Will 770 4GB SLI be good enough for 1440p/96hz?

[tracerit]

I only play BF4 and my R9 270 isn't cutting it much. Until summer, I'll be playing at 1080p/60hz then I'll be getting a 1440p Korean display and trying to overclock to 96hz (this is when I'll be planning to SLI).

 

[tweakboy]

What do you want help doing ?

 

[hawtdawg]

Probably not without a good OC, no AA and probably some settings turned down. im pretty sure even OC'd 780's would have trouble doing that with AA.

 

[JumBie]

Well the 770sli will give you over 60fps constant in BF4@1440p thats not a problem. Steady at 96hz, I doubt it. Also don't even bother with the 4GB version, you WILL NOT notice a difference at all even at the resolution, the 2GB editions are more than enough.

 

[TreVader]

If you don't use any AA and don't mind getting down to 40fps often, then probably. Why would anybody run 770 SLI unless they already had a 770? SLI doesn't scale well, a single 780ti will be better.

 

[Braxos]

As you don't have the 770 4gb I would suggest to buy something else since it is overpriced. A 780 ti or a 290x because the dual 770 4gb would cost more then one of those 2.

 

[Bubbleawsome]

If you're running bf4 you may as well go dual 290/x

 

[46andtool]

I only play BF4 and my R9 270 isn't cutting it much. Until summer, I'll be playing at 1080p/60hz then I'll be getting a 1440p Korean display and trying to overclock to 96hz (this is when I'll be planning to SLI).

I would get one high end card for right now, then once you get your 1440p display add another one if you need more fps. It will cost you more in the long run than running the 770s, but r9 290 setup will last you longer. And with mantle being good for some extra FPS you might want to seriously think about paying a little extra and going the AMD route

 

[tracerit]

jsut went ahead and got a 780 (non-Ti) for now. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc..._-na-_-na-_-na

trying to stay away from AMD from now on, the drivers really do suck. mantle keeps crashing, my audio was funky and the prices currently are extremely overpriced.

 

[46andtool]

great choice you can't go wrong with that card there, I got the card in my sig recently after using AMD/ATI cards for years and I'm super pleased with it. Runs cool and silent and its a beast

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Oh man, its so good to hear Nvidia drivers are perfect now a days.

 

[Carfax83]

No current single GPU can hold 96Hz at 1440p, without some reductions on the settings.

GTX 770 SLI could probably do it, especially with a decent overclock, but the burden would quickly shift to your CPU.

SLI performance is strongly dependent on the CPU, especially for maintaining frame rate. You would need a 4770K @ 4.5ghz and greater, or better yet, a 3930K or 4930K at 4.5ghz I'd wager.

And BF4 multiplayer is CPU bound anyway..

 

[hans030390]

As long as you aren't using MSAA or resolution scaling and have a good CPU, something like a single GTX 780, especially if overclocked, should net you around 60-75FPS on average with high/ultra settings at 1440p in BF4. It's all variable (MP maps and performance especially) and depends on how you tweak your settings.

So, no it won't quite reach the 96Hz rate, but even a consistent 70FPS looks tangibly smoother than a consistent 60FPS.

SLI 770s at 4GB VRAM each would probably outperform a single 780 in BF4, but I could be wrong and haven't pulled up any benchmarks to validate my claim. Get a second 780, and I think you'll make really good use of the 96Hz refresh rate.

 

[Sohaltang]

There was a huge thread on running 4k on a single gpu last week.

 

[Unoid]

Need two 770 at least and even then 2xMSAA max, and some other settings need lowering like shadows or post processing.

see my rig.

 

[jtrdfw]

With max settings in BF4, I average 55 fps online with a single 770 (that I got today). I know this is an older thread but there is a little misinformation I wanted to address since this comes up on top in a Google search.

SLI performance can vary, but BF4 scales incredibly well. I just replaced 660ti SLI with one 770 today and will have another 770 in a week. Benchmarking this one 770 and it is exceeding my expectations a bit.

I believe with OC (which is virtually painless for nvidia, and as safe as overclocking can get) you can probably average in the 90's at max, however undoubtedly with some dips in the 80's and 70's. I'll find out soon. It will outperform a 780ti without a doubt.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7492/the-geforce-gtx-780-ti-review/7

By 20 fps in 4k and 1440p, even though this is BF3.

However one thing that is rarely said about SLI. A lot of the old issues are virtually non existent, but one thing I've noticed is that when you start stressing an SLI setup the fps drops and far more intrusive than a single card setup that is simply getting lower fps (but more playable). But in this particular case since we're asking 96+ fps in 1440p, 770 SLI would be the better choice over a 780ti just for raw fps.

 

[Unoid]

See my sig

 

[Carfax83]

With the latest drivers, maintaining high frame rates in BF4 is easier now than before as there is less of a CPU bottleneck.. Especially for SLI rigs..

 

[QuantumPion]

Well the 770sli will give you over 60fps constant in BF4@1440p thats not a problem. Steady at 96hz, I doubt it. Also don't even bother with the 4GB version, you WILL NOT notice a difference at all even at the resolution, the 2GB editions are more than enough.

I think every game I've bought in the last 6 months has required 3+ gb of vram for the max texture setting. Then again, every game I've bought in the last 6 months has lacked SLI support and still does to this day.

 

[firyice]

How would a single 770 do with 1440p? That's the situation I'm gonna be in once that Asus ROG Swift comes out. Hoping that G-Sync will ease the transition while I wait for Maxwell...

 

[Bateluer]

How would a single 770 do with 1440p? That's the situation I'm gonna be in once that Asus ROG Swift comes out. Hoping that G-Sync will ease the transition while I wait for Maxwell...

Unless you're a hardcore competitive FPS player, a single 770 should handle 1440p60 perfectly fine. Heck, I spent a year gaming at 1440p with a slower 7950B card. Haven't found a game yet that the 290X can't run at max settings, BF4 included.

 

[Unoid]

Unless you're a hardcore competitive FPS player, a single 770 should handle 1440p60 perfectly fine. Heck, I spent a year gaming at 1440p with a slower 7950B card. Haven't found a game yet that the 290X can't run at max settings, BF4 included.

This: If you're at 60hz, you can keep 60FPS constant with only a little bit of lowering shaders/shadows options etc. and 2xmax fsaa

 

[Unoid]

If you don't use any AA and don't mind getting down to 40fps often, then probably. Why would anybody run 770 SLI unless they already had a 770? SLI doesn't scale well, a single 780ti will be better.

Look at reviews. GTX 690 vs 780/780ti. 690 still wins unless we're talking 4K+ res.

overclocking? 680SLi OC'd or even 770 OC'd SLI still faster than 780ti at 1.3ghz

Only problem is up to nvidia's ability to make sli profiles. it's a fair arguement that 1 card > 2 for overall gameability. However the OP, and I were/are in the situation where we have a GTX 680 and needed a second to make 1440P 60hz+ work.