Ultrawide gpu grunt?

wellibob · 2 Jan 2016 at 23:20

Looking at 60htz 21.9 monitor's and would like to know what single gpu solution would run the latest games at 60 fps along with a 6700k and plenty of ram.

34 inch 1080p (60htz) would need what gpu to run everything (games) at 60 fps?

34 Inch 1440p (60 htz) would need what gpu to run everything (games) @ 60fps?

Thanks

Warbie · 3 Jan 2016 at 00:23

I've yet to to try a 21:9 monitor, but my 390x (which I believe is about on par with a GTX 980) could not power 34" 21:9 1440p at 60fps. At standard 1440p it often drops below - depending on the game of course. With older stuff it flies. I've ordered the Acer 35" 21:9 1080p as a result and am quite excited.

Howling · 3 Jan 2016 at 00:54

I've the XR34 so 3440x1440 and I've found 1 Fury X is plenty (which is why I've sold one of my X's).

old gamer · 3 Jan 2016 at 02:08

Howling said:
I've the XR34 so 3440x1440 and I've found 1 Fury X is plenty (which is why I've sold one of my X's).

Likewise, I'm finding a single fury is doing a sterling job

Radox-0 · 3 Jan 2016 at 02:14

Finding a Titan X on its own does a good job in most titles, 2 allows all the eye candy and using DSR and whatnot. I expect a 980Ti would be pretty good also.

R9 Nano also does a decent job in most titles at maintaining 60 fps with some of the more demanding settings toned down.

This is for 3440 x 1440.

wellibob · 3 Jan 2016 at 10:29

980gtx @ 1440p ultrawide or not really? Thanks

old gamer · 3 Jan 2016 at 10:41

witb aa knocked down a bit games will look good and play fine with a 980

Simon Belmont · 3 Jan 2016 at 11:37

wellibob said:
980gtx @ 1440p ultrawide or not really? Thanks

A 970 would be fine also. You might need to knock down a few settings. I use a 970 on a Asus Swift ROG 1440p G-Sync and all games run just fine.

jigger · 4 Jan 2016 at 09:32

wellibob said:
980gtx @ 1440p ultrawide or not really? Thanks

I would't buy one now at current prices. The R9 Fury is much more future proof.

wellibob · 4 Jan 2016 at 10:48

I was looking at the AOC 34" 1440p but today Clockers put it up £40. So no sale for them. So annoying.

Purgatory · 4 Jan 2016 at 14:15

wellibob said:
I was looking at the AOC 34" 1440p but today Clockers put it up £40. So no sale for them. So annoying.

A lot of places are selling them for £499.99 still,maybe call up ocuk and see if they can price match. I have the monitor and it's fantastic. No back light bleed at all and the normal levels of ips glow.

Others wanting a 34" 1440p a 780ti and up is all you need with a few settings turned down on the demanding games. If you want all the eye candy 100% a single 980ti. For the 2560 x 1080 a gtx 780 and up is all you need for a very good experience. You don't need sli or crossfire for these monitors. 4K you need 2 top cards and then suffer the horrible windows scaling. This is why I didn't go 4K and ultrawides were so much nicer to use for gaming, movies that fill the whole screen and a desktop that is large and readable without any scaling issues. 4k with 100% windows scaling = 40"+ to be readable.

Nerfing your desktop with scaling in my opinion is basically worse than native lower resolution as it can cause blurry interlaced fonts and icons.