How many years wait till a GPU is released for 4K gaming

[chaparral]

How many years do you think we going need to wait for a GPU to be released that is going be powerful enough to run the high demanding games at 4K ?

And am only really thinking of todays games that are out now
(God knows what we going to need to run next years highend even more graphic demanding games (That if there are going be any ) )

 

[subbytna]

The 295 isn't a bad shout just now but it'll be the 4** AMD series or the high end Nvidia 9** series that will be the best shout.

 

[Davedree]

Depends on how much your willing to spend I guess.
I'd rather see a push towards improving gamE engine graphics and immersion/ gameplay than investment into just greater resolutions.

 

[chaparral]

Am gussing an easier way to put this would be

1920x 1080 needs a single 780/290
1920x1200 needs a single 780ti or 290x
2560x1440 needs two 780/290 in SLI/crossfire
3840x2160 needs ???????????

 

[Spook187]

Am gussing an easier way to put this would be

1920x 1080 needs a single 780/290
1920x1200 needs a single 780ti or 290x
2560x1440 needs two 780/290 in SLI/crossfire
3840x2160 needs ???????????

2560x1440 does not need two 290's.

 

[Kaapstad]

The simple answer is never.

By the time a single GPU is powerful enough to drive a 4K monitor the resolution will be obsolete and people will be upgrading to 8K.

 

[Kaapstad]

2560x1440 does not need two 290's.

Try running watchdogs maxed out and you would probably wish you had three 290s.

 

[Boomstick777]

2560x1440 does not need two 290's.

+1

290X / 780Ti do a decent job @ 1440P tbh.

 

[Gregster]

I would say around 6 years in truth and that is a mininimum . When you have games like Crysis struggling with 3 top end GPUs, it will take a beast to cope.

+1

290X / 780Ti do a decent job @ 1440P tbh.

60 fps solid?

 

[Curlyriff]

1920x 1080 @ 60Hz requires a single 780/290
2560x1440 @ 60Hz requires a single 780ti or 290x

1920 x 1080 @ 144Hz would require 2-way 780 SLI or 290 Crossfire


Anything that is currently 2560x1440 @ 144Hz or greater we do not get close to the numbers at moment that we would desire. I would suggest it will probably be the products released late 2015/early 2016.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1056

 

[Kaapstad]

I would say around 6 years in truth and that is a mininimum . When you have games like Crysis struggling with 3 top end GPUs, it will take a beast to cope.



60 fps solid?

I keep getting this urge to blitz Crysis 3 @1080p maxed but once you get to about 110fps you hit a CPU bottleneck.

Looks better @4K anyway.

 

[Yaayuh!]

The question is vague.

The 290X and Titan Black can "run 4K". Depends on the variables.

You talking with or without AA?
If with, what type of AA?
What are the the FPS requirements?
All settings maxed out?
Are you talking about current gen games only? Or ones released in the future as well?

In all honesty, probably will be fine later next year with a single GPU @ 3840x2160 without AA on most games, maybe a couple of settings on 'High' instead of 'Very High'. However, there will always be those games that will never run well on a single current gen GPU when maxed out.

 

[Spook187]

.60 fps solid?

Yes indeed on BF4 solid 60fps at 2560x1440 all settings ultra(Mantle)

 

[Gregster]

I keep getting this urge to blitz Crysis 3 @1080p maxed but once you get to about 110fps you hit a CPU bottleneck.

Looks better @4K anyway.

Yer, it is a showcase game for 4K with all the bells and whistles. Just hoping G-Sync will be here soon as I am missing 4K quite badly.

 

[arc@css]

I'd rather see a push towards improving gamE engine graphics and immersion/ gameplay than investment into just greater resolutions.

 

[CertifiedDan]

I would say around 6 years in truth and that is a mininimum . When you have games like Crysis struggling with 3 top end GPUs, it will take a beast to cope.



60 fps solid?

Get 90+fps on most games at max settings with a single 780ti @ 2550x1440

 

[Kaapstad]

I'd rather see a push towards improving gamE engine graphics and immersion/ gameplay than investment into just greater resolutions.

+1

Often all you get @4K is sharper rubbish graphics.

What is dodgy @1080p will look even worse @4K.

 

[Gregster]

Yes indeed on BF4 solid 60fps at 2560x1440 all settings ultra(Mantle)

What about Crysis 3 - Watchdogs - Tomb Raider - The Witcher 2 - Thief - Hitman Absolution - Sleeping Dogs... Just a few off the top of my head. Ohhh and if you are talking about lowered settings, sure that is possible but for max settings, nope. If the OP is talking about lowered settings as well, then there is cards out now that can run 4K and I am not talking dual cards

 

[Kaapstad]

Get 90+fps on most games at max settings with a single 780ti @ 2550x1440

Could you run some benches please on

Crysis 3
Watch Dogs
RTW2
BF4

 

[Uncle Petey]

I keep getting this urge to blitz Crysis 3 @1080p maxed but once you get to about 110fps you hit a CPU bottleneck.

Looks better @4K anyway.

I did exactly that when I first went trifire First proper run through of the entire game.
Thing is, I can't even tell the difference between 4 and 8xMSAA anyway, but my 'peen was certainly grateful for the experience