Want to upgrade to 1440p Monitor - 680 GTX enough GPU?

[JDahl]

Hey all,

I am getting the upgrade bug. I built my PC about five years ago, so it is getting a little long in the tooth. Not quite ready to rebuild an entire system, and want to upgrade to 1440P, particularly one of those 1440P 144 Hz monitors with Gsync. I'd like to get this monitor, and then in a year or two upgrade my system.

Right now I am running a i2500K at stock speeds (3.3ghz) with a GTX 680 w/2gb of VRAM. If I were to purchase a 1440p monitor, would my current graphics card be able to handle it? I've read that the 680 is quite ample for 1440p when it was released, but I am wondering if it will have problems with newer games.

If so, I MAY upgrade my GPU as well with the monitor, but I would prefer not to do this due to cost. Would a 1070 be bottlenecked by my processor? I MAY also find a used 980 in the interim, but again, would prefer to run the 680 due to costs.

So, long story short, this is a two tiered question:

1. Is a GTX 680 suitable to run a 1440p monitor.
2. Would a GTX 1070 be bottlenecked by my i2500K.

Thanks!

 

[newbuilder_41]

I don't think a GTX 680 can run games at 1440p. I had a GTX 760 and I replaced it because it was getting old. You should upgrade your gpu too. Go for at least a 1070 if you want to play new games @ 1440p

 

[Hellfire13]

it is quite capable of running 1440p...
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-1751100/gtx-680-sufficient-1440p.html

 

[Kulkiet]

even 560ti is good to run games just dont expect miracles but played witcher 3 i guess medium settings
problemw tih 1440p monitor it takes HUGE amount of power to run games also vram 6gb preffered 4gb minimum,other wise will choke

 

[synphul]

I think it depends on the game as far as the gpu goes. If playing a game like witcher 3 at high quality (not ultra), the gtx 680 is lucky to average 20fps at 1440p.
http://www.techspot.com/review/1006-the-witcher-3-benchmarks/page3.html

Going 144hz on top of it is only to going to make it worse. On medium quality the 680 got 1440p all the way to 30fps avg in witcher 3.
http://www.techspot.com/review/1006-the-witcher-3-benchmarks/page2.html

I'm not sure what games the 680 was being touted as running well and 'handling' at 1440p. That linked thread was from 3yrs ago, not 2015/2016. The 2500k would do fine, better if you can overclock it. I'd recommend at least a 1070 if it's within budget.

For a game like the new Doom it might do a little better if quality is turned down. On ultra the 680 only managed 31fps so maybe 45fps give or take dropping quality some? By contrast the gtx 970 averaged 66fps and the 1070 is stronger, closer to a 980.
http://www.techspot.com/review/1173-doom-benchmarks/page3.html