Video Card for 2560*1440*2

[Kones4k]

Hi All,
Could anyone suggest a video card that powerful enough for playing game (World of Warcraft, Diable 3, Star craft II) at 2560*1440 Single Monitor. Plus, have another 2560*1440 Monitor will watching Video at same time.

I have a 560Ti 1GBram, feeling lag when playing WOW at all ultimate setting.

Video card Budget: USD 450

Additional information:
CPU: E3-1230 V2
Ram: 16 GB
HDD: 128GB SSD

Thank you very much!!

Kones

 

[blackened23]

I use dual monitors as well - Either the 680 or 7970 will do that fine. Or the 670/7950. Up to you really. Blizzard games tend to do a little better on nvidia, I think.

edit: a lot of blizz games are cpu limited as well, may want to consider allocating some of that budget towards that if possible.

 

[Shmee]

Actually, apparently he has an IB xeon. Only draw back is I don't think it can be Oced.

 

[blackened23]

Actually, apparently he has an IB xeon. Only draw back is I don't think it can be Oced.

Oops. I saw the number 3 during a brief glance and was thinking i3. Nevermind then.

 

[dagamer34]

As others have said, either 680 or 7970. I'd personally get the 7970, get the 2 free games (Crysis 3 and Bioshock Infinite), and sell them if you don't want them.

 

[Shmee]

ya good voltage unlocked 7970 would do well and OC well. I Recommend the sapphire dual X.

 

[mrpiggy]

Just be aware that if you are planning on using the cheap DVI-input only Korean 2550x1440 monitors, you need a video card that supports DVI dual link outputs on both DVI ports of the video card or you have to use an expensive USB active adaptor (like $75+ bucks) for full 2550x1440 output on both monitors.

NVidia cards (at least all the older ones I have used) all supported two DVI dual link output ports. ATI cards only have 1 DVI Dual Link capable output and IMHO the active USB adaptors suck.

I have two Shimian 2550x1440 DVI input-only monitors and ended up using a 7970 on one monitor for games and then a really cheap 5450 for the other to watch videos and do desktop work instead of trying to deal with the crappy USB active adaptor. This was coming from an old 480GTX that supported both monitors two Dual link DVI ports built on.

 

[KingFatty]

Very good point - almost laughable that a completely separate video card costs less than the active dual-link displayport adapter, so it makes more sense to simply buy a 2nd video card and use that to power the 2nd video.

I think that's probably the best solution if you decide to go AMD instead of NVidia, otherwise it's nice that NVidia has two dual-link DVI ports ready to go.

 

[blackened23]

Do the Korean IPS panels not have displayport? I guess that's a valid issue if so. IIRC nvidia cards have a DVI-I, DVI-D port, HDMI and full displayport while AMD generally has 1 DVI-D, 2 mini DP, HDMI. HDMI is limited to 1080p in current graphics cards/monitors.

 

[mrpiggy]

Do the Korean IPS panels not have displayport? I guess that's a valid issue if so. IIRC nvidia cards have a DVI-I, DVI-D port, HDMI and full displayport while AMD generally has 1 DVI-D, 2 mini DP, HDMI. HDMI is limited to 1080p in current graphics cards/monitors.

The more expensive Korean IPS panels have more connectors, however they are not as popular as the DVI-only because a. more expensive b. input laggier. Most people who are trying to go cheap and big/pretty, do the DVI-only ones.