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The biggest reason I am looking at a 43" 4K display in the first place is that I'm starting to teach myself C programming and discovered a need to have multiple windows on screen. While 4K gaming and watching 4K content is pretty far down the list, that doesn't mean that I'm not going to do neither one. I just consider that to be the gravy.
Anyway at first I was thinking that my GTX 970 wasn't even capable of of 4K gaming at all with anything recent. But then I realize that most Linux games are not really that demanding at least with the graphic details set to low or even medium in some cases when at 4K.
So my fellow Linux gamers, which of you guys are gaming at 4K using the 970 or similar GPU and what is the experience like? Is it worth bothering with doing?
4k gaming is questionable even with Titan xp's on windows to be frank.
Owning both a GTX1080 and now a RX64 there are a few games that pound on these cards even on linux and that's @1440p . A 970 ain't got a cat in hells chance @ 4k. However if you are playing old titles/side scroller's it's not an issue I guess
Regards the real estate for programming , would 2 screens be better if you have room ?
As far as real estate goes, from some of the stuff I've been reading and watching(YouTube) a 43" 4K display seems to be better then dual monitors. And at least I get see what all the fuss is about with 4K video and gaming(within limits).
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for instance i can play games like bioshock infinite, black mesa, grid, dirt rally and others @4k on my tv at high to max settings. if it's too hard on the gpu you can still use lower (windowed?) resolution or settings.
looking at some benchmarkts it looks like your card should be capable of running most games at 4k with at least medium settings (ok not dawn of war, civ, etc but that's a complete other story ;)).
with your 970's "fake" 4GB Vram you should be interested to keep vram-usage below 3.5gb or it will slow down drastically. that's why this card tends to struggle unproportionally in some 4k benchmarks where it can stand it's ground in other (less vram-demanding) titles (e.g. bioshock or dota vs deus ex)
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With latest demanding titles, you will have problems running at 4K with a GTX 970. There will be older titles or less demanding titles, which will be okay, but not those demanding ones. I'd expect any isometric style games, you'll be okay with (e.g. Age of Wonders 3). And older 3D games like Serious Sam 3 BFE, depending on whether you can handle it when the frame-rate isn't amazingly high.
I've just given Serious Sam 3 BFE, Shadow Warrior (2013), Grid Autosport, Rocket League, 7 Days To Die, Dying Light Enhanced Edition - a quick play on my GTX 970 machine running at 4K. Apart from Dying Light, they're quite playable. With Dying Light, I could still play at 4K, but my game play was suffering due to the frame-rate.
If you are playing single-player, then you might be fine with 4K and your GTX 970. Playing first person shooters, against your friends - you probably won't be so happy.
Any 2D game, e.g. platformer, arcade game - they'll be fine at 4K. Things like Crypt of the NecroDancer, Rogue Legacy, Dungeon Warfare, Dustforce, Limbo, Darkest Dungeon - no problem.
Then of course, you can always switch down resolution, e.g. to 1920x1080, to play the more demanding titles. That would be my recommendation (unless you upgrade graphics).
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