 29 Jun 2014 at 08:47

I wouldn't recommend anyone use a Ti at 4K unless they're comfortable dropping a couple of settings here and there. That doesn't even include AA. In the same way I wouldn't recommend anyone using one card at 4K.

Battlefield 4, popular example...

Over two and three cards I couldn't use Ultra with 0X MSAA. Stuttering and hitching every so often, or every few seconds depending on the map and player count.

4-6GB for 4K or go home...

whyscotty · 29 Jun 2014 at 08:57

MjFrosty said:
I wouldn't recommend anyone use a Ti at 4K unless they're comfortable dropping a couple of settings here and there. That doesn't even include AA. In the same way I wouldn't recommend anyone using one card at 4K.

Battlefield 4, popular example...

Over two and three cards I couldn't use Ultra with 0X MSAA. Stuttering and hitching every so often, or every few seconds depending on the map and player count.

4-6GB for 4K or go home...

Good info for others

Kaapstad · 29 Jun 2014 at 09:01

MjFrosty said:
I wouldn't recommend anyone use a Ti at 4K unless they're comfortable dropping a couple of settings here and there. That doesn't even include AA. In the same way I wouldn't recommend anyone using one card at 4K.

Battlefield 4, popular example...

Over two and three cards I couldn't use Ultra with 0X MSAA. Stuttering and hitching every so often, or every few seconds depending on the map and player count.

4-6GB for 4K or go home...

whyscotty said:
Good info for others

+1

delpy8 · 29 Jun 2014 at 09:13

Thanks for the info guys I'm mainly playing planetside 2 on max settings and getting around 60fps so game play Is OK,

Geeman1979 · 29 Jun 2014 at 09:19

I know if I was planning on going 4k, 6GB is what i'd be looking at as a minimum, regardless of 1 card not having enough grunt to fully saturate the ram. That way you have a good buffer if and when you decide to add 1 or 2 more cards.

delpy8 · 29 Jun 2014 at 09:23

Geeman1979 said:
I know if I was planning on going 4k, 6GB is what i'd be looking at as a minimum, regardless of 1 card not having enough grunt to fully saturate the ram. That way you have a good buffer if and when you decide to add 1 or 2 more cards.

That was my thoughts hence my question about getting the 6gb 780

Silent_Scone · 29 Jun 2014 at 09:29

Geeman1979 said:
I know if I was planning on going 4k, 6GB is what i'd be looking at as a minimum, regardless of 1 card not having enough grunt to fully saturate the ram. That way you have a good buffer if and when you decide to add 1 or 2 more cards.

I got absolutely shot down when saying 3GB wasn't enough on OCN.

Tomb Raider, with or without FXAA with max settings. Hitching every so often with Tri SLi

These are two games that came out last year...If you're running one Ti at 4K, you're not going to be able to run maximum detail settings anyway at that resolution, so it's a non issue.

But when I read "you'll run out of grunt waaay before you run out of VRAM". It seems to me like a pointless blanket statement

Geeman1979 · 29 Jun 2014 at 09:41

You can now get 6GB 780's for under 400 quid, which for me is a no brainer if your considering 4K or even Surround. As you say....Titles are beginning to hog more vram not less.

Kaapstad · 29 Jun 2014 at 09:46

I think we are going to see some interesting things at 4K that you don't see at lower resolutions. A good example is stable overclocks could be noticeably lower as the cards will spend more time under 100% load. At lower resolutions higher overclocks are easier as the cards get bottlenecked and won't spend as much time at full load.

Temps again are probably going to be higher for the reasons above so what is ok on air @1080p may be too hot @4K.

Where more than 2 cards are needed @4K to max games watercooling is going to be a must.

Things are going to be interesting @4K.

whyscotty · 29 Jun 2014 at 09:49

Geeman1979 said:
You can now get 6GB 780's for under 400 quid, which for me is a no brainer if your considering 4K or even Surround. As you say....Titles are beginning to hog more vram not less.

^^^
This

Gregster · 29 Jun 2014 at 09:54

Kaapstad said:
I think we are going to see some interesting things at 4K that you don't see at lower resolutions. A good example is stable overclocks could be noticeably lower as the cards will spend more time under 100% load. At lower resolutions higher overclocks are easier as the cards get bottlenecked and won't spend as much time at full load.

Temps again are probably going to be higher for the reasons above so what is ok on air @1080p may be too hot @4K.

Where more than 2 cards are needed @4K to max games watercooling is going to be a must.

Things are going to be interesting @4K.

This is true Kaap. I find more or less every game I have monitored runs with both my Titans at 99% usage, so any weakness in an overclock soon gets picked up.

Silent_Scone · 29 Jun 2014 at 09:54

Kaapstad said:
I think we are going to see some interesting things at 4K that you don't see at lower resolutions. A good example is stable overclocks could be noticeably lower as the cards will spend more time under 100% load. At lower resolutions higher overclocks are easier as the cards get bottlenecked and won't spend as much time at full load.

Temps again are probably going to be higher for the reasons above so what is ok on air @1080p may be too hot @4K.

Where more than 2 cards are needed @4K to max games watercooling is going to be a must.

Things are going to be interesting @4K.

Or even just two cards. The Vapor-X 8GB cards get seriously hot in crossfire lol.

More importantly though I don't think the panels themselves are ready. I've gone through two now. The AOC and the ASUS, both of which have issues.

Which include; not coming out of sleep, flickering and popping, signal loss.

Think I'm going to wait for the G-Sync variants to hit the market.