single GTX 9x0 enough for 21:9 3440x1440

[cluelessgenius]

so the "final" setup im planning involves one of those super duper fancy shmancy 21:9s but would a single 9 series card cover gaming at it? should i wait for whatever they got up their sleeves next ? im really not a fan of sli but i would consider it if neccesary. so basicly would getting a 970 or 80 be enough or should i wait for whatever comes next.

[JoaoPRSousa]

IMO the 970 is enough

[zapsyou]

A 780ti is enough for 3440x1440p therefore a 980 should be enough but I would recommend waiting till the 980ti or Titan 2 (which ever card is going to use the gm200 core with 2800 cuda cores and maxwell architecture)

 

Edit:

BF4 Benchmarks 780ti overclocked at 3440 x 1440p

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bx3NJAQthPaxVGg0amNPa0NrY2c/edit?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bx3NJAQthPaxRkwyMjJkWFA2YXc/edit?usp=sharing

[askmax]

For almost the same price gtx 970 sli would perform much better than a gtx 980.

[cluelessgenius]

IMO the 970 is enough

in your opinion? so you think its gonna get reasonable fps in light fps from payday to splinter cell and some more intense rts from anno to whatever?

[cluelessgenius]

A 780ti is enough for 3440x1440p therefore a 980 should be enough but I would recommend waiting till the 980ti or Titan 2 (which ever card is going to use the gm200 core with 2800 cuda cores and maxwell architecture)

any idea on when its coming?

[cluelessgenius]

For almost the same price gtx 970 sli would perform much better than a gtx 980.

well lets not look at the price im just not a fan of sli and would only consider it if nothing else is a valid option

[AlwaysFSX]

IMO the 970 is enough

3440x1440? Lol, no. It's not.

[zapsyou]

any idea on when its coming?

It'll most likely be released after AMD 300 series but rumours say Q4 this year

[Hngrgms]

A 780ti is enough for 3440x1440p therefore a 980 should be enough but I would recommend waiting till the 980ti or Titan 2 (which ever card is going to use the gm200 core with 2800 cuda cores and maxwell architecture)

Edit:

BF4 Benchmarks 780ti overclocked at 3440 x 1440p

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bx3NJAQthPaxVGg0amNPa0NrY2c/edit?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bx3NJAQthPaxRkwyMjJkWFA2YXc/edit?usp=sharing

I dont think that a single gpu can handle that kinda screen in high demanding games you at least need 2 970 s or wait for titan2 or980ti

[zapsyou]

I dont think that a single gpu can handle that kinda screen in high demanding games you at least need 2 970 s or wait for titan2 or980ti

Well I have done it myself and benchmarked , so how can you doubt it?

[JoaoPRSousa]

3440x1440? Lol, no. It's not.

It wont handle 1440p? OK then, Im a noob at this, but Im glad some one gave some better opinions than mine

[Hngrgms]

Great news(for me)that means 2 970 can handle 4k:)

Edit:nvm im very bad at reading numbers....

Edit:im so confused

[AlwaysFSX]

It wont handle 1440p? OK then, Im a noob at this, but Im glad some one gave some better opinions than mine

That's not 1440p.

[JoaoPRSousa]

That's not 1440p.

As I said Im a noob at this then what is it?

[AlwaysFSX]

As I said Im a noob at this then what is it?

1440p is 2560x1440.

3440x1440 has no real name of a resolution. It's a lot harder to run than 1440p too.

[cluelessgenius]

sooo....

[cluelessgenius]

im not hardcaore gaming bf4 or crysis or anything im just enjoying a good game of anno, payday, splinter cell etc. basicly every game with a good coop with my buddy ever so often and when i game i sont want to play at low settings is there no real confident answer?

[MEC-777]

It should be, more or less, a matter of simple math. 

 

2560 x 1440 = 3,686,400 pixels

 

3440 x 1440 = 4,953,600 pixels

 

3440x1440 has +1,267,200 or 34% more pixels than 2560x1440. So to give you an idea of the performance you'll get, just look at 2560x1440 (1440p) benchmarks and lower the frame rate by 34%. 

 

For example, say in BF4 at 1440p Ultra settings, the GTX 970 delivers about 50fps, then at 3440x1440 it should give you approx 33fps (34% less than 50).

 

However; It will most likely be a bit better than that because many games don't render natively at 3440x1440 and "stretch" the image at the sides and thus, not actually rendering more detail within the scene. It's probably closer to 25-30% performance loss in most games.

[i_build_nanosuits]

Even two GTX 980 in SLI will struggle for 40FPS in many games at such a resolution.

[i_build_nanosuits]

snip!

What you've forget to mention is that 1440P is almost twice the pixel count of 1080P ALREADY:

1920 x 1080 = 2 073 600 pixels

2560 x 1440 = 3,686,400 pixels

[Thebman712]

I would say that a single 980 wpuld be best

[MEC-777]

What you've forget to mention is that 1440P is almost twice the pixel count of 1080P ALREADY:

1920 x 1080 = 2 073 600 pixels

2560 x 1440 = 3,686,400 pixels

Yep.

 

It can be deceiving just how many more pixels there are, even if it doesn't look that much bigger. I think GPU manufacturers are really going to have to start bumping up single GPU horsepower over the next couple years as 4K is beginning to become a thing. Before too long, 1440p will be the new standard to replace 1080p. While we already have single GPUs that can handle 1440p, beyond that you really need 2 GPUs to push all those pixels and maintain 60fps+.

 

I think 4K is going to accelerate high-end GPU development and perhaps we will start to see much more significant raw performance gains with each new generation, rather than the smaller, incremental gains we've been observing of the past few generations.

 

These are exciting times in PC gaming.

[TheBlindAndDeaf]

A 780ti is enough for 3440x1440p therefore a 980 should be enough but I would recommend waiting till the 980ti or Titan 2 (which ever card is going to use the gm200 core with 2800 cuda cores and maxwell architecture)

Edit:

BF4 Benchmarks 780ti overclocked at 3440 x 1440p

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bx3NJAQthPaxVGg0amNPa0NrY2c/edit?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bx3NJAQthPaxRkwyMjJkWFA2YXc/edit?usp=sharing

[TheBlindAndDeaf]

What settings?