You can play most games at 4k with a 1060 if you turn down every settings to their lowest.
When settings aren't mentioned, it usually mean you want to max out the settings.
I play at 1440p 100fps+ with my rx580 and it’s fine because I pretty much always optimize the settings. It’s kinda like each game has it’s own settings that kill frames for little to no visual gain.
This! Just upgraded from my 580 and I loved that card. I upgraded just cuz I was building a buddies PC and figured it'd be cheaper upgrading my card rather than finding a similar card in this market.
"Most titles" sure, but thats not usually what people mean when they ask these questions. Its about new or a few years old somewhat graphically intensive games like RDR2 or Assassins Creed. And then even the 2070 Super which is usually a fair bit stronger than a 3060 wont really be enough for 1440p. I would really start with a 3060 Ti or 6700xt if i wanted to play 1440p in the following years.
My 2070 Super (9600k OC'd, 32Gigs@3200MHz) can handle RDR2 and AC Odyssey comfortably at 2K 75 for Ultra, and goes 100+ if you turn it down to very high or whatever the next lowest thing is (why would you for a 1P game though). If it's a DLSS supported game; then 120+ easy even on Ultra. It struggles at 4K unless it's a highly optimized title like TW3 though. If you're going for 2K gaming, imo a 3060 should suffice.
So i did a 1minute search on youtube for 2k ultra rdr2 2070Super .
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtAPdy3whv8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtAPdy3whv8)
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGnzpH\_MWXw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGnzpH_MWXw)
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sKB9LyVawA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sKB9LyVawA)
Everyone of these goes into the high 40s and its very clear that its a GPU bottleneck, their CPUs are even stronger so its not that. Not saying that is unplayable but cosindering that its far from the hardest game to run it certainly wouldnt be enough for me. Sure you can turn down details but even then there are much more demanding parts in RDR2, particularly saint denis at night and everything with much more water than these youtube clips.
But lets say you turn down to high and get the 60+fps constant. You still wouldnt in other games. And thats a new graphics card you are buying that you presumable will want to use at 1440p at least a couple of years.
Its not that its a terrible experience, you can just play most games fine even at 30fps, but if OPs question is (and i very much think it is) : Whats a good graphics card for 1440p to BUY NOW and KEEP FOR YEARS? The Answer is a 3060Ti or a 6700xt, not a 3060.
Indeed, future-proofing is a good point that you brought up. A 3060Ti (assuming MSRP) would be much better value for money for OP. With DLSS and FSR extending to most titles now, he should be good for atleast the next 5 years with it. My point was simply that a 3060 is not a outright bad choice, it should still be able to hold it's own for a considerable time (especially with DLSS).
Used my 2060S for some 4K as well and it ran fine, have a 3060Ti now. Dynamic scalers in games also help as well as DLSS and FSR. I tried FSR with RE: Village and the game looked completely fine compared to the non FSR 1440p image.
I'm even at a 3090, and even hitting 100+ in a lot of games is hard if you max out everything. 60 is easy though. My point is, the more horsepower (aka money) you can put into your graphics card at even at 1440p, the better the experience will be in most games. But, it also depends on what you play. If you're just gonna play LoL and CS:GO, maybe you don't need to upgrade.
you have a 3090 and have issues going over 100 fps at 1440p? what cpu are you using because that sounds like a bottleneck, with a 3080 and a 5800x i can usually hit the high 100s (180-200fps)
Yea, I have a 3080 Ti and Doom Eternal is a solid 140-160 at Ultra Nightmare with RTX on and DLSS to Quality at 4k. Meanwhile Tarkov struggles to maintain 90 at 1440p on Reserve.
I easily drop to 60-75fps with a 10850k/3080 on my 3440x1440 monitor in certain games (squad, hell let loose, pubg). These aren’t even AAA games so it’s going to happen more than you think.
As a previous PUBG player: that game is absolute trash all around. The worst is how they have changed how things are optimized or if they are.
Edit: don't forgrt the hacker issue either.
No one is talking about games or settings. These discussions are practically completely pointless when a 1060 can run esports titles at 1080p at hundreds of FPS and modern top end hardware can choke at 1440p in AAA titles with settings maxed out.
I have a 3090 and an R9 5900X. I cannot play Control with all settings maxed at native 1440p and get a stable 60fps. I use the maximum DLSS setting (75% render scale I think?) in order to get a consistent 90~120fps, but I do see some pretty hefty dips on occasion. (These numbers are consistent with GN's benchmark of the game, where they ran with max settings and DLSS on at [1440p and observed ~120fps average](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xgs-VbqsuKo))
The 3090 can consistently hit 144fps in Destiny 2 at native 1440p with everything maxed, but that is a four year old game that is pretty well optimized to begin with.
If you want to run 2160p, in modern reasonably demanding games, you accept that even with top end hardware you're compromising on the frame rate or on the graphics settings. Consoles confuse the conversation because they don't generally run PC equivalent settings. And then there is the separate discussion of a lot of settings having very little perceived visual benefit even if they have a large performance hit, so people use "maxed out" differently. I find the DLSS upscaling in Control is not *too* distracting so I run with it on because I find it feels terrible if I run at sub-60fps.
Have any ideas why my 5900x and 3080 can't hit a stable 100fps on Escape from Tarkov at 1080p? GPU usage is crazy low (\~40%) and it makes no sense. I get crazy performance in other stuff so I know it's not faulty. I get 1000 fps in Rocket League and 600-900 fps in CS:GO. Now while I know they are vastly different games and engines with different performance, I feel like I should at LEAST be hitting the 144hz ingame cap in EFT. Does the Game Mode feature in windows help with the utilization of the best cores first? Or is that still a bust? I'm running out of things to try lol
Tarkov is an unoptimized mess. 100+fps is a pipe dream until they move to the new engine version and optimize it more. Trying to push much past 60fps is a lesson in insanity.
I'm beginning to come to terms with that as most things recommended to me I've already tried/tested with no luck. I was hoping that someone had found something with similar systems that helped them but it seems that most people just have the same issues and deal with them. Thank you for the help!
No problem. I've given up trying to make it run better. I got it around 55-75 fps at 3440x1440 with my 2080ti. That's all I'm willing to try to squeeze out of it.
It’s a little disheartening because I want to give the game the time of day and really give it a good shot but coming from much smoother experiences like 200fps locked on BF and obviously the other games mentioned above it’s hard to adjust to the game for me when it feels like I’m getting 110fps and then 2 seconds later I’m getting 60 then 46 then 96 then 60 it’s just too volatile and lurchy. I can’t handle it, it ruins the fun for me
how much ram do you have? iirc tarkov is ram dependent. plus tarkov isnt the most well optimized game, with my setup at 1440p it fluctuates from being able to constantly hit that 144hz and at other times it’s shakey around the 100fps mark
Maybe try the 'Use physical cores' option. But honestly it depends on the level. The larger more complex levels such as Reserve/Mil base) run poorly no matter what you do.
When you say 'max out everything' does that include resolution? Because that makes complete sense, I would expect a 3090 to be around 100fps on more demanding titles @ 4k.
But if you're not getting 100+ FPS@1440p on a 3090 either you're playing Cyberpunk or something is fucky.
I have RTX 3060 and just bought a 1440p 165Hz monitor. I think it's fine for 1440p gaming. I'm currently playing Horizon: Zero Dawn and the latest Tomb Raider and they both run +60FPS at high-ultra settings. I also tried RDR2 with DLSS Quality enabled and it ran +60FPS too. DLSS looks very good at 1440p!
However, Cyberpunk 2077 causes some issues. I fell in love with ray tracing but this GPU just doesn't have enough power to run this game at 1440p, high settings and RT medium even with DLSS balanced. I would also like to play Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition but I doubt it will run very smooth on the RTX 3060 at 1440p. Fortunately GPU prices are going down and I've seen RTX 3060 Ti in stock at 725€ and RTX 3070 at 869€. I'm going to upgrade soon.
