What sort of budget am I looking at for 4k gaming?

[Senden]

Tempted to build a new computer probably in August and I'll be looking at building one with 4k gaming in mind, preferably on max settings with a steady frame rate. What sort of budget will I be needing for this roughly? I'd assume I'd be needing to run dual GPUs? I won't actually be getting a 4k monitor until probably winter but will still be looking to build with 4k in mind.

 

[stulid]

£1.5k - £2k for a tower+os

 

[subbytna]

SLI 1080 gpus - these alone will be £1100+

Then you have the rest of the build to do.

 

[varkanoid]

building one with 4k gaming in mind, preferably on max settings with a steady frame rate.

This is the problem. No one knows for sure at the moment until the new cards are out.

 

[geordiejc]

SLI 1080 gpus - these alone will be £1100+

Then you have the rest of the build to do.

Speaking from experiance as a 4k Gamer, this will be overkill.

A single 1080 should be enough. I get 40-55 fps in games like witcher 3, the division etc... on high/ultra settings on a single 980 ti.

Budget wise you can build yourself a no frills skylake system 8gb ram 500gb SSD for ~£500 plus the cost of a 1080 £550 - £600 then choose your 4k monitor.

 

[subbytna]

I guess if the 1080 is as good as they say then you might be ok with 1 of them. I still think 2 will be needed for future titles and to future proof himself for a couple of years.

 

[geordiejc]

I think the 1080 Ti will be the first 'true 4k' card.

 

[ExoMale]

400-500 = ps4.5

 

[jamiehavok]

according to benchmarks a single 1080 can do 4k at 60fps on high, not ultra on current games, but only just. still pretty impressive for single card https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-61Zn4Sb8Q

 

[Bradley1928]

You'd be looking at the 2k mark as previously said. But if you're not looking at playing everything on ultra with everything maxed out then you can happily spend 1.5k