How long will I be waiting?

[robfosters]

I'm quite happy gaming at 1440p atm. 4K is nice, but it's still a hefty outlay for most, and I have promised myself that I will not make the move to 4K gaming until I can get a top quality 4K 144Hz IPS monitor and a graphics card capable of pushing 4K at around 100+ FPS for around a grand all in.

A grand is currently the sweet spot for 1440p gaming. For example, the Gigabyte AD27QD monitor and a 5700XT comes in at around £980 and is a cracking 1440p setup. But how long will it be in your opinion, before we can safely say that a grand is the sweet spot for high FPS 4K gaming?

 

[HRL]

Pretty much up to Nvidia right now, and even they can’t do that yet.

Optimistically, maybe the next Ti but we’ll both be surprised if it’s under £1K.

Here’s hoping AMD get back into high end GPU’s and make the market competitive again!

 

[robfosters]

I think we're coming into an interesting time too with the new consoles being released. I'm hoping that being able to buy a console that does decent 4K 60fps gaming for around £4-500 will give Nvidia a kick up the arse to raise their game a bit. Mind you, I've seen some benches show a 5700XT being able to kick along at 60fps in some titles at 4K. i think BF5 was one particular one.

It's not just the card though, it's the monitor too. You're still looking at nigh on £2k for a 27 inch 144hz panel. I think that's more ridiculous than graphics card pricing.

 

[Poneros]

5+ years, easily. And when you realise HDR is an even bigger game changer than 4K/RT, then even longer. For the foreseeable future 4K HDR value will rest solely with TVs. Monitors will stay behind & overpriced.

 

[Besty]

I'm quite happy gaming at 1440p atm. 4K is nice, but it's still a hefty outlay for most, and I have promised myself that I will not make the move to 4K gaming until I can get a top quality 4K 144Hz IPS monitor and a graphics card capable of pushing 4K at around 100+ FPS for around a grand all in.

A grand is currently the sweet spot for 1440p gaming. For example, the Gigabyte AD27QD monitor and a 5700XT comes in at around £980 and is a cracking 1440p setup. But how long will it be in your opinion, before we can safely say that a grand is the sweet spot for high FPS 4K gaming?

wrong place to ask in here matey, some of us think a grand is just about to cover the 144hz IPS 1440p monitor

 

[Darujhistan]

How long is a piece of string?

Enjoy the great experience you've already paid for would be my advice!

 

[tyler_jrb]

Be a fair while yet. Maybe two/three generations until we see the top tier card hitting 4k 144hz. The card will probably be £1k by itself if not more as nvidia have proven.

A midrange card capable of 4k 144hz. Probably talking another 5yrs or so.

 

[Brazo]

We need a card that can reliably do 4K/60 first!

 

[Rofflay]

This is why i trashed AMD VSR in the other thread tee hee. £2k for the monitor with FALD £1k for the 2080ti because even with dropped settings it is not going to hit over 80 in Witcher 3.


This is why i went DSR to get 4k on my FG2421 the 1080 was locking me out of games and then it broke so i have enough for the £1k gpu now next week. But the monitor part looks a way off yet. And you have to now add in ELMB Sync because it will be mandatory. I think ELMB 4k 144hz~240hz will be the greatest gaming upgrade since 2D to 3D.

 

[Vexr]

With technology like ray tracing to accommodate, I'm almost tempted to say that 100 fps+4K @ £1k will never arrive. Afterall, most apparently can't differentiate between 1440p and 4k or anything above 60hz. From the GPU makers perspective, it will make more sense to keep the treadmill rolling as per the RTX series, where 2080 Ti owners enthusiastically but nebulously state they have 'playable frame rates!' at 1440p with ray tracing on, versus 1080 Ti owners of yesteryear saying they had blisteringly fast liquid smooth frame rates at high resolutions on ultra settings.

 

[Rofflay]

With technology like ray tracing to accommodate, I'm almost tempted to say that 100 fps+4K @ £1k will never arrive. Afterall, most apparently can't differentiate between 1440p and 4k or anything above 60hz. From the GPU makers perspective, it will make more sense to keep the treadmill rolling as per the RTX series, where 2080 Ti owners enthusiastically but nebulously state they have 'playable frame rates!' at 1440p with ray tracing on, versus 1080 Ti owners of yesteryear saying they had blisteringly fast liquid smooth frame rates at high resolutions on ultra settings.

You can turn down settings and get over 100fps at 4k in Overwatch, World of tanks, Source games, and Rocket League too on a 1080. So if you had a 1080ti you could maintain 120 in a lot of them. The £380 1080ti i saw plus a £299 AW2518HF can deliver a decent alternative. Think about it 1080p 240hz or 4k 120 or 144. But they require half hertz minimums those displays so you need to be holding 4k 120 to mess with that stuff. There you go under a grand and a experience i personally tested and was awed by and i had a CRT back in the days so i know what i am saying.