I am looking to pick up an Asus PB278Q, but I am a little concerned that my current system with a Palit GTX 580 will not be able to run games in 1440p as well as it currently does in 1080p. I can pretty much max out any game in 1080p and play it smoothly at 60fps, and I really don't want that to change when I upgrade to 1440p.
To that end, I am looking to upgrade my graphics card, but... I am a bit stumped.
First of all, this pretty much sums up my current setup:
In any case, I am looking to replace my graphics card. I have no budget constraints, what's more important is hitting that 60fps target in 1440p and staying there.
I have been looking at the MSI N680GTX Lightning, but I am not quite sure if that on its own will do the job. It does have excellent cooling and as someone who does not want to dabble in watercooling, that sounds very pleasing.
Another possibility could be the Asus GTX690-4GD5. It's a whopping 900 though and from what I understand it is basically an SLI setup in one card, and thus needs games to have an SLI profile in order to reach its full potential. I have no experience with SLI and I don't know just how many games have SLI profiles, or how that even works. So I am rather on the fence about this one. The benchmarks do look mouth-watering, especially for a card that only takes up one expansion slot!
However, I am not entirely sure my case is big enough for the GTX690.
Finally, I am considering an SLI setup. Maybe a pair of MSI N680GTX Twin Frozr 4GD5/OCs. Again, these cards have excellent cooling and I am fairly certain I could fit two of them in my case comfortably. I do worry about the prospect of having to use SLI profiles, and I dread the 'micro-stuttering' I keep hearing about. Again, I have 0 experience with SLI, so I really don't know how hard it would be to set it up, and how bad the issues would be in practice.
I am looking for some sensible advice based on my setup, so please feel free to chime in. Thank you in advance for your help!
To that end, I am looking to upgrade my graphics card, but... I am a bit stumped.
First of all, this pretty much sums up my current setup:
Cooler Master CM 690 II
850W PSU (can't remember the brand off the top of my head)
Asus P67 Sabertooth Rev.3
Intel Core i7-2700k @3,5Ghz (running at stock)
16Gb Kingston DDR3 @ 1333Mhz
Palit GeForce GTX 580 1536Mb
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
In any case, I am looking to replace my graphics card. I have no budget constraints, what's more important is hitting that 60fps target in 1440p and staying there.
I have been looking at the MSI N680GTX Lightning, but I am not quite sure if that on its own will do the job. It does have excellent cooling and as someone who does not want to dabble in watercooling, that sounds very pleasing.
Another possibility could be the Asus GTX690-4GD5. It's a whopping 900 though and from what I understand it is basically an SLI setup in one card, and thus needs games to have an SLI profile in order to reach its full potential. I have no experience with SLI and I don't know just how many games have SLI profiles, or how that even works. So I am rather on the fence about this one. The benchmarks do look mouth-watering, especially for a card that only takes up one expansion slot!
However, I am not entirely sure my case is big enough for the GTX690.
Finally, I am considering an SLI setup. Maybe a pair of MSI N680GTX Twin Frozr 4GD5/OCs. Again, these cards have excellent cooling and I am fairly certain I could fit two of them in my case comfortably. I do worry about the prospect of having to use SLI profiles, and I dread the 'micro-stuttering' I keep hearing about. Again, I have 0 experience with SLI, so I really don't know how hard it would be to set it up, and how bad the issues would be in practice.
I am looking for some sensible advice based on my setup, so please feel free to chime in. Thank you in advance for your help!