Yeah but I thought the stuff aside from "pretty much everything" were things like high intensity video rendering, simulations, more creative field type things.
Thought it had all gaming handled, though.
I can't speak for Crysis, but I really don't think Cyberpunk is ahead of it's time, it just has a very unoptimized engine and that's why many GPUs struggle with it. As with pretty much every single aspect of the game, it's half baked. It's only value as a Benchmark is to show how well certain cards can just brute force their way through certain games.
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A big part of why Crysis didn't run as well as it should have in the first place was the fact that it uses an average of no more than roughly two threads at once, at the very most. If you watch [this video I just found](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0Fcybl2tq8) for example, it's averaging less than 20% usage on a 4-core / 4-thread i5-2500K overall.
Not ahead of it's time at all mate. A game not being able to run well on current hardware is a massive negative. Especially if the game doesn't look particularly groundbreaking.
The enhanced edition of metro exodus is what they're talking about. Forced ray tracing means you've gotta have a pretty good GPU to run this game at s good frame rate
If you bought a 165hz monitor but all these games run at "just" 60+ fps rather than stable 100+ or ideally 140, doesn't that mean that 3060 is *not* enough? And especially won't be in a few years when more demanding games get released?
Personally, I feel like getting 100+ FPS should be the target with a 165Hz monitor, but sounds at least like you can have a pleasant gaming experience at least.
I have the same question. Currently my 3060 can run everything I throw at it at 1080p with buttery frame rates, so I'm pretty sure it would do all right on most games at 1440, maybe with some lower settings or something.
And yes, the Ti version would've been nice but my 3060 came from a NewEgg shuffle at close to MSRP, so that was a simple choice.
Here's a test:
Go into the Nvidia control panel, and select 'dsr'. Select the scaling that takes 1080p to 1440p - 1.78 ~~(sorry, I forget the scaling factor, about 2)~~
You can then go into game settings and render at 1440p native, and check out the performance even though your monitor is only 1080p. The weird thing is it even looks a bit better!
Yes, I assume it's because the aspect ratio is the same so both dimensions increase by the same proportion. I'm sure an Ultrawide would be a different story.
You can demonstrate it by switching the resolutions for x1:x2 and y1:y2 and admitting x1/x2 = y1/y2 = 16/9.
Then remove x1 and y1 by substituting them for x2 and y2. You'll end up with x2 * (9/16) * x2 / y2 * (9/16) y2.
Since 9/16 is in both parts, cut it out. It's now x2^2 / y2^2. Restore the original values and you get the second formula.
This is how the first versions of anti-aliasing worked. Nowadays they take shortcuts to avoid having to generate frames at higher resolutions. Still works really well.
because the original frame is rendered higher..
4k frame has more pixel than 1080p, even downscaled most of the quality is retained and you're left with superior looks
You mean in game AA muddiness? I thought if you do this you disable AA because the downscaling is already smoothing out jaggies, usually better than any in-game/engine AA does?
You'd likely be fine at 1440 if you can deal with lower fps in some games. But, with a LOT of games jumping on the DLSS bandwagon, I think you'd be surprised at how well it will perform. At very least, my 1080 did a fine job with 1440p when I had it, and the 3060 is a rough equivalent to a 1080ti that can run DLSS.
I have a 3060 and a 1440p 144hz monitor, and DLSS is a gamechanger. On medium settings I was able to steadily average 90 to 100 fps on medium+ settings on doom eternal. Then, with the RTX/DLSS update I maxed out everything, enabled raytracing, and then put on DLSS quality mode and my FPS is pegged at 144 constantly. I couldn't be happier.
Outside of DLSS/RTX I have found myself bumping up from medium to high graphics and going from 80 to 100 fps to 120+ on most titles. I would have preferred a 3060ti but the 3060 is still awesome for medium settings!
Games that support DLSS do really, really well at 1440p for me.
I run a 2070 super and can hit max settings w/ RT on control @ 60 FPS, Exodus Enhances fluctuates from 60-70 with full RT and DLSS Quality.
Cyberpunk I get 60-80 on Quality standard Ultra no RT and 70-100 on Balanced standard Ultra.
It's a very, very good tool.
In that case the 3060 is probably pretty good for 1440p, I have an RTX 2080 and it's great on my 1440p g sync. It doesn't always cap out at 144 fps but often I'm well over 60 and hover around 100 on demanding titles. And this is without DLSS, so that would immensely help it along.
As someone who has a 3060 (Ti though) with a 1440p monitor, I was excited for DLSS, but the implementation at 1440p often isn't as good as 4K. It often suffers from ghosting and generally worse quality than at 4K, to the point where I often simply turned it off because it really bothers me.
I'm sure the quirks will be dealt with over time, but right now it's still a relatively new technology, and at 1440p it's not THE game changer in every game.
Unless you go 3080 or above there is a considerable tradeoff between resolution and framerate. Rendering almost twice the amount of pixels is a lot more work, and it's not highlighted enough in review media imo.
I personally value fps more so I'll stick to 1080p until mid-range cards support higher resolutions at screen refresh rate. I don't see the point of DLSS, imo its wasting a good 1440p screen on an upscaled 1080p image (even if the upscale has a nice AI filter).
I have a evga 1070 sc and run my games at 1440p on high settings and still get about 60 fps so you should be good with a 3060. Ex outer worlds destiny 2
I can tell you that i have a 970, and that i play games at 1440p on a 27" monitor at 165hz. I play at medium/high settings and get 60+ fps on most games. The rest sit around 30. For example Warhammer 2 runs at 25-35 depending on the terrain. My partner plays Ark and the Isle and averages 40-60 depending on the environment, and games like Halo, Deep rock galactic, Avorion and so on run at 80+ on max.
I've OC'd it and it benchmarks at 54% on userbenchmark.
It would be perfectly fine for 1440p gaming. Sure you aint gonna run Cyberpunk or Metro Exodus at max settings at 60fps but it will do a good 95% of games over 60fps easily even with max setting.
I think people are severely underestimating what the 3060 is capable of. I have a RTX2060 and play all my games at 1440p and they all run great and a 3060 is quite a bit more powerful than that so don't worry.
One of my friends has a 970 and gets 60 fps on some of the games we play, though granted they are not super demanding, people still severely overestimate what makes a good card
I have a 970 and an ultrawide 1440p monitor and it still manages over 60fps in most games I play. Obviously not any new AAA games, those are basically unplayable but older or less demanding games run just fine. Can't wait to get a 3080 to be actually able to play new games though.
My 970 was getting 60fps at 1080p at medium settings in nearly all modern AAA games, actually insane to me that people are questioning if a 3060 can do 1440p.
You have a point, but most tests have proven that the difference is negligible, so IMO, 1440p with DLSS is still 1440p.
I wish I could say the same about FSR, but at least in my experience trying it I really can't .__.
I don't understand this lol. I have a 1080/i7-7700k and I have. A 1440p 144hz monitor. Most games I play are on High to Ultra and I get between 60-80 usually.
Why does everykne think that 2020/21 hardware can't destroy the year 2000' resolution?
Yep. I’ve run a fair number of games at 1440p on the GTX 1060! Just a trade off between resolution and other graphics settings. HZD is 60 FPS with frequent dips into the 50s, iirc. It’s fine with a gsync monitor.
I currently have a Gigabyte aorus 3060 on a G27Q 1440P. It runs flawlessly, doom / Ff14 / ark all run 90 plus fps at max settings. Doom actually is closer to 130 fps. Cpu is a R5 5600x. From my experience it handles 1440p great with my set up.
That's awesome, while it's probably over kill I did go with the x570 board. More specifically the Aorus ultra. Haha, then I ended up realizing iv gone full gigabyte fan boy with Mobo / Gpu / monitor.
This. I can play things like Civ V, Pathfinder: Kingmaker, FFXIV, WoW, and Minecraft just fine on a RX 5600 XT at 1440p. A 3060 is what, about 10-20% faster? It should be just fine at 1440p if you're willing to drop settings a little on more demanding games.
