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What graphics card for 1440p ultrawide (60fps)

wellibob

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Currently using a GTX980 and mostly it's adequate for my gaming needs but cometh the time I can purchase a new card (980 will go into another system of mine). A GTX1070 seems to fit the bill for the next 18 months or would it not be a big enough or worthwhile boost from a GTX980 (4790K <4.6ghz *16 gig DDR32400 SSD etc 1440p ultrawide).

Budget is really max of £400ish Thanks. (1080 seems extremely overpriced to me) and I'm not a fan of sli and the various issues with certain games not benefitting.
 
With that budget, yes buy the 1070. Will offer substantially more than a 980, which for 3440x1440, is really the bare minimum you should have.
 
1070 may struggle in few games at that res due to low memory bandwidth

in BF4 my 1070 struggled in BF4 3440X1440

my 980ti ate it up, may be worth going 980ti this time if you can get it close to 300

(my 980ti was a kingpin did 1520/8000 on air) the 1070 was watercooled and overclocked and still struggled

games like projects cars though the 1070 did just fine ( put this down to the new memory compression)

both overclocked in project cars they did exactly same fps avg etc
 
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peahead said:
Save up the extra and get a 1080 :)
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hes after 60fps, doesn't really need the 1080 :)

his monitor may not even display past 60hz

either a 980ti for 300 or a 1070 ( would not go FE ) powerlimit is only 112% and it hits it really easy

the KFA HOF looks nice.
 
yoyo59 said:
1070 may struggle in few games at that res due to low memory bandwidth

in BF4 my 1070 struggled in BF4 3440X1440

my 980ti ate it up, may be worth going 980ti this time if you can get it close to 300

(my 980ti was a kingpin did 1520/8000 on air) the 1070 was watercooled and overclocked and still struggled

games like projects cars though the 1070 did just fine ( put this down to the new memory compression)

both overclocked in project cars they did exactly same fps avg etc
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Interesting. The 1070 is still quieter and runs cooler though, and is better in DX12 so this may be important since be wants to keep it for 18 months.
 
I've the AOC 1440p 60htz so I'm thinking the 1070 (1080.... sorry I'm not paying 600 quid for any card. EVER) . I also don't see a point in the aging 980ti although it's still a good card and I'm after new so the 1070 makes more sense no??
 
I've got 980ti at this res and it plays most things at ultra settings apart from the recent stuff like ROTTR, the division, witcher 3. You'd need a 1080 for that anyway so unless you plan to sli in the future I'd say the 980ti will do the job as neither it or the 1070 are going to be able to play next years games at full settings.

If you thinking of sli then 1070 fe makes sense.
 
wellibob said:
What graphics card for 1440p ultrawide (60fps)
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This is the benchmarks I ran last night with a GTX 1080 FE at stock speeds and a i7-4770 @4.3ghz

chaparral said:
Just finished a few more benchmarks

Rise of tomb raider (3440x1440 with ultra settings)
Single 1080gtx = 32fps

Alien Isolataion (3440x1440)
Single 1080gtx =Average 119fps

Dirt Rally (3440x1440 )
Single 1080gtx =min 83fps, Average 95fps, max 113fps

Batman Arkham Knight (3440x1440 )
Single 1080gtx =min 32fps, Average 65fps, max 92fps

Grid Auto Sport (3440x1440 )
Single 1080gtx =min 104fps, Average 121fps, max 146fps

Crysis 1 (tested at 2650x1600 as the benchmark didn't give me a 3440x1440 option )
Single 1080gtx =min 58fps, Average 88fps, max 111fps

Bioshock infinite (3440x1440 )
Single 1080gtx = Average 138fps
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I don't know if I'm lucky or not but luckily my AOC displays 1080 scaling very well for games that don't make a good steady 60fps. I'm not exactly struggling with my 980 OC @1440p but I need the 1070 to cut the mustard and give me a boost in fps @3440x1440.
 
chaparral said:
In the ROTR benchmark at max setting yes..
But I haven't tried playing the game yet as I only just bought it a few days ago in the steam sale so don't know what the in game FPS are like at the same settings ..

See Kaapstad Bench Thread https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18722471&highlight=rise+tomb+raider
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That's not indicative of real world performance which won't use that level of AA I believe:

http://techgage.com/article/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1080-review-a-look-at-4k-ultra-wide-gaming/4/

A 1080 should average 73 FPS, which makes much more sense, all things considered.

EDIT: I just realised the benchmark I linked showed 'High' settings rather than 'Very High', so both benchmarks may be accurate.
 
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wellibob said:
I don't know if I'm lucky or not but luckily my AOC displays 1080 scaling very well for games that don't make a good steady 60fps. I'm not exactly struggling with my 980 OC @1440p but I need the 1070 to cut the mustard and give me a boost in fps @3440x1440.
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It's all relative in the end isn't it. What I would say though is that if you're someone who thinks a GTX 980 is 'adequate' at 3440x1440, then you will definitely be very happy with the GTX 1070. No question about it.
 
Mayh3M said:
That's not indicative of real world performance which won't use that level of AA I believe:

http://techgage.com/article/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1080-review-a-look-at-4k-ultra-wide-gaming/4/

A 1080 should average 73 FPS, which makes much more sense, all things considered.

EDIT: I just realised the benchmark I linked showed 'High' settings rather than 'Very High', so both benchmarks may be accurate.
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Quote below taken from that review
Note that this isn’t with the game at max detail, so this is one game where SLI’d 1080s would be needed to hope for 4K/60 at that detail.
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They didn't test at max detail settings..
 
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