1440p Graphics Card

[jake2.5]

Hello all, first post, so any dependencies are my bad 

 

I am going down to my local Micro Center today to buy the rest of a mid to high end build that I have started. So far I have an Intel i7 4820k, an Asus Sabertooth X79 and 16gb of Crucial Ballistix Tactical memory.The reason for going all Ivy Bridge-E is that at the time it somehow-due to offers- was cheaper than the Haswell refresh and since I will be coding and using virtual machines which will want use all of those lovely threads etc. I thought why the hell not.

 

College aside I want to be able to game at 1440p at ultra settings with a solid 60fps on my Asus PB278 monitor and I cannot decide which graphics card to go for which is why I am enlisting your help.

 

Let's set a $600 (american) budget, go nuts 

 

[Vacsol]

r9 290x

[Archangel1994]

Sapphire R9 290X Vapor-x

 

Or if you can stretch the budget a bit. EVGA GTX 780 Ti SC w/ ACX cooler

[Jobbe03]

Sapphire Tri-X 290x

[Cokeman]

R9 290x or GTX 780 only ones $600 and under that could do 1440p on 90% of games but I would recommend a 780 ti

[Interfectorem]

Sapphire R9 290X Vapor-X. That 512-Bit memory bus and 4GB loves resolutions higher than 1080P. You can't go wrong with it.

[jake2.5]

Thanks for the replies 

 

Is the 780ti THAT much better than an R9 290x?

[CoolBeans]

single 290, then when you get an extra 150$ crossfire them

[CoolBeans]

Thanks for the replies 

 

Is the 780ti THAT much better than an R9 290x?

 

no, 200$ for 10ish FPS

[rambi36]

Sapphire R9 290X Vapor-X. That 512-Bit memory bus and 4GB loves resolutions higher than 1080P. You can't go wrong with it.

Basically this. Although if you plan to add a second card down the line I would get a 780 because Crossfire still has a bunch of scaling issues 

[jake2.5]

Interfectorem, on 14 Aug 2014 - 12:49 PM, said:

Sapphire R9 290X Vapor-X. That 512-Bit memory bus and 4GB loves resolutions higher than 1080P. You can't go wrong with it.

Basically this. Although if you plan to add a second card down the line I would get a 780 because Crossfire still has a bunch of scaling issues 

 

So single card R9 290x, possible dual card 780? Thank you!

[Toddwjp]

or do the hipster approach and use 2 770s in sli

[Tacitus]

I'd say two 280xs, or if you can stretch two 290s.

[legend8887]

GTX 780Ti, but I would wait for the 800 series.

[i_build_nanosuits]

I'd say two 280xs, or if you can stretch two 290s.

i agree with this guy, no single GPU graphics card on the market as of today will render games at 1440P on ultra max settings at 60FPS op, not happenning...so your best bet would be to get 2 Radeon cards (cause they are cheaper) and run them in crossfire...R9 280X or R9 290 in CFX will render 60FPS at 1440P max settings in MOST games, yes...

[Tacitus]

i agree with this guy, no single GPU graphics card on the market as of today will render games at 1440P on ultra max settings at 60FPS op, not happenning...so your best bet would be to get 2 Radeon cards (cause they are cheaper) and run them in crossfire...R9 280X or R9 290 in CFX will render 60FPS at 1440P max settings in MOST games, yes...

 

At any rate, I know in just about all modern games (crossfire support, scaling and frametimes in older games are a bit more flaky) two 280xs will outperform a single 780ti for less money. On a budget it's hard to go wrong with.

[maizenblue]

Plus one for the sapphire vapor r9 290x. I doubt it would be able to run 1440p on ultra at 60 plus fps in most games but its probably the closest you will come with a single card.

 

Even if the 780 ti was in your price range it probably wouldn't give noticeably better performance at 1440 and would probably lag behind the vapor in some games. I know in a head to head benchmark review I read the MSI lightning 290x beat the 780TI in most games at 1440p, and I doubt the vapor is that much behind the lightning.