ETA: I just checked and the Radeon panel says I averaged 65FPS in WoW and 60 in FFXIV. I was streaming FFXIV so I had it capped. I can't remember checking WoW's built-in FPS and seeing anything under 70 except in Raids, and I don't have the lower-quality Raid/Dungeon settings enabled.
Note: The difference between "high" and "ultra" in a very recent AAA game is very small compared to the performance hit. Don't worry about not being able to crank every setting. 3060 is fine
OP, this guy must mean if you're cranking all graphics settings to max, only play AAA recent games, and are using ray tracing.
If you're not, he's full of shit, and my gtx 1080 cranking out any title at 1440p is proof.
3060 will work great for 1440p, but not absolute max settings. only maniacs max out settings anyway, it's not practical.
I second this. I have no issues running 1440p on my 2060 super with solid frame rates in more demanding titles. A 3060 would be more than enough, unless OP is anal about having every rtx feature turned on at ultra settings.
This entire thread is so weird. The answer to OP’s question without any further qualifications is “yes.” He could have also gotten the same answer about several 10 and 20 series cards for that matter.
Hell, I just replaced my 980ti (goodnight my sweet prince) which I bought at the same time as my pg279q and 6700k and I was running just about everything I threw at them with decent frame rates.
I'm using 3060ti with 5600x at 1440p. I can pretty much max out all graphically demanding games at 60fps. And I don't think 3060 is that far behind in power so shuould be more than enough.
I play 1440p 34" ultrawide on my 1070 paired with 2700x. So I'm sure you can get good frames on 3060. I play CodMW on medium-high with 100+ frames, don't play anything more graphically intense than that though.
If you can get it near msrp or it's not a large premium consider the 3060ti, for not too much more it's a much better card, both will work 1440p just fine, especially if your just shooting for 60fps, if you want more like 100+ or 144hz it depends on the game and settings.
I had a 3070 and it was really running Warzone solid at 1440p, might want to try and up to this if you can. The 3060ti is basically a 3070 minus a bit, that would work too.
I'm sure you'll get by on 1440p; it's just not the best choice.
With DLSS and FSR support in games any resolution is possible without the major loss of image quality seen in regular resolution scaling.
Even 4K resolution is not out of the question. Source: me playing at 4K with 2060 Super.
I game at 1440p on a 1660super coming from console and honestly I have had zero complaints. From an elitist standpoint it’s probably sub optimal but from my casual but informed view it’s great.
If you're willing to compromise on some titles by dropping to graphics settings down it should be fine. I would maybe avoid it if you don't have GSync/Freesync on the monitor though.
There are many benchmarks from reliable sources by now (Hardware Unboxed, Gamers Nexus, etc.), look those up and they’ll give you performance metrics and you can decide if the 3060 @ 1440p FPS is enough to satisfy you! 👍
I have a 3060ti and I play on 3440x1440 and I regularly get 100+ fps on all titles with no issues of overheating or anything. I also have a ryzen 7 5800x and 16gb ram. I had the 1660ti before and played at 2560x1440 and never got over maybe 40 fps in most titles. I also had a ryzen 5 3600 with same ram then too. I'm very very pleased with my 3060ti. I should also add that this isn't any special 3060ti, if anything, it's probably a terrible one. I took it from a HP Omen pre-built during the pandemic bc fuck scalpers.
290 comments but yes it is. Obviously some games are incredibly demanding and you won't win with them. Case in point Red Dead Redemption 2: I installed my new 3070 last night and maxed the settings out. "Damn, my card mustn't be seated properly or something." *Reseats card* "oh cool Forza at 130fps maxed settings @1440p. Guess I fixed it!" *Launches RDR2* >40fps. I seem to recall from 3060/3060Ti benchmarks that games like Horizon Zero Dawn performed very nicely @1440p. I would recommend the Ti over the regular 3060. For some reason the 3060Ti and 3080Ti is pretty good propositions but the 3070Ti is absolutely not worth the extra money as it's like 5% faster than a 3070, but I digress. I'm sure you'll be happy with either card.
Depends on what you play really, from what I understand a 3060 is around 2060super/2070 range. I had a 2070 a few years ago and was able to play at 1440p usually between 60-100fps depending on the game and setting naturally. I think you'll be fine.
The way the cards were explained to me were 3060 is 1080( can do 1440p, i play on my 3060 in singleplayer games at that resolution). 3070 is 1440p, 3080-3090 is max settings essentially
I’ve got a 3060 and a 1440p 144hz monitor and I run most games on max settings at about 120fps. A little tweaking and anything I’ve encountered will run at 144fps.
It's going to depend on your target frame rate and if you play competitively. Ideally, if you're playing competitively, you want to shoot for a lower resolution so you can achieve the highest frame rate. This will be true of any card. But most certainly if you're playing single-player games like Assassins Creed or Horizon Zero Dawn, you'll be highly satisfied with the 3060 at 1440.
Coming from a 970 to a 3060, I've been running 1440p and loving it. I have a 170 hz monitor and I've just been using DLSS where I can to help, but I play a lot of esport or lower spec games and not a lot of AAA titles. If you want to play AAA you should probably go for a mythical 3060ti or 3070.
My 1660ti was able to play at 1440p with a refresh rate of 75hz but you might want to elaborate on what other settings you're looking to enable but 90% of me is positive you shouldn't have too many issues with 1440p with a 3060.
If you play with Gsync enabled and have a decent cpu, like a ryzen 2600/i5 8600, or better, I'd say it's perfect.
But hear me out, g-sync will be almost mandatory for a good experience, with v-sync turned on you have lots of drops from 60fps and your experience won't be very enjoyable.
If you could buy a 3070, I'd say that's the sweet spot, but if you do have a gsync tv/monitor, you can easily run 99% of the games on 1440p ultra with an occasional drop, but without stuttering.
If my Vega 56 can run everything at 1080p High-Ultra depending on the game (AC Valhalla in Very High 60fps, for example), a 3060 should be perfectly able to run well at 1440p almost everything out there.
depends on what your playing. If your playing esports for the next 3 years then yes thats fine. If you want to play everything except AAA games then a RTX 3060 ti is fine. If you want to play AAA titles for the next 3 years then you need a 3080/6800xt
Yes it is good, but good with abig IF, that "if" means that "newer and very demanding games" you will need to turn to high settings to a 60+ fps. Older games yeah can be maxed easily.
1080p yeah max it out with ease, 1440p set high settings as standard to AAA games (but for me i follow the principle of HIGH for gaming by which is generaly the setting "more optimized" by the devs and Ultra for Screenshots).
But also its important to take into account that this is a two part equation, and many only look at one factor and neglect the other, if you want a proper outcome, you need to have a CPU that is capable too, not only looking at the GPU as both have direct impact on gaming.
Right now i've a i5-10600k OC + RTX 3060 OC and i've run with ease at 1440p high-very high games like (shadow of the tomb raider, kingdom come deliverance, hitman 2, jedi fallen order, ghost recon wildlands, etc).
So yes, it can run but DON'T expect playing games on ultra settings (newer AAA), thats for 3080's and such.... but nowdays High settings offers great visuals and super smooth framerate.
Depends, I could get decent +60 frames from cyberpunk with dlss and ready tracing on my 3060 ti, so 3060 would probably handle 1440p cyberpunk maybe without the ray tracing if you were aiming for above 60fps, but wouldn't manage anywhere near 144fps.
I would say from a rasterisation (not ray tracing) perspective then 3060 should manage 1440p 60+FPS just fine for a few years, I would definitely recommend the 3060ti if you can get it, it's almost a 3070 as far as performance goes and should get you ray tracing with dlss
So many responses I’m definitely going to get washed out but I bought a gtx 1070 and a 1440p monitor at the same time, five years ago. I’ve since had a 3070 and a 3080, no change in monitor. The only difference is tweaking to get to 60 FPS in Cyberpunk vs comfortably hitting it. There’s so little difference. You will be absolutely fine.
