How well can a GTX 980 run on a 1440p monitor?

[Kdog61377]

I am looking to buy a new monitor but don't know if I should get a 1440p 144hz with gsync or 1080p 144hz with gsync because I don't know if I can run 1440p well enough for it to not be super choppy.
Thanks for the help in advance! 😉

 

[Zerk2012]

It runs it fairly well at 60 FPS, your not going to max all games out and keep 60 but it runs it just fine. I have my 1440p monitor on the way and will be using a 1080p monitor with it on the side for other things.
Here is a decent video showing FPS in games at several different resolutions 1440p included notice the in game settings are usally maxed out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0YOdL4A0lg
I would just get a 1440p with 60 refresh rate it will work just fine their no reason to get 144 if you can't push that

 

[Dunlop0078]

Yeah it should do pretty well in most games, your not going to get 144fps unless you can sacrifice some eye candy but it wont be choppy. I would turn down MSAA if your game uses it as you don't really need it for high resolutions and its very taxing to run at 1440p. I would go with the 1440p monitor personally and maybe upgrade the gpu down the line if you feel it doesn't cut it.

 

[10tacle]

Just to give you an idea, I run a single 1440p on overclocked 970s in SLI (each 970 is within 92% or so performance of a 980). Witcher 3 runs an average in the 70s, dipping down below 60FPS on occasion (Hairworks off). On the other end of the spectrum Star Wars Battlefront and Grid Autosport run 120-130FPS. Other games fall in the middle of those extremes between 70s and 120+, like FC4, Crysis 3, and Project Cars. This is with all game settings maxed and ultra with 4xAA (sometimes FXAA in Nvidia control panel for games that support it + 2xMSAA).

With that said, since my monitor is only overclocked to 80Hz, I run V-sync on in the games. This is exactly where a nice Gsync monitor would come in handy to be able to use those extra FPS between the different games.