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GPU requirements to run 4k games at 120hz when available

Vector Sigma

Vector Sigma

Vector Sigma

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Hey everyone,

This is my rig at the moment, and I was wondering is this going to be sufficient to play 4k games at 120hz with a decent FPS?

This is my rig:


Chillblast Fusion Prometheus X99 Ultimate PC
Corsair Obsidian 900D Wrapped in Automotive Grade Vinyl - Prometheus
32GB Corsair Vengeance DDR4 2666MHz Memory (8 x 4GB sticks)
Asus Rampage V Extreme Intel X99 Motherboard
Corsair Air Series Fans in Red (complete case replacement pack)
Full Dual Loop Water Cooling for CPUs and Video Cards - Prometheus
Intel Core i7 5960X Haswell-E 8-Cored 3.50GHz Processor (Overclocked up to 4.4 GHz)
Cold Cathode 30cm Twin V2 Blue fitted within case
Chillblast NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Graphics Card (Overclocked to 1.4Ghz)
Chillblast NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Graphics Card (Overclocked to 1.4Ghz)
Chillblast NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Graphics Card (Overclocked to 1.4Ghz)
Chillblast NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Graphics Card (Overclocked to 1.4Ghz)
Corsair AX 1500i 80 PLS Titanium Modular 1500W PSU
Onboard High Definition Audio
Windows 10 Pro 64 bit
Windows Optimisation Service
1000GB Samsung 850 Pro Solid State Drive
1000GB Samsung 850 Pro Solid State Drive
1000GB Samsung 850 Pro Solid State Drive
RAID 0 Configuration - Choose 2 identical hard disks above
27" Asus PG278Q LED GSYNC Widescreen LED Monitor
Diamond 24 Thermal Paste
Blu-Ray ReWriter B9 290
 
There's no monitor currently capable of running 4K @ 120 Hz, so it's a bit moot. Plus you'll likely need DP 1.3 or Super MHL cables - which your GPUs don't support.

Then you need to think about which games and what level of visual quality. I'm sure my system (dual TX) can run Borderlands 2 at 4K and 120 FPS, and The Witcher 3 gets a good frame rate as long as I have Hairworks off.

And really you have too little VRAM for the highest quality settings anyway.
 
You'll probably be looking at High end Nvidia Pascal in SLI for 4k/120hz

That's assuming they will come with DP 1.3.

Nvidia tend to be quite foward thinking in that respect.
 
VincentHanna said:
You'll probably be looking at High end Nvidia Pascal in SLI for 4k/120hz

That's assuming they will come with DP 1.3.

Nvidia tend to be quite foward thinking in that respect.
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If they use 1.3 they won't be able to sell their overpriced gsync modules anymore.

I doubt anyone will complain about lack of new ports though, it'll become a non-issue again in 6 months or so.
 
Orangey said:
If they use 1.3 they won't be able to sell their overpriced gsync modules anymore.

I doubt anyone will complain about lack of new ports though, it'll become a non-issue again in 6 months or so.
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It should be backwards compatible?

Companies will just need to release UHD 120hz monitors with DP 1.3 and G-sync modules.
 
4K at 120 fps!? Apart from no monitors spporting this. There is not a GPU on the market that would manage this.

4 way SLI Titan X's and I don't think you would see 120fps at 4k with the graphics turned up.

Thats the problem with 4k. GPU's are introduced incrementally, keeping up with CPU's and game demands. 4K suddenly demands 4x more (and then some) from GPU's. I forsee a problem in the future as something is going to have give way. when 4K Tv's are "fairly standard" in a few years. Asking people to pay £2000 for a GPU to play 4K will be simply unacceptable.
 
Quartz said:
There's no monitor currently capable of running 4K @ 120 Hz, so it's a bit moot. Plus you'll likely need DP 1.3 or Super MHL cables - which your GPUs don't support.

Then you need to think about which games and what level of visual quality. I'm sure my system (dual TX) can run Borderlands 2 at 4K and 120 FPS, and The Witcher 3 gets a good frame rate as long as I have Hairworks off.

And really you have too little VRAM for the highest quality settings anyway.
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His topic does say 'when available', so your observation is rather moot.
 
Your build sucks though, 4x980s? Stupid.

Anything that can stress them will run out of VRAM. 2x 980ti would be a better choice, and cheaper.

Or even drop that silly 8 core CPU for a 6 core, and save some cash by halfing the ram, get rid of those SSDs, put a single 950 Pro 512GB in for booting, and a 6TB WD Black for games, use the cash you have saved and go 2x Titan X

Save some cash replacing the PSU with a Superflower (I say this as someone that owns the overpriced AX1500i) drop the blu ray rewriter.

Looks like you just went to a website, selected every most expensive option, and posted it here to pretend you were thinking about buying it.
 
To be honest OP, come back in 2 years time and we may have a solution to recommend.

rtho782 said:
Your build sucks though, 4x980s? Stupid.

Anything that can stress them will run out of VRAM. 2x 980ti would be a better choice, and cheaper.

Or even drop that silly 8 core CPU for a 6 core, and save some cash by halfing the ram, get rid of those SSDs, put a single 950 Pro 512GB in for booting, and a 6TB WD Black for games, use the cash you have saved and go 2x Titan X

Save some cash replacing the PSU with a Superflower (I say this as someone that owns the overpriced AX1500i) drop the blu ray rewriter.

Looks like you just went to a website, selected every most expensive option, and posted it here to pretend you were thinking about buying it.
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Although I sort of agree with some of what you said (although, not the attitude behind it), I certainly don't agree with putting games on a mechanical drive!!
 
SSD RAID0 is not a good plan though.

If I put all my steam games on SSDs, I'd need ~8TB of SSDs. :/ My sequential reads are over 600mb/s on my 3x4TB Black array, I do put the odd game onto my SSD.

A 512GB 950 Pro would be a much better boot drive, if he really must have his games on an SSD and doesn't have many steam games, a single 2TB 850 EVO would be a better choice.
 
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