Does this have any life left for ultra-wide gaming?

aoaaron

aoaaron

aoaaron

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I have an old rig

4670k
8GB RAM
GTX 670

I was thinking, would this rig suffice for ultrawide gaming if I replacing the 670 with something more powerful?

I want to upgrade this second rig obviously and probably just do a total replacement but I'm waiting for the next AMD release.
 
What resolution specifically were you looking to play at? I've just got into playing Ring of Elysium which is pretty demanding and on my rig which is almost identical to yours (my CPU is a 3570k) at 2560x1440 and I've had to drop the settings down the mostly low and medium to get a playable frame rate (I get around 45 to 50 FPS with my GTX 670 that only has 2gb vram). You might be able to get away with playing some games in ultrawide in the settings turned down but if your 670 is a 2gb model like mine that frame buffer is going to hold you back (4gb you should be ok at again low/medium settings).
 
Increasing display resolution increases only GPU load.
CPU load per frame is precisely same regardless if resolution is 320x240 or 3840x2160.
Latter just demands hundred times more GPU power...

For CPU upgrade best is waiting for release of Zen2 Ryzens.
Maybe there's also information about AMD's 7nm GPUs in Computex or E3.
Graphics card could use lot more price competion above mainstream level.
 
EsaT said:
Increasing display resolution increases only GPU load.
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Not entirely true - I believe I read somewhere CPU load often increases going from 16:9 to 21:9 due to wider field of vision / on screen activity needing to be calculated.

To the OP, then if you're thinking of upgrading because a certain insane offer is chucking out high quality 3440x1440 100 hz monitors @ £450, then I'd suggest going for it. I was part of the first gen of 60 hz 3440x1440 monitor users and I only had a GTX 970 and an AMD FX-8350 - the monitor was still worth it, even if my system took a while to 'grow into it' via upgrades.

I even ended up upgrading that monitor for about an £80 loss four years later, so that seems to suggest the cutting edge high tech in this field holds its value.
 
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