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WQHD 2560 x 1440 - GPU Help
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Mary'Anne
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#1 - 2016-03-17 08:02:09 UTC
I would love some feedback on a new graphics card please.

I was originally hoping to get two 4K screens and the more research I did the more I realised that even powering one of those was a job for multiple top end cards which is out of my price range.

I've come down to the idea of WQHD or 2560 x 1440. Has any got any experience running two of these with an eve client in each?

After reading everything I could find, I believe a single 980ti GTX with 6Gig of memory should be able to comfortably pull it off (I read that the latest farcry takes up 3g on one screen at that res).

Any thoughts or comments are appreciated - my aim here is to be able to run an eve client in each monitor maxed out without issues.

Thanks :)
Aineko Macx
#2 - 2016-03-18 09:35:11 UTC
You can monitor GPU RAM usage with the tool GPU-Z. IIRC even on a 3440x1440 screen EVE doesn't use more than 1GB of VRAM per running client. I'll confirm that later.
As for horsepower, a GTX980Ti will indeed run multiple clients comfortably. One should note that a new generation of GPUs is not far off...

iveeCore 3.0: The PHP engine for industrial activities and CREST library
Aineko Macx
#3 - 2016-03-19 17:07:47 UTC
Checked VRAM usage.
Starting from a base usage of ~300MB just from using Windows (7), then starting the game in 3440x1440 fullscreen resolution, undocking in Jita, with max settings but AA off, VRAM usage goes to about ~1300MB. With AA set to high, it goes to ~1500MB.

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