patseguin Global Moderator Posted June 24, 2015 Global Moderator Share Posted June 24, 2015 I'm thinking about making the plunge into 4k on my gaming rig. I currently have a 2560 X 1440 Dell 27" which is really nice. Will I notice a definitely improvement going to 4k from that? Also, do only newer video cards support 4k? I have dual nVidia 670's in SLI and I'm not sure if they will do 4k. Also, can the rig in my signature handle games in 4k that it handles well now at 2560? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAZMINATOR Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 I'm thinking about making the plunge into 4k on my gaming rig. I currently have a 2560 X 1440 Dell 27" which is really nice. Will I notice a definitely improvement going to 4k from that? Also, do only newer video cards support 4k? I have dual nVidia 670's in SLI and I'm not sure if they will do 4k. Also, can the rig in my signature handle games in 4k that it handles well now at 2560? Yes your video cards supports 4K as long as you have driver version as mentioned in quote below: 4 - 3840x2160 at 30Hz or 4096x2160 at 24Hz supported over HDMI. 4096x2160 (including 3840x2160) at 60Hz supported over Displayport. Support for 4k tiled MST displays requires 326.19 driver or later. From here patseguin 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patseguin Global Moderator Posted June 24, 2015 Author Global Moderator Share Posted June 24, 2015 Thanks, after I posted I thought to look over at nVidia for compatibility. Anyone here have the Dell or another brand they recommend? Dell's have been my favorite monitors for years. You think games that play well for me 2560 will still play well at 3840? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAZMINATOR Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Thanks, after I posted I thought to look over at nVidia for compatibility. Anyone here have the Dell or another brand they recommend? Dell's have been my favorite monitors for years. You think games that play well for me 2560 will still play well at 3840? I have not used 4k yet but I have an iMac that is using 2560 x 1440. My brother has 5K iMac, It;s impressive. I pulled up a site to see the monitors, so here you go: http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/sna.aspx?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd&~topic=ultrahd_monitor I have a Windows 7 laptop that is using dual monitors. 1920x1080 each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anibal P Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Problem with 4/5k is that the few 60hz screens are mad expensive, you can gt a cheaper 30hz screen any day of the week, but are crap for gaming Going to be sticking with 144/1600 till 60hz+ is the norm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason S. Global Moderator Posted June 25, 2015 Global Moderator Share Posted June 25, 2015 i have 680s in SLI and 4k @ 30Hz is no problem. what i dont know, however, is if the 600-series can do 4k @ 60Hz over DP. can anyone confirm? as for gaming, i think vsync locked at 30Hz is just fine. im not a twitch gamer playing COD online all day, though. i've played several FPS's on my Seiki, and it works great. last week i played some Crysis 3 @ 4k w/ most settings at Medium (some at High). It was super smooth and gameplay was just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osiris Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Problem with 4/5k is that the few 60hz screens are mad expensive, you can gt a cheaper 30hz screen any day of the week, but are crap for gaming Going to be sticking with 144/1600 till 60hz+ is the norm 60Hz seems pretty normal on most of the monitors I'm seeing. Ones like the Dell 3415W, Philips 40", LG, Samsung (although Sammy one is expensive) all do 60Hz. I'm thinking about making the plunge into 4k on my gaming rig. I currently have a 2560 X 1440 Dell 27" which is really nice. Will I notice a definitely improvement going to 4k from that? Also, do only newer video cards support 4k? I have dual nVidia 670's in SLI and I'm not sure if they will do 4k. Also, can the rig in my signature handle games in 4k that it handles well now at 2560? I am sure you'll notice a difference but the extent of that difference would depend on what monitor you go with. For me, the size of the large 4K monitors is what I notice and love (desktop & gaming), I don't necessarily notice any major differences in image quality but friends who have seen them think they are great on that front. Remember 4K textures take up more vram so may be a stopping point with your current cards depending on what games you are playing and what settings you want to have them on. Depending on the games you are playing might instead be worth considering a high hz monitor with freesync/gsync etc instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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