What Specification would be required for 4k resolution?

[Sam1212]

Hello

I built my current build around a year ago, it was a relatively conservative cost build, but it's great, and I've had absolutely no problems with any games etc running on ultra (at least the ones I've played so far)

My build so far intel Core i5 4670K, S 1150, Haswel, Havn't overclocked it yet, havn't needed to, and I'm new to that kind of thing, slightly scared of doing something nasty 😛
Zotac Gtx 780 AMP! graphics card
8GB (2x4GB) Corsair DDR3 Vengeance RAM

I noticed the other day that Skyrim has some 4k resolution mods, and I thought it sounds really cool.

So I know you need monitors that can handle 4k res, and I've heard of needing some beefy graphics to do it to, what specifically would you need to run 4k? I know my system is pretty far off it (or at least I think so) Was wondering what exactly I would need to do it ^_^.

Also, I guess a bonus question, has anyone used the 4k res on skyrim? How does it look?

 

[viewtyjoe]

With all the bells and whistles, pretty much nothing outside of hilariously cost-inefficient builds (Haswell-E with 3 980s or something goofy like that) can push 60 fps at 4K resolutions. SLI 970s/980s on a Haswell can push 30-45, and below that, well, it starts looking bleak. Don't expect 4K gaming to become mainstream for another several years at least, considering we're just barely getting to the point of pushing that many pixels over a wire to the monitor at 60hz.

 

[Icaraeus]

You'll need something like SLI GTX 980 bare minimum for ultra HD rendering. It's recommended to have tri-SLI (3 GPUs) GTX 980 paired with an Intel Core i7 5930K or 5960X (only CPUs that don't bottleneck 3 GPUs). You should at least wait another year or two for it to become a little more affordable.

 

[Sam1212]

Cool, thanks for your replies guys