GPU required for 7680 x 1600

[thegamezbeplayed]

Any body using triple 2560 x 1600 screens? I was wondering what cards you were using. Particularly how much memory you think is required or a good amount for that amount of pixels. Please share thoughts!

[191x7]

I would not recommend going bellow 3GB of VRAM for that kind of a settup. A GTX 670 4GB or HD 7950 3GB at least.

But it would be better to go with a stronger card like the Sapphire HD 7970 Toxic Limited 6GB

http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=75179&vpn=11197-04-40G&manufacture=SAPPHIRE

For gaming your best choice would be two of these in crossfire...

[Helltech]

3GB at least, going to want at LEAST SLI/CF 670/7950 and even with those you won't be getting great FPS with decent settings. I'd go with triple SLI 4GB 670s.

[thegamezbeplayed]

http://www.asus.com/Monitors_Projectors/MX279H/ i hope they make this in 2560 x 1600 soon!

Hopefully next gen gpus will come standard with atleast 3gb on mid to high end.

My plan is to get 1 monitor at a time. Hopefully by the time i get my 3rd screen i can afford my second GPU.

Im thinking of starting with 1 radeon 8970 or 1 780gtx.

[thegamezbeplayed]

I would not recommend going bellow 3GB of VRAM for that kind of a settup. A GTX 670 4GB or HD 7950 3GB at least.

But it would be better to go with a stronger card like the Sapphire HD 7970 Toxic Limited 6GB

http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=75179&vpn=11197-04-40G&manufacture=SAPPHIRE

For gaming your best choice would be two of these in crossfire...

that thing is sick!

[R4STABAN]

Nothing current can handle this res, sorry.

Well, not with good frames.

You will need more than 2gbs of vram and more than a 256bit bus, so nvidia is out.

crossfire 7970s will not be enough, tri-fire probably not either. quadfire = driver explosion.

Edit: for example:

I have 680 lightning SLI both @ 1337/7300

6040x1080 (my surround res) = 6523200 pixels.

Far cry 3: max settings, HBAO, but only 2xmsaa. 1.8Gb vram usage. frames are too low to play. (25-30)

7680x1600 = 12288000

= nearly 1.9x the amount of pixels as my res.

You might be able to get away with it with 4 GPUs. But.. ergh..

[TechFan@ic]

Two Sapphire HD 7970 Vapor-X 6GB cards , or two GTX 680 4Gb cards .

You will most definitely need more than 3GB of RAM.

In fact for a single 2560x1600 monitor with high AA and AF settings you will start using up slightly more than 2GB of RAM , so take that and multiply it by 3 , you will probably need at least 3GB of RAM if you use no AA or AF , 4GB of ram if you use minimal AA & AF settings & 6GB of RAM if you use high levels of AA or AF for 3x2560x1600.

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages...nchmark,8.html

[R4STABAN]

Continuing my far cry 3 example, you may be able to get away with 2 7970s if you turn all settings to medium with no AA.

2 x 680 (stock atm@ 1202/6000) full medium no AA = 80 fps~ dropping to high 60s with more action. On 7970s would probably be 95 ish dropping to 70ish at my res (6040x1080).

I'm not sure the fps will scale down linearly as the pixels scale up linearly by 1.9x though. I still think the 256bus on nvidia cards rules them out for the planned res.

[thegamezbeplayed]

Two Sapphire HD 7970 Vapor-X 6GB cards , or two GTX 680 4Gb cards .

You will most definitely need more than 3GB of RAM.

In fact for a single 2560x1600 monitor with high AA and AF settings you will start using up slightly more than 2GB of RAM , so take that and multiply it by 3 , you will probably need at least 3GB of RAM if you use no AA or AF , 4GB of ram if you use minimal AA & AF settings & 6GB of RAM if you use high levels of AA or AF for 3x2560x1600.

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages...nchmark,8.html

less need for AA with higher res

[thegamezbeplayed]

I dont plan to use current cards. Im just asking who uses this resolution and what there success is.

[Opsilon]

To be short and simple:

You need at least a high end 2gb+ vram multigpu configuration like 2 680's with 4gb or 2 7970's, and if you want that from a single card 690 or "7990"/7970x2, that is the minimum you will need to play stuff on medium details, if you want eye candy you will have to shoot above this...

[thegamezbeplayed]

We should revisit this topic after the next series of gpu's are out

[Opsilon]

We should revisit this topic after the next series of gpu's are out

why? because all of us gave you the bare minimum, everything else should be a bonus XD

[thegamezbeplayed]

We should revisit this topic after the next series of gpu's are out

Being realistic I am prolly only gonna get 2 gpus and I like to play max settings. Not so much a framerate guy. Plus they are so close to being released. I merely wanted to know what people use now so i could better prepare for the future.

[Uberskills]

2 Sapphire HD 7970 Vapor-X 6GB minium or go for 4 and then it might at 60+ frames

[thomas88sau]

Any body using triple 2560 x 1600 screens? I was wondering what cards you were using. Particularly how much memory you think is required or a good amount for that amount of pixels. Please share thoughts!

dued u NEED a gtx 680 4g for that res

[Travianw135]

8990 when it's released? Should have better performance than the 7990, which already screams.

[Drethstoff]

I'm only running one 2560x1600 monitor with a gtx 590. Most of the games I play the memory runs between 800 to 1.3gb. Other games like far cry 3 or other graphically intense games will max my memory out. I would say wait for the next series of cards and hope they have a shit load of vram other wise its gonna be a disaster. I would no north of 6 gigs easily for 7580x1600.

[TechFan@ic]

Two Sapphire HD 7970 Vapor-X 6GB cards , or two GTX 680 4Gb cards .

You will most definitely need more than 3GB of RAM.

In fact for a single 2560x1600 monitor with high AA and AF settings you will start using up slightly more than 2GB of RAM , so take that and multiply it by 3 , you will probably need at least 3GB of RAM if you use no AA or AF , 4GB of ram if you use minimal AA & AF settings & 6GB of RAM if you use high levels of AA or AF for 3x2560x1600.

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages...nchmark,8.html

I played on 2560x1600 and still needed at least x2 AA , preferably x4 AA .

[killerx525]

A 4GB 670 is useless even at 5760 x 1080 let alone trying to run 7680 x 1600, best bet is going with 7970s because of the large memory bandwidth.