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I'm kind of in a bind here, slightly.
I went a little crazy the last week (well, it's pre-BF). I ordered a i5-6400, for my B150 K4/Hyper board (so I can BCLK OC it to 4.5Ghz, hopefully), and then Newegg had a cheap 4K 40" UHD with HDMI 2.0 and HDR TV, for like $220. So, I overextended my monthly budget and snagged one.
So, now I'm challenged with "moving up to 4K", on a severe budget. I don't have enough budget for a "real 4K gaming card".
I'm wondering if I can get by with an RX 460 4GB (It's a Sapphire Nitro, I think it's factory OCed slightly), or a GTX950 2GB OC (MSI).
The only Steam game I own is Skyrim. I'm wondering if I'll be able to play that at 4K, with one of those cards?
First of all, does it even allow 4K res setting, and second, would either of those GPUs handle the game, even at "low"?
I've played it at maybe 30FPS on a 1080P monitor at low, on an i3-6100 and the iGPU.
Should I think about budgeting for a 6GB 1060 card next month, or an 8GB RX 480 (if prices drop further, if NV releases 1080ti and their prices slide down a notch, causing AMD to lower their prices too)?
Edit: If I were truthful about it, I only dabble in PC gaming these days. I mostly got the 4K 40" TV just to use as a desktop monitor, for more desktop space in Windows. So, truthfully, either of those cards should be fine (both support HDMI2.0, HEVC decode, and I think, HDR).
But it would be cool to try out some "immersive 4K gaming".
Edit: RS, feel free to grace this thread with some "charts and graphs", showing either that these cards are OK, or are pathetically not OK, for 4K gaming. I bought the i5-6400 for my rig on your suggestion.
I'm OK with a 30FPS locked console-like experience, at 4K, if that's all those cards will do.
I went a little crazy the last week (well, it's pre-BF). I ordered a i5-6400, for my B150 K4/Hyper board (so I can BCLK OC it to 4.5Ghz, hopefully), and then Newegg had a cheap 4K 40" UHD with HDMI 2.0 and HDR TV, for like $220. So, I overextended my monthly budget and snagged one.
So, now I'm challenged with "moving up to 4K", on a severe budget. I don't have enough budget for a "real 4K gaming card".
I'm wondering if I can get by with an RX 460 4GB (It's a Sapphire Nitro, I think it's factory OCed slightly), or a GTX950 2GB OC (MSI).
The only Steam game I own is Skyrim. I'm wondering if I'll be able to play that at 4K, with one of those cards?
First of all, does it even allow 4K res setting, and second, would either of those GPUs handle the game, even at "low"?
I've played it at maybe 30FPS on a 1080P monitor at low, on an i3-6100 and the iGPU.
Should I think about budgeting for a 6GB 1060 card next month, or an 8GB RX 480 (if prices drop further, if NV releases 1080ti and their prices slide down a notch, causing AMD to lower their prices too)?
Edit: If I were truthful about it, I only dabble in PC gaming these days. I mostly got the 4K 40" TV just to use as a desktop monitor, for more desktop space in Windows. So, truthfully, either of those cards should be fine (both support HDMI2.0, HEVC decode, and I think, HDR).
But it would be cool to try out some "immersive 4K gaming".
Edit: RS, feel free to grace this thread with some "charts and graphs", showing either that these cards are OK, or are pathetically not OK, for 4K gaming. I bought the i5-6400 for my rig on your suggestion.
I'm OK with a 30FPS locked console-like experience, at 4K, if that's all those cards will do.
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