34" Ultrawide 21:9 Monitor - CPU and GPU concerns

[tfitch11]

Hi everyone! I just bought my boyfriend a LG 34UC87C 34" curved monitor with an aspect ratio of 21:9. I wanted to get opinions on his GPU and CPU, as he plans to stream off of that monitor on twitch tv (the computer is used for gaming)

He currently has an AMD FX-6300 on an ASUS M5A99X EVO R2.0 with a Radeon R9 Sapphire Nitro 380 GPU.

Anyone seeing any potential issues?

Thank you!

 

[migronesien]

Wow thats a nice gift. 😀

Your friend won't be able to play any newer game on high settings, because the resolution on this monitor is between 1440p and 4k, which is very very demanding and asking alot of current hardware released. But the lowered settings shouldnt matter that much, because you can turn stuff like AA completely off at these high resolutions.

Every game should run if he plays around with the settings a bit. But for maxing out games at this resolution a high end GPU is required like a 980ti or FuryX. But thats just some extra for enthusiasts. 😛

 

[tfitch11]

Wow thats a nice gift. 😀

Your friend won't be able to play any newer game on high settings, because the resolution on this monitor is between 1440p and 4k, which is very very demanding and asking alot of current hardware released. But the lowered settings shouldnt matter that much, because you can turn stuff like AA completely off at these high resolutions.

Every game should run if he plays around with the settings a bit. But for maxing out games at this resolution a high end GPU is required like a 980ti or FuryX. But thats just some extra for enthusiasts. 😛

Ok cool! I dont think he minds the lowered settings so that he's actually able to see gampelay as opposed to seeing tons of spells and stuff cast on the screen so thats not a problem but we will definitely keep the 980ti in mind for the future. As far as the CPU, that's not going to be an issue, right\?

Also, can you think of any other GPU's that you would recommend? checkijng out the prices on those and eek! scary!

 

[migronesien]

Wow thats a nice gift. 😀

Your friend won't be able to play any newer game on high settings, because the resolution on this monitor is between 1440p and 4k, which is very very demanding and asking alot of current hardware released. But the lowered settings shouldnt matter that much, because you can turn stuff like AA completely off at these high resolutions.

Every game should run if he plays around with the settings a bit. But for maxing out games at this resolution a high end GPU is required like a 980ti or FuryX. But thats just some extra for enthusiasts. 😛

Ok cool! I dont think he minds the lowered settings so that he's actually able to see gampelay as opposed to seeing tons of spells and stuff cast on the screen so thats not a problem but we will definitely keep the 980ti in mind for the future. As far as the CPU, that's not going to be an issue, right\?

Yea lowered settings really shouldnt be an issue at that resolution. Will probably look way better then before even if the settings are lowered.

And the CPU is fine id say. CPUs are normally fine with pretty much anything if they arent outdated by like 5 or more years. The GPU is the most important piece in a gaming PC and the CPU just has to keep up with the GPU, to not bottleneck it. But that wont be the case here so it's fine. 😛

 

[Hellrott]

Hey there guys,

First thanks for all the great advice.

I think I have chosen to go with the Crossfire of another R9 Sapphire 380 Nitro. Do you see there being a bottlenecking issue on performance if I go this route?

In addition, I have never done a Crossfire before. Can you direct me to a thread that might answer questions I might have about the process? I am unsure of how complicated it is. When I go to buy the card after work, should I be picking up anything else required for a Crossfire? Cords/wires/adapters, things of that nature?

Thank you again, you guys rock

 

[migronesien]

Hey there guys,

First thanks for all the great advice.

I think I have chosen to go with the Crossfire of another R9 Sapphire 380 Nitro. Do you see there being a bottlenecking issue on performance if I go this route?

In addition, I have never done a Crossfire before. Can you direct me to a thread that might answer questions I might have about the process? I am unsure of how complicated it is. When I go to buy the card after work, should I be picking up anything else required for a Crossfire? Cords/wires/adapters, things of that nature?

Thank you again, you guys rock

You'll maybe run into a little bit bottleneck there. Maybe you can game without any bottleneck if you OC your CPU a bit but im not 100% sure about that so maybe ask in a new thread about that. 😛

And there isnt much to worry about. PSU has to be strong enough and your motherboard just needs two PCI slots for both GPUs (your motherboard got that). Thats pretty much it. Only connect both cards with a CF Bridge and they should work together. Alot of cards even come with the bridges. If you dont got one they cost less than 10$.

 

[tfitch11]

We sure did run into a bottleneck, as I have read is to be exected with the fx-6300. THinking o f upgrading now to the FX-9590- would you anticipate any issues there?

 

[migronesien]

We sure did run into a bottleneck, as I have read is to be exected with the fx-6300. THinking o f upgrading now to the FX-9590- would you anticipate any issues there?

Wouldnt recommend that one. Uses looooads of energy and required a liquid cooler to not overheat constantly, while not being that much faster in single core performance. In benchmarks and editing it's quite a bit ahead of the 6300, but thats only caused by the 2 additional cores. And since games most of the time dont even use 6 cores, it wouldnt be worth it.
CF build + this resolution is pretty high end, so id suggest switching to Intel. Their CPUs are far ahead especially in gaming. An i5-4690k for example costs around the same as the FX-9590, but you'll also need to find a motherboard which will the 4690k allow to oc. (z-series boards) I dont really know the prices of these atm.
But a 4690k will run absolutely every dual GPU setup without any bottleneck for sure.
And like i said: I'd start a new thread to get more opinions on a possible CPU upgrade.

 

[tfitch11]

we did Thank you so much for all your time and for squashing that idea! We appreciate your knowledge and time!