Upgrading my PC to support DisplayPort 1.4, which GPU should I buy?

John's aging PC is in need of an upgrade to bring DisplayPort 1.4 support for his new ultrawide monitor upgrade.

Question by John from Australia | Answered by in Video Cards & GPUs on

Guys, I just bought an ultrawide VA 34" monitor. My existing graphic card is an AMD Radeon HD 6700 series, which has a DisplayPort v1.1, the monitor needs v1.2 onwards, so I can't get the higher resolutions.

What GPU cards can you recommend for my 2011 spec PC? I need DP v1.4, at least 1 HDMI and DVI port. I built my PC nine years ago and mainly use it for work, and I only play old school DOOM these days but might try something newer.

My PC specs:

  • NZXT H2 Black
  • ASUS P8Z68-V Pro Motherboard B3
  • Intel Core i7 2600K
  • HIS Radeon HD6770 1GB
  • Corsair Vengeance CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3

Any advice would be appreciated!

Hi John,

I must say you are getting really close to needing a full rebuild, but let's see if we can get some more life out of this machine!

Upgrading my PC to support DisplayPort 1.4, which GPU should I buy? 1

What will help with your issue is the fact that you aren't doing any intense gaming with it, so you basically just need a GPU upgrade to fire up your new monitor at its native resolution, which I'm going to assume is 3440-1440p going by the 34" Ultrawide size.

Doing some research online, there are a few rather low-cost options to get your monitor up and running. XFX sells a Radeon RX 560 with all three ports you need for a touch under $200 AUD. You can also go with the GTX 1050 Ti. Quite a few vendors sell these with DVI, HDMI, and DP.

At the higher-end, you'll be looking at the GTX 1650, RTX 2060, and 2070 with only a few models that carry all three of the port you mentioned, the top model being the ASUS Dual RTX 2070.

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