Hardware & Technical Running E:D on a GTX 680 at 2560x1080 or 2560x1440

[CMDR PraisCthulhu]

I'm considering upgrading from my current 23" 1080 monitor to either a 29" Ultrawide or a 27" 1440p monitor. But, I want to make sure my current graphics card is up to the task of running E at these higher resolutions, as I don't have the money to upgrade both at the moment. Has anyone here had any experience running E at these higher than 1080 resolutions on a GTX 680?

If this is the wrong section of the forum, sorry. I've not posted here much.

 

[Ian Phillips]

Moved it to a better part of the forum for this query

Good luck!

 

[Jon flint]

I've not personally used the 680 but I'd say with Horizons its most likely not viable at those resolutions. But if you're sticking to 1.5 then you'll be fine.

I'm on a 970 that's pretty similar in performance to a 680 (according to GPU boss anyway) and those resolutions result in sub 60fps@ultra settings for me on planets surfaces.

If I remember correctly the 680 has about 55% the fill rate of my 970 so the effect of increasing resolution would be even more pronounced.

You may be able to do it if you don't mind sacrificing high/ultra settings or can stomach running at 30fps.

You may actually be able to try out those resolutions before you purchase a new monitor by playing around with custom resolutions and using DSR to scale them down to your current monitor.