4k vs 1080p gaming

[tech genius]

Hi I will be building a gaming pc soon and was thinking about 4k display
So how much better is 4k vs 1080p I will be playing current and future games at the max resolution and FPS.
I am also thinking of buying a chandhon 50 inch tv/monitor to game on

 

[Gam3r01]

If you plan on 4K you wont be playing at max setting above 25FPS. Its not a good resolution for gaming, too hardware demanding and expensive. (It takes a 970 to run some current games well on max settings for 1080p)

If you want to game at good settings get 1080p or 1440p.

 

[harboym]

Listen, 4k looks awesome, it's 4x the resolution of 1080p. However, it is Much harder to drive. What's you're GPU situation? because unless you have/plan to get 2 gtx 980's, 2 gtx 970s, or an AMD R9 290x2, than I would not recommend gaming on a 4K display. And even with 2 970s you wont hit 60 fps in some games. < and that is not at max settings.

 

[tech genius]

Ok so what about 1080p will a gtx 590 max out the most demanding games as it is cheap and used ones are on somethingbay for 200 bucks

 

[Gam3r01]

You can expect the 590 to perform nearly identical to a 770, you can check games you want for a 770 benchmark and see how it will do.
Its enough for most current games, not games like ACU or Farcry 4.

 

[MasterMace]

Mixing up terminologies will confuse you. 4k = 2160p.

Take note - 2160p is new. It is expensive. You're talking $800 for a 28", which is as much as an entire build for many folks.

 

[GRUxTSAR]

You can expect the 590 to perform nearly identical to a 770, you can check games you want for a 770 benchmark and see how it will do.
Its enough for most current games, not games like ACU or Farcry 4.

I wouldn't count on that. The 590 only has 1.5gb VRAM which will NOT be enough for games like BF4, Crysis, Metro, etc

 

[Gam3r01]

Again, its a rough translation. There is much lost across 2-3 generations of cards being compared. (In overall performance of the techpowerup review of the 770 for example the 590 is 2% better)

 

[Jet1337]

Gaming at 4k isn't ready yet, imo. I've got three GTX 780s in SLI and an Intel core i7-4930k OC'd at 4.5GHz. I can't even do 60fps in Far Cry 4 on the "High" setting. I'm also having issues with mouse lag for some reason on 4k.

 

[tech genius]

So what about the r9 290x 4gb,r9 290x 8gb hd 7950,7970 I would want the 780ti but I cannot afford it

 

[tech genius]

So what about the r9 290x 4gb,r9 290x 8gb hd 7950,7970 I would want the 780ti but I cannot afford it and any comments about the changhong tv for $480 on oldegg

 

[Gam3r01]

Look into the 970, it out performs all cards listed bar the 780Ti, but is only 3% behind it.
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GTX_970_STRIX_OC/25.html

I personally dont recommend using TVs for monitors for anything more than videos, due to their latency response times.

 

[tech genius]

So wich 50 inch or above monitor would you recommend for a similar price

 

[belzoth]

As others have said. 1440p is a really good option. It looks a lot better than 1080p in my opinion but the monitor is a lot cheaper and it's not nearly as demanding as 4k gaming. Unless you have the best graphics cards around possibly in sli, trying to game in 4k is not that great of an idea in my opinion.

There are some good, cheap korean 1440p monitors on ebay for around $275-$400 that are worth looking at.

 

[tech genius]

The changhong response time is 8ms is that too slow

 

[Jet1337]

Don't get anything over 2ms.

 

[MasterMace]

Jet that's a horrible suggestion. The image quality on an IPS monitor is far greater than that of anything at 2ms response times (at the time of this post).

 

[MasterMace]

So what about the r9 290x 4gb,r9 290x 8gb hd 7950,7970 I would want the 780ti but I cannot afford it and any comments about the changhong tv for $480 on oldegg

If you can't afford a GTX 780ti, you can't afford 4k gaming.