Help needed on 4k gaming!

[TruisticHurdle1]

I want to do 4k gaming with games such as GTA, Minecraft, Battlefield, COD, dayz, ass. Creed, and more. Does my CPU matter? Should I get an i5 4690k, i7 4790k, or go with the new haswell-e CPUs?

Or, does the cpu not even matter and I should get a better graphics card. (I'm going with gtx 980 sli)

Thanks!

[Altecice]

GPU>CPU.

Personally two 980's wont be enough power to be playing the most recent AAA games on ultra so thats what keeps me away from 4K atm but goodluck  :lol:

[Toddwjp]

GPU>CPU.

Personally two 980's wont be enough power to be playing the most recent AAA games on ultra so thats what keeps me away from 4K atm but goodluck  :lol:

 

yep but 4k has the advantage of scaling perfectly to 1080p so you can do that for demanding games and then just play older ones on 4k,

[Altecice]

yep but 4k has the advantage of scaling perfectly to 1080p so you can do that for demanding games and then just play older ones on 4k,

 

Really? Im sure I heard lots of stories of playing 1080p games with massive black borders due to playing a 4k monitor at 1080p?

Also windows doesn't scale well to 4k as the text/images are either tiny and clear or massive and blocky. (Its fixed in W10 though)

[Toddwjp]

Really? Im sure I heard lots of stories of playing 1080p games with massive black borders due to playing a 4k monitor at 1080p?

Also windows doesn't scale well to 4k as the text/images are either tiny and clear or massive and blocky. (Its fixed in W10 though)

 

if you use something like the nvidia control panel you can upscale, eg each 1 pixel at 1080p becomes 4 pixels at 4k 

[LemonSpice]

Really? Im sure I heard lots of stories of playing 1080p games with massive black borders due to playing a 4k monitor at 1080p?

Also windows doesn't scale well to 4k as the text/images are either tiny and clear or massive and blocky. (Its fixed in W10 though)

no that is because the resoklutions are not scaling aka 1440p and 1080

[Altecice]

if you use something like the nvidia control panel you can upscale, eg each 1 pixel at 1080p becomes 4 pixels at 4k 

 

 

no that is because the resoklutions are not scaling aka 1440p and 1080

 

Hmm learn something everyday I suppose

 

PS- Sorry for hijacking OP's post. 

[LemonSpice]

Hmm learn something everyday I suppose

 

PS- Sorry for hijacking OP's post. 

its fine the whole point is to learn something and that's what you did

[Columbo]

It would be nice if the 4K stuff has the 2560x1440, I know they do 1920x1080. Is 4K 3840x2160? The monitor manufacturers should include higher resolutions so those who do not have the ability to play at 4K can play somewhere in between. 

[DogandHorse]

GPU>CPU.

Personally two 980's wont be enough power to be playing the most recent AAA games on ultra so thats what keeps me away from 4K atm but goodluck  :lol:

I'm sorry to say buddy, and I mean this in the friendliest way possible, but that statement is totally incorrect. Two 980's provides exceptional levels of power, and with quite a bit of 4k experience on a significantly less graphically powerful rig (2 x HD7970), I can totally appreciate the experience two GTX 980's would provide. I can play BF4 maxed out at 4k at around 30-40fps. Not so pretty at times hahahahaha, but it's clear to me that two GTX 980's would play close to, maybe even surpass, the 60FPS barrier. Remember, the vast mmajority if not all 4K monitors are capped at 60hz. 

http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/geforce-gtx-980-sli-review,23.html - This should give you a link to a page demonstrating very similar results to what I suggested.