Looking for a 4K gaming solution

[bloxboy]

Hello all,

 

This summer i'm looking to upgrade my current setup (below) to a 4K capable super duper rig.

 

Current build:

 

MSI Z87-GD65 

EVGA GTX 770 SC Edition

Intel i7 4770k @ 4ghz

Corsair AX760 PSU

Samsung 840 series 246gb SSD

 

What i'm currently looking at is 2 way SLI with MSI's 780 Twin Frozrs and an Asus rog-swift 4K panel.

 

Please let me know if you think that this build will be sufficient (Games i play are Battlfield, GTA V, Far Cry, Chivalry, etc.)

 

Thanks everyone,

 

-John

 

 

[hak4fun]

budgeT for just the PC?

[Comessy]

Dual 290x or a 980 is what you need

[Fate]

Just wait until the summer to ask as there will be new cards out then and all recommendations made here will likely be invalid. 

[sgloux3470]

How cheap are you getting those 780's?  Unless you're getting the pair of them for $500 or less, I think you have better options.

 

imo either go with a 290 CF or 970 SLI config.  Those are the two most cost effective choices for 4K right now.

 

 

[Tempestwins]

Honestly, You should probably just aim for a 1440p build since 4k is still quite a bit away from being optimized, and just upgrade your GPU(s) when the time comes.

[Cheddle]

Hello all,

 

This summer i'm looking to upgrade my current setup (below) to a 4K capable super duper rig.

 

Current build:

 

MSI Z87-GD65 

EVGA GTX 770 SC Edition

Intel i7 4770k @ 4ghz

Corsair AX760 PSU

Samsung 840 series 246gb SSD

 

What i'm currently looking at is 2 way SLI with MSI's 780 Twin Frozrs and an Asus rog-swift 4K panel.

 

Please let me know if you think that this build will be sufficient (Games i play are Battlfield, GTA V, Far Cry, Chivalry, etc.)

 

Thanks everyone,

 

-John

 

My 980 (scoring 15,000 in firestrike) is inadequate for 4k gaming. it will do it, but not in AAA titles, not at more than 40 fps.

 

you want SLI Titan X ideally. Not even joking.

 

SLI 980's likely have enough GPU power but 4gb of DDR5 is not enough.

[bloxboy]

Alright, let's say when the price drops I go with the Asus ROG 144hz 1440p monitor and pick up a 980, will that handle it?

[Sorfex0]

Alright, let's say when the price drops I go with the Asus ROG 144hz 1440p monitor and pick up a 980, will that handle it?

One 980 wont handle 1440p at 144hz. 2 of them should do fine.

[CalebTheEternal]

4 Titan X's and give me 2 of them and you should be good.

[m_tieu]

You should go with at least 2 980's. I have 2 780ti's in sli and still get only get 45fps avg on most AAA games on ultra. If you adjust settings to high or medium, you can get over 60fps consistently.

[sgloux3470]

My 980 (scoring 15,000 in firestrike) is inadequate for 4k gaming. it will do it, but not in AAA titles, not at more than 40 fps.

 

you want SLI Titan X ideally. Not even joking.

 

SLI 980's likely have enough GPU power but 4gb of DDR5 is not enough.

 

You can slightly turn down graphic settings to get a lot more than 40 FPS.  I run 4K with a single 980 just fine with minimal sacrifice.  Some titles like Advanced Warfare run locked at 60 FPS on the highest settings aside from supersampling.  BF4 for example runs on ultra except for two settings that I lower to Very High and it hits 60 FPS consistently.  Try tweaking things a little bit instead of dragging every single slider to the max and 4K becomes very playable.

 

4 GB of VRAM is plenty.  Most games don't even require 3GB at 4K.  The only time a game uses more than 4 GB it's because of uncompressed textures that no one should be using.  (Shadow of mordor for example)  

[swifty7]

what will I need (reasonably) to run GTA V 4k @60fps maxed out? that's my goal.

 

yeah..

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I know Titan X...right?  That's out of my price range at the moment.

[Tempestwins]

Look into the IPS G-Sync Acer Predator monitor.. that thing is pretty beast.