What GPU shold I get for dual-monitor and run watch dogs on ultra?

[h4xor555]

Rocking a GTX 460 SE right now, I know it won't do for watch dogs, as AC 4:Black Flag lagged on my GPU.

Also probably won't do well for a dual monitor won't it, either?

So, what's a good GPU for what I want? I want to be able to run games on ultra for years too.

I can step up RAM, everything else would be kinda hard.

Would like to avoid a SLI, those cause issues.

 

[ShinyCharizard]

Well. If you want to avoid SLI the best solution is to just get the most powerful single card you can afford.

Your best bet would be:

AMD R9 290
AMD R9 290x

or

Nvidia GTX 780
Nvidia GTX 780ti

 

[Albino Boo]

You need to post details of your cpu. Max performance comes from a combination of cpu and gpu. You could buy a high end card but still bottleneck due to your cpu.

 

[h4xor555]

Amd 955 quad 3.2ghz

 

[Albino Boo]

Amd 955 quad 3.2ghz

Your cpu can't run what the published spec for ultra on watchdogs. Your cpu falls between the minimum and the recommended spec for watchdogs. My guess is that with a gtx 760 ti or Radeon HD 7870 you should be able to run on medium. If you want to run ultra you have to invest in a new rig.

 

[h4xor555]

Amd 955 quad 3.2ghz

Your cpu can't run what the published spec for ultra on watchdogs. Your cpu falls between the minimum and the recommended spec for watchdogs. My guess is that with a gtx 760 ti or Radeon HD 7870 you should be able to run on medium. If you want to run ultra you have to invest in a new rig.

Is the game acutally going to demand an 8 core cpu? Is it really going to use 8 cores?

 

[Albino Boo]

Is the game actually going to demand an 8 core cpu? Is it really going to use 8 cores?

I doubt it will use more than 4 but not all cores are equal. The intel's are only 4 cores and they can cope because the i7's four cores are more powerful than the AMD's 8

 

[h4xor555]

I really don't want to dump so much money in a totally new build, it feels uncessary, I would rather upgrade my GPU as that's what most games need anyways to run ultra settings, ram I could increase too

 

[Albino Boo]

With your cpu there is not much point in getting anything more expensive than a gtx 760 ti or Radeon HD 7870. The relative age of your cpu means than anything more expensive than that would bottleneck and you wouldn't get the advantage of the extra power from the gpu. Those two cards will run most current games on high/ultra, and the new ones coming out on medium/high.

 

[h4xor555]

Man, I could still run bio shock infinite on high, ultra even.

I don't see the point of getting a 760 if I want to totally step up soon, I've had this machine for 3 years now