Greetings,
I recently purchased an Acer Predator Z35P curved 35" WQHD (3440x1440 - 2k) 100hz monitor. The PC has an Intel i7-3930k Six-Core CPU with Corsair H80i liquid cooling, ASUS Rampage IV Extreme X79 gaming motherboard, 48Gb RAM and currently a MSI GeForge GTX 680 4Gb graphics card. Not that anyone cares with these specs other than showing that an older computer build works well playing the game. ED runs great on high settings with good frame rate, no stuttering, loss of color or detail...other than waiting for an ED server to open up a mission page etc. That is their problem.
I used to have two 680 cards in SLI mode but one finally failed which I suspect from overheating playing ED. The remaining 680 card is hitting up to 79-84C temp (fans manually set at 100 percent) when playing ED and 40-45C doing anything else including editing HD videos in Adobe products for commercial business the PC was designed for. Maybe time for a cooler running graphics card.
How are the temperatures on the cards you are using? That would be an interesting chart. For me ED high settings are fine.
I found this PGGames Review for the NVidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6Gb card which suggests that it has the turning shader features of the more expensive 20 series cards without the real time ray tracing. If ED ever applies this feature I'll probably need a new computer to pull it off...so will a lot of other ED players especially going to 4K widescreen monitors in the future. I think that we are safe for now.
Is anyone else using this card or even the GTX 1660? My goal is to lower the temp using this monitor with the same ED settings. I'm not going VR as I only have one good eye (the other has problems focusing on a spot) so do I REALLY need up to a $1300.00 graphics card?
Looks like I'll also need a 6-pin PCIe to 8-pin PCIe adapter to plug it in. My overrated PC power supply has been idling for years so no worries. Purchasing on Amazon I could buy it, try it out and return it if it doesn't do the job but that seems a little dishonest. Maybe put it in another office PC but they are not as powerful as this one.
Acer Predator Z35P
MSI GTX 1660 ti
PCIe Adapter
UPDATE: I purchased the MSI GTX 1660 TI VENTUS XS, downloaded the drivers and we're off and running...in an SRV. I tested ED at high and ultra settings with a solid 100 FPS at all times and a temp of 62-67C. In space the temp drops to 54C. I'm also happy saving $1000.00 not purchasing a high end card! Thanks for the replies.
WQHD (3440x1440 borderless) is pretty fantastic adding usable width while keeping the stretching to a minimum especially after dialing in your desired FOV in ED. Still it is more of a 1920x1080 expansion on a wide screen making things bigger. So much for the Devs lacking somewhat in the resolution department. Lower windowed settings also work great if a player wants to connect to the Forum or other 3rd party support sites and see both. Playing the game the other half is reading the Forum while I'm 8000 clicks out from a station! If I'm on the Forum I'm probably in the game. Meet you there.
Regards
I recently purchased an Acer Predator Z35P curved 35" WQHD (3440x1440 - 2k) 100hz monitor. The PC has an Intel i7-3930k Six-Core CPU with Corsair H80i liquid cooling, ASUS Rampage IV Extreme X79 gaming motherboard, 48Gb RAM and currently a MSI GeForge GTX 680 4Gb graphics card. Not that anyone cares with these specs other than showing that an older computer build works well playing the game. ED runs great on high settings with good frame rate, no stuttering, loss of color or detail...other than waiting for an ED server to open up a mission page etc. That is their problem.
I used to have two 680 cards in SLI mode but one finally failed which I suspect from overheating playing ED. The remaining 680 card is hitting up to 79-84C temp (fans manually set at 100 percent) when playing ED and 40-45C doing anything else including editing HD videos in Adobe products for commercial business the PC was designed for. Maybe time for a cooler running graphics card.
How are the temperatures on the cards you are using? That would be an interesting chart. For me ED high settings are fine.
I found this PGGames Review for the NVidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6Gb card which suggests that it has the turning shader features of the more expensive 20 series cards without the real time ray tracing. If ED ever applies this feature I'll probably need a new computer to pull it off...so will a lot of other ED players especially going to 4K widescreen monitors in the future. I think that we are safe for now.
Is anyone else using this card or even the GTX 1660? My goal is to lower the temp using this monitor with the same ED settings. I'm not going VR as I only have one good eye (the other has problems focusing on a spot) so do I REALLY need up to a $1300.00 graphics card?
Looks like I'll also need a 6-pin PCIe to 8-pin PCIe adapter to plug it in. My overrated PC power supply has been idling for years so no worries. Purchasing on Amazon I could buy it, try it out and return it if it doesn't do the job but that seems a little dishonest. Maybe put it in another office PC but they are not as powerful as this one.
Acer Predator Z35P
MSI GTX 1660 ti
PCIe Adapter
UPDATE: I purchased the MSI GTX 1660 TI VENTUS XS, downloaded the drivers and we're off and running...in an SRV. I tested ED at high and ultra settings with a solid 100 FPS at all times and a temp of 62-67C. In space the temp drops to 54C. I'm also happy saving $1000.00 not purchasing a high end card! Thanks for the replies.
WQHD (3440x1440 borderless) is pretty fantastic adding usable width while keeping the stretching to a minimum especially after dialing in your desired FOV in ED. Still it is more of a 1920x1080 expansion on a wide screen making things bigger. So much for the Devs lacking somewhat in the resolution department. Lower windowed settings also work great if a player wants to connect to the Forum or other 3rd party support sites and see both. Playing the game the other half is reading the Forum while I'm 8000 clicks out from a station! If I'm on the Forum I'm probably in the game. Meet you there.
Regards
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