Sub $550 5,760 x 1,080 Video Card recommendation.

[GzeroD]

I'm looking to grab a new video-card(s) to game at 5,760 x 1,080 on, I'm looking to not spend any more than $550, and I am willing to wait until late January or early Fen If I need to for the crypto boom to die down on the AMD side.

Also I wouldn't want to be cpu bound so I'm interested on your opinions on weather I'm going to be CPU limited (I5 3570k @ 4.7). If you think I will be what in your opinion would make a more appropriately video card for my rig?

 

Other factors:

Mantel: looks like it could be very good: preferred but not a necessity.

Gsync: Not interested in getting new monitors at this time: Non factor.

VRam: I'm thinking I will want to keep the eye-candy on high and at this resolution; I dont think 2Gb would cut it :3GB minimum

Crossfire or SLI: Very willing to invest in an SLI or Crossfire setup as opposed to a single card.:Will consider

Card sound and heat : If I go AMD I wont be going reference cooler I also game with a headset : Non Issue

Current Build:

CPU: I5 3570K @4.7

CPU Cooling: Antec Kuhler 620 w/Push&Pull fans

Ram: 32 Corsair Vengence 1600 CL9

Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme 4

PSU: 850W Thermaltake SP-850M

SSD: OCZ 120GB Agility 4

HDD: 2x WD 2TB Caviar black (no raid)

Current GPU: 5770 in Crossfire @925 Core; 1225 Memory.

Thanks in advanced for your suggestions and comments.

 

[Brazsty]

This might be your new card? http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-GTX780-SuperClocked-03G-P4-2784-KR/dp/B00CUIVSNS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1388151057&sr=8-1&keywords=780

Its on sale for 500bucks.

[Excon]

780 or 290. If you can find a 290 for 500$ that is, triple 1080p already uses up 4Gb of VRAM.

[GzeroD]

Do you think that the extra 1Gb will make a large difference in eyefinity performance (between the 780 and the 290)?

[N3D9ed]

Do you think that the extra 1Gb will make a large difference in eyefinity performance (between the 780 and the 290)?

It won't. Unless the game pushes over 3GB, then that 1GB will make a difference.

[FellTheSky]

Do you think that the extra 1Gb will make a large difference in eyefinity performance (between the 780 and the 290)?

 

Nah, at 4k on 780ti vs r9 290x only farcry 3 exceeded the 3 gb ram mark. And this was on  very high settings.

 

It should be ok at 5760 x 1080

[Ryan Leech]

If you are on a tight budget, you could even go with a 270X. I'm watching my friend play on 5760x1080 with his 270X in bf4 on medium right now. If you have the money, I would recommend an R9 290 for the 4GB of vram as it will perform much better.

[GzeroD]

If you are on a tight budget, you could even go with a 270X. I'm watching my friend play on 5760x1080 with his 270X in bf4 on medium right now. If you have the money, I would recommend an R9 290 for the 4GB of vram as it will perform much better.

 I'm not on a too tight of a budget, but its never too early to start saving for an Occulus Rift .

Do you know what kind of frame rate your friend is getting (average and minimum if he's done any benchmarks)

[Ryan Leech]

 I'm not on a too tight of a budget, but its never too early to start saving for an Occulus Rift .

Do you know what kind of frame rate your friend is getting (average and minimum if he's done any benchmarks)

He usually gets 40-45fps.

[GunnAthax]

I have the 7970 Ghz (single) this get's the job for me, can run bf4 eyefinity at ultra

So i would go for a 7970, 280x or a 290 when the custom coolers are avaleble

[AleXileD]

I run 2 gigabyte 7970GHz  at 5760x1080res and get 80 fps constant playing Battlefield4 with everything set to HIGH (not ultra).

I have just tried running it with 1 card on ultra like GunnAthax did and he is right 1 7970 can handle  battlefield4 on ultra at 5760*1080 but this also means 

you will get max 30fps with dips to 25 and peaks to 35fps AND your card will be working hard (100% capacity).

 

Also worth mentioning is gameplay is not as smooth at 30 fps as it is on 80fps.

 

So I would recommend  7970 in Xfire if you can afford it and want smooth gameplay on ULTRA settings (if i remember correctly i got about 55fps on ultra)

 

or 1 7970 but run your game at HIGH settings... gameplay will be smoother and BF4 still looks badass at HIGH settings...

 

I have no experience with 290X so i don't know how 1 290x will behave with BF4.

 

Hope i helped!

[martinrox1568]

780 or 290. If you can find a 290 for 500$ that is, triple 1080p already uses up 4Gb of VRAM.

umm find me the source, cause I don't believe that. My 2.5 display, which has almost the same amount of pixels barely uses 2.3gb of vram.

[Excon]

umm find me the source, cause I don't believe that. My 2.5 display, which has almost the same amount of pixels barely uses 2.3gb of vram.

I know for a fact depending on a game that running triple monitors will use 4Gb of VRAM, this is from talking to a guy with SLi Titans and 3x BenQ XL2420t monitors.

[martinrox1568]

I know for a fact depending on a game that running triple monitors will use 4Gb of VRAM, this is from talking to a guy with SLi Titans and 3x BenQ XL2420t monitors.

What games? In merely curious if I can replicate the results to an extent with a 2.5k monitor

[Excon]

What games? In merely curious if I can replicate the results to an extent with a 2.5k monitor

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