GTX 750 TI

[mascen]

Dear linustechtips forum, 

 

I have become very interested in 4K monitors. As I have some money to spare I am looking at possibly purchasing a 4K monitor.

 

I am currently running this system:

 

Hadron Hydro - 500 W 80 Plus Gold

 

Asrock Z97 AC

 

8 GB G.Skill DDR3 1866 MHz

 

G3258 @ 4,00 GHz, cooled with Enermax Liqtech 240M

 

ASUS GTX 750 TI STRIX

 

So here is the question:

 

Would it be possible for me to run games such as CS:GO and League of Legends in 4K @ 60 Hz with my current system? I am specifically looking at this monitor: ASUS PB287Q. 

 

Kind Regards

[Thorium19]

You might be able to run LoL at low settings and framerates, but anything more intensive and you'll struggle. An R9 280 would be the lowest I would look at for running those sorts of games on 4K because of the amount of memory and the bandwith available.

[Tim Drake]

lol, if you want ANY games to run at 4K you can't go for a budget gaming GPU.. soz

[dragoon20005]

Pentium G3258 and GTX750Ti for 4k gaming even with LoL and CS:GO are a stretch

 

i will say the only viable combo for the above is at least i3 and R9 290 as the minimum

[mascen]

If I were to upgrade the GPU or CPU, which would make the biggest difference? GPU, right? I would upgrade to a 4690k or r9 285-290? Would the G3258 bottleneck the GPU?

[dragoon20005]

If I were to upgrade the GPU or CPU, which would make the biggest difference? GPU, right? I would upgrade to a 4690k or r9 285-290? Would the G3258 bottleneck the GPU?

4690K and 290X will be golden for 4K

 

then again if you want to max everything and maintain at least 30-40fps

 

you will need to have 2 GPUs as the minimum

[PetiteBob]

A R9 290 or 285 and a G3258 you would not get the best performance as it is very unbalanced. So save you money to get a 4690k and a R9 290

[mascen]

I am not looking to max all graphics; merely running said games at a reasonable framerate - preferably 60+ fps.

 

I won't be able to afford both a new GPU and a new CPU. Which upgrade would give me best results? I guess the questions is: when will the G3258 start to bottleneck the GPU? 970?

[dragoon20005]

I am not looking to max all graphics; merely running said games at a reasonable framerate - preferably 60+ fps.

 

I won't be able to afford both a new GPU and a new CPU. Which upgrade would give me best results? I guess the questions is: when will the G3258 start to bottleneck the GPU? 970?

the Pentium while being the cheapest OCable CPU

 

is not made for running games at decent fps

 

you will see fps spiking and sudden fps drops to 0 and stutter

 

the minimum to get is the i3 as even the locked nature of the CPU has 4 treads which is important for most games and will be better in the long run

[mascen]

I guess there just is not a cheap way around 4K gaming. Is the AOC U2868PQU a reasonable monitor? I believe it is the cheapest possible 4K 60 Hz monitor. This would leave extra money for another component. Still not a big difference from said ASUS monitor.

 

[dragoon20005]

 

I guess there just is not a cheap way around 4K gaming. Is the AOC U2868PQU a reasonable monitor? I believe it is the cheapest possible 4K 60 Hz monitor. This would leave extra money for another component. Still not a big difference from said ASUS monitor.

 

 

it should be a fine 4K monitor

 

but be wary of the input lag

[mascen]

Thank you all for the answers. Helped me a lot :-)