GTA 5 PC in 4K is an "Eye-Opener," Rockstar Says

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sc94597 said:

JEMC said:
An HD 7870 to run the game at 4K and 30fps? It must be at very low settings.

Anyway, that's the usual PR talk before the launch of the PC port of the game.

This is still a last generation game. An HD 7870 can max Skyrim at 2560 x 1600 @ 65 fps, I don't see why it can't run GTA V at medium/high, 4k, 30fps without AA (not that it would give that much better image quality than at a lower resolution with AA.) 4k resolutions would be twice the number of pixels than 2560 x 1600, but the game is running at half the frame-rate on an HD 7870, according to the OP. 

Skyrim is older than GTA V and didn't push the hardware of the PS3/Xbox360 as far as GTA did. And it didn't had a remaster or re-release on PS4/X1.

And with all my respects for Anandtech, those numbers are only one of the possible set-up configuration of the game. Look at this

source: HardOCP

They need an 7970 to get that average result than AnandTech got with a 7870. Same Res, same quality, same AF, just different AA.

Also, just look at the news again and look that a 7870 is needed to run the game at 4K@30fps, but it also says "To be able to run the game at 4K resolution at 60fps you'll need a high-end SLI or Crossfire setup."

A high-end SLI or Crossfire set-up to double the frames? The 290X or 970 should be more than capable of that, why do they recomend Xfire/SLI unless it is because the 7870 is only capable of running it on low at 4K?