Need some opinions on a new GPU or two for 4K

ALIENZ! · Jul 15, 2015

Hey everyone, I just picked up a 4K monitor yesterday and after messing around with a few games, I've decided that I want to upgrade to a new video card, possibly two due to the framerates I'm getting. My system specs are in my signature below. I've been thinking about a 980 Ti, due to the extra VRAM, but I'm also open to other ideas. I'm also open to upgrading other system components as well.

Janus67 · Jul 15, 2015

The rest of your system should be fine.

I guess it depends on your budget, no single card right now can run at 4K at a reliable framerate. So you are basically looking at minimum 2x290x/295x2/2x980/2x390x/2xFury/2xFuryx/2x980ti

Kind of in that order, give or take. The TitanX is also a possibility, but is lacking in overall value compared to the 980ti.

]-[itman · Jul 15, 2015

With 780s in SLI not giving you the performance you want, you're going to definitely need to continue to use multiple cards. To get a real upgrade you're going to need to go with an AMD Fury (or Fury X) or 980 Ti. I posted in the other thread my opinion on that comparison:

http://www.overclockers.com/forums/...x-GTX-980-Ti?p=7839122&viewfull=1#post7839122
http://www.overclockers.com/forums/...x-GTX-980-Ti?p=7839191&viewfull=1#post7839191

Witchdoctor · Jul 15, 2015

Funny I was just reading some reviews about this

Witcher 3 really puts a beat down on single cards at 4K

I would look to 2x 980Ti's

ALIENZ! · Jul 15, 2015

Thanks for the input guys. At the moment, I'm thinking I'll go with a single 980 Ti, and run games at 1440p until I can build up the courage to buy another 980 Ti. If I could find a Fury in stock somewhere, I might be willing to give that a try, but I cannot find one in stock anywhere and I'm still skeptical about AMD's driver support.

EarthDog · Jul 15, 2015

]-[itman said:
With 780s in SLI not giving you the performance you want, you're going to definitely need to continue to use multiple cards. To get a real upgrade you're going to need to go with an AMD Fury (or Fury X) or 980 Ti. I posted in the other thread my opinion on that comparison:

http://www.overclockers.com/forums/...x-GTX-980-Ti?p=7839122&viewfull=1#post7839122
http://www.overclockers.com/forums/...x-GTX-980-Ti?p=7839191&viewfull=1#post7839191

It could be vRAM limited with the 3GB his 780's have...I would imagine they have enough horsepower, but 3GB @ 4K is simply not enough in many titles (not all... and it depends on your settings of course).

]-[itman · Jul 15, 2015

That's true, 4k really makes 3 GB cards choke on some titles. With that said, from what I've seen you still need 2 cards if you want to play at 4k and high/ultra settings. If you're willing to turn a few settings down to improve performance, I think you can get by with a 980 Ti or Fury X.

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ALIENZ! said:
Thanks for the input guys. At the moment, I'm thinking I'll go with a single 980 Ti, and run games at 1440p until I can build up the courage to buy another 980 Ti. If I could find a Fury in stock somewhere, I might be willing to give that a try, but I cannot find one in stock anywhere and I'm still skeptical about AMD's driver support.

Sounds good, though I think if you like to play at high/ultra settings, you're going to want that second card sooner than later.

EarthDog · Jul 15, 2015

A lot of people turn down/off AA (because you don't need nearly as much) and that allows a single card to be acceptable.

ALIENZ! · Jul 15, 2015

EarthDog said:
A lot of people turn down/off AA (because you don't need nearly as much) and that allows a single card to be acceptable.

Yup, that's the plan. I've had all AA related options turned off when attempting to run a game at 4K.

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Any brands I should look into? I've had my eye on the Zotac 980 Ti AMP Extreme, but I hear those suffer from quite a bit of coil whine. I'm also thinking that a stock cooler might be best as I have a mid-tower case and don't want to build up a bunch of heat in there, hence going with a blower-style card.

ALIENZ! · Jul 17, 2015

So quick update - ended up buying an EVGA GTX 980 Ti SC edition and 16GB of G.Skill sniper memory and I'm extremely impressed with the 980 Ti. I played GTA 5 maxed out at 4k for about half an hour and got an average of 40FPS, which in GTA feels really smooth. Didn't have any stuttering at all. At this point, I think I might just stick with a single 980 Ti, as I feel that the performance out of one card is more than enough for the time being.

Thanks again for all the input guys, I really appreciate it.

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