TLDR: I want a second graphics card, one for my 1920*1080 Gaming monitor and one for my 4k TV for watching videos on youtube twitch and roosterteeth but I don't know the best way to do it.
PC Specs:
CPU: Intel Quad Core Processor i7-4790k
Motherboard: ASUS Z97-P: ATX, LG1150
RAM 16 GB
Graphics card 4GB Nvidia Geforce GTX 970
Hello, looking for some advice on upgrading my pc to give each of my own monitors their own graphics card essentially. One of my monitors is a 4k TV which my partner and I both watch videos on together. Primarily these videos come from Youtube, twitch and roosterteeth so for ease of use we usually use my pc. On the smaller monitor I do my gaming and this is running mostly whilst videos are being played on the TV. Mostly the gaming is low intensity and it doesn't affect the videos however lately I have been playing some higher intensity games and even with some reduced graphics settings the video quality on the TV is suffering. I can lower the resolution on it to try and balance things out and lessen the stuttering however anything lower than 720p begins to look very blurred as it is a 42 inch screen. The 970 has served me well up until now but I feel I need to give the 4k TV its own graphics card to lessen the load on the 970. I have no idea on what is the best approach for this though.
I have been reading through forums and a lot of focus seems to be aimed at multiple cards to get the best performance for gaming, or trying to get a 4k gaming setup. To clarify, I am NOT looking for a 4k gaming setup. I still feel 4k gaming is in its infancy and it will be a few years yet before many more games will even release in 4k. What I am looking for is the best approach to having a stable 1080 video playing whilst I play high intensity games at the same time. I have read that perhaps getting another 970 and connecting them in an SLI might be the way to do it but is the 970 not starting to show its age a bit? The other approach is to get a newer card to run the games and switch the 970 to the 4k TV but I have also read that if the cards differ too much then the drivers can conflict and cause issues down the road. Basically I don't know how to make two graphics cards behave with each other and which approach is better for what I need from my pc. Any advice on how to proceed would be greatly appreciated.
PC Specs:
CPU: Intel Quad Core Processor i7-4790k
Motherboard: ASUS Z97-P: ATX, LG1150
RAM 16 GB
Graphics card 4GB Nvidia Geforce GTX 970
Hello, looking for some advice on upgrading my pc to give each of my own monitors their own graphics card essentially. One of my monitors is a 4k TV which my partner and I both watch videos on together. Primarily these videos come from Youtube, twitch and roosterteeth so for ease of use we usually use my pc. On the smaller monitor I do my gaming and this is running mostly whilst videos are being played on the TV. Mostly the gaming is low intensity and it doesn't affect the videos however lately I have been playing some higher intensity games and even with some reduced graphics settings the video quality on the TV is suffering. I can lower the resolution on it to try and balance things out and lessen the stuttering however anything lower than 720p begins to look very blurred as it is a 42 inch screen. The 970 has served me well up until now but I feel I need to give the 4k TV its own graphics card to lessen the load on the 970. I have no idea on what is the best approach for this though.
I have been reading through forums and a lot of focus seems to be aimed at multiple cards to get the best performance for gaming, or trying to get a 4k gaming setup. To clarify, I am NOT looking for a 4k gaming setup. I still feel 4k gaming is in its infancy and it will be a few years yet before many more games will even release in 4k. What I am looking for is the best approach to having a stable 1080 video playing whilst I play high intensity games at the same time. I have read that perhaps getting another 970 and connecting them in an SLI might be the way to do it but is the 970 not starting to show its age a bit? The other approach is to get a newer card to run the games and switch the 970 to the 4k TV but I have also read that if the cards differ too much then the drivers can conflict and cause issues down the road. Basically I don't know how to make two graphics cards behave with each other and which approach is better for what I need from my pc. Any advice on how to proceed would be greatly appreciated.