BF3, High, 1440p - GPU spec?

[jumeeno]

To achieve a minimum of say 40 FPS, what current card would I need for the following settings?

HIGH graphics preset
No AA applied
2560x1440

I currently get this @ 1920x1080 on my OC'd 5850 (which was a nice suprise), but a new monitor beckons so am curious

 

[jumeeno]

All lies. I run it at that setting (I'll admit I knocked shadows to medium as well as effects), and I get at least 40fps minimum at 1440p, with an average of 50fps. I have my card at 950/1200, what's yours at? This is high, not ultra to clarify.

Presuming you mean my 5850, it's running @ 875MHz. Very keen on getting the monitor ASAP, and will then upgrade to a new AMD card in the next couple of months.

I must admit that while a 3GB 580 would be nice, I was suprised to hear that's what I need for HIGH only (not Ultra) and NO anti-aliasing. To be honest, it's too close to the new cards for me to put my hand in my pocket for a 3GB 580 now anyway!

 

[jumeeno]

That's what I thought. Monitor will benefit you anyway, and you can always drop to 1080p if you don't want to play with settings and overclock your card further (although I would do both of those things). Then when 7xxx come out swoop down upon them with great joy

Sound advice Devrij. Ridiculous as it seems, I'd not even thought about lowering the resolution if required, so good point!

Do you have a Hazro or Dell by chance?

PS - 875MHz is max OC, not a great card I have (1.26v needed for that fully stable)

 

[jumeeno]

I've got a Hazro 27" 2560x1440, great monitor. Lowering the resolution for me felt really bad... it's so blurry :| but yeah, a possibility.

Yeah, I can totally imagine. A stop-gap if nothing else as and when required I guess. That said, I think I'd usually prefer high res and lower settings given the choice.

Do you have the glass or plastic Hazro?

 

[jumeeno]

I have the glass version. One of the best buys I've ever done together with my SSD.
I've tried 2560x1440 @ low and medium, it's indeed a bit better... I'll see what I'm gonna do with the graphics cards, I really wanna wait for kepler tbh... but on the other hands this isn't great right now and how long is it gonna take for Kepler to come out.

The only thing that's slightly putting me off is the aftersales support, and the threads I've seen regarding dust getting in behind the glass screen. Do you mind if I ask what swung it for you with the glass over the plastic?