Best monitor to pair a 980ti with?

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Hey guys ordered my self the EVGA Hydro Copper 980ti can't wait till it gets here.

Now it's time to upgrade the monitor.

I use a 1080P monitor at the moment i did have a Asus RoG Swift but I've had unbelievably bad luck with them.

I am willing to try one more as I've had 2 bad monitors so 3rd times a charm?

So the question is what monitor to go with?

The monitor must have G-Sync what's my best option?

I like the look of the Acer 4k2k with G-sync but not sure 4k is the best option on a single card.

Any you guys and gals recommend?

Thanks
 
The frustrating thing is that virtually all of the reviews measure performance at the highest settings, and have a frankly ridiculous yardstick for what is "playable". Nobody is going to even attempt to play most games at 30fps at highest settings at 4K, so why use that as the primary (or only) benchmark? Furthermore, how many people find 45fps playable on a 60Hz monitor without some form of frame rate synchronisation?

The only review that I've come across that does cover "playable" frame rates properly are HardOCP, however they provide no information whatsoever on minimum frame rates or sampling frame rate over time, both of which are either equally or more important than average frame rates (if I own a 60Hz monitor, I don't really care about whether my card can average 80fps, however I do care if I'm dipping down to 40fps for significant amounts of time).

To answer your question, I'd strongly consider a 1440p monitor though I'd not stretch to the Acer XB270HU unless tearing will drive you mad. Something like the MG279Q I think is excellent value (IPS and 144Hz), and is great as long as you keep the refresh rate above 120Hz (fair input lag below this rate, according to TFT Central: http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/asus_mg279q.htm).

As for 4K on a single card, if you're willing to lower your settings (to what degree varies), you'll probably be fine on a single GTX 980Ti. Keep in mind that what you lose in terms of AA does get made up for, to an extent, by the increased resolution.
 
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