Cheapest gpu to output 144hz at 4k.

[Defy Belief]

I'm looking at buying a TUF Gaming VG28UQL1A 4k monitor 144hz.

Before buying all the hardware to suit, I fancy trying the 4080 tier of GeForce now having had a good experience in the past and the kit for a 4k pc costing a lot of money.

The i/o of the monitor has:

DisplayPort 1.4 DSC x 1
HDMI(v2.1) x 2
HDMI(v2.0) x 2

From what I've read hdmi 2.1 is RTX 3000 series onwards and the and 6800 series and onwards, but with the cost of those cards it doesn't really make sense to buy such a card to then use cloud gaming on.

So it looks like the best route would be a gpu which has DP 1.4 with DSC, cheap as possible, what would anyone suggest?

My other option would be something like a NuC with a thunderbolt 4 port and use a thunderbolt to hdmi 2.1 adapter?

All suggestions welcome

 

[Jimbo]

6950XT or 7900XT.

 

[Defy Belief]

6950XT or 7900XT.

I said cheapest

Looks like the 6500xt has hdmi 2.1 so that might do

 

[z10m]

I said cheapest

Looks like the 6500xt has hdmi 2.1 so that might do

Quick googling tells me Nvidia Turing including low end models like 1650 and AMD 5000 series.

 

[Jimbo]

I had a 6800xt and that really struggled in 4K but I wish you luck.

 

[z10m]

I had a 6800xt and that really struggled in 4K but I wish you luck.

He said he wants to use GeforceNow

 

[z10m]

I said cheapest

Looks like the 6500xt has hdmi 2.1 so that might do

I would go with Nvidia GPU for Geforce Now as decompression of video streaming might be faster leading to lower input lag.

 

[Armageus]

Radeon 6500XT has HDMI 2.1, as does Geforce 3050. Intel Arc A380 has Displayport 2.0 DSC


My basket at OcUK:

• 1 x Asus Radeon RX 6500 XT TUF Gaming OC 4GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-47S-AS) = £124.99
• 1 x Intel ARC A380 Challenger ITX OC 6GB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-00W-AK) = £128.99
• 1 x Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Ghost LHR 8192MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card (SKU: GX-20R-GW) = £218.99

Total: £480.96 (includes delivery: £7.99)​

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Spec sheet for 6500XT as OcUK's link doesn't mention HDMI version

ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon™ RX 6500 XT OC Edition 4GB GDDR6 | Graphics Card | ASUS Global - Specifications

ASUS TUF Gaming Radeon™ RX 6500 XT OC Edition 4GB GDDR6 is a supreme stalwart of cooling and durability.

www.asus.com

 

[JediFragger]

6950XT or 7900XT.

Someone skimmed-read the post

 

[Jimbo]

He said he wants to use GeforceNow

Sorry my bad must have mis read it.

 

[BUDFORCE]

So Nvidia put 8gb of VRAM on a 3050 lol.

The one card they actually decided to put probably more than it'll reasonably be able to utilize.

Madness.......

 

[Defy Belief]

Just incase anyone visits this thread to do the same.

I ended up just ditching the 5700g build, to upgrade to a b650 setup with a 7600, which has onboard graphics I/O which supports 144hz @4k 10bit.

Net cost wasn't much more and saves buying a dog rough gpu to do something so simple, plus when 4k capable gpus are more affordable I will be able to drop straight in with little to no bottleneck now i'm on AM5

 

[neocon]

What cheap used GPU would do 4k at 100hz for watching movies only?

Maybe a new GeForce GT 1030 2GB GDDR5, that seems to be around £45