Any Bottlenecks In My System For 1440P Gaming?

Terminal_Boy · 2 Sep 2017 at 10:25

After an utterly unplanned purchase which resulted in my becoming the owner of a Vega 64, I'm wondering if my aging PC will support single monitor 1440p gaming at decent frame rates.

I many play SP shooters, adventures, RPGs and tactical strategy games such as XCOM 2.

PC spec:

CPU : i5 2500K @ 4.3GHz using Corsair H60
MB : ASUS P8P67
RAM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance Blue 1866MHz
Storage : Crucial M500 960GB
PSU : Corsair RM750

While I will have the money to invest in a 1440p monitor in the near future, I don't have the funds for a new monitor and new CPU/MB/RAM combo on the horizon any time soon.

An overwhelming "no" to my question will keep me gaming at 1080p for now and begin planning a new system upgrade for 2018.

Thanks in advance for any info and opinions received.

mistersprinkles · 2 Sep 2017 at 11:53

You can play at 1440P if you want but you won't get the same framerates in a lot of heavily multithreaded games that somebody with a modern i7 would.

Terminal_Boy · 2 Sep 2017 at 12:33

Hmmm.... That's the answer I was expecting and fearing.

Looks like it's Plan B and a full system upgrade in 2018.

Scythe · 2 Sep 2017 at 12:49

If you decide to get the 1440p monitor to use with the 2500k, can you report back on how your system reacts?

I have almost the exact same system to you excl. GPU and I am debating upgrading GPU and a new monitor, and saving for a new core system when the Ryzen refresh or new intel chips come out next year.

Terminal_Boy · 2 Sep 2017 at 13:06

Scythe said:
If you decide to get the 1440p monitor to use with the 2500k, can you report back on how your system reacts?

I have almost the exact same system to you excl. GPU and I am debating upgrading GPU and a new monitor, and saving for a new core system when the Ryzen refresh or new intel chips come out next year.

Will do. I'm also considering a Ryzen based system now that lots of cores is providing the same gaming performance as 1-2 powerful ones (Intel).

Matkinson · 6 Sep 2017 at 10:11

I think you'll probably be fine, assuming 60fps is your goal, not 144.

I run 1440p with a 2600 and 0 issues.

TrojanWhore · 7 Sep 2017 at 19:26

I have the same cpu, same mobo, and 16GB of the white vengeance, with a G1 1070 on a 1440p DGM, and it's run everything I've tried very well, but the cpu is definitely the thing I need to change next. Looking at a ryzen 5/7 at the moment.

As you have a Vega, I'd definitely look for a freesync monitor, even if you can't stretch to a high hz model.