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switching back to 1080p?

It has flexibilty but a 2080ti would not be enough. TN 1080p 240hz is not bad apart from a blue bottom tint and viewing angles (solved in upcoming NXG251) and it is IQ wise now there with Dell IPS of old like the 2007 is what i owned. So you Gaytrace at 1080p then 4K DSR other games with 0% smoothing.

So what i thought was probably the best experience in gaming for me was running Rocket League and Overwatch etc at 4K 240hz Gsync and they all combined and workeed. Really apart from the TN its god tier but the 1080p RT would still need 120fps to be smooth. So you would need to power RT 1080p with some AA because 4K utterly spoils you.
 
Rofflay said:
It has flexibilty but a 2080ti would not be enough. TN 1080p 240hz is not bad apart from a blue bottom tint and viewing angles (solved in upcoming NXG251) and it is IQ wise now there with Dell IPS of old like the 2007 is what i owned. So you Gaytrace at 1080p then 4K DSR other games with 0% smoothing.

So what i thought was probably the best experience in gaming for me was running Rocket League and Overwatch etc at 4K 240hz Gsync and they all combined and workeed. Really apart from the TN its god tier but the 1080p RT would still need 120fps to be smooth. So you would need to power RT 1080p with some AA because 4K utterly spoils you.
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was tempted by this, yes only 144hz but VA in 1080p
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/acer...curved-gaming-widescreen-led-m-mo-11y-ac.html


this idea was mainly to stop the need for upgrading my GPU so often.& costing so much that i could put into something more useful for the family.
 
smogsy said:
this idea was mainly to stop the need for upgrading my GPU so often.& costing so much that i could put into something more useful for the family.
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Imo keep the 1440p Gsync and *make* the 1080Ti last you 5 years (let's face it, it's a 5 year card for normal people). Put a date in your (online) diary if need be, a date where you can't upgrade til afterwards. If you can't do that then you know you have a deeper lying problem, and love the new electronic shiny-shiny a bit too much like the rest of us ;)
 
smogsy said:
just switch back to my 4K for retesting

Feels So soo slow & The text at 27" is horrid going to leave it for a few hours but it feels so jaring at 60hz

but do love the IPS vs TN
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Use windows scaling which has improved a lot. My text is nice and sharp. No issues here. Can't help with your 60hz issue though. Lucky for me I don't play fps games much and never really appreciated the jump to 144hz. When I tried to downgrade from 4K to 1440p (for similar reasons) it felt like a small improvement in smoothness, a much bigger decline in image quality.

If I ever did go back, I would have to not view my 4K screen for a while to try and forget about how nice a sharp it is. Last time I had my 4K Dell at the time and the ASUS 1440p 144hz monitor side by side and the difference to me at least was day and night, so I stuck to 4K ever since.

If 60hz was not a issue for you, then there are ways to optimise settings to run higher fps and still look better than everything ultra on 1440p/1080p.

If 60hz is not an option at all I would certainly go 1440p over 1080p. At 1080p you can see the pixels on a monitor, even a small one. Yuck :p
 
I;ve gone from a 1080p 144 monitor to a 1440p 144 monitor and there's just no way I could go back to 1080p;.. I've tried a 4k screen and I can understand what you mean as it was "too much" for my eyes.
 
I'm not really seeing the point, my 1080ti handles 1440p UW (3440x1440) on everything I can throw at it without breaking a sweat so what would be the point of going back to 1080p? Clearly I'm missing something here because I don't get it.
 
Seems a bit of a mad move that downgrading to 1080p unless it's genuine because want to use ray tracing on a RTX2080Ti??
 
Doesn't make sense to me, spending £500 on a new monitor in order to save money... :/
I would just sell the 60hz monitor and play at 1440p.