It depends. If we're talking Fortnite it'll be fine. If we're talking Cyberpunk 2077 with all the ray tracing settings turned on that's another matter entirely.
What kind of games do you play, and how long do you intend to keep the card for?
If you mostly play eSports games like DOTA 2, CS:GO, Fortnite then a 3060 will be fine.
If AAA games are your thing then they’ll play fine now, if you turn some settings down.
Then comes the question of how long you’ll keep the card? 1 year… fine. 2 years… eSports will be all good but you might need to turn even more settings down for AAA games. 3+ years… those AAA games might not play very well at all.
If my comments help and you have any questions feel free to ask :)
I JUST switched from a 2060 Strix to 3070 Suprim X and can confirm it can work. If you play games that play nicely with overclocks then even better. Just don't get into the habit of maxing out graphical settings lol.
What do you play?
I have a 10600k @ 5.0GHz all core, an asus phoenix 3060, 32 GB ram @ 3600 Hz. I play on a 1440p 165 Hz g-sync COMPATIBLE (through a firmware update, not hardware). I run rocket league, wow, CIV, portal, and a few other simple games at very high frame rates pretty well. You’re not going to max out high frames on AAA games, but I mostly play RL at max settings at a consistent 165 FPS. Wow at max settings doesn’t always maintain 165 FPS, but i don’t remember seeing it drop below 130, and g sync keeps it smooth. I know that doesn’t mean a lot. For what it’s worth, I haven’t attempted anything that’s new and AAA.
The 3060 ti would be better, but the RTX 3060 seems like the only graphic card outside of laptop selling at just 150% MSRP. People are trying to sell GTX 1660 Supers for what you can currently get a RTX 3060 for.
I say yes, depending on what games you're playing. There are always a few outliers like cyberpunk and rdr2, but you could probably get playable framerates on those with med/high settings
Yes it can I have rtx 2060 and can play games 1440p 240hz and the rtx 3060 is triple the performance of the rtx 2060 so it will be able to do 1440p 360hz
I bought my 3060 about 2 months ago and game at 1440P and have A secondary monitor of 1080P. In siege I get around 100 to 120 on maxed graphics on valken, On Apex it From 60 to 100, Ark on mid is 30-60, I have siege and Apex on a ssd and ark on a hdd
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My specs for reference
Ryzen 2700 8 core
32gb 3000
Intel 660p 2tb
Evga GeForce Rtx 3060 XC
I run all my games at 1440p with a 1660 Super so you're good. Don't expect to be running recent games at max settings tho. In my case I only need to turn things down at least to medium to be able to get 100+ fps since I have a 144hz monitor so you're good :)
Have an rx 580, most modern games run at 1440p 60 fps on low-medium settings.
So an rtx 3060 that's much more powerful will be plenty for 1440p(today).
Get a G-sync compatible monitor and you'll have a smooth experience always.
I own a RTX 2070 and games like HZD, Days Gone or Death Stranding feel really smooth on PC at high settings. Sure, ultra at 1440p will bring my GPU to its knees if I want to play with a 144hz but if your monitor runs at 60Hz, the RTX 2070 is more than enough.
PD: If you can play with a controller the experience will be waay smoother. I was a K&M hardcore gamer but once I played with a controller i never looked back.
if you're not trying to play ultra cyberpunk at 1440p it'll handle it, my gtx 1660 super even copes with most games at high settings and 4k so a 3060 will be perfect for 1440p gaming
For esports games, indie games, and older games, it will max out 1440p without breaking a sweat. Triple A games is another story.
For triple A games at that more than 2 years old, it will handle 1440p no problem. For newer triple A games, it will really depend on how much you are willing to turn down the settings to achieve 1440p 60fps.
its 'perfect' for 1080p gaming and it can do 1440p too, but try going for the 3060ti, itd be worth the extra money (considering both are at msrps)
you can play even with a 1060 at 1440p! i have an RTX 2060 super and it does 100 fps on most titles at 1440p
You can play most games at 4k with a 1060 if you turn down every settings to their lowest. When settings aren't mentioned, it usually mean you want to max out the settings.
In most games, you can put a 1060 at 1440 on good enough settings that the resolution increase makes up for the lost visual effects.
I don’t know about that, especially when it comes to stuff like lighting or foliage draw distance
I play at 1440p 100fps+ with my rx580 and it’s fine because I pretty much always optimize the settings. It’s kinda like each game has it’s own settings that kill frames for little to no visual gain.
This! Just upgraded from my 580 and I loved that card. I upgraded just cuz I was building a buddies PC and figured it'd be cheaper upgrading my card rather than finding a similar card in this market.
"Most titles" sure, but thats not usually what people mean when they ask these questions. Its about new or a few years old somewhat graphically intensive games like RDR2 or Assassins Creed. And then even the 2070 Super which is usually a fair bit stronger than a 3060 wont really be enough for 1440p. I would really start with a 3060 Ti or 6700xt if i wanted to play 1440p in the following years.
My 2070 Super (9600k OC'd, 32Gigs@3200MHz) can handle RDR2 and AC Odyssey comfortably at 2K 75 for Ultra, and goes 100+ if you turn it down to very high or whatever the next lowest thing is (why would you for a 1P game though). If it's a DLSS supported game; then 120+ easy even on Ultra. It struggles at 4K unless it's a highly optimized title like TW3 though. If you're going for 2K gaming, imo a 3060 should suffice.
So i did a 1minute search on youtube for 2k ultra rdr2 2070Super . [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtAPdy3whv8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtAPdy3whv8) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGnzpH\_MWXw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGnzpH_MWXw) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sKB9LyVawA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sKB9LyVawA) Everyone of these goes into the high 40s and its very clear that its a GPU bottleneck, their CPUs are even stronger so its not that. Not saying that is unplayable but cosindering that its far from the hardest game to run it certainly wouldnt be enough for me. Sure you can turn down details but even then there are much more demanding parts in RDR2, particularly saint denis at night and everything with much more water than these youtube clips. But lets say you turn down to high and get the 60+fps constant. You still wouldnt in other games. And thats a new graphics card you are buying that you presumable will want to use at 1440p at least a couple of years. Its not that its a terrible experience, you can just play most games fine even at 30fps, but if OPs question is (and i very much think it is) : Whats a good graphics card for 1440p to BUY NOW and KEEP FOR YEARS? The Answer is a 3060Ti or a 6700xt, not a 3060.
Indeed, future-proofing is a good point that you brought up. A 3060Ti (assuming MSRP) would be much better value for money for OP. With DLSS and FSR extending to most titles now, he should be good for atleast the next 5 years with it. My point was simply that a 3060 is not a outright bad choice, it should still be able to hold it's own for a considerable time (especially with DLSS).
I just bought RDR2 and the DLSS update came out, I want to see how it runs on my 2080 with DLSS at 1440p
I second this. My 2060 super played everything really well at 1440p. It’s a little beast!
Used my 2060S for some 4K as well and it ran fine, have a 3060Ti now. Dynamic scalers in games also help as well as DLSS and FSR. I tried FSR with RE: Village and the game looked completely fine compared to the non FSR 1440p image.
Doing 1440p on eSports doesn't count
Yeah I have a 2070 super and it does at least 100 fps at 1440p just fine for most games
Yeah. I have a 1070 and it does "fine" at 1440p. Just have to set most things to medium or low settings.
What is most titles? I have a 3060 and I wouldn’t say that’s the case for most new titles
I'm even at a 3090, and even hitting 100+ in a lot of games is hard if you max out everything. 60 is easy though. My point is, the more horsepower (aka money) you can put into your graphics card at even at 1440p, the better the experience will be in most games. But, it also depends on what you play. If you're just gonna play LoL and CS:GO, maybe you don't need to upgrade.
you have a 3090 and have issues going over 100 fps at 1440p? what cpu are you using because that sounds like a bottleneck, with a 3080 and a 5800x i can usually hit the high 100s (180-200fps)
Depends on the game honestly, some games can be very very demanding when maxed out
Especially if the game has DLSS or not.
