Do larger monitors require beefier video cards

[ErichB 3,651]

Hi all

 

If I wanted to upgrade to a 32' monitor, would my current graphics card need to be changed? Is there any correlation between the two at all?

 

Thanks

[Swofford 155]

Depends on the resolution you run. At 1080p no. But that would look terrible so in basic general terms yes. The higher the resolution the more benefit a powerful GPU will be.

[jzimmermann 238]

Personally I think there is a greater benefit in running a higher resolution than a larger size monitor, meaning a 27" monitor running FSX at 2560 x 1440 is going to look way better than a 32" monitor with FSX at 1920 x 1080. Plus any monitor beyond the 30" mark capable of a resolution of 2560 x 1600 is going to be very, very costly. Dell make a 30" monitor that can run at that resolution and it costs around GBP 900! Of course you could always setup a triple display configuration with 3 x 27" monitors each setup at 1920 x 1080, which would give you an overall resolution of 5760 x 1080.

 

If you do decide on a 27" or 30" screen with FSX running at 2560 x 1440 (or 1600) I would recommend at least a GTX 580 graphics card. Running a triple monitor setup would obviously benefit from something even more powerful. FSX has a problem with AMD cards, but if you switch to Prepard3D, you will be able to benefit from their new AMD Eyefinity Gold certification, which I believe makes setting up multiple monitors a lot easier and should have the necessary power to still run at a decent frame rate on a triple monitor config.

 

Cheers,

 

Jerome

[paul123 5]

I am considering buying the new asus PB278Q 27 inch monitor to replace my dell. Resolution is 2560 x 1440. My dell I think os 1920 x 1080. Will this reduce my frame rates by much ?

[Ben Cap 89]

I am considering buying the new asus PB278Q 27 inch monitor to replace my dell. Resolution is 2560 x 1440. My dell I think os 1920 x 1080. Will this reduce my frame rates by much ?

 

Yes. You will see about a 20% loss in framerate in GPU limited scenarios. Upgrading to a GTX660ti, 670 or 680 would really help with performance on larger resolutions.

[paul123 5]

Ok thanks Ben, is anyone running a 27 inch display at 2560 x 1440 with a 560 ti ?

[Ben Cap 89]

Ok thanks Ben, is anyone running a 27 inch display at 2560 x 1440 with a 560 ti ?

 

I do know that Word Not Allowed runs a 1440P monitor but, he has the GTX580. He told me that there was about a 15% performance loss at the higher res when compared to 1080P.

 

Also take into account that the 580 is 33% faster in clouds than the 560Ti. The 560Ti will likely suffer a greater hit with 1440P than the 580...

[kevin7898 3]

I have three 24 inch at 1920x1200 on 3 gtx 570s, each monitor is on its own card no sli and i am getting about 35 fos with orbx pnw and pmdg 737<br /><br />I cant speak for the dells but you can run biger res on a lower end card just stick to the latest gen of cards. The 600 series cards run faster and use less power than the 500 series.

[WILDHEART3003 8]

Don't know what Word Not Allowed settings. I used a 40" LED TV as monitor 5 weeks ago and now bought a 27" IPS display with a resolution of 2560x1440 (Great detailed review here), Nvidia 560 oc at 910mhz. I got my frame rate locked at 25fps though. In UK 2000 EGLL I got 22-24fps, no fps performance loss comparing to the large LED TV.

[paul123 5]

Thats interesting Tony, with those framerates at £GLL are you using any traffic ?

[SAAB340 28]

To the OP.

The size of the screen dooesn't matter. What matters is what resolution you run. Higher resolution will demand more from both your GPU and your CPU as well.

[GHarrall 494]

I have a 30 inch at 2560x1600

 

My GPU is a 570 GTX.

 

There was some small FPS loss with the higher resolution, but I also found that I didnt need the high levels of AA at 2560x1600

 

I now run at 4xMSAA with 2xSGSS and it looks just as good as 8xS and 4xSGSS did at the lower resolution. I also got some performance back from doing this. (my previous montors were a 21.3 inch 1600x1200 4:3 from 2003 and a 27 inch 1920x1200 16:10)

 

Also, if possible, try and get 16:10 aspect ratio. I find the more veritical pixels really help for FS. 16:9 looks way too compressed and narrow to me, although that maybe because I only ever had 16:10 monitors to begin with.

 

Finding 16:10 format is difficult these days though...........

[paul123 5]

Thanks Glenn, thats most helpful. Ordered mine today. I read somewhere else that you don't need high levels of AA. Yes I agree, eventually went for the Dell 2713 and that is 16:9 ratio, nearly bought the catleap but wanted the 3 year warranty.