Appropriate GPU for 21:9 Gaming

[SuperBond]

Hey, so I plan on getting an LG 34um95. My current rigs important specs are FX 8350 @4.4Ghz, 8GB of ram, and GTX760 2GB. I know that the 760 isn't recommended at all for gaming at the 3440X1440 resolution. I'm not worried about how it will handle everyday tasks such as browsing, word, excel, or other day to day things. But, I know gaming wont be at Ultra - High resolutions unless I run it at a non-native resolution... I wont be upgrading to this monitor till after taxs, and the GPU wont be till summer-mid summer. What GPU do you recommend or do you think i can get by for awhile longer then summer? Below I have a list of games I have or will get. 

 

Games I play or will play:

Bioshock infinite

Grid: Autosport

GTA V (when its out)

Farcry 3 & 4 

Elite: Dangerous 

Project Cars 

Skyrim

Random Older Games

 

[Fate]

I wont be upgrading to this monitor till after taxs, and the GPU wont be till summer-mid summer. 

Come back and ask in six months, everything will be totally different in the GPU world by then.

Recommending a GPU right now is pretty much pointless. (btw your 760 should do fine on Skyrim (unmodded), racing games, older games, etc at that resolution)

[Dude]

To be honest, that CPU would also need upgrading seeing as it's eons old and is not ready for 21:9. save up for a 4690k and a GTX 980.

[SeanBond]

Hey, so I plan on getting an LG 34um95. My current rigs important specs are FX 8350 @4.4Ghz, 8GB of ram, and GTX760 2GB. I know that the 760 isn't recommended at all for gaming at the 3440X1440 resolution. I'm not worried about how it will handle everyday tasks such as browsing, word, excel, or other day to day things. But, I know gaming wont be at Ultra - High resolutions unless I run it at a non-native resolution... I wont be upgrading to this monitor till after taxs, and the GPU wont be till summer-mid summer. What GPU do you recommend or do you think i can get by for awhile longer then summer? Below I have a list of games I have or will get. 

 

Games I play or will play:

Bioshock infinite

Grid: Autosport

GTA V (when its out)

Farcry 3 & 4 

Elite: Dangerous 

Project Cars 

Skyrim

Random Older Games

for 3440x1440p? two 980's/780ti's is just about perfect if we are talking right now, but waiting is never a bad idea.  They may not because two great for 4k but they can handle that resolution very nicely. But whatever comes out later is obviously going to be better.

[Fate]

To be honest, that CPU would also need upgrading seeing as it's eons old and is not ready for 21:9. save up for a 4690k and a GTX 980.

At higher resolutions the CPU starts to become less of a bottleneck, unless he's running SLI/Crossfire with high end cards, he'll probably be fine most of the time.

FX-8350 to 4690k isn't worth the upgrade at resolutions higher than 1440p with single cards imo, and I'm the "residential FX hater"

[kpreg]

NOT 970s

yes i did

[ablangc]

I would recommend the 980 SLI but I am biased.

[SuperBond]

I would prefer Single GPU configs. The general populous seems to be recommending the 980. I was leaning that way but wanted confirmation. So you guys don't think a 970 would be good?

[Thor829]

http://www.tweaktown.com/tweakipedia/56/amd-fx-8350-powering-gtx-780-sli-vs-gtx-980-sli-at-4k/index.html

 

just going to put this here about the processor.

[Matthew12106]

I would prefer Single GPU configs. The general populous seems to be recommending the 980. I was leaning that way but wanted confirmation. So you guys don't think a 970 would be good?

Yeah a 980 would be alright I guess obviously not maxing out very demanding games. I run a 8350 and gtx 970 on my 21:9 2560x1080 monitor and I can max out games as it's only 33.3% harder to drive than 1080p. However 3440x1440 is more than double 1080p at 238.8% of 1080p. If you want you could wait until nvidia comes out with their fully fledged Gm200 gpu whether they call it the 980ti or the Titan x²-2y² or whatever. I also recommend checking out Amd's 390x series as they would probably be released by summer (March I think). If you just want to save a bit of money a 21:9 2560x1080 would still be amazing 21:9 but cheaper and easier to drive. I highly recommend the LG UM2965 which I am currently using.