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just how much grunt to game at 4k

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ideally looking for card(s) that will push modern games (GTA5 etc)at 60fps@4K


Currently running fire 280xS but i don't think they'll cut the mustard.

what would you fine GPU section fellas recommend? i'm not fussy about green or red team but solid gaming and ideally not spending silly money
 
Without spending silly money your only option at the moment is crossfire 8gb 290x's or maybe 2 used original Titan's or 6gb 780's. Not sure how much Titan Black's go for.

I'd wait for the 390x.
 
considering it took rockstar to use two 980's to push 4k with a solid 60 FPS that would be a starting ground i guess. But with the 4gb vram limit you would need certain options turned down as i hit 3.4 - 3.5 gb at times at 1080p with very high settings.
 
Ayahuasca said:
Without spending silly money your only option at the moment is crossfire 8gb 290x's or maybe 2 used original Titan's or 6gb 780's. Not sure how much Titan Black's go for.

I'd wait for the 390x.
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Last two went for £390 and £370 respectively so quite a bit more than the original Titan.

In SLI they give between 38 FPS min to anything goes really. I really recommend using a Gsync display though due to how Displayport works for 4k. Basically it takes numerous signals and puts them all back together resulting in lag so Gsync on 4k is essential IMO.

I waited for nearly nine months before finally buying the Acer 4k2k. It was well worth it. Gaming is just surreal.
 
233 said:
ideally looking for card(s) that will push modern games (GTA5 etc)at 60fps@4K
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With everything maxed - Quad SLI TitanXs to run GTA5 @2160p.

Having said that GTA5 is an extreme example (probably the hardest game to run @2160p) and you can turn a few settings down and use a pair of 8gb 290Xs which will run most games fine.
 
Ayahuasca said:
Without spending silly money your only option at the moment is crossfire 8gb 290x's
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This is probably the cheapest and most reliable method as the 8gb cards have been sold for £300 each in the past. Not sure of their current prices, but certainly cheaper than £900+ worth of 980s. You'll need a chunky PSU in either case.

As mentioned, just hold onto your wallet until the 390x arrives.
 
mulpsmebeauty said:
This is probably the cheapest and most reliable method as the 8gb cards have been sold for £300 each in the past. Not sure of their current prices, but certainly cheaper than £900+ worth of 980s. You'll need a chunky PSU in either case.

As mentioned, just hold onto your wallet until the 390x arrives.
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8gb 290Xs will run better than 980s @2160p too.
 
africanos23 said:
For those running 4K with a single Titan X, SLI GTX970s , CFX 290/290X, SLI Titans OG/Black or SLI GTX980/GTX780Ti these seem to be the best performance/IQ settings I have found for a solid 60 FPS with vsync off in-game but set in the NV control panel.

FXAA ON
MSAA OFF
Population Density,Variety and Distance Scaling - 50%
Texture Quality - Very High
Shader Quality - Very High
Shadow Quality - Very High
Reflection Quality - Ultra
Reflection MSAA - X2
Water Quality - Very High
Particle Quality - Very High
Grass Quality - Normal
Soft Shadows - Softest
Post FX - Normal
AF - x16
Ambient Occlusion - Normal
Tesselation - Normal

Advanced Settings are all off.

These provides 60 FPS across the different areas (dips are only down to 58ish FPS) with a Titan X @ 1377Mhz on the core (no mem OC).

Depending on your setup you should be able to add some draw distance. I personally prefer not to have dips.

Total VRAM indication in the menu is 3026MB so I have added the GTX780Tis to the mix of setups for 4K.
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I posted this in the GTA V thread earlier
 
For general gaming at 60fps with high to max settings then 2x 4GB cards that are at the upper end of 970 ballpark performance is about the minimum. GTA V works pretty well like that as long as you keep extended distance scaling to "normal" levels - if you go nuts with that setting you can easily eat well over 4GB VRAM.

At 4K with all settings maxed except AA my single 780 (running clocks that put performance pretty much dead on stock GTX980 performance) get around 40fps average on BF4 on a busy 64 player map IIRC the spread of framerate (ignoring looking at the sky) was 26-70).
 
went from GTX980 to dual 290X 8GB's, Vram is a major factor on teh 980 more and more games were maxing it out.

GTA V very high settings no AA 55fps
 
passey89 said:
went from GTX980 to dual 290X 8GB's, Vram is a major factor on teh 980 more and more games were maxing it out.

GTA V very high settings no AA 55fps
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Is it the 4k2k? I get mins of 38 with it usually sitting in the 40s but I have 2XMSAA enabled and everything absolutely maxed. It was better before the patch though I know that much.

passey89 said:
just tried these myself need vsync on else I get really bad tearing but with it turn off was averaging about 75fps going into the 80's. Vsync on it looks amazing no micro stutter.
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60hz 4k Displayport monitors split the signal into chunks and then put it back together at the monitor end. This is why VSYNC, Gsync and Freesync are so important on 4k monitors. Without it the tearing is atrocious.
 
4k and GTX 980 SLI and fine for me. No gsync but if you can get a 4k monitor with Gsync/Freesync it gives you that bit extra smoothness some people crave over.
Surprised this thread is not full of the doom sooth saying brigade which keep mentioning its pointless at 4k gaming.
Nice to see its not.
 
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