Monitor resolution - GTX 1050 and Benq 2700 PT

[Madone202]

Is the GTX 1050 (Not TI) capable of producing best resolution on a Benq 2700 PT? I have 16 gigs of ram and it's an Intel 750 I5 CPU. Trying to understand the role of the VGA to monitor performance.

[John T Smith]

If that monitor will do at least the minimum requirement, it will work... with, of course, 'more is better'

Minimum System requirements for Cloud Programs... scroll down and check each program
-http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/system-requirements.html

[Madone202]

Here's more information: 3.40 gigahertz Intel Core i7-4770
256 kilobyte primary memory cache
1024 kilobyte secondary memory cache
8192 kilobyte tertiary memory cache
64-bit ready
Multi-core (4 total)
Hyper-threaded (8 total) 

Would this be the weak link in my setup? Photos look good on my monitor, but, of course, I'm striving for the very best....

[RjL190365]

Not really out of whack, in this case. In fact, the GTX 1050 (non-Ti) is still somewhat weaker than that i7-4770. A GTX 1050 Ti or a GTX 1650 would be a better fit (performance-wise) with that CPU. This is because the GTX 1050 has only 2 GB of VRAM in its desktop version - but Adobe officially now recommends a GPU with 4 GB or more VRAM (which the GTX 1050 Ti and the GTX 1650 come standard with).

[Madone202]

Thanks, much appreciated.

[RjL190365]

Like John stated, that 1440p monitor will (or should) work with that GPU.

The CPU, on the other hand, is another matter:

Is it a first-generation (Lynnfield) i5-750 from the year 2009? Or is it really a 7th-Generation (Kaby Lake) i5-7500 from 2017? The platform can make a difference as far as GPU compatibility is concerned. All Kaby Lake systems should be UEFI-capable (most GeForce 10 series cards require UEFI support just to even work at all) while most Lynnfield systems use only a legacy BIOS.

[Madone202]

The motherboard and CPU dates back to 2013....

[RjL190365]

By that time, it should be a Haswell (4th Generation) CPU platform. At that point it should be an i5-4570, not an i5-750. Thus, UEFI should be virtually universal by then.

[RjL190365]

Oh, I saw that you actually have an i7-4770. So scratch what I put down above.