Best graphics card for...?

[TempleSoup]

So the most demanding game i have on my steam library is COD Black ops 3, so i have a question: Which Nvidia graphics card can Run Cod at the highest settings, at 1080p, with 144fps with minor Frame drops on a full lobby of Mp or zombies.

i'll take personal and technical experience, or just any actual experience.

im trying to reduce the cost on a build of mine so just asking for opinions.

[Phentos]

I would say a GTX 1070. 

[cj09beira]

1060 (not the 3gb version) or above in nvidea on 580 for amd 

[TempleSoup]

50 minutes ago, Phentos said:

I would say a GTX 1070. 

i'll look into it, thanks!

[COUPER MILLAR]

A used 980 ti might be a good option too. 

[scottyseng]

18 minutes ago, TempleSoup said:

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Also vote for the 1070.

 

If you want to be cheap, used 980 Ti, but you pay with power. Overclocked, if you can get the 980 Ti to 1.5 GHz, it'll outpace the 1070 (also overclocked).

 

I own a 980 Ti, and two 1070s, and so far the 980 Ti still pulls ahead...but heat output is much higher on the 980 Ti.

 

I got them all used because I don't really care about minor scratches since I use them for rendering anyway.

[JJVGaming]

Gtx 1060 or 580 is good for 60hz gaming at 1080p but you will not exceed 100 fps for most aaa games, so for 144hz i would get a 1070. 

[faziten]

So: You want 1080p@144Hz gaming.

 

1070 all the way, but you'll need a strong CPU.

(probably waiting Vega will give you slightly more performance than current 1070).

 

Games have different hardware needs. Far Cry is heavily dependant on 4 high ipc / high clock cores. You could buy a 7600K OC it and it will outperform the 6950K. No matter what you do. While Witcher 3/ BF1 will poop your i5 on certain areas of the game / maps. 

 

High FPS not only require a high end GPU but a CPU that can process that many draw calls you ask for. Usually a 4.0Ghz+ CPU so ... overclock.

CoD BO3 may be "more demanding" than let's say CS:GO or Far Cry 4, but that does not mean they use resources in the same way, and they don't. You could invest on Ryzen but to be honest, the absolute best experience is on intel keeping the minimums and 1 percentile high. 

 

You will also need high frequency RAM to keep those 1 percentile and minimum FPS as high as possible, which is the only case where high speed ram is actually any better. The diminishing returns come with 2666Mhz+, so a 2800Mhz is good to go. (if you can buy 3200 even better). 

 

At 144Hz makes a lot more sense to lock Vsync ON. Input lag is not so prominent as in 60Hz (16.6ms Vs 7ms) and you free up some CPU at the end of the spectrum to keep the minimum fps as high as possible, the ideal case being constant 144Hz. (The 1 percentile will still be there, due to DCP latency caused by OS, drivers, etc). Even if you could handle lets say 300FPS in some game, stressing out the CPU to reach that insane FPS count, will bring up the 1 percentile / minimum fps. GTA 5 is a clear example reviewed in depth by GamersNexus. Try to go higher than 187FPS and random stutter (game engine pooping itself to death). 

 

I do game at 1080p with a 1070 + 5820K @4.0Ghz and i can tell you not everything is 144hz. Some games still have the 60FPS cap. (mostly ports). Others just ask too much of GPU power and others ask too much of few cores. It won't be a perfect 144hz across all games be sure of that.

Buying the latest IPC CPU, high freq Ram and GPUs that have been tested for long (drivers get better and less spikes occur), will give the closest experience you can get of 144Hz gaming.