Smogsy Upgrade help

[smogsy]

Need some upgrade advice

Been playing Black Flag & BF4 bit lower than 4k (DSR/Resolution scaling)
Which has made me think i could jump to 4k

I been using Nvidia DSR @ 3880x1537 which is quite bit lower than 4k.

my question what do you think?
2 cards enough or tri-sli good enough for 4k?
do you think i should upgrade to x99 if i go three cards?
should i just go to 1440p?
should i just wait?


Currently got
i7 3770k @ 4.6 (can go higher)
MSi Mpower z77
16GB 1666mhz
2x 980 Stock
hx850w

Monitors
29134WM
SASA950D
Dell Studio 22" x2

 

[Gregster]

Well, some good news is the higher the res, the less work the CPU has to do, so that saves you having to go for a new mobo/CPU/RAM upgrade and I am a fan of 4K and would be all over it if not for my impatience on G-Sync.

Not long to go for the Acer 4K2K, which is the first 4K G-Sync monitor.

Grab the monitor and see how you go before buying another GPU - If you feel you could do with a few more frames, grab another.

 

[RanxZy]

Yeah the cards will scale best on the first two anyway so you could see what your performance is like then add another if needed.

 

[smogsy]

could do however to go tri i would need x99 due to z77 being x8 x8 x4?

 

[pgi947]

Could always just source out an mve, will do 8/8/8 for tri sli and be a damn sight cheaper then x99.

 

[Gregster]

could do however to go tri i would need x99 due to z77 being x8 x8 x4?

The X4 wouldn't make much more than 1-2 fps difference at 4K, so I wouldn't worry about that but if you intend on going 4K, see how it goes and decide from there.

 

[triss]

I'd buy the monitor and try before i went tri sli.