Pam Demonium wrote:Just was in Elite, in 4k, took off, got to 8k, did a hammerhead, and landed. Said before, it wont do VR, and I have no intention to ever get any.
What is your frame rate? And with what settings? That's key.
To me, a
median of 60fps is required. This is often a mean (typically what people
pun-mean
-pun by "average") of 45-50fps.
To have a median that is under 60fps, let alone closer to 30fps, with a
mean under 30fps, is garbage for most people. And if I'm going to have to
turn down settings to low/medium to get a median of 60fps, mean >45fps, then I might as well
not play at that resolution.
Again, here are two OpenGL 4.x / Vulkan benchmarks from the GTX 1060 3GiB review I posted, with the Zotac Mini card (of which I personally own two 3GiB cards), the reference GTX 1060 3/6GiB cards, and the GTX 970 4GiB, among others like the GTX 980, 980 Ti and GTX 1070.
We're looking at a theme here for OpenGL 3+ and Vulkan games ...
For 2K at 60fps+ median, the GTX 970/1060 is more than enough, with the GTX 980/1070 (or 1080+) being best for 144MHz+ G-sync/Freesync
For 2.5K at 60fps+ median, the GTX 970/1060 does the job, and GTX 980/1070 definite does, although I'd look to GTX 1080 (if not 1080Ti) for 144MHz+
For 4K at 60fps+ median, you're talking usually at least GTX 1080
The choice is up-to-you. I'm just setting the 'expectations.' That's what I do in my job, day-in, day-out, in corporate enterprise networks and clusters. What 'works' to functional requirements and what 'works' to expectational ones, is not for me to decide.
I'm going to give the information so when someone makes a 'choice,' I'm not going to be the one they blame if the results don't match their expectations. I'd rather be 'the pisser' that keeps bringing this up, annoyingly so, than for people to say, "You didn't warn me!"
Luckily this is just a game disappointment, not a C-level office, when people don't want to 'get into the details', and 'think Bryan is wrong.'