'09 MacPro's GT120 powerful enough for 2560x1440?

[zephonic]

Thread title pretty much sums it up. According to everymac.com my machine (2.66 quad) can handle resolutions up to 2560x1600, but I wonder if it does so comfortably and seamlessly or whether there will be noticeable performance lag?

I am looking at an Asus PB278Q display, andnwould like to hear from others who use similar-sized displays at 2560x1440 with the GT120?

Thanks!

 

[SpookyLars]

I have QC 2.93GHz + GT120 + U2713HM. Not bad for daily work (I'm not playing games), but sometimes animations are choppy. I found that playing some videos in full screen isn't smooth. Hope it helps.

 

[zephonic]

Thanks, Lars. Anyone else?

 

[slughead]

I do not know the answer to your question, but I do know you can get a cheap NVidia that will support DL DVI

 

[Cubemmal]

Yeah I believe I've hooked my 27" up to the GTX card without trouble.

 

[zephonic]

@Slughead: I skimmed through the thread you linked to, but that seems like something I do not want to bother with.


Different notion: I see some cheap 4K TV's appearing now. What sort of GPU would I need to drive one of those?

 

[RoastingPig]

Different notion: I see some cheap 4K TV's appearing now. What sort of GPU would I need to drive one of those?

A GTX 680 thru displayport 1.2 can do it.

 

[Mike--W]

Yes - I have a 2009 MacPro with a GT120 and an Acer 4k display connected via dvi-d and get 3840 x 2160 (much to my surprise). Via hdmi I only get HD.

 

[Pentaxer]

GT120 is noticeable slower in interface actions then 5770.