1440p ready?

[DustInTheWind]

AMD 1090T@4ghz.

 

ASUS R9 290 Direct CUII OC 4gb @ 1100mhz

 

16gb 1600mhz DDR3 RAM

 

Display I plan on buying imminently: ASUS PB278Q 1440p monitor.

 

Will I be able to run Battlefield 4 multiplayer at Ultra settings at near 60fps?

 

I've researched this on my own, but most benchmarks don't utilize my CPU or don't test on multiplayer.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

 

 

[Totally-A-Hero]

AMD 1090T@4ghz.

 

ASUS R9 290 Direct CUII OC 4gb @ 1100mhz

 

16gb 1600mhz DDR3 RAM

 

Display I plan on buying imminently: ASUS PB278Q 1440p monitor.

 

Will I be able to run Battlefield 4 multiplayer at Ultra settings at near 60fps?

 

I've researched this on my own, but most benchmarks don't utilize my CPU or don't test on multiplayer.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Ok dont buy a ASUS cooler on a amd card, its copy and pasted from the 780 so it is terrible. Im not sure but im positive that CPU is a major bottleneck. If you get a new CPU then ya if not prob not.

[VG Docs]

AMD 1090T@4ghz.

 

ASUS R9 290 Direct CUII OC 4gb @ 1100mhz

 

16gb 1600mhz DDR3 RAM

 

Display I plan on buying imminently: ASUS PB278Q 1440p monitor.

 

Will I be able to run Battlefield 4 multiplayer at Ultra settings at near 60fps?

 

I've researched this on my own, but most benchmarks don't utilize my CPU or don't test on multiplayer.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

That CPU is really tough to say, but since 1440p is really really GPU intensive, it probably also lays off a little of the CPU usage, so I'd guess it could at least do close to what you're asking, but that's only a general estimate. 

[AlwaysFSX]

That cpu is going to make the 290 run bad, you don't need 16 GB of ram either (unless you've already got it).

Ok dont buy a ASUS cooler on a amd card, its copy and pasted from the 780 so it is terrible. Im not sure but im positive that CPU is a major bottleneck. If you get a new CPU then ya if not prob not.

You do know the fixed that about 2 months ago, right?

[F2K8]

Definitely go with an i5 4670K/4690K, and I would also go with an MSI or Gigabyte card instead. If it's design you're after, MSI and ASUS cards look pretty identical in terms of colour. 

[fringie]

That cpu is going to make the 290 run bad, you don't need 16 GB of ram either (unless you've already got it).

You do know the fixed that about 2 months ago, right?

Source? Asus don't seem to know they have fixed it as I contacted them regarding the non existent heat-sink on the 290x I owned just over a month ago & it was purchased about a month and a half ago. Also, I agree with the other guy the cooler is so broken on the 290x (and most likely the 290 too). 

 

@ OP

If you haven't bought the 290 yet avoid the Asus one. It's overpriced and poo, first hand experience with the 290x lol. You also don't need 16GB of RAM but I think you already have that?

You should be fine for 1440p but it might be worth while to start putting some $ a side for a CPU upgrade.

[AlwaysFSX]

Source? Asus don't seem to know they have fixed it as I contacted them regarding the non existent heat-sink on the 290x I owned just over a month ago & it was purchased about a month and a half ago. Also, I agree with the other guy the cooler is so broken on the 290x (and most likely the 290 too). 

 

@ OP

If you haven't bought the 290 yet avoid the Asus one. It's overpriced and poo, first hand experience with the 290x lol. You also don't need 16GB of RAM but I think you already have that?

You should be fine for 1440p but it might be worth while to start putting some $ a side for a CPU upgrade.

Well from all the people that have lately been buying them and not having heating issues I'd say that's enough evidence for me. Either way, I'd go with a different one in the first place that has better cooling/OCing like something from Gigabyte or Sapphire.

[fringie]

Well from all the people that have lately been buying them and not having heating issues I'd say that's enough evidence for me. Either way, I'd go with a different one in the first place that has better cooling/OCing like something from Gigabyte or Sapphire.

Well, that doesn't mean the issue was fixed and I see no revision 2 of the card so I'm going to assume the issues still exist (I only noticed the throttling by co-incidence as the card doesn't throttle very often unless you run OCCT (or something similar) on it so I think a lot of people aren't noticing it too). @Totally-A-Hero was correct (only in regards to the 290(x) cards though, the 280(x) cards have a lot of issues too but those are different), the cooler is a copy and paste job. You can even tell by looking at it. If they just put a heat sink on the vrm temp sensor, used hynix memory & made it so the all of the heat-pipes were working the way they did when the cooler was designed for 780 then the dcuii would have been a great cooler for the 290(x) cards.

[DustInTheWind]

First of all, the ASUS cooler is excellent so far, and it handles my overclock admirably. So please stop discussing that. I appreciate the concern, but that's not what I need help with.

 

The only games I've experienced any sort of bottleneck on are non-multithreaded games, such as Skyrim. 

 

Is there anyone with experience with MY configuration that can contribute?

 

Thanks in advance.

[SpecTre12345]

First of all, the ASUS cooler is excellent so far, and it handles my overclock admirably. So please stop discussing that. I appreciate the concern, but that's not what I need help with.

 

The only games I've experienced any sort of bottleneck on are non-multithreaded games, such as Skyrim. 

 

Is there anyone with experience with MY configuration that can contribute?

 

Thanks in advance.

 

 

You should be okay with your CPU @ 4.0GHz. You are going to experience a little bit of bottlenecking (some benchmarks have an 1100T bottlenecking a little bit and other benchmarks show no bottlenecking; so probably somewhere in the middle), but not much since your CPU is at 4.0GHz. 

[Totally-A-Hero]

That cpu is going to make the 290 run bad, you don't need 16 GB of ram either (unless you've already got it).

You do know the fixed that about 2 months ago, right?

Didnt no that, thank you!

[DustInTheWind]

Alright guys, I already have the CPU, the GPU, and the RAM. 

 

I'm debating whether or not to purchase the display. 

 

Will I be able to run BF4 at Ultra setting at 1440p. Perhaps by sacrificing some AA?

 

If it's any lower than 50fps then it's unacceptable.

 

Hard numbers would be GREATLY appreciated!

 

Thanks in advance, and to all those who have answered thus far.  

[SpecTre12345]

Alright guys, I already have the CPU, the GPU, and the RAM. 

 

I'm debating whether or not to purchase the display. 

 

Will I be able to run BF4 at Ultra setting at 1440p. Perhaps by sacrificing some AA?

 

If it's any lower than 50fps then it's unacceptable.

 

Hard numbers would be GREATLY appreciated!

 

Thanks in advance, and to all those who have answered thus far.  

 

If you have AA Deferred off and AA Post on low you should be more than ok.