780 @ 3440x1440

[Telecaster]

In another chapter of my clueless monitor indecision, I'm eyeballing one of these 'ere superwide jobbies.

Would a single 780 flat out struggle to play anything at this res without dropping settings until games look like Minecraft?

I can't afford to upgrade monitor and GPU at the same time and I'm thinking that the monitor is a far more important area to spend the money and a much more considerable long term investment than the never ending merry-go-round of GPU upgrades.

I'm never going to be that guy buying the bleeding edge GPU on release day, but on the other hand I don't want to buy a tasty monitor and barely use 50% of it's gaming potential. I'm thinking in 6-9 months (or when Pascal is released) going for a 980ti or something.

 

[Digital X]

It will do OK in most games, http://www.tweaktown.com/tweakipedia/99/3440x1440-benchmarked-nvidia-geforce-cards-sli/index.html

 

[Telecaster]

Cheers for the link that's actually not as bad as I thought, although I'm concerned about VRAM, I already see it touching 2.9GB in some games at 1920x1200, I'd have thought 3440x1440 would just be way too much.

 

[Drollic]

Wait for next release. As it stands now, a clocked 780 is good for everything high to max at 1080p. I don't think they have the grunt or vram for anything more unless you want to drop settings and settle for fps in the 30-60 range game and res dependant.

I'm kind of in the same boat and wanting to go default 1440p on 27". Decided to wait on 970 replacement as I'd only be happy with 980-980ti as it stands and don't think those cards are worth the outlay at this stage given there isn't that long to wait.