Bigger monitor or new graphics card?

Guest2 · 31 Jul 2011 at 18:07

I will be getting my new replacement Dell U2711 (hopefully) next week. At present I am using a Dell ST2420L which is working fine (albeit looked terrible at first)

I have an ATI 5770 which plays the few games I have fine. I mainly watch movies, tv shows, browse the web and play music

Would you;

A. Keep the Dell 27"
B. Try and sell it for around £550 and get a monitor for £350 and new graphics card for around £200
C. Other

If B, which monitor as there are some 27" ones for around £350. Maybe something like this for £400 then £150 on a new graphics card

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-013-HO&groupid=17&catid=1120&subcat=

The only game I really played was Battlefield 2 that demanded a good graphics card, Starcraft 2 is also installed but I dont really play it anymore. I know BF3 is just around the corner

The Dell was a really nice screen and the 2560x1440 was fantastic, the only thing I didnt like was the anti-glare coating. It looked some someone had smeared vaseline on my £650 monitor!

stulid · 31 Jul 2011 at 18:09

Keep the Dell without question.

Dell>Hazro

Randomface74 · 31 Jul 2011 at 18:12

Consider if your PSU is sufficient for a GPU upgrade.

Keep the Dell 27.
Then upgrade the GPU to a 580 3GB.

The alternative is:
Sell the Dell 27.
Buy the Dell 24 off the MM.
Buy a 570.

But I don't find that particularly cost-effective.

Guest2 · 31 Jul 2011 at 18:16

billysielu said:
Keep the Dell 27.
Then upgrade the GPU to a 580 3GB.

The alternative is:
Sell the Dell 27.
Buy the Dell 24 off the MM.
Buy a 570.

580 is not possible, £460 on a graphics card IMO is a daft idea. It will ditch in price and money will be best used on holidays, festivals and clothes

I will look into the Dell 24, thanks

chaparral · 31 Jul 2011 at 21:20

Guest2 said:
580 is not possible, £460 on a graphics card IMO is a daft idea. It will ditch in price and money will be best used on holidays, festivals and clothes

If you want a 27" 2560x1440 monitor to game on then you will also need to splash out on a GPU or two to run your games on it

Guest2 · 31 Jul 2011 at 22:09

chaparral said:
If you want a 27" 2560x1440 monitor to game on then you will also need to splash out on a GPU or two to run your games on it

Portal 2 and Need for speed hot pursuit worked fine in 2560x1440 on my 5770 (Dont think future games like BF3 will though)

Bilbocard · 31 Jul 2011 at 22:17

Guest2 said:
Portal 2 and Need for speed hot pursuit worked fine in 2560x1440 on my 5770 (Dont think future games like BF3 will though)

Portal 2 doesn't really strain GPUs. BF3 probably will be significantly more straining, that is if you play it on high settings.