1070 + Which Gsync Monitor?

DiscoDave

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Hi all,

I'm looking to upgrade to a 1070 from a 7970 and looking at monitor choices. It seems I have the option of:

1920x1080 Gsync 144hz @ circa £250 - £300

or

2560x1440 Gsync 144hz @ circa £450 - anything up to about £800.

For a 1070, would going to a 1440p yield significant benefits that warrant (amost) double the price?

I kind of feel like 1440p is the odd step - 1080p has been the standard for some time, 4k technology is really coming down in price but we don't really have single GPU solutions that can run 4k at 60fps.

It really pains me that AMD have nothing comparable to the 1070 currently - freesync monitors are just so much cheaper :(.
 
Upgrade said:
1440p is the sweet spot. 1080p has had it's run. 4K is a while away before it's viable. All my opinion, ofcourse. :)

I have this monitor (currently RMA'd with OC because of dead pixels, however a very nice monitor).

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £461.09
(includes shipping: £11.10)
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Thanks for your reply.

Yeah that's the monitor I'm looking at.

Never thought I'd see the day where I could spend more money on a monitor than a GPU :O
 
Yeah that realism came to me recently. At least your monitor can last you through several PCs if you get a decent one at the time so the price isnt so bad really.
 
BluD said:
Yeah that realism came to me recently. At least your monitor can last you through several PCs if you get a decent one at the time so the price isnt so bad really.
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That's true but the issue I have is that I'll be vendor-locked with nVidia. I like freedom and the ability to have choice when I decide to upgrade. I mean, it's no different really with AMD and freesync, but knowing AMD GPU's are completely out of the question if I get a gsync monitor until I want to fork out again is...unsettling.

But barring the 7970 most of my hardware is from when I bought it in 2008 - first gen i7 (although ive put in a xeon now) a Samsung syncmaster etc.
 
once you spent a little while with 1440p you wont be able to go back to using 1080p that 27"dell looks a very nice monitor if it was 32" I would have got it myself
 
I've had the Dell S2716DG for a few months now and couldn't do without it.
Once you've used a high refresh rate G-Sync screen everything else looks awful.

I've tried gaming on my Surface Book, which work perfectly well. The GTX 940 in the Surface Book can reach 60+ fps in a lot of things once configured correctly, but even with that I still find it looks "off" after using a G-Sync screen for so long.

I'm running Dell off a GTX 970 which copes perfectly fine with 1440p, but I mostly play WoW and D3 so nothing mega taxing.
 
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