35" Ultrawide (3440x1440) on an older GPU (NVIDIA GTX 570)?

dangermouse425 · 15 Jul 2019 at 12:00

I am interested in getting an 35” Ultrawide monitor, likely resolution 3440x1440. Mostly for productivity (audio editing, comparing word docs side by side, multi-tasking, etc), but also for gaming.

However my GPU (NVIDIA GTX 570) states that it supports up to 2560x1600 resolution. What does this mean in real terms? Will it be able to run games at 3440x1440, just at a lower frame-rate? Or will it not work at all? Will I need a new GPU?

JediFragger · 15 Jul 2019 at 12:22

dangermouse425 said:
Will I need a new GPU?

Looks like man, that's one old ass graphics card!! Looks like it won't support it.

Squid Vicious · 15 Jul 2019 at 13:11

Found a couple of posts that suggest you can hook it up with hdmi - but it'll only support 3440x1440 @ 30hz.

Time for a new graphics card - think you'd struggle to run any games with your current one

dangermouse425 · 15 Jul 2019 at 18:19

Hmm, tricky! Wonder whether it's worth upgrading more components alongside the GPU? Would I be bottlenecked by my old components (rig specs in sig block)?

Uaon · 15 Jul 2019 at 18:26

To be honest even if it could run that res, it wouldn't be able to drive it, you could go 2560x1080

Radox-0 · 15 Jul 2019 at 19:42

Agree with other posts. In terms of output you will not be able to do 3440 x 1440 @ 60fps. Will mean your not going to be able to get the full functionality of the monitor and gaming is another matter, more so with any modern title. Could be worth a GPU upgrade.

In terms of CPU, yes, there will be some games that can punish a older quad core these days, so depends what you play. With that said, you may be okay. Hardware unboxed did a review recently with a 2500k oc'd: https://youtu.be/_jiXkrRoD4w results are at 1080p, but that is okay as usually the usage will generally go down at 3440 x 1440 as you tend to be more GPU limited.

But your a change in GPU will net you a bigger change first.