£1,500 to £2,000 is about the maximum, beyond that the £/return on performance drops off massively, will also get peripherals and monitors out of that build.

With graphics cards its all about the monitor size and resolution you play at, as 1080p you do not need to spend over £300.

What is your pc spec?

fractal r4 define case
coolermaster 600w modular psu
samsung 850 pro 512gig ssd + about 10tb of hdd space across 5 hdd's.
evga 970 ftw gpu with vram clocked at +455mhz and the boost goes up to 1420mhz
asus xonar d2x soundcard
intel 4670k haswell cpu with turbo overclocked to 4.3ghz
16 gig of corsair CL9 1600mhz ram not overclocked
2 intake case fans at front which also cool down storage
1 exhaust fan at back
asus z87-plus motherboard
pioneer dvr-216d optical dvd drive (I flashed to region free)

project cars still drops below 60fps when its raining, I will probably drop reflection quality as according to this guide it has a big impact in rain.

http://forum.projectcarsgame.com/showthread.php?2237...

also this thread

http://forum.projectcarsgame.com/showthread.php?2361...

I had a great race where it started raining mid race and it turned into chaos

this game is amazing.

Edited by Chrysalis (Sat 04-Jul-15 23:14:19)

In reply to a post by Chrysalis:

fractal r4 define case
coolermaster 600w modular psu
samsung 850 pro 512gig ssd + about 10tb of hdd space across 5 hdd's.
evga 970 ftw gpu with vram clocked at +455mhz and the boost goes up to 1420mhz
asus xonar d2x soundcard
intel 4670k haswell cpu with turbo overclocked to 4.3ghz
16 gig of corsair CL9 1600mhz ram not overclocked
2 intake case fans at front which also cool down storage
1 exhaust fan at back
asus z87-plus motherboard
pioneer dvr-216d optical dvd drive (I flashed to region free)

And a Partridge in a Pear Tree,and a Partridge in a pear treeeeeeeeeee

In reply to a post by jorkila:

Not taking sides here either but let's not forget that nelly was trying to do this build on a sensible budget, yeah given he's not gonna hit 4k with his card but neither am I with my 970 which cost £70-80 more!!

Out of interest, I've been fiddling with Virtual Super Resolution and it looks amazing at 4k on the ultra preset.

Unfortunately, although it reaches as high as 45 FPS, at times it drops down to very low twenties which makes it too choppy really. At custom ultra with everything on full, it averages only 23 with drops to 17 which gets really stuttery at times and is no good on the eyes at all!

It does manage 35 consistently at 1440p at ultra which looks really, really nice too, but after running all week at 1080/60, it feels slightly sluggish. Going to try 4k with medium to high settings tonight and see if I can get a locked frame rate.

VSR does cause a slight lag with the wheel input apparently, but I can't say it's noticeable in Dirt Rally, particularly as the steering is so exaggerated whilst sliding about. It might be more noticeable in Project Cars for example, but overall a good little feature for us TV gamers.

Nice!
That boost going to 1420 isn't your gpu memory is it?

The Nelster pointed me toward DSR last night, you played around with that?

Yeah like I said last night, with the higher resolutions you should be able to turn down or even off some of the eye candy as the resolution should more than make up for it!!

Whist reading about Nvidia's DSR I've also discovered MFAA which apparently which gives MSAA quality but at only half the performance cost Basically says by having MFAA turned on and then selecting MSAA x2 in game you get the equivalent of MSAA x4 and so on and so on

I'll be giving it a go later!!

Which brings me to the conclusion that with MFAA enabled and a lower MSAA setting I should be able to up the resolution more without such a performance hit

Don't worry Timey you don't have all these settings to worry about on the consoles

No problem these posts are a must for anyone suffering from a severe bout of insomnia