1440 pc gaming

[nightninja87]

so im getting my hands on a 2560x1440 monitor today and was wondering. what do you guys think would be a good game to test it out on and what games i should play? i have a gtx 780 and a 4670k overclocked to 4.4ghz

[Jodomcfrodo]

Any game you want...?

[Thecrazyswede]

Depending on the settings, Metro 2033 redux / last light redux is demanding as hell and i cant even max it with my dual 780's, so you gotta find the right graphical settings for you.

[ItxCrow]

If you want to test some benchmarks use the game they all use to do it. Like, Metro last light, bf4, bioschok infinite etc

[Scouten]

test out games where you experience a lot of aliasing with AA turned off at 1080 go back and try those games with aa turned off at 1440p and be amazed

 

Edit: also i hate you my 4670k cant even get 4.3ghz stable

[nightninja87]

alright i was thinking of doing battlefield 3 or battlefield 4 does borderlands 2 go to 1440? so do all games allow for 1440 or is it only certain ones?

[nightninja87]

test out games where you experience a lot of aliasing with AA turned off at 1080 go back and try those games with aa turned off at 1440p and be amazed

 

Edit: also i hate you my 4670k cant even get 4.3ghz stable

if you like ill check my voltage out and tell you what i have it set too

[Scouten]

if you like ill check my voltage out and tell you what i have it set too

Thanks but my chip just can't do it at reasonable voltage 1.375+

Also any game will allow you to do 1440 unless it's an older pre 2000 game

[Blake mcBlake]

Metro last light/crysis 3 campaign for them sexy pixels. I went from TN 1080 to IPS 1440. And holy balls metro is a new game to me I'm replaying it from the beginning

[GamerJosh]

Battlefield 3 and 4 are both good games to play at 1440p. I still remember the amazment I had playing BF3 at 1440p at 60fps for the first time, then the same again at seeing BF4 at 1440 at 110FPS. remember to try to OC your monitors refresh rate that 780 will be going above 60 alot of the time.

[nightninja87]

Battlefield 3 and 4 are both good games to play at 1440p. I still remember the amazment I had playing BF3 at 1440p at 60fps for the first time, then the same again at seeing BF4 at 1440 at 110FPS. remember to try to OC your monitors refresh rate that 780 will be going above 60 alot of the time.

how would i go about overclocking my monitors refresh rate? thats something new that i never heard before

[Silent_Xaxal]

Depends. Are you testing the benefits of higher resolutions? If yes, try something like Metro or Crysis. They (As far as I know) scale pretty well to resolution changes. Dirt 3, I hear, also scales well. 

 

Just try any 3D game, and you should have an idea.

[GamerJosh]

how would i go about overclocking my monitors refresh rate? thats something new that i never heard before

If you have an Nvidia card I believe there is settings within the Nvidia control panel, I've never done that before so I cant help you much there. However if you have AMD it is slightly more complicated but I've done it and I'm running with it now. 

 

http://www.monitortests.com/forum/Thread-AMD-ATI-Pixel-Clock-Patcher 

http://www.monitortests.com/forum/Thread-Custom-Resolution-Utility-CRU

 

Those are links to the two pieces of software needed to OC you're refresh rate on AMD.

 

All you need to do is run the patcher, open CRU select your display, click edit, raise the refresh rate slightly, restart. Repeat the last two steps until weirdness and issues occur with your display, then lower it slightly and you will have a good monitor OC. I got 110Hz out of my X-Star . I would also recommend spreading the word about monitor overclocking, not enough people know about it and do it. I mean you can potentially double your refresh rate for free.

[Lavachyste]

CSGO. With my 34um95, I see the enemy head like huge, it helps to give headshots