GPU for 1440p gaming

[DimasRMDO]

I think GTX 970 should do or R9 290/R9 290X, getting a GTX 980 is too much in my opinion (overkill).

[michaelk12]

GTX 960. If you want future proofness, get a 970.

[Diceair]

For minecraft you need 4x GTX titans an 5960x with LN2 cooling on both GPU and CPU and then try to overclock the cpu to around 7GHz and the gpu as much as you can...lol

[Delusional Phil]

960 will do ... 

[xAcid9]

770 or 780 if you can find a  really cheap reference model. 

[zipmiX]

GTX 780, 780Ti, 970. 1440p demands some power to run, it demands more than you might think in that resolution. I use 2x 780 on my Swift monitor which is 1440p. I personally have quite high standards when it comes to graphics settings though. It really comes down to which settings you wanna use. Ultra settings in every game or if you don't care too much about that and can play on low to high then it wont be a big problem at all. 

[UpsetPeck]

960 4gb

[mwthomas10]

GTX 780, 780Ti, 970. 1440p demands some power to run, it demands more than you might think in that resolution. I use 2x 780 on my Swift monitor which is 1440p. I personally have quite high standards when it comes to graphics settings though. It really comes down to which settings you wanna use. Ultra settings in every game or if you don't care too much about that and can play on low to high then it wont be a big problem at all. 

what games, settings, and framerates do you get?

[Whorax]

Titan X. B)

[DimasRMDO]

Titan X. B)

[zipmiX]

what games, settings, and framerates do you get?

 

Well it depends on the game, for instance in GTA V which im into a lot right now, im around 90-100fps. And I'm NOT playing everything at ultra/highest settings. I use the default settings, which is high and very high settings, with no Anti-alising active. With that, I get around 100fps, which is a very good framerate. If I manually put everything on the highest setting possible, veryhigh/ultra, and still leaving anti-alising blank (because it just takes too much performance), I get around 60-80 fps, which FOR ME is too low to feel super-smooth. Again, I have high standards. And remember this is on 2x780's, not 1 card. I really would like an extra gig of graphics memory though. 4GB is the sweetspot nowadays I think.

but yeah, that's what I get. In battlefield 4, I can run everything at ultra and anti-alising at maximum too, and still get well above 100fps, in 1440p. So you would be OK with 1 card I think if you dont have the same standards as me ^^  

 

EDIT: I've also noticed that the GRASS QUALITY setting and the SHADOWS setting in GTA V is the most demanding settings on ones system, after anti-alising that is. Anti-alising is always the most demanding setting in any game.