Trying to pick a graphics card for battlefield 4. But want to get 4k monitor in future

[LOA5000]

I have been doing allot of research and i cant make up my mind what i want to do.

I want to get a good setup for battlefield 4. So i just need to upgrade my graphics card. I want to be able to play ultra with at least 60 fps. And also i would like to get a 4k monitor in the future so i dont know if i should pick a card that i can sli later on to handle the 4k. But i was reading it takes 4 titans to drive the 4k monitor. So i dont know what to think. So i dont know if i should get a card that will work for my pc now to play battlefield 4 on my monitor and when i get the 4k monitor in the future. Bueld a whole new pc? lot to think about.






My current set up.

ASUS PB278Q Monitor 2560x1440
ASUS Crosshair V Formula AM3+ AMD 990FX
Gtx 680 2gb
8gb of Ram
Solid State Hard Drive
X Hauf Case
Corsair Professional Series HX 850 Gold

 

[sam_p_lay]

Probably a couple of % behind, but you can't see a couple of % 🙂 For all intents and purposes, a good factory overclock will be enough to match it.

 

[sam_p_lay]

The GTX780 is a cut-down Titan, which in turn is effectively a Tesla K20, which launched over a year ago. The architecture is no newer than that of the GTX680 (which is a cut-down version of that same initial architecture). Like I say though, forget this bus width / architecture crap and look at the results:

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_770/27.html

15%. 30fps * 1.15 = 34.5fps. You can't argue with that 🙂

 

[sna]

The GTX780 is a cut-down Titan, which in turn is effectively a Tesla K20, which launched over a year ago. The architecture is no newer than that of the GTX680 (which is a cut-down version of that same initial architecture). Like I say though, forget this bus width / architecture crap and look at the results:

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_770/27.html

15%. 30fps * 1.15 = 34.5fps. You can't argue with that 🙂

lol and ? 15%-20% is very HUGE when we talk about very high end cards.

and please stop your crisis style comparison... using the hardest 30 fps ... while some games run at 60 fps

and mind you , when the game starts to stutter at lower than 30 fps (the lowest recommended FPS for playing) you will cry for those 4 frames if you are at 26 fps ...

I know price / performance is not Justified .. but it is the ONLY way. and some times you pay more to have a perfect system.

If he is Rich and can pay .. then he should never look at GTX 770.

My Opinion.

and future Drivers will come we don't know what is hidden in the future for this chip.

 

[sam_p_lay]

LOL I'll compare whatever game I want. Crysis 3 is the most demanding thing out, so performance is crucial there. You can use whatever game you want for comparisons and I'll do the same. And I personally can't see the difference between 26fps and 30fps. Maybe you can though - I'm not gonna argue about it.

 

[LOA5000]

so the question is what card

http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-Classified-Dual-Link-Graphics/dp/B00DBPU8B2/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1373843119&sr=1-2&keywords=gtx+770+4gb

http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-GDDR5-4GB-WINDFORCE-Graphics-GV-N770OC-4GD/dp/B00CU9GOAO/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1373843501&sr=1-1&keywords=gtx+770+4gb

 

[sam_p_lay]

I'd take the Gigabyte! Both are excellent, but that EVGA is overpriced. Gigabyte have the better cooler (even if only slightly) and better price.

 

[LOA5000]

Oh so maybe i should wait for a single gtx 780 6gb

 

[LOA5000]

Okay ill keep that in mind if i decide to get the 770

 

[sna]

LOL I'll compare whatever game I want. Crysis 3 is the most demanding thing out, so performance is crucial there. You can use whatever game you want for comparisons and I'll do the same. And I personally can't see the difference between 26fps and 30fps. Maybe you can though - I'm not gonna argue about it.

yes you can .. anything under 30 fps is NOT PLAYABLE. it is the lower limit for gaming.

60 fps is the Ideal FPS

even for 60 fps if he wants 60 ps , and at lets say the 770 run at 50 fps (suing SLI) this 15% will make him reach the 60 fps in SLI.

and If you really don't know about the 30 fps lower barrier .. then I really suggest you read more about it.

