Elite 4k rig at 60fps | warning for others

airikr

airikr
Hey guys, if you are going on the 4k track I learned it's an expensive ride.

I got my self a Samsung U28D590DS and upgraded to a Nvidia 980 but I only got about 30fps around stations, planets and hyperspace on max resolution and high settings.
I then spent another £500 (Xmas bonus now spent) and got and additional 980 with a SLI bridge.
Now I can run elite in 3840 x 2160 high setting at 60fps. Looks absolutely amazing but a expensive rig.

So if you want want to run elite in 4k be ready to spend about £1300 on just monitor and GFX-cards.

HW: Gigabyte Z77X-D3H, Intel Core i5-3570K, 16gb RAM DD3, Corsair Force 3 SSD (Win 8.1) and Samsung SSD 840 (elite), 2 x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
 

TripleZero

TripleZero
Well 4K is still at the beginning, it should be quite obvious that you need a very expensive system to run a 4K resolution with proper fps.

Vastly prefer 1440p with 144 hertz, but that might be just me.
 

The Gael

The Gael
airikr said:
Hey guys, if you are going on the 4k track I learned it's an expensive ride.

I got my self a Samsung U28D590DS and upgraded to a Nvidia 980 but I only got about 30fps around stations, planets and hyperspace on max resolution and high settings.
I then spent another £500 (Xmas bonus now spent) and got and additional 980 with a SLI bridge.
Now I can run elite in 3840 x 2160 high setting at 60fps. Looks absolutely amazing but a expensive rig.

So if you want want to run elite in 4k be ready to spend about £1300 on just monitor and GFX-cards.

HW: Gigabyte Z77X-D3H, Intel Core i5-3570K, 16gb RAM DD3, Corsair Force 3 SSD (Win 8.1) and Samsung SSD 840 (elite), 2 x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
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Thats most my paycheck soooo screw that. Oculas already set me back 700.
 
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NullAndVoid

NullAndVoid
Personnel preference but 3 screen eyefinty/surround is way more immersive than any single screen can be. But 3 screen 1440p is hard to drive, running 3 SLI'ed 780 GTX's so I know where you are coming from.

Haven't tried Oculus though....
 

CMDR Saunders

C
970gtqz occulus rift.....the immersion is so great I may actually quit life and become a space pilot full time... that is until they drag me away kicking and screaming, covered in my own feces, with the bones of the family dog beside me (he was there and food wasn't, hey, don't judge)

I get plenty of judder in large stations and in asteroid fields. I try to avoid those areas if possible. Tolerable, but they break immersion.
 

Lasse B.

Lasse B.
Frankly, that was to be expected. 4x the pixel pushing power requirement isn't something that any current card can do on its own.
 

Psicorp

P
I run 4k with a 970 FTW , all settings on max, at 60hz
And seems absolutely fine (about £700)
Looks absolutely beautiful btw, well done FD!
 

skypine27

S
Odd ball reporting in: 34" LG 21:9 monitor (34um95-p) w/ GTX 980 and 8 core 5960x

Looks amazing, it's like sitting on the bridge of the Enterprise with this monitor.
Full 60fps w/ no dips ever. Thank you FD for supporting 21:9 screens. I 34" 21:9s to be more immersive than 4K at this point in development.
 

Demonic Squid

Demonic Squid
specialsymbol said:
You should have gone with AMD.. they are simply better.
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Cheque's in the post...

skypine27 said:
Odd ball reporting in: 34" LG 21:9 monitor (34um95-p) w/ GTX 980 and 8 core 5960x

Looks amazing, it's like sitting on the bridge of the Enterprise with this monitor.
Full 60fps w/ no dips ever. Thank you FD for supporting 21:9 screens. I 34" 21:9s to be more immersive than 4K at this point in development.
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This sounds cool. I'vebeen looking at a projector setup for cinescope format video editing on my macs, been looking at getting several monitors instead but a 21:9 monitor may just do it for me... Of course I won't be playing Elite on my mac pro when the OSX client arrives, oh no... *cough*
 
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adoredtv

adoredtv
Should've bought 2x 290x's or 2x 970's and saved a ton of money and got about the same performance. You can definitely do 4K a lot cheaper than that.

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specialsymbol said:
You should have gone with AMD.. they are simply better.
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I wouldn't say better but they seem to perform well in Elite and 2x 290x's are likely to be at least as good as 2x 980's.

http://www.hardwarepal.com/elite-dangerous-benchmark-performance/

Looks like the 290 (non X) is about as good as a 970. Crossfire is generally a lot better than SLI so I'd expect 290s's to at least hold their own against 980's. I should add that AMD hasn't even done any driver work on Elite (as far as I'm aware), so it's only going to get better.
 
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sohara

sohara
I think if you are only nudging 30fps in 4k with a 980, then you may need to look at other components in your system.

What RAM do you have, how much?
What processor do you have?

If either of these is lacking you might as well have just stuck an old lump of cheese in there instead!
 
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Im_Lost

I
I'd give 4k a couple more years yet at least. 1440 is optimal at the moment.

Plus unless your spending a lot of money (£700+) the 4k screens are not that great.
 
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Aldaris

A
mkten said:
I think if you are only nudging 30fps in 4k with a 980, then you may need to look at other components in your system.

What RAM do you have, how much?
What processor do you have?

If either of these is lacking you might as well have just stuck an old lump of cheese in there instead!
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Bzzt. At 4k your memory and processor are not going to matter. The limiting factor will always be the GPU.
 

Mephane

Mephane
My plan is to jump to 4K in about 5 years, when both the screens and the cards to delivers those many pixels will be commonplace. :)
 
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