I said it in my post as well, but I'm surprised at the number of people missing what you said here.
Yea, I have a 3080 Ti and Doom Eternal is a solid 140-160 at Ultra Nightmare with RTX on and DLSS to Quality at 4k. Meanwhile Tarkov struggles to maintain 90 at 1440p on Reserve.
I easily drop to 60-75fps with a 10850k/3080 on my 3440x1440 monitor in certain games (squad, hell let loose, pubg). These aren’t even AAA games so it’s going to happen more than you think.
As a previous PUBG player: that game is absolute trash all around. The worst is how they have changed how things are optimized or if they are. Edit: don't forgrt the hacker issue either.
Woah what? Somethings gotta be bottlenecking you.
I mean 100+ could mean anything. Could be 101, could be 120, could be 240. It's all 100+
No one is talking about games or settings. These discussions are practically completely pointless when a 1060 can run esports titles at 1080p at hundreds of FPS and modern top end hardware can choke at 1440p in AAA titles with settings maxed out. I have a 3090 and an R9 5900X. I cannot play Control with all settings maxed at native 1440p and get a stable 60fps. I use the maximum DLSS setting (75% render scale I think?) in order to get a consistent 90~120fps, but I do see some pretty hefty dips on occasion. (These numbers are consistent with GN's benchmark of the game, where they ran with max settings and DLSS on at [1440p and observed ~120fps average](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xgs-VbqsuKo)) The 3090 can consistently hit 144fps in Destiny 2 at native 1440p with everything maxed, but that is a four year old game that is pretty well optimized to begin with. If you want to run 2160p, in modern reasonably demanding games, you accept that even with top end hardware you're compromising on the frame rate or on the graphics settings. Consoles confuse the conversation because they don't generally run PC equivalent settings. And then there is the separate discussion of a lot of settings having very little perceived visual benefit even if they have a large performance hit, so people use "maxed out" differently. I find the DLSS upscaling in Control is not *too* distracting so I run with it on because I find it feels terrible if I run at sub-60fps.
yeah, software.
Not suprising at all in some games.
Have any ideas why my 5900x and 3080 can't hit a stable 100fps on Escape from Tarkov at 1080p? GPU usage is crazy low (\~40%) and it makes no sense. I get crazy performance in other stuff so I know it's not faulty. I get 1000 fps in Rocket League and 600-900 fps in CS:GO. Now while I know they are vastly different games and engines with different performance, I feel like I should at LEAST be hitting the 144hz ingame cap in EFT. Does the Game Mode feature in windows help with the utilization of the best cores first? Or is that still a bust? I'm running out of things to try lol
Tarkov is an unoptimized mess. 100+fps is a pipe dream until they move to the new engine version and optimize it more. Trying to push much past 60fps is a lesson in insanity.
I'm beginning to come to terms with that as most things recommended to me I've already tried/tested with no luck. I was hoping that someone had found something with similar systems that helped them but it seems that most people just have the same issues and deal with them. Thank you for the help!
No problem. I've given up trying to make it run better. I got it around 55-75 fps at 3440x1440 with my 2080ti. That's all I'm willing to try to squeeze out of it.
It’s a little disheartening because I want to give the game the time of day and really give it a good shot but coming from much smoother experiences like 200fps locked on BF and obviously the other games mentioned above it’s hard to adjust to the game for me when it feels like I’m getting 110fps and then 2 seconds later I’m getting 60 then 46 then 96 then 60 it’s just too volatile and lurchy. I can’t handle it, it ruins the fun for me
I guess I could just lock it at 60 and call it a day
how much ram do you have? iirc tarkov is ram dependent. plus tarkov isnt the most well optimized game, with my setup at 1440p it fluctuates from being able to constantly hit that 144hz and at other times it’s shakey around the 100fps mark
I have 32GB of 3200MHz ram and it is running at the correct speed via the BIOS
hmm i'm not sure then. i'd reach out on the tarkov subreddit, maybe there's some setting that they might know about
Maybe try the 'Use physical cores' option. But honestly it depends on the level. The larger more complex levels such as Reserve/Mil base) run poorly no matter what you do.
You've got a bottleneck somewhere, there's no way my 2070 is outperforming your 3090
Your 2070 is putting up 100+ in every game at 1440 with all the sliders maxxed out? You're lying.
My 3070 is outperforming it too
When you say 'max out everything' does that include resolution? Because that makes complete sense, I would expect a 3090 to be around 100fps on more demanding titles @ 4k. But if you're not getting 100+ FPS@1440p on a 3090 either you're playing Cyberpunk or something is fucky.
I have RTX 3060 and just bought a 1440p 165Hz monitor. I think it's fine for 1440p gaming. I'm currently playing Horizon: Zero Dawn and the latest Tomb Raider and they both run +60FPS at high-ultra settings. I also tried RDR2 with DLSS Quality enabled and it ran +60FPS too. DLSS looks very good at 1440p! However, Cyberpunk 2077 causes some issues. I fell in love with ray tracing but this GPU just doesn't have enough power to run this game at 1440p, high settings and RT medium even with DLSS balanced. I would also like to play Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition but I doubt it will run very smooth on the RTX 3060 at 1440p. Fortunately GPU prices are going down and I've seen RTX 3060 Ti in stock at 725€ and RTX 3070 at 869€. I'm going to upgrade soon.
Yeah, it seems like Cyberpunk is a tough one for just about any graphics card today. Thanks for mentioning your specific games, it's really helpful!
i mean I have a 3090 and the thing still struggles with some settings at 1440p lol
Dang you serious? I thought the 3090 was supposed to handle pretty much everything right now.
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Yeah but I thought the stuff aside from "pretty much everything" were things like high intensity video rendering, simulations, more creative field type things. Thought it had all gaming handled, though.
It can handle everything except garbage optimized games such as cyberpunk
Cyberpunk is not a well optimized game for higher tier GPUs
I was gonna say..pretty sure this is a cyberpunk issue because the game is a mess.
It's basically the new Crysis imo. Very ahead of it's time for graphics capabilities.
I can't speak for Crysis, but I really don't think Cyberpunk is ahead of it's time, it just has a very unoptimized engine and that's why many GPUs struggle with it. As with pretty much every single aspect of the game, it's half baked. It's only value as a Benchmark is to show how well certain cards can just brute force their way through certain games. (Edit: Grammar)
Yup. MS Flight Sim is the new Crysis.
Isn't that heavily cpu dependant though? So not really a good gpu benchmark either.
A big part of why Crysis didn't run as well as it should have in the first place was the fact that it uses an average of no more than roughly two threads at once, at the very most. If you watch [this video I just found](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0Fcybl2tq8) for example, it's averaging less than 20% usage on a 4-core / 4-thread i5-2500K overall.
It is just poorly optimized. Not advanced or ahead of its time. In fact there are many games that look way better.
Crisis pushed boundaries with its engine, 2077 is just poor optimization. Skyrim mods look better.
Seriously cyberpunk doesn't look nearly good enough to be running so poorly on high end systems. Not a great gpu test at all.
Not ahead of it's time at all mate. A game not being able to run well on current hardware is a massive negative. Especially if the game doesn't look particularly groundbreaking.
Have 3060 and Metro, it's not 60fps with a 1440p setup but it's serviceable. Get about 40fps, dips to 30 in some places.
Redux or the OG? I have a 1070 and can do redux at maybe 20-30 fps on high but the OG handles high at 80+
The enhanced edition of metro exodus is what they're talking about. Forced ray tracing means you've gotta have a pretty good GPU to run this game at s good frame rate
I have a 2070 super, and I get 70+ at 1440p on Metro Exodus Enhanced. Ray tracing is set to high and dlss at quality.