 

[sna]

Okay ill keep that in mind if i decide to get the 770

If you go 770GTX route , Just grab 3 of them from now in 3x SLI . if you can pay 2x GTX 780 , then you can pay for 3X GTX 770

oh and call the reseller for special Discount. when you buy 3 Cards.

 

[LOA5000]

i was hoping to get away with 1 card?

 

[LOA5000]

maybe add anther when battlefield 4 comes out

 

[sna]

i was hoping to get away with 1 card?

one card and you are talking about GTX 770 ?!?

you should get at least a Titan or just wait fro GTX 780 with 6GB to come out.

 

[sam_p_lay]

LOL I'll compare whatever game I want. Crysis 3 is the most demanding thing out, so performance is crucial there. You can use whatever game you want for comparisons and I'll do the same. And I personally can't see the difference between 26fps and 30fps. Maybe you can though - I'm not gonna argue about it.

yes you can .. anything under 30 fps is NOT PLAYABLE. it is the lower limit for gaming.

60 fps is the Ideal FPS

even for 60 fps if he wants 60 ps , and at lets say the 770 run at 50 fps (suing SLI) this 15% will make him reach the 60 fps in SLI.

and If you really don't know about the 30 fps lower barrier .. then I really suggest you read more about it.

You have a hell of a lot to learn. I've played Starcraft 2 happily at ~25fsp. It's totally down to the type of game. For a shooter, I wouldn't want below 40fps. There's no magical barrier at 30fps. That's a common point chosen at a minimum acceptable framerate because 20fps is too slow in any type of game and choosing a limit of 26fps or 28fps would look stupid. But everything doesn't magically become jerky if you drop from 30fps to 29fps. Do you even know what these framerates look like?

I suggest you start accumulating some real world knowledge of performance instead of just reading stuff and coming up with a bunch of theoretical ideas like how 4 times the pixels = 1/4 the framerate.

 

[sna]

LOL I'll compare whatever game I want. Crysis 3 is the most demanding thing out, so performance is crucial there. You can use whatever game you want for comparisons and I'll do the same. And I personally can't see the difference between 26fps and 30fps. Maybe you can though - I'm not gonna argue about it.

yes you can .. anything under 30 fps is NOT PLAYABLE. it is the lower limit for gaming.

60 fps is the Ideal FPS

even for 60 fps if he wants 60 ps , and at lets say the 770 run at 50 fps (suing SLI) this 15% will make him reach the 60 fps in SLI.

and If you really don't know about the 30 fps lower barrier .. then I really suggest you read more about it.

You have a hell of a lot to learn. I've played Starcraft 2 happily at ~25fsp. It's totally down to the type of game. For a shooter, I wouldn't want below 40fps. There's no magical barrier at 30fps. That's a common point chosen at a minimum acceptable framerate because 20fps is too slow in any type of game and choosing a limit of 26fps or 28fps would look stupid. But everything doesn't magically become jerky if you drop from 30fps to 29fps. Do you even know what these framerates look like?

I suggest you start accumulating some real world knowledge of performance instead of just reading stuff and coming up with a bunch of theoretical ideas like how 4 times the pixels = 1/4 the framerate.

I am an old gamer. since the Amiga time in the 1990

I used almost every Graphic Card Generation

and I disagree with you.

and lets stop it like that.

you have your opinion and I have mine. end of discussion.

 

[drewhoo]

I generally agree with what others are saying: 4k isn't going to be practical any time soon unless you have $4000 laying around for GPUs and $3500 laying around for monitors, not to mention the psu/mobo upgrades you would need. (Would anyone feel comfortable with even the highest end LGA 1155/1150 board not bottlenecking 4 780s?) The best LGA 1155/50 boards can't get x8 lanes to all GPUs even after adding a PLX chip, whereas LGA2011 boards by default have 40 PCIe lanes allowing those crazy GPUs to all run at x8

All of that said, is there a reason you aren't considering just buying two more QHD monitors? That would give you more res than 4k. I'm not exactly sure what kind of graphics power you would need to achieve the fps (I would think nothing less than 4 x80s). As Sam_p_lay said, it isn't as simple as extrapolating from lower resolutions.

Also, SNA, my rig occasionally dips below 30fps in BF3 multiplayer and it's totally not a big deal.