[SOLVED] 5120 x 1440p > GeForce advice

[giobenoni]

Hi guys, I am a music producer and I need to select a graphic card, I have no idea about GPU's etc so I decided to ask a few questions to the pro's :

I have a configuration with a Ryzen 5950, 128GB DDR4 3000 and a 8 TB corsair MP400 SSD and an ASUS ROG STRIX X570i motherboard

Now, I bought a super ultrawide 5120 x 1440p , I will only use it to display my music application comfortably: to split my sequencer in three sections on the big screen, and nothing else, so graphical demand is low, refresh rate can be 60Hz

I think the graphic card on my ASUS motherboard will not do the job since I think that I need two DP output ports in order to be able to use the full range of the screen, however I might be wrong because I don't know anything about graphic cards > if someone can confirm this that would be great!

If I indeed need the card, I was looking at the following options :

• 6GB nvidia gtx 1060
• 6GB nvidia gtx 1060 super
• 6GB nvidia rtx 2060
• 12GB nvidia rtx 3060

which one would be comfortable to do the job?

Thanks for the advise, thumbs up
Giovanni

 

[dotas1]

I think the graphic card on my ASUS motherboard

Your motherboard has SUPPORT for integrated graphics that are located in a CPU that HAS integrated graphics. 5950 does NOT have integrated graphics so whatever you connect in the motherboard's video outputs won't display a signal.

Since you don't want it for anything graphically demanding, all of the GPUs you mentioned will do, provided they have at least 2 DP outputs.
What also plays a role is if your PSU can handle your hardware. What is the exact make and model of your PSU?

 

[giobenoni]

thanks Dotas,

I have selected a corsair 750W RMx and a standard AMD CPU cooling (125W TDP), I can upgrade where needed.

 

[dotas1]

RMx series are good PSUs and if it's rather new (not more than 2 years old), you would be fine with even stronger and more power demanding GPUs.

The GPU pricing is crazy at the moment and you won't get anything cheap for sure. I would suggest you lay off used GPU market since you don't know what their usage was (mostly mining) and what is their "true" condition. Try to find a deal as close to MSRP as possible.

 

[giobenoni]

My PC is two days old, all inside is brand new, only thing missing was the graphics card. Just bought now the ultrawide screen, therefore my question

 

[InvalidError]

Your monitor only needs about half the bandwidth of a single DP1.3 port. As long as your monitor has DP1.3 or newer input, you would be fine even with a GT1030.

 

[dotas1]

I never checked if he indeed needs 2 DP, my bad.