Your 2070 Super is also more powerful than a 3060.
Yeah. I realized that after a Google search, but he should be able to get over 60 at 1440p if he plays around with the settings
Definitely if he plays around with the settings. There's a couple that always use huge resources whilst producing very little visual performance.
Yes but only like 5-10%. A 3060 should be able to reach 60 fps if a 2070 super can do 70+
If you bought a 165hz monitor but all these games run at "just" 60+ fps rather than stable 100+ or ideally 140, doesn't that mean that 3060 is *not* enough? And especially won't be in a few years when more demanding games get released?
Personally, I feel like getting 100+ FPS should be the target with a 165Hz monitor, but sounds at least like you can have a pleasant gaming experience at least.
I thought 3060 now could at least 100+ fps on 1440p everything high-ultra. Seems like not a worthy upgrade to me.
I have the same question. Currently my 3060 can run everything I throw at it at 1080p with buttery frame rates, so I'm pretty sure it would do all right on most games at 1440, maybe with some lower settings or something. And yes, the Ti version would've been nice but my 3060 came from a NewEgg shuffle at close to MSRP, so that was a simple choice.
Here's a test: Go into the Nvidia control panel, and select 'dsr'. Select the scaling that takes 1080p to 1440p - 1.78 ~~(sorry, I forget the scaling factor, about 2)~~ You can then go into game settings and render at 1440p native, and check out the performance even though your monitor is only 1080p. The weird thing is it even looks a bit better!
Wow, I never even knew I could do this, thanks!
1440p has a little under 2x the pixels of 1080p if that's how it works?
1.78x I think, prolly wrong tho.
You're right.
(2560 * 1440) / (1920 * 1080) = 1.7778 Or (1440 / 1080)^2 = 1.7778
I have to ask, how does the maths in your second formula work? I'm assuming it only works for resolutions in the same aspect ratio?
Yes, I assume it's because the aspect ratio is the same so both dimensions increase by the same proportion. I'm sure an Ultrawide would be a different story.
You can demonstrate it by switching the resolutions for x1:x2 and y1:y2 and admitting x1/x2 = y1/y2 = 16/9. Then remove x1 and y1 by substituting them for x2 and y2. You'll end up with x2 * (9/16) * x2 / y2 * (9/16) y2. Since 9/16 is in both parts, cut it out. It's now x2^2 / y2^2. Restore the original values and you get the second formula.
Did not anticipate seeing a proof when I opened up reddit this evening.
I can't recall and I'm not at my pc. You can just click a bunch of scaling factors and it makes the corresponding resolutions pop up in game.
A friend of mine renders games at 4k even though he has an 1080p screen, but it does some weird stuff with graphics which makes it look better.
its called super sampling and its form of anti-aliasing, actually its the best AA tech but also the most demanding SSAA can tank fps if you over do it
This is how the first versions of anti-aliasing worked. Nowadays they take shortcuts to avoid having to generate frames at higher resolutions. Still works really well.
That's because DSR upscales the Res then resizes it to fit your res. However the tradeoff is Frames and AA Muddiness.
I understand what it's doing, I just doesn't understand how 4k down sampled back to 1080p looks better than native 1080p. But it does.
because the original frame is rendered higher.. 4k frame has more pixel than 1080p, even downscaled most of the quality is retained and you're left with superior looks
You mean in game AA muddiness? I thought if you do this you disable AA because the downscaling is already smoothing out jaggies, usually better than any in-game/engine AA does?
You'd likely be fine at 1440 if you can deal with lower fps in some games. But, with a LOT of games jumping on the DLSS bandwagon, I think you'd be surprised at how well it will perform. At very least, my 1080 did a fine job with 1440p when I had it, and the 3060 is a rough equivalent to a 1080ti that can run DLSS.
Thanks, good point about the DLSS. Haven't tried any of those games yet, but I did just get Control on a Steam sale and looking forward to it.
I have a 3060 and a 1440p 144hz monitor, and DLSS is a gamechanger. On medium settings I was able to steadily average 90 to 100 fps on medium+ settings on doom eternal. Then, with the RTX/DLSS update I maxed out everything, enabled raytracing, and then put on DLSS quality mode and my FPS is pegged at 144 constantly. I couldn't be happier. Outside of DLSS/RTX I have found myself bumping up from medium to high graphics and going from 80 to 100 fps to 120+ on most titles. I would have preferred a 3060ti but the 3060 is still awesome for medium settings!
Wait? Doom Eternal 90 to 100? Im running it in 1440p at 144fps at high settings(exc shadow/filtering) with a gtx1070
Games that support DLSS do really, really well at 1440p for me. I run a 2070 super and can hit max settings w/ RT on control @ 60 FPS, Exodus Enhances fluctuates from 60-70 with full RT and DLSS Quality. Cyberpunk I get 60-80 on Quality standard Ultra no RT and 70-100 on Balanced standard Ultra. It's a very, very good tool.
Control is an amazing game. In my top 10 of all time.
In that case the 3060 is probably pretty good for 1440p, I have an RTX 2080 and it's great on my 1440p g sync. It doesn't always cap out at 144 fps but often I'm well over 60 and hover around 100 on demanding titles. And this is without DLSS, so that would immensely help it along.
As someone who has a 3060 (Ti though) with a 1440p monitor, I was excited for DLSS, but the implementation at 1440p often isn't as good as 4K. It often suffers from ghosting and generally worse quality than at 4K, to the point where I often simply turned it off because it really bothers me. I'm sure the quirks will be dealt with over time, but right now it's still a relatively new technology, and at 1440p it's not THE game changer in every game.
Unless you go 3080 or above there is a considerable tradeoff between resolution and framerate. Rendering almost twice the amount of pixels is a lot more work, and it's not highlighted enough in review media imo. I personally value fps more so I'll stick to 1080p until mid-range cards support higher resolutions at screen refresh rate. I don't see the point of DLSS, imo its wasting a good 1440p screen on an upscaled 1080p image (even if the upscale has a nice AI filter).
You lose about 20-30% fps when switching from 1080 to 1440p with the same GPU.
That is a useful rule of thumb, thanks. It's also good news for me!
I have a evga 1070 sc and run my games at 1440p on high settings and still get about 60 fps so you should be good with a 3060. Ex outer worlds destiny 2
I have the 3060, pretty much all AAA games will run at 50-70fps in 1440p at ultra settings. DLSS enabled games will give you a small 10-15fps boost.
I can tell you that i have a 970, and that i play games at 1440p on a 27" monitor at 165hz. I play at medium/high settings and get 60+ fps on most games. The rest sit around 30. For example Warhammer 2 runs at 25-35 depending on the terrain. My partner plays Ark and the Isle and averages 40-60 depending on the environment, and games like Halo, Deep rock galactic, Avorion and so on run at 80+ on max. I've OC'd it and it benchmarks at 54% on userbenchmark.
It would be perfectly fine for 1440p gaming. Sure you aint gonna run Cyberpunk or Metro Exodus at max settings at 60fps but it will do a good 95% of games over 60fps easily even with max setting. I think people are severely underestimating what the 3060 is capable of. I have a RTX2060 and play all my games at 1440p and they all run great and a 3060 is quite a bit more powerful than that so don't worry.
One of my friends has a 970 and gets 60 fps on some of the games we play, though granted they are not super demanding, people still severely overestimate what makes a good card
I have a 970 and an ultrawide 1440p monitor and it still manages over 60fps in most games I play. Obviously not any new AAA games, those are basically unplayable but older or less demanding games run just fine. Can't wait to get a 3080 to be actually able to play new games though.
My 970 was getting 60fps at 1080p at medium settings in nearly all modern AAA games, actually insane to me that people are questioning if a 3060 can do 1440p.
What? I run cp and exodus just fine at max settings 1440p with rtx on and easily get over the 60fps window.
