GTX 650 and 4k ?

[dontbugme]

Hello, I just bought MSI GTX 650 1GB

http://www.amazon.com/MSI-GeForce-Graphics-N650-MD1GD5-OC/dp/B009SPJ7PW

Looks fine, very quiet, but I downloaded a 4k video just to test it and it doesnt show it?

Maybe its because I have pci-e ver. 1 ? Should it handle 4k video playback or not?

thanks

 

[Woody1999]

Yeah, there is no chance, I'm sorry. 4K resolution requires at least 4GB of VRAM, and sometimes that's not even enough. The GTX 650 isn't a good card, even in comparison to my R7 260X. The 260X can struggle with 1080p on some things, like BF3.

You'll need a much more powerful card, getting into R9 290 territory to approach 4K resolution.

Woody

 

[dontbugme]

I see, I dont need 4k, just was curious.

You said its not a good card, but I replaced my old HD 4850 with this one, is it fine? Or better get GTX 750? Assuming that I have old mobo (nvidia mcp73pv) and old CPU(q8200) and pci-e v 1. I mean will I see a difference between my current 650 and 750 on this PC system?

Yeah, there is no chance, I'm sorry. 4K resolution requires at least 4GB of VRAM, and sometimes that's not even enough. The GTX 650 isn't a good card, even in comparison to my R7 260X. The 260X can struggle with 1080p on some things, like BF3.

You'll need a much more powerful card, getting into R9 290 territory to approach 4K resolution.

Woody

 

[Deleted member 217926]

Op is asking about watching a video at 4K not gaming at 4K........

The 650 should do it fine. Do you have a 4K monitor? And what connections to the monitor are you using?

http://www.geforce.com/hardware/technology/4k/supported-gpus

 

[dontbugme]

Op is asking about watching a video at 4K not gaming at 4K........

The 650 should do it fine. Do you have a 4K monitor? And what connections to the monitor are you using?

http://www.geforce.com/hardware/technology/4k/supported-gpus

haha, nope, the monitor is 1280x1024. but it plays 1080p fine, why not 4k? The connection.....is not HDMI, maybe thats the problem?

 

[dontbugme]

ok, I got it. Found that max resolutions it supports are: 3840 x 2160 with a 4k monitor and 2048 x 1536 via DVI.

thank you.