4k gaming

[VolkA]

Hi guys, would like to ask if I were to do 4k gaming, would 1 GTX 970 be enough? Or 2 GTX 970 would be the minimum. Or maybe even 2 GTX 970 would not even be enough. Please help on this.

 

Thank you!

[dizmo]

Depends on the game.

2 970's will give you all right performance in most games.

[TheKDub]

Hi guys, would like to ask if I were to do 4k gaming, would 1 GTX 970 be enough? Or 2 GTX 970 would be the minimum. Or maybe even 2 GTX 970 would not even be enough. Please help on this.

 

Thank you!

 

 

A single 970 would be decent, you could probably get 30+ FPS in most games with medium or higher settings depending on the game, though two 970s would be ideal.

 

A single 970 can get about 60 FPS average in skyrim maxed out with high res textures at 4K, so you should be able to get by just fine.

 

(Crysis 3 is a different story, on very high settings, 16x af, 0x aa, 4K, you would probably only get around 20FPS average.)

[WoodenMarker]

What's kind of games are you playing?

Have you taken a look at 970 4K gaming benchmarks?

[kameshss]

May be 970x2 probably get you good framerates.

[Fate]

1 970 will be enough as long as you don't plan on playing the newest AAA titles maxed out (medium-high without AA should get you 60fps in the newer titles). I personally play my favorite games comfortably with a R9 270 at 4k however I do plan on upgrading very soon since it can't keep up with newer/AAA games (I play a lot of racing titles and whatnot).

That being said, I recommend a 290x over a 970 for 4k gaming. 

[VolkA]

Awesome. Thanks alot guys. At least now i know 1 GTX 970 would be enough but 2 GTX 970 would be better.

 

Depends on the game.

2 970's will give you all right performance in most games.

Thank you! When you mentioned right performance in most games, you meant high / highest setting and yet decent fps right?

 

 

What's kind of games are you playing?

Have you taken a look at 970 4K gaming benchmarks?

 

Mainly Dota 2. Haha. I know, the gpu power needed here is low. But I do play other titles (in the future, mainly AAA title and therefore needing to buy GTX 970 or above).

 

1 970 will be enough as long as you don't plan on playing the newest AAA titles maxed out (medium-high without AA should get you 60fps in the newer titles). I personally play my favorite games comfortably with a R9 270 at 4k however I do plan on upgrading very soon since it can't keep up with newer/AAA games (I play a lot of racing titles and whatnot).

That being said, I recommend a 290x over a 970 for 4k gaming. 

 

Yeah, lots of my friends actually recommend me the 290x. But ... I kind of like nvidia a bit more than others. Nothing wrong with AMD. Just a personal liking I guess (I know I'm stupid to like brand/looks before performance). 

[dizmo]

I suggest going through this review and seeing what games you play, then checking the 970 vs 970 SLI numbers.

Games like Dota, LoL, Diablo III etc use next to nothing.

 

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_970_SLI/

[WoodenMarker]

Mainly Dota 2. Haha. I know, the gpu power needed here is low. But I do play other titles (in the future, mainly AAA title and therefore needing to buy GTX 970 or above).

Get a single 970 and add another later if you find your performance unsatisfactory.

[VolkA]

I suggest going through this review and seeing what games you play, then checking the 970 vs 970 SLI numbers.

Games like Dota, LoL, Diablo III etc use next to nothing.

 

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_970_SLI/

 

Awesome! Will read up later after my work. Thank you!

 

Get a single 970 and add another later if you find your performance unsatisfactory.

 

Thanks! Will do so I guess, get a single GTX 970 1st then if the performance is not good, will get another GTX 970. Thank you!