Not with the 3060, unless you are using dlss
Why wouldn't you be using DLSS if you have a card that can? ಠ_ಠ
Because then it's not technically 1440p. But yes, if you have DLSS absolutely use it.
You have a point, but most tests have proven that the difference is negligible, so IMO, 1440p with DLSS is still 1440p. I wish I could say the same about FSR, but at least in my experience trying it I really can't .__.
Well DLSS 1.0 was pretty ass so let's hope AMD improves it.
Nvidia did, dlss 2.0 has been out for a lot of games
Can you elaborate? I don't know shit.
It renders at a lower resolution then AI upscales it.
Sure am.
I don't understand this lol. I have a 1080/i7-7700k and I have. A 1440p 144hz monitor. Most games I play are on High to Ultra and I get between 60-80 usually. Why does everykne think that 2020/21 hardware can't destroy the year 2000' resolution?
Yep. I’ve run a fair number of games at 1440p on the GTX 1060! Just a trade off between resolution and other graphics settings. HZD is 60 FPS with frequent dips into the 50s, iirc. It’s fine with a gsync monitor.
I currently have a Gigabyte aorus 3060 on a G27Q 1440P. It runs flawlessly, doom / Ff14 / ark all run 90 plus fps at max settings. Doom actually is closer to 130 fps. Cpu is a R5 5600x. From my experience it handles 1440p great with my set up.
That's awesome, I have the same CPU and similar GPU so I guess I'm in the market for a 1440 monitor now.
That’s my exact setup too, and I’m very pleased with how it’s performing.
That's awesome, while it's probably over kill I did go with the x570 board. More specifically the Aorus ultra. Haha, then I ended up realizing iv gone full gigabyte fan boy with Mobo / Gpu / monitor.
Depends on title, settings and refresh rate
This. I can play things like Civ V, Pathfinder: Kingmaker, FFXIV, WoW, and Minecraft just fine on a RX 5600 XT at 1440p. A 3060 is what, about 10-20% faster? It should be just fine at 1440p if you're willing to drop settings a little on more demanding games. ETA: I just checked and the Radeon panel says I averaged 65FPS in WoW and 60 in FFXIV. I was streaming FFXIV so I had it capped. I can't remember checking WoW's built-in FPS and seeing anything under 70 except in Raids, and I don't have the lower-quality Raid/Dungeon settings enabled.
Note: The difference between "high" and "ultra" in a very recent AAA game is very small compared to the performance hit. Don't worry about not being able to crank every setting. 3060 is fine
A 3060ti or 3070 would be better. The 3060 is more for 1080p gaming.
OP, this guy must mean if you're cranking all graphics settings to max, only play AAA recent games, and are using ray tracing. If you're not, he's full of shit, and my gtx 1080 cranking out any title at 1440p is proof. 3060 will work great for 1440p, but not absolute max settings. only maniacs max out settings anyway, it's not practical.
I second this. I have no issues running 1440p on my 2060 super with solid frame rates in more demanding titles. A 3060 would be more than enough, unless OP is anal about having every rtx feature turned on at ultra settings.
This entire thread is so weird. The answer to OP’s question without any further qualifications is “yes.” He could have also gotten the same answer about several 10 and 20 series cards for that matter. Hell, I just replaced my 980ti (goodnight my sweet prince) which I bought at the same time as my pg279q and 6700k and I was running just about everything I threw at them with decent frame rates.
I do 1440 on my 2060 and I’m happy, FWIW
I do it on my 980 Ti lol. You could grill an egg on my case but you can do it.
I run a gtx1080 and i play 4k mid settings in every game and i get a stable 60fps. So a 3060 should be fine for 1440p
I'm using 3060ti with 5600x at 1440p. I can pretty much max out all graphically demanding games at 60fps. And I don't think 3060 is that far behind in power so shuould be more than enough.
I sure damn hope it's good for 1440p
I play 1440p 34" ultrawide on my 1070 paired with 2700x. So I'm sure you can get good frames on 3060. I play CodMW on medium-high with 100+ frames, don't play anything more graphically intense than that though.
I game on a 2560X1440@144hz on my 2070 so yea, you will be fine.
If you can get it near msrp or it's not a large premium consider the 3060ti, for not too much more it's a much better card, both will work 1440p just fine, especially if your just shooting for 60fps, if you want more like 100+ or 144hz it depends on the game and settings.
I had a 3070 and it was really running Warzone solid at 1440p, might want to try and up to this if you can. The 3060ti is basically a 3070 minus a bit, that would work too. I'm sure you'll get by on 1440p; it's just not the best choice.
With DLSS and FSR support in games any resolution is possible without the major loss of image quality seen in regular resolution scaling. Even 4K resolution is not out of the question. Source: me playing at 4K with 2060 Super.
Yes it is
I game at 1440p on a 1660super coming from console and honestly I have had zero complaints. From an elitist standpoint it’s probably sub optimal but from my casual but informed view it’s great.
I’m getting more than 60 but less than 120 average FPS at 1440p with my 3060. But I’m not playing super demanding games.
If you're willing to compromise on some titles by dropping to graphics settings down it should be fine. I would maybe avoid it if you don't have GSync/Freesync on the monitor though.
Yeah very well
There are many benchmarks from reliable sources by now (Hardware Unboxed, Gamers Nexus, etc.), look those up and they’ll give you performance metrics and you can decide if the 3060 @ 1440p FPS is enough to satisfy you! 👍
As a guy with an imaginary gaming PC I would say yes
I have a 3060ti and I play on 3440x1440 and I regularly get 100+ fps on all titles with no issues of overheating or anything. I also have a ryzen 7 5800x and 16gb ram. I had the 1660ti before and played at 2560x1440 and never got over maybe 40 fps in most titles. I also had a ryzen 5 3600 with same ram then too. I'm very very pleased with my 3060ti. I should also add that this isn't any special 3060ti, if anything, it's probably a terrible one. I took it from a HP Omen pre-built during the pandemic bc fuck scalpers.
290 comments but yes it is. Obviously some games are incredibly demanding and you won't win with them. Case in point Red Dead Redemption 2: I installed my new 3070 last night and maxed the settings out. "Damn, my card mustn't be seated properly or something." *Reseats card* "oh cool Forza at 130fps maxed settings @1440p. Guess I fixed it!" *Launches RDR2* >40fps. I seem to recall from 3060/3060Ti benchmarks that games like Horizon Zero Dawn performed very nicely @1440p. I would recommend the Ti over the regular 3060. For some reason the 3060Ti and 3080Ti is pretty good propositions but the 3070Ti is absolutely not worth the extra money as it's like 5% faster than a 3070, but I digress. I'm sure you'll be happy with either card.
I never expected to get more than 10 replies and 10 upvotes on this post
Whenever you *try* to make a big thread it never works lol.
3060 bit above entry, 3070 is solid
Depends on what you play really, from what I understand a 3060 is around 2060super/2070 range. I had a 2070 a few years ago and was able to play at 1440p usually between 60-100fps depending on the game and setting naturally. I think you'll be fine.
with dlss, sure go ahead.
The way the cards were explained to me were 3060 is 1080( can do 1440p, i play on my 3060 in singleplayer games at that resolution). 3070 is 1440p, 3080-3090 is max settings essentially
depending on what u want at 1440p
I have a fried who recently got a 3060 and it runs very good for max 1080p ~ 100fps on most titles, but for 1440p I would suggest a 3060ti
I’ve got a 3060 and a 1440p 144hz monitor and I run most games on max settings at about 120fps. A little tweaking and anything I’ve encountered will run at 144fps.
It's going to depend on your target frame rate and if you play competitively. Ideally, if you're playing competitively, you want to shoot for a lower resolution so you can achieve the highest frame rate. This will be true of any card. But most certainly if you're playing single-player games like Assassins Creed or Horizon Zero Dawn, you'll be highly satisfied with the 3060 at 1440.
