Skyrim !!!

[prolemur]

I want to be able to play Skyrim maxed out w/ mods and a minimum of 60 fps on a 4K resolution. What would be then best solution right now?

 

Monitor + GPU

[tp95112]

A very beefy sli/crossfire settup (Titans,7990)

[foxhound590]

depending on the mods titan or mutable titan you will need the memory.

tho some mods will tax CPU as well

[XiaoPigs]

I'd probably go with SLI for now because of the way Crossfire is coded in the drivers. SLI I would say is more stable. Plus having two Titans means you have a very large e-peen already *wink wink*

[prolemur]

What's up with the ads on the forum now?

 

Did I miss them talking about it during the live stream?

[prolemur]

nvm, my mom was using my computer and downloaded some coupon finder -_-

[xAcid9]

Either GTX 680 4GB SLI or Titan SLI. AMD Crossfire is a mess in Skyrim.

[IceSanity]

Is this is a surround config or you actually buy a 4k monitor already? if you did already, you might as go all out with some titans

[physX]

Titan in SLI 2-way 

[Chub]

If money is no object then 2 Titans will do a good job, but as xAcid9 suggested 2 4GB 680's will do the job.

[Maverik5124]

Dual titans!! You will need the memory for mods and the power for 4k resolution. If you don't have that much money get dual 680s 4GB

[TechFan@ic]

For 4K you will need at least one Titan.

[Si3Rra_7]

wow . all this money just for gaming... I LIKE IT ! ( btw , are you sure skyrim supports 4k ? )

[xAcid9]

wow . all this money just for gaming... I LIKE IT ! ( btw , are you sure skyrim supports 4k ? )

Yes. 

 

Sauce: Frame Rating: High End GPUs Benchmarked at 4K Resolutions - PCPers.com

[R4STABAN]

With mods? This could mean anything. If you're using heavy texture mods I'd say Titan SLI. 680s won't cut it.

 

Far too expensive though, I'd wait to see what next gen or the gen after has with regards to 4k gaming tbh.

[xAcid9]

I don't think PCPER use any mod. Yeah, with mods i think even 2 Titans just barely cut it.

[brownninja97]

Id say get the Sapphire 7970 6gb toxic. Its a monster and well its a monster and two of them is a behemoth. Three is a revolution and four is how angry linus would get without eating a pickle in a live stream

[xAcid9]

Id say get the Sapphire 7970 6gb toxic. Its a monster and well its a monster and two of them is a behemoth. Three is a revolution and four is how angry linus would get without eating a pickle in a live stream

Crossfire is still a mess in Skyrim even with the Prototype driver.

 

[brownninja97]

Im sure one 7970 toxic should be good. I think the evga gtx680 classifed version should be ok as it has 4gb of ram and i dont think thats too lacking and well it costs less then the titan and the 7990 and the 690.

[bradscoolio]

The max refresh rate of a screen at 4k is 30hz due to bandwidth limitations of the current display inputs.

Once we get a new revision of HDMI We might be able to get 60hz, in which case 2 Titans should do the trick :)

Not sure on what monitor though.

[tabuburn]

The one problem I have with Skyrim is that SLI/Crossfire scaling isn't that good, even with just 2-way.

[Maverik5124]

The max refresh rate of a screen at 4k is 30hz due to bandwidth limitations of the current display inputs.

Once we get a new revision of HDMI We might be able to get 60hz, in which case 2 Titans should do the trick :)

Not sure on what monitor though.

No. This is a hdmi limitiation as far as I know. Display port supports 4k @ 60hz.

[R4STABAN]

Im sure one 7970 toxic should be good. I think the evga gtx680 classifed version should be ok as it has 4gb of ram and i dont think thats too lacking and well it costs less then the titan and the 7990 and the 690.

 

Having lots of vram is not going to allow a 680 or a 7970 to render decent frames at 4k. a single 680 or 7970 is still a single card at a resolution that is bigger than 3x1080p

[tabuburn]

Having lots of vram is not going to allow a 680 or a 7970 to render decent frames at 4k. a single 680 or 7970 is still a single card at a resolution that is bigger than 3x1080p

Yup. Having tons of VRAM if the GPU itself does not have to horsepower to take advantage of it. Even more for the 680 since it only has a 256-bit memory interface.

[bradscoolio]

No. This is a hdmi limitiation as far as I know. Display port supports 4k @ 60hz.

OK. Have fun then.