Best Graphics Cards for 4K/1440p Gaming?

[asharahmed]

Hey all I'm facing a small dilemma, I'm planning on buying either a 4K or 1440p monitor (most likely 4K, will be playing games on 1440p modes and using 4K for the other stuff) and am not sure which monitor or graphics card to go with: currently I have GTX 760s in SLI. Anyway, I wanted to run current titles like Watch Dogs, GTA 5 (when it comes out), BF4, etc you get the picture on either medium or high settings.

 

I was looking at the GTX 980 but then I thought something different and anyway then I started looking at the 970, standalone or in SLI. Then I started thinking about the recent AMD price drops and found some cheap deals on some 290Xs which can be had for $350, 780 TIs at the cheapest $471, and 980's for $619 lowest, and 970's for $359.

 

Also, I'm still debating the whole monitor thing: go for a korean monitor or a Samsung 4K 590D?

 

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[Aniallation]

Two 970s.

[cloclo8003]

I guess two 290X in crossfire or two 780s or 970s in SLI will do the job

[asharahmed]

I guess two 290X in crossfire or two 780s or 970s in SLI will do the job

Thanks so 2 780s can run games in 1440p?

[cloclo8003]

Thanks so 2 780s can run games in 1440p?

It should

[cloclo8003]

Thanks so 2 780s can run games in 1440p?

However a single 780ti could also do the job

[yumri]

one thing to note will be that the 780ti will be better than the 970 and 980 for 4k gaming so either the 780ti or a 295x2 if you are going into 4k gaming as the memory bus on the 970 and 980 isnt wide enough to do 4k gaming for some reason as that is about all which is worse on the 980 than the 780ti.

in short i say the 780ti if you want / need CUDA for any reason but the 295x2 if you are going to play mantle enabled games.

[asharahmed]

one thing to note will be that the 780ti will be better than the 970 and 980 for 4k gaming so either the 780ti or a 295x2 if you are going into 4k gaming as the memory bus on the 970 and 980 isnt wide enough to do 4k gaming for some reason as that is about all which is worse on the 980 than the 780ti.

in short i say the 780ti if you want / need CUDA for any reason but the 295x2 if you are going to play mantle enabled games.

 

I will be playing the games in 1440p but on a 4k monitor. I want to use the 4k for other stuff

[Razzaa]

Nothing handles 4K very well imo.

[Faceman]

For 1440p

 

GTX 780, 780 Ti, R9 290X, 970, 980.

 

To get comfortably high fps in all titles at 1440p, you are looking at two cards.

 

For Ultra 4k, even two cards is still not pushing above 45fps in a lot of titles and that is at less than Ultra settings.  Ultra 4k is still not viable.

 

R9 295X2 I think is the best for Ultra 4k at the moment, but even then, still not more than 45fps at medium-high settings.