1440p monitor with gtx 970, pascal

[mnmCarlos]

Im building a pc and i want to game at 1440p. I want to get the ACER G257HU for $250, which is 60hz(which is OCable) and 4ms response time. (don't really care for all that gsync and free sync stuff) That being said, my plan is to get a 970 until the new pascal cards come out. IS it a good plan? Is this worth to wait? Or should i get a 980ti now. I heard new cards will be twice as fast and have at least 8gb of VRAM. So u guys think if a gtx 980ti cost 650 now, the new cards around that price point will be even better than a 980ti? Plus i don't mind lowering some settings to game at 1440p with the 970 in the mean time (unless the new cards come out after june, then ill be mad). thanks

 

[N3rdR4ge]

r9 390 is a better value for 1440p. its generally a little cheaper and has a bit better performance. the 8gb of vram helps. the 970 only has 3.5. if your getting a temp card get the 390.

 

[10tacle]

I had a single 970 and ran a 1080p monitor. I upgraded to a 1440p (Dell U2713HM) and the FPS was a huge hit at the same quality settings. The heaviest hitters were Witcher 3 and Crysis 3 which went from 55-65FPS at 1080p to 35-45FPS at 1440p (Ultra, 4xAA). A second 970 for SLI got those frames back up to over 70FPS average, but minimum FPS still dips below 60 in both games.

Regarding VRAM, it's never been an issue in the nearly two years I've had these cards. No game has come close to hitting the direct access 3.5GB VRAM in allocation according to MSI Afterburner (Witcher 3, Crysis 3, BF4, FC4, Fallout 4, Battlefront, Project Cars, Assetto Corsa, DiRT Rally).

Also be careful on overclocking monitors beyond their native resolution. You can actually get worse response and stutters than running it at native resolution. Regarding Pascal, nobody knows how they will perform and anyone who says they'll "run twice as fast" is just blowing smoke. But waiting would be advisable unless you need a new GPU like *right now*.

Hope this helps.

 

[Gingerbread]

if you lower some settings and since you will be running 60fps tops (unless you OC the monitor) then the gtx 970 is good enough and you should indeed wait for pascal. However you can give a look to the r9 390 or even some r9 290x (there are models which are currently 70$ cheaper than the gtx 970 and will do the same job).