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Jaydip

Jaydip

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Guys finally booked this monitor 🙂 So what do you suggest to upgrade to from 680 ? I will be getting 4770K when it drops.I was looking at Titan, 690 or 7990.Is a single 780 would suffice for this?
 
I am not a eye candy maniac but like to enable them if I can 🙂 so I guess I have to forget AA settings mostly unless its fxaa?
 
Let me know Jaydip, I was going to get a 1440p catleap - actually what I really wanted was the 2560x1080 screen but they're $200 more than the catleaps - however that makes sense!
 
If you want to keep your cost down buy a used 680 off the FS forum here and go SLI. A 780 would be a decent upgrade in speed, but it does come at a cost and only you know if $650 is too much in this instance. You could sell the 680 and put that towards a 780 and it lessens the blow.
 
DooKey said:
If you want to keep your cost down buy a used 680 off the FS forum here and go SLI. A 780 would be a decent upgrade in speed, but it does come at a cost and only you know if $650 is too much in this instance. You could sell the 680 and put that towards a 780 and it lessens the blow.
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That makes sense.
 
Jaydip said:
I am not a eye candy maniac but like to enable them if I can 🙂 so I guess I have to forget AA settings mostly unless its fxaa?
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The higher res, the less usage for AA 😉

But really, try first, then see if you need a better GFX card afterwards.
 
Half the games will run at 1440p and half at 1080p. To run most games at 1440p no msaa you will need a Titan or 690 at least, I would prefer Titan. Even then many games won't run at 1440p even without AA. This includes the likes of Crysis 2, Crysis 3, tomb raider etc.
 
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Half the games will run at 1440p and half at 1080p. To run most games at 1440p no msaa you will need a Titan or 690 at least, I would prefer Titan. Even then many games won't run at 1440p even without AA. This includes the likes of Crysis 2, Crysis 3, tomb raider etc.
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Isn't that a bit extreme? it's almost unbelievable that even Titan can't run crysis 2,crysis 3 and TR in 1440P.
 
I do 680 SLI to keep 60-90FPS on my overclockable 1440p. Rarely do I use FSAA unless it's fxaa

I'd say try the single 680 first, it'll play everything with some things turned down like post processing/ambient occ/shadows.

If not try SLI or wait 6 mos for 20nm
 
Jaydip said:
Isn't that a bit extreme? it's almost unbelievable that even Titan can't run crysis 2,crysis 3 and TR in 1440P.
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You can play any game at 1440p on a GTX680, it's just a question of the settings you use.

For the most part, I've just stopped using MSAA and all my games run well using an OC'd GTX670. That's Tomb Raider, BF3, Far Cry 3, Deus Ex, and a few others. Crysis 3 may require a few more adjustments downwards.

Only in BF3 multiplayer am I sometimes wishing I had a bit more power. I've actually dropped down to High settings a few times to smooth things out.
 
A Titan isn't much more powerful than a 7970ghz. Unless the 7970ghz doesn't avg 45 fps on 1440p, it won't get 60 fps on a Titan. And if you get 45 fps at 1440p can actually get 70-80 fps at 1080p. So assuming you only get 60 fps at 1080p it will be unplayable on a Titan at 1440p. A Titan needs to get at least 80-90 fps at 1080p to manage 60 fps at 1440p. I most modern games a Titan can't get 90 fps at full hd. And this is without any AA. Of course I am only talking about Half of the most intensive games of 2013.

The difference is like comparing a stock 6950 to stock 580.
 
Just buy a card that you can afford and need that will play most of your games at the settings you want... You may not need to turn on MSAA.

Also, you are going to keep your monitor for 3 years are more, while you may upgrade your card every few months or a year - so even if the card you can afford can run everything at max settings is not available now, maybe in the future years when the price drops or better pricing higher performance cards come out -or you can always add a second card later for SLI/Crossfire... these are always your option.

Just for your reference - I run a GTX 670 on 2560x1440 monitors all day gaming with max resolutions (no MSAA) and stress testing, happy with the performance so far
 
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