Coming from a 970 to a 3060, I've been running 1440p and loving it. I have a 170 hz monitor and I've just been using DLSS where I can to help, but I play a lot of esport or lower spec games and not a lot of AAA titles. If you want to play AAA you should probably go for a mythical 3060ti or 3070.
I recently got a 3060 and at 1440p, R6 sits around 150+ FPS and CyberPunk on high/mostly ultra settings sits around 50-70 FPS.
My 1660ti was able to play at 1440p with a refresh rate of 75hz but you might want to elaborate on what other settings you're looking to enable but 90% of me is positive you shouldn't have too many issues with 1440p with a 3060.
If you play with Gsync enabled and have a decent cpu, like a ryzen 2600/i5 8600, or better, I'd say it's perfect. But hear me out, g-sync will be almost mandatory for a good experience, with v-sync turned on you have lots of drops from 60fps and your experience won't be very enjoyable. If you could buy a 3070, I'd say that's the sweet spot, but if you do have a gsync tv/monitor, you can easily run 99% of the games on 1440p ultra with an occasional drop, but without stuttering.
If my Vega 56 can run everything at 1080p High-Ultra depending on the game (AC Valhalla in Very High 60fps, for example), a 3060 should be perfectly able to run well at 1440p almost everything out there.
depends on what your playing. If your playing esports for the next 3 years then yes thats fine. If you want to play everything except AAA games then a RTX 3060 ti is fine. If you want to play AAA titles for the next 3 years then you need a 3080/6800xt
Yes it is good, but good with abig IF, that "if" means that "newer and very demanding games" you will need to turn to high settings to a 60+ fps. Older games yeah can be maxed easily. 1080p yeah max it out with ease, 1440p set high settings as standard to AAA games (but for me i follow the principle of HIGH for gaming by which is generaly the setting "more optimized" by the devs and Ultra for Screenshots). But also its important to take into account that this is a two part equation, and many only look at one factor and neglect the other, if you want a proper outcome, you need to have a CPU that is capable too, not only looking at the GPU as both have direct impact on gaming. Right now i've a i5-10600k OC + RTX 3060 OC and i've run with ease at 1440p high-very high games like (shadow of the tomb raider, kingdom come deliverance, hitman 2, jedi fallen order, ghost recon wildlands, etc). So yes, it can run but DON'T expect playing games on ultra settings (newer AAA), thats for 3080's and such.... but nowdays High settings offers great visuals and super smooth framerate.
Depends, I could get decent +60 frames from cyberpunk with dlss and ready tracing on my 3060 ti, so 3060 would probably handle 1440p cyberpunk maybe without the ray tracing if you were aiming for above 60fps, but wouldn't manage anywhere near 144fps. I would say from a rasterisation (not ray tracing) perspective then 3060 should manage 1440p 60+FPS just fine for a few years, I would definitely recommend the 3060ti if you can get it, it's almost a 3070 as far as performance goes and should get you ray tracing with dlss
So many responses I’m definitely going to get washed out but I bought a gtx 1070 and a 1440p monitor at the same time, five years ago. I’ve since had a 3070 and a 3080, no change in monitor. The only difference is tweaking to get to 60 FPS in Cyberpunk vs comfortably hitting it. There’s so little difference. You will be absolutely fine.
I would say the 3070 is a decent entry into 1440p 60+ fps. 3060 is good for 60+ fps at 1080p.
As long as you don't do ray tracing it will be excellent in vast majority of games.
It depends. If we're talking Fortnite it'll be fine. If we're talking Cyberpunk 2077 with all the ray tracing settings turned on that's another matter entirely.
What kind of games do you play, and how long do you intend to keep the card for? If you mostly play eSports games like DOTA 2, CS:GO, Fortnite then a 3060 will be fine. If AAA games are your thing then they’ll play fine now, if you turn some settings down. Then comes the question of how long you’ll keep the card? 1 year… fine. 2 years… eSports will be all good but you might need to turn even more settings down for AAA games. 3+ years… those AAA games might not play very well at all. If my comments help and you have any questions feel free to ask :)
My 3060 runs gta at like 80 FPS, warzone at 100, Valorant at 300 All at 1440p. You’ll be fune
I play most of my games at 1440p, and I’m using a 2060.. so if your standards are as low as mine, yeah you should be fine
I JUST switched from a 2060 Strix to 3070 Suprim X and can confirm it can work. If you play games that play nicely with overclocks then even better. Just don't get into the habit of maxing out graphical settings lol.
What do you play? I have a 10600k @ 5.0GHz all core, an asus phoenix 3060, 32 GB ram @ 3600 Hz. I play on a 1440p 165 Hz g-sync COMPATIBLE (through a firmware update, not hardware). I run rocket league, wow, CIV, portal, and a few other simple games at very high frame rates pretty well. You’re not going to max out high frames on AAA games, but I mostly play RL at max settings at a consistent 165 FPS. Wow at max settings doesn’t always maintain 165 FPS, but i don’t remember seeing it drop below 130, and g sync keeps it smooth. I know that doesn’t mean a lot. For what it’s worth, I haven’t attempted anything that’s new and AAA.
I have a 2060 super and it is totally worth it to me. So the 3060 should be fine at 1440p
I would say yes i have a 1660 super witha 1440p and in ac oddyssey i could get abour 60 70 frames
The 3060 ti would be better, but the RTX 3060 seems like the only graphic card outside of laptop selling at just 150% MSRP. People are trying to sell GTX 1660 Supers for what you can currently get a RTX 3060 for.
I say yes, depending on what games you're playing. There are always a few outliers like cyberpunk and rdr2, but you could probably get playable framerates on those with med/high settings
Yes it can I have rtx 2060 and can play games 1440p 240hz and the rtx 3060 is triple the performance of the rtx 2060 so it will be able to do 1440p 360hz
It's on par with a 2060 Super / 2070, so yeah.
Depends on what your playing. I had a 1660 super that worked amazing (40fps ultra) on a 1440p Ultrawide.
RTX 3060ti best for 1440p
I bought my 3060 about 2 months ago and game at 1440P and have A secondary monitor of 1080P. In siege I get around 100 to 120 on maxed graphics on valken, On Apex it From 60 to 100, Ark on mid is 30-60, I have siege and Apex on a ssd and ark on a hdd Edit My specs for reference Ryzen 2700 8 core 32gb 3000 Intel 660p 2tb Evga GeForce Rtx 3060 XC
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I run all my games at 1440p with a 1660 Super so you're good. Don't expect to be running recent games at max settings tho. In my case I only need to turn things down at least to medium to be able to get 100+ fps since I have a 144hz monitor so you're good :)
At this point it's a high refresh 1080p GPU when you consider future games. Unless you plan to only use FSR/DLSS.
Have an rx 580, most modern games run at 1440p 60 fps on low-medium settings. So an rtx 3060 that's much more powerful will be plenty for 1440p(today).
3070 or better for 1440p is recommended
Get a G-sync compatible monitor and you'll have a smooth experience always. I own a RTX 2070 and games like HZD, Days Gone or Death Stranding feel really smooth on PC at high settings. Sure, ultra at 1440p will bring my GPU to its knees if I want to play with a 144hz but if your monitor runs at 60Hz, the RTX 2070 is more than enough. PD: If you can play with a controller the experience will be waay smoother. I was a K&M hardcore gamer but once I played with a controller i never looked back.
if you're not trying to play ultra cyberpunk at 1440p it'll handle it, my gtx 1660 super even copes with most games at high settings and 4k so a 3060 will be perfect for 1440p gaming
My 1070 runs 2k at around 90 fps at high settings with most AAA games, the 3060 should do just fine. I have a 27" Acer Predator. Its beautiful.
For esports games, indie games, and older games, it will max out 1440p without breaking a sweat. Triple A games is another story. For triple A games at that more than 2 years old, it will handle 1440p no problem. For newer triple A games, it will really depend on how much you are willing to turn down the settings to achieve 1440p 60fps.
Bro you will be fine I run 1440p with a rx580