Always doubting my choice...

balky12 · 19 Oct 2016 at 13:25

Peeps,

Recently purchased an RX480 as an upgrade. Also I need to upgrade my monitor as I have recently had to downgrade due to moving out and the only spare monitor was an old school dell 1280×720... Christ.

Now I have around £300 - £350 so nothing to set the world alight.

The main argument is 1440p or 1080p... also will Freesync be required if I went for 1440p to keep decent performance?

I keep 2nd guessing myself. Will be using it for gaming mainly... WoW, BF, League, other FPS's in future.

Keep bouncing between a nice 27" 1080p curved screen will be sufficient, I'm only casual gaming...

To... I want to make the most out my card so lets go 1440p bells and whistles.

Spuddy · 19 Oct 2016 at 14:25

I'd go for 1440p personally if it was me, I think you'll only regret it down the line if you dont.

Kelt · 19 Oct 2016 at 14:38

Spuddy said:
I'd go for 1440p personally if it was me, I think you'll only regret it down the line if you dont.

Agree. I'm running 1080p now with no complaints, but when I buy again it will be 1440p at least.

Upgrade · 19 Oct 2016 at 16:52

Yep, go 1440p.. and since you're AMD, you can get an take advantage of FreeSync, which is much more cheaper than G-sync.

Cern · 19 Oct 2016 at 17:35

1440p Freesync, you won't regret it. The RX 480 is perhaps borderline for 1440p at Ultra settings in newer games, but Freesync will offset this.

balky12 · 19 Oct 2016 at 21:00

Thanks guys. 27" 1440p w/ free sync seem to be a rarity! Anything on the horizon?

balky12 · 21 Oct 2016 at 13:16

Another quick question, will I be getting anywhere near 144 fps with a RX480 on a 1440p monitor?

I was looking at Asus MG279Q - however I have heard that is a bit of a lottery with the panels... and if I won't be getting anything like 144fps then I might as well just opt for a 60hz monitor?

Scurburg · 22 Oct 2016 at 11:38

144hz is still worth it over 60, even with some games being limited. But anyway, you could probably have best of both world for a fair bit cheaper, if you are prepared to preorder and go with acer. I am pretty tempted by this myself:

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/acer...n-led-zeroframe-monitor-orange-mo-11g-ac.html

Smoogels · 22 Oct 2016 at 12:48

balky12 said:
Another quick question, will I be getting anywhere near 144 fps with a RX480 on a 1440p monitor?

I was looking at Asus MG279Q - however I have heard that is a bit of a lottery with the panels... and if I won't be getting anything like 144fps then I might as well just opt for a 60hz monitor?

The good thing about 144Hz is that you don't need 144FPS to benefit from it. You could get 80FPS and still notice the improvement.

The MG279Q is a good monitor to. There has been a higher than usual quality control problem on all 144Hz IPS monitors but you can easily return it if you are unhappy with it. Some places give you a free return label.

Otherwise you could get the BenQ XL2730Z which has a better track record, though it uses a TN panel so has worse viewing angles and worse colour reproduction.