If you’re looking at AMD CPUs, don’t go for anything pre-first-generation Ryzen, and preferably opt for the latest Ryzen 3000 series as they offer the best bang for the buck and highest overall performance. If you’re opting for an Intel CPU, make sure it’s from the last few generations - at least an eighth-gen chip - and from the Core i5, Core i7, or Core i9 range of processors. When it comes to selecting a CPU to pair up with your graphics card, you’ll want to ensure that it’s fairly recent, though it doesn’t need to be top end.
They are the hardware that feeds your monstrous graphics card what it needs to display games and certain applications at 4K resolution, so you’ll want to make sure they aren’t a bottleneck. Gaming PCs typically pack a powerful central processor and high-speed memory, but they take a secondary role behind the graphics card when running a system at 4K. Processors and RAM aren’t as important Dan Baker/Digital Trends You’re also unlikely to be able to truly appreciate 4K detail on a sub-20-inch laptop screen anyway.īut if you do plan on powering your 4K monitor with a gaming laptop, you’ll want to buy the most powerful system you can find, something with an Nvidia RTX 3080 mobile, if possible. Even the best gaming laptops prioritize lower resolutions and higher frame rates because gaming at 4K is incredibly taxing on desktop hardware, and laptop graphics chips don’t tend to measure up. In our testing, the $400 5700 XT sits comfortably in between Nvidia’s RTX 2060 Super and 2070 Super in terms of performance. Like all other graphics cards right now, though, they’re overpriced.Īs for laptops, 4K gaming is still rather difficult. Last-gen AMD cards were headlined by the Radeon RX 57 XT, and they’re both capable of 4K gaming, but don’t do a great job of it in modern AAA games. The recent RDNA 2 graphics cards are capable of 4K gaming, however, with the RX 6800 XT heading the lineup. They’re just as difficult to find as Nvidia ones. If you were hoping to score an AMD card, we have bad news. That said, you can usually find them for less than their 30-series counterparts. The GPU shortage has made these cards hard to find, too. The more expensive RTX 2080 Super and 2080 Ti are both capable of playing those more demanding titles at 4K, though you may not hit 60 fps consistently. More demanding titles, such as the aforementioned Assassin’s Creed Odyssey and Battlefield V, struggle at 4K. Based on our testing, the RTX 2060 Super and 2070 Super can run games like Fortnite and Civilization VI at 4K above 60 fps. If you’re willing to give up a little performance - and save a few bucks in the process - Nvidia’s high-end 20-series cards are capable of 4K gaming. For that price, you’re in the RTX 3080 Ti and RTX 3090 range, which is capable of hitting 8K with a little help from DLSS.įor now, though, the RTX 30 continue to be out of stock nearly everywhere.
Comparatively, last-gen’s 2080 Ti hits around 50 FPS in the same benchmark, all while costing nearly twice as much as the 3080: $1,199. Nvidia’s RTX 3080 is directly targeted at 4K, able to hit 4K at 60 FPS in titles like Assassin’s Creed Odyssey at max settings. We don’t recommend buying a graphics card right now given the prices, but if you’re lucky or determined, here are our recommendations. Graphics cards are out of stock everywhere, and where you can find them, you’ll have to pay far above the list price. Unfortunately, you can’t easily buy most of them.
Gaming in 4K requires your graphics card to process huge amounts of information in the blink of an eye, and for that, you need to make sure your graphics card has the headroom it needs.įortunately, there are more 4K-capable cards today than ever before. Worry not, though: We’ve rounded up everything you need to play 4K games and movies. Getting your system up to spec for 4K isn’t as straightforward as it is for 1080p, or even 1440p. 4K isn’t cheap, but it’s getting cheaper.
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