In terms of concerns about needing to upgrade graphics card more often, I don't think it is a MASSIVE difference, basically on higher resolution you can turn down some of the settings to balance it a bit, especially stuff like AA which is less valuable at higher resolution (conversely, you might drop to 1080p and find you have to up the AA to rectify the drop in image quality so don't get the gains you were hoping for performance wise).
 
smogsy said:
does it make sense?
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No, Spending money never makes sense when you are trying to save money.

If you really want to save, keep what you have for a few years. It's an amazing setup.

The only thing I might do, if I wanted a little cash, is to choose which monitor I like using the most and sell the other one.
 
melmac said:
No, Spending money never makes sense when you are trying to save money.

If you really want to save, keep what you have for a few years. It's an amazing setup.

The only thing I might do, if I wanted a little cash, is to choose which monitor I like using the most and sell the other one.
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That's my point selling both monitors and going 1080p is a net profit
 
smogsy said:
That's my point selling both monitors and going 1080p is a net profit
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No, don't do that, You will be losing money both ways then. Losing money selling the monitors second hand and losing more money buying a new monitor. If you really need some cash, sell one monitor.
 
smogsy said:
hi all,

Currently have
1800X
16GB DDR4 @ 3333
1080TI

4K GSync Monitor (60hz)
1440p Gsync (144hz)


i been thinking about swapping back to 1080p (gsync/Freesync) for gaming as a money saving exercise. just want some thoughts & advice on If will actually save me money long term?

So a 1080p Gsync monitor is around £500,
  • 1080ti should be good for a while don't you think?
  • does mean i might need a faster CPU.
  • but cpu's are cheaper than GPU generally.
  • then when the 1080ti is no longer sufficient i can get the standard 70/80?
  • each GPU i buy i might save £200-300 (not getting top end as its not needed for 1080p)
  • top end CPU will be only £300 & should last a long time.
  • less load on GPU/CPU in general so quieter operation (love slience)
  • Less TDP/Power draw = Slient too
does it make sense?
or is my outlay more than i will save?
have i missed anything
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doesn't make any sense.

you have already bought everything. you will take a huge loss selling it on to then play on inferior equipment/settings.

why do it unless you are desperate for cash. even then your talking pennies as to what you will be putting into your pocket.
 
If you're into games then I'd suggest just keeping what you have and being firm about not buying anything in the next few years.
 
Hades said:
If you're into games then I'd suggest just keeping what you have and being firm about not buying anything in the next few years.
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tbh he could just get rid of the 4k monitor and keep everything else. having both a 4k and 1440p makes zero sense.

it's like having 1 monitor for single player then another for online play. had 2 monitors and i ended up ditching the second because i never used it. unless you work from home with spreadsheets, etc it's pointless. i know people who basically use that second screen purely for things like browsing inbetween or discord. which imo doesn't work. you need to take your eye off the main screen then that is you taking your eye off the ball.
 
Psycho Sonny said:
tbh he could just get rid of the 4k monitor and keep everything else. having both a 4k and 1440p makes zero sense.

it's like having 1 monitor for single player then another for online play. had 2 monitors and i ended up ditching the second because i never used it. unless you work from home with spreadsheets, etc it's pointless. i know people who basically use that second screen purely for things like browsing inbetween or discord. which imo doesn't work. you need to take your eye off the main screen then that is you taking your eye off the ball.
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This seems like a good approach. Sell one monitor and keep the rest.
 
ordered a 1080p gsync 240hz panel. plan is to Move my 1440p panel to above this As secondary monitor & possibly sell the 4K monitor to a shop like CEX

i got a 3440x1440 100hz gsync to sell too (which forgot about...)
 
Psycho Sonny said:
tbh he could just get rid of the 4k monitor and keep everything else. having both a 4k and 1440p makes zero sense.
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Makes sense to me.

UW 1440p with the 1080ti in the study is great for racing games and whatever else can play at UW and over 60hz.
4K in the bedroom for controller gaming and Netflix etc.

I've found myself using the 4k a lot more tbh after buying X34p. Reason is a lot of games can't go over 60 hz like Crash Bandicoot, Dark Souls.
 
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