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Hey guys,

 

Just wanted some opinions on how a 2560 x 1440 monitor would run on my setup, and whether I would need to upgrade anything.

 

I'm considering picking up a 2560 x 1440 monitor to run as a primary monitor between two 1080p's (That works, right?)

I have a GTX 770 (2 GB) and an AMD 8350 and I'm assuming that the 770 would start to struggle to handle 1440p on newer games.

I'm not going to be doing any triple monitor gaming, since that obviously wouldn't run very well.

 

So the main question is, would grabbing a second 770 be able to run games on a 2560x1440 monitor?

Also the 8350 will be fine right?

 

Money is an issue here so don't tell me I need to go out and buy two 780ti's for the best 1440p performance because I'm not going to do that.

 

Thanks :D

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I have a GTX 770 and an AMD 8350 and I'm assuming that the 770 would start to struggle to handle 1440p on newer games.

 

Ya it will be mostly ok but assuming your 770 has 2GB of vram you will find times where your frame buffer reaches its limit. IMO go for the 2560 x 1440 monitor!

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770 SLI will be quite adequate. Do you have the 2 or 4gb 770?

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Sorry, the 770 is 2 GB, updated the post.

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Sorry, the 770 is 2 GB, updated the post.

You may run into some vram bottlenecking, as @MightyUnit mentioned, but it really depends on the games you play. 

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You may run into some vram bottlenecking, as @MightyUnit mentioned, but it really depends on the games you play. 

 

Even if I grabbed a second 770?

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Even if I grabbed a second 770?

Yeah, the vram doesn't double if you SLI; you'll have as much as a single card does. 

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Yeah, the vram doesn't double if you SLI; you'll have as much as a single card does. 

 

What kind of issues does vram bottlenecking cause? Is it stuttering/freezing or is it just lower framerates?

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What kind of issues does vram bottlenecking cause? Is it stuttering/freezing or is it just lower framerates?

The latter of those. If your games don't use 2gb of vram, then there's nothing to worry about.

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The latter of those. If your games don't use 2gb of vram, then there's nothing to worry about.

 

Ok, thanks a lot. 

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I think you can still play games at 1080p with great scaling, test that before you buy a new GPU. But I wouldn't recommend SLI, sell your card and get something high end with at least 3GB of vram in my opinion. I learned the hard way that high resolution gaming needs a lot of VRAM and memory bandwith.

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I think you can still play games at 1080p with great scaling, test that before you buy a new GPU. But I wouldn't recommend SLI, sell your card and get something high end with at least 3GB of vram in my opinion. I learned the hard way that high resolution gaming needs a lot of VRAM and memory bandwith.

 

How do you think one 770 4 GB would run it?

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I don't know why you guys are so scared of gaming on 1440p... I have a GTX580 with 1.5GB of vram and it runs all the games I have at 1440p at high settings no problem. 

 

A 770 with  2GB of vram should run most games just fine at 1440p.

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I don't know why you guys are so scared of gaming on 1440p... I have a GTX580 with 1.5GB of vram and it runs all the games I have at 1440p at high settings no problem. 

 

A 770 with  2GB of vram should run most games just fine at 1440p.

 

My 770 runs games at 1080p at about 70 fps (BF4, Hardline, ect) So by scaling up the resolution + the fact that there will be 3 monitors too worries me.

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How do you think one 770 4 GB would run it?

I don't know, I can't tell you numbers but it would probably help. It's sad that the kind of benchmarks are probably rare. I would try it with your current one, if it isn't acceptable, overclock the memory a shit ton (within reasonnable limits). If you see a good improvement, 770 4GB may be the answer. Please someone correct me if I'm wrong.

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I don't know why you guys are so scared of gaming on 1440p... I have a GTX580 with 1.5GB of vram and it runs all the games I have at 1440p at high settings no problem. 

 

A 770 with  2GB of vram should run most games just fine at 1440p.

Does ''no problem'' means about 30 FPS for you ?

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My 770 runs games at 1080p at about 70 fps (BF4, Hardline, ect) So by scaling up the resolution + the fact that there will be 3 monitors too worries me.

There is always the option of turning the graphics settings down a tad. Not much image quality is lost, but the performance improves significantly. I personally just use the Geforce experience program to adjust the settings to what it thinks is optimal, then tweak it from there until I have a good balance of eye candy and fps. 

 

Does ''no problem'' means about 30 FPS for you ?

No problem means 60fps. When I said "high settings" I didn't mean ultra. If he can't afford another graphics card right now, his 770 will play his games just fine at a bit lower settings until he can afford to upgrade his graphics solution. A great panel that displays nice colors and better resolution looks better  than all the bells and whistles in the game turned on IMHO.

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No problem means 60fps. When I said "high settings" I didn't mean ultra. If he can't afford another graphics card right now, his 770 will play his games just fine at a bit lower settings until he can afford to upgrade his graphics solution. A great panel that displays nice colors and better resolution looks better  than all the bells and whistles in the game turned on IMHO.

My bad then, but I really hate to speculate on performance, it's not as simple as like choosing parts that go well together and I really don't want to tell bad information, we need benchmarks.

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How do you think one 770 4 GB would run it?

Found some benchmarks, YAY : http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-770-gk104-review,3519-3.html

 

http://www.anandtech.com/show/6994/nvidia-geforce-gtx-770-review/9

 

Hope that answers your concerns. Looks like a 770 2GB can run most games at high quality at 2560x1440 with 60 FPS

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How do you think one 770 4 GB would run it?

 

The price of a 4GB 770 is very close to an r9 290. The latter is significantly faster, and with a decent aftermarket cooler runs quiet and not hot :)

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