GTX 980 and 2560x1440p resolution for Witcher 3?

[ibrahimasghar]

Hello people, i wanted to ask if GTX 980 is able to handle QHD resolution like 2560x1440p?.

I have MSI GTX 980 4G card and Core i7 4770 @ 3.4 GHz CPU, i am able to play Witcher 3 on Ultra (with Foliage and Shadows set to High) at 1920x1080p resolution without any flaws.

I get consistent 60 FPS, sometimes falling to 50 or something if there's a lot of activity during a fight scene or something.

I wanted to experience QHD so i enabled DSR through Nvidia control panel and changed in-game resolution to 1440p. In most areas the game ran around 50 FPS, but with more effects like rain or fights the FPS dropped to 35-40 FPS. Should this be happening, or is it normal that GTX 980 struggles with 1440p resolution?. I will list my current PC specs also if that would help.

Current PC specs:

CPU: Core i7 4770 @ 3.4 GHx
GPU: MSI GTX 980 4G
RAM: 8 GB
Motherboard: Gigabyte G1 Sniper Z87
PSU: 650W

Thanks.

 

[envy14tpe]

Seems totally normal. Look at these other high end GPUs and see how they are:
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2015/08/25/witcher_3_wild_hunt_gameplay_performance_review/6#.Vd1av_mqpyw
Scroll down and you'll see your 980.

The 980ti, 390x, and Fury all are getting 40fps on 1440p. So, I imagine your slightly below that.

 

[MarkW]

DSR is not going to show you QHD. DSR will only do QHD in the video card memory, and then convert it back down to the resolution of your monitor. Whatever resolution DSR is doing is never visible until it has been reduced back to the monitors resolution.

DSR will slow your video card down simply because it is literally drawing out the entire frame at a much higher resolution than your monitor can display, and then reducing that higher resolution back down.

If your monitor can do QHD, then set the card to QHD and run it without DSR.

 

[ibrahimasghar]

Seems totally normal. Look at these other high end GPUs and see how they are:
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2015/08/25/witcher_3_wild_hunt_gameplay_performance_review/6#.Vd1av_mqpyw
Scroll down and you'll see your 980.

The 980ti, 390x, and Fury all are getting 40fps on 1440p. So, I imagine your slightly below that.

Nice, thanks man, the article is very helpful, looks like my GPU behaving normally.

 

[ibrahimasghar]

DSR is not going to show you QHD. DSR will only do QHD in the video card memory, and then convert it back down to the resolution of your monitor. Whatever resolution DSR is doing is never visible until it has been reduced back to the monitors resolution.

DSR will slow your video card down simply because it is literally drawing out the entire frame at a much higher resolution than your monitor can display, and then reducing that higher resolution back down.

If your monitor can do QHD, then set the card to QHD and run it without DSR.

Thanks Mark, does this mean that my GPU is being slowed down because of DSR?. Do you think my current setup would be able to handle a QHD monitor?. Right now i'm having an HD monitor with 1920x1080p as the max resolution.

Mark, any suggestion?.