I am about to fork out for an ASUS PB278Q (2560 x 1440) monitor and am looking for a decent graphics card to go with it. I currently have a Radeon HD 7850 pushing a 1680 x 1050 monitor (Dell) and it provides decent enough performance on triple A titles for me. My question is, what is the sweet spot for a GPU to go with the 2560 x 1440 monitor that will be able to achieve decent results for triple A titles on high to ultra settings? I don't have a budget; i.e. unlimited. BTW I don't consider the 780Ti or Titan as 'sweet spot' GPUs. Correct me if I'm wrong, please.
I would wait and see what happens with the R9 290x once the aftermarket coolers come out. Right now I think the R9 290 is a nice bang for buck or maybe 2x 7970s they are going pretty cheep and paired up would do nice at 2560x1440.
A 290 is a lot of performance at a reasonable price. Above 1080p, it's within spitting distance of the best you can buy in a single GPU, and it's only 400 bucks.
The common theme appears to be R9 290. I will wait until the non-reference models arrive and see what they can do on the noise front, as I hear the R9 290 is rather noisy although it is a good performer. Thanks all that have responded so quickly.