My Future 4K Upgrade!

[DrFiblorTheMerciless]

I am planning at some point to upgrade my pc to play 4k. So I was wondering if I needed to upgrade anything else besides my graphics solution when the time comes?

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
Type Item Price
CPU Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor $211.99
Motherboard Asus Z97-PRO(Wi-Fi ac) ATX LGA1150 Motherboard $209.99 @ Amazon
Memory Corsair Vengeance Pro 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory $86.98 @ Newegg
Storage Sandisk Ultra Plus 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive -
Storage Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $69.99
Video Card EVGA GeForce GTX 770 4GB Dual Classified ACX Video Card -
Case Corsair 400R ATX Mid Tower Case $89.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply Corsair Professional 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply $109.99 @ Newegg
Optical Drive Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer $14.99
Operating System Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) $84.99
Monitor Asus VS239H-P 23.0" Monitor $145.43
Keyboard Cooler Master Storm QuickFire Rapid Wired Gaming Keyboard $86.00
Mouse Razer Imperator 2012 Wired Laser Mouse Purchased For $0.00
Other Incase Sonic Headphones Purchased
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total (before mail-in rebates) $1130.34
Mail-in rebates -$20.00
Total $1110.34
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-07 20:50 EST-0500

 

[turkey3_scratch]

The 770 is not a 4K card and especially not for the future either. You will not get good quality or FPS. Right now the 980 is desent for 4K, and the Titan X is the best card for 4K gaming right now. The 770 is not meant for 4K and will struggle a lot.

 

[DrFiblorTheMerciless]

The 770 is not a 4K card and especially not for the future either. You will not get good quality or FPS. Right now the 980 is desent for 4K, and the Titan X is the best card for 4K gaming right now. The 770 is not meant for 4K and will struggle a lot.

I realize that I will have to upgrade my graphics card, I am thinking I will make the leap to 4k when Batman: Arkham Knight comes out but I can be patient if the next line of graphics cards has a much bigger performance improvement than most new architectures compared to their predecessors. I was wondering though if I needed to upgrade anything else besides the monitor and the graphics solution.

 

[badboyrog2]

wait until the next release of the R9 390X or GTX 980 TI

 

[geofelt]

It depends on your games.
The GTX770 has a displayport 1.2 which is necessary to output faster than 30fps.
If it has the power to drive a monitor sufficiently fast is another question.
For fast action games, probably not.
For strategy games and such you are likely ok. I see 60fps using a GTX780 and a 4k monitor with civ 4 and 5.
I think skyrim is ok, but I have not gotten that far with it.