I'm looking at 4K monitors, however I believe my current video card only supports 2K QHD resolution (2560x1440). Current card is a Nvidia Quadro 2000, system is a HP Z600 dual-Intel Xeon rig with 48gb RAM.
The goal is have a dual monitor setup with the 4K monitor and 2K monitor I already have. I suspect I'll have to upgrade the video card in order to be able to take advantage of 4k resolution. What is a good all-around video card for this purpose? I'm no hardcore gamer, but I do get a new game to try every now and again, and like to have the headroom to run modern games at decent quality-- but max settings on 4K isn't necessary, I can always view the game on the 2K screen to reduce requirements. So bang for the buck is essential here, moreso than being top-of-the-line.
One thing I have to consider is that my motherboard is only PCI-E 2.0, whereas all the modern cards are PCI-E 3.0. Last I'd read is that modern cards still do not take advantage of the extra bandwidth offered by 3.0 specification, is this still the case? I know the two are backwards compatible but I don't want to spend good money on a new card only to have it hamstrung by an older motherboard.
The goal is have a dual monitor setup with the 4K monitor and 2K monitor I already have. I suspect I'll have to upgrade the video card in order to be able to take advantage of 4k resolution. What is a good all-around video card for this purpose? I'm no hardcore gamer, but I do get a new game to try every now and again, and like to have the headroom to run modern games at decent quality-- but max settings on 4K isn't necessary, I can always view the game on the 2K screen to reduce requirements. So bang for the buck is essential here, moreso than being top-of-the-line.
One thing I have to consider is that my motherboard is only PCI-E 2.0, whereas all the modern cards are PCI-E 3.0. Last I'd read is that modern cards still do not take advantage of the extra bandwidth offered by 3.0 specification, is this still the case? I know the two are backwards compatible but I don't want to spend good money on a new card only to have it hamstrung by an older motherboard.