How long until we see a £300 card able to maintain 60fps at 4k?

[Participant]

Slightly arbitrary numbers in the title I grant you, but my general point / question remains - when will smooth 4k gaming be in the realm of the mid range new GPU market?

I've got a 4K screen, a 40" Philips BDM4065UC, which I bought a couple of years ago for general productivity, browsing, and media. It's great for that and gaming on it is very immersive.

I'm finding I'm starting to get a little more time for gaming now the kids are a little older, so have finally picked up Witcher 3 and am getting into it.

My GTX 970 obviously struggles at 4K, but it's just about playable for an RPG. I want a better GPU, but can't live with / justify the prices as a casual occasional gamer. They've just gone nuts. I remember when £300 got you the best.

So I'm in a tricky position where I don't want to spooge £400 on something that still won't do 4K but not sure how long I'd have to wait for anything better.

It feels like the GPU market needs an Intel Core-style revolution.

 

[Participant]

Are you talking about new or used?

I was talking about new sorry. Not brave enough to buy expensive 2nd hand GPUs.

I guess second hand 1080Tis are ~£300? [edit - nope!] and can sort of do 4k at high fps.

 

[Participant]

See it's depressing that one can spend >£500 second hand and still not be able to get 60fps with AA on a 3 year old game!

 

[Participant]

Just found out I can use 3840 x 1440 (should be 3440 x 1440 to be correct?) custom resolution with 1:1 pixel mapping on my monitor. That makes it a little easier on the GPU than 4K and means I'll probably use this resolution with a Vega 64 until I can afford a 2080Ti.



Also used the TFT Central calibrated settings with ICC profile loaded into Windows 10...big difference!