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  1. November 18th, 2015, 09:18 AM #1
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    4K Video Card

    Currently, I have a Samsung 46 inch 1080p LED as my monitor. My current video card is GeForce 8800GTS: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814143119

    My video card connects fine through the DVI port.

    My wife is planning to buy a LG 42 inch 4K UHD for my birthday. I believe this TV has a refresh rate of 240hz. This means that I will need to get a new video card to be able to display 4K resolution.

    I read that regular HDMI will not support 4K. A video card with HDMI 2.0 port and HDMI 2.0 cable are a must. Anything else? What should I be looking for in this new video card to display 4K resolution?
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  2. November 18th, 2015, 11:35 AM #2
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    nVidia 900 series cards should work. If you are gaming, a 980GTX would be the way to go.

    There are other considerations also.

    Possibly useful links:

    http://www.digitaltrends.com/computi...on-on-your-pc/

    http://www.cnet.com/news/nvidia-push...ce-gtx-980-ti/

    http://www.pcworld.com/article/29063...-displays.html
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    JDC, I saw the other two articles before I started this thread. However, your third article (PC World) is really good and pretty much covers all my questions. Thanks

    I think I will be holding off on 4K since video cards supporting those TVs seem to be still in the beta stage.

    I will ask my wife to buy me power tools instead, for this birthday. Maybe my next birthday will visit 4K again.
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    I have 2 large 4K TV's I'm using as monitors. I'm using XFX R9 290 & 290X GPU's to drive them. I was using a MSI HD 7950 with one of them with great results until I upgraded. A used HD 7950 or 7970 can be found for under $130 with a bit of searching. It's been my experience the AMD-based GPU's do better at 4K than the Nvidia offerings.
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