Graphics Card for 1440

[AndrewZ]

I am currently trying to find the cheapest graphics card that can power 1440p.  I don't know if the 480 would be able to handle it (willing to OC).  I don't really want to dish out the cash for the 1070.

[BenoitWW]

2 minutes ago, AndrewZ said:

I am currently trying to find the cheapest graphics card that can power 1440p.  I don't know if the 480 would be able to handle it (willing to OC).  I don't really want to dish out the cash for the 1070.

options: GTX1060 or RX480

[vanished]

1070 would do it beautifully but I think the 480 would still handle it OK, depending on your expectations.  Or if you're OK with older AMD stuff, perhaps a R9 Fury?  It seems to like the higher resolutions more than other cards that it is similar to at 1080p

[featherwolf]

1 minute ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

1070 would do it beautifully but I think the 480 would still handle it OK, depending on your expectations.  Or if you're OK with older AMD stuff, perhaps a R9 Fury?  It seems to like the higher resolutions more than other cards that it is similar to at 1080p

I would say spring for the Fury X. I got mine on sale for 300 after rebate. Irun a 1440 screen and have no issues in Tomb Raider, GTA V, Shadow of Mordor, etc. All running at highest settings, or close to it and getting 60 fps.

[AndrewZ]

3 minutes ago, featherwolf said:

I would say spring for the Fury X. I got mine on sale for 300 after rebate. Irun a 1440 screen and have no issues in Tomb Raider, GTA V, Shadow of Mordor, etc. All running at highest settings, or close to it and getting 60 fps.

Are you ok with the 4GB of Ram?

[featherwolf]

Just now, AndrewZ said:

Are you ok with the 4GB of Ram?

Yeah, because it's HBM, it's basically like having 8 GB of GDDR5 I believe. The only time I run into issues is if I put GTA V on max settings and also MSAA.

[vanished]

2 minutes ago, AndrewZ said:

Are you ok with the 4GB of Ram?

I have been but then again that's 1080p...

[xAcid9]

Sapphire R9-Fury is currently on sale for $260($240 after rebate) at Newegg, that will be great for 1440p compare to 480/1060.

[jjohnthedon1]

17 hours ago, featherwolf said:

Yeah, because it's HBM, it's basically like having 8 GB of GDDR5 I believe. The only time I run into issues is if I put GTA V on max settings and also MSAA.

No just no

hmb give the card insane acces speed but if u need or use more than 4gb then there's a bottleneck 

[featherwolf]

21 hours ago, jjohnthedon1 said:

No just no

hmb give the card insane acces speed but if u need or use more than 4gb then there's a bottleneck 

At 1440p and with the top-tier games that I mentioned earlier, I never have that issue. I expect it to be much the same case for AndrewZ I made the same switch from a 390 to a Fury X and have not regretted the lower memory buffer at all. Obviously though, that's not acceptable for all applications. 

[Delicieuxz]

R9 Fury, or Fury-X are good choices that are cheaper than a 1070.

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150742

 

The answer of what is best depends on which games you want to play, and at what settings and FPS you want to play them.

[jjohnthedon1]

53 minutes ago, featherwolf said:

At 1440p and with the top-tier games that I mentioned earlier, I never have that issue. I expect it to be much the same case for AndrewZ I made the same switch from a 390 to a Fury X and have not regretted the lower memory buffer at all. Obviously though, that's not acceptable for all applications. 

I no but eg shadows of mordoor or GTA v cracked there's not enough ram