Deciding between ROG, Predator or Flatron

Ashley Jordan

Ashley Jordan

Ashley Jordan

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Hi Guys,

Just looking for a bit of advice in regards to my monitor upgrade..

I am currently looking to upgrade to one of the three monitors listed below:

Monitors:

LG Flatron 29UM65-P 29"
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-109-LG&groupid=17&catid=2907

Acer Predator 4k2k XB280HK 28" G-Sync
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-065-AC&tool=3

Asus PG278Q ROG Swift 27" G-Sync 144Hz
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-070-AS

What it will be used for:

The games i am currently playing on my rig are titles like BF4, CS:GO and league of legends. I will also be playing GTA5 a huge amount so please take this into account.

Graphics:

I currently had a GTX 780 6GBDDR5, i am currently in to process of looking for another one of these cards to run in SLI. Looking at some benchmarks my card would most likely struggle with 2/3 of those above monitors without being in a SLI setup.

If i fail to find another 780 @GB for a price which actually cheaper than when i originally bought i would probably be looking at the 9XX series for SLI.

Question:

Now i am just wondering whether or not i should be aiming for either a 4k, 144hz or a standard widescreen monitor for the games i play. There isn't a budget here so the price difference between those 3 monitors will not be to much of an issue.


If you guys could point me to specific reviews or perhaps list me reasons why and why not i should be aiming for one of the above 3 that would be most appreciated, Although i am more than happy to do the research myself if you could point me in the right direction.


Thanks in advance!
Ashley
 
780 and 780 sli are realistically not powerful enough to drive 4k on high settings with a "nice" frame rate. And for your current games you would benefit more from 144hz and gsync.

Personally if I was in your boots I would be buying the swift especially for cs go. But it will give a better gaming experience in most games

Edit : also the ultra wide you linked IMO is a no go. If you go ultra wide you should look at 3440x1440
 
Thanks for the response harry,

Yeah benchmarks for i believe BF4 on SLI 780's were pulling under 60fps or if i remember correctly on a 4k monitor (could be wrong) so yeah wouldn't be smart to grab a 4k until i upgrade my graphics.

Yeah i think i will be going for the swift then. was hoping the weekly deals would knock a few quid off of the swift just in time but it hasn't but thats not a problem.

I will most likely order the swift today! Although just out of curiosity, do you know the hardware req's to run the full refresh rate on the swift etc?

Cheers again mate.
 
If you're looking at the Swift then I'd wait until the Acer Predator XB270HU is released into the wild and see how users find it. The TFTCentral review was excellent and could be a great alternative.
 
Ashley Jordan said:
Thanks for the response harry,

Yeah benchmarks for i believe BF4 on SLI 780's were pulling under 60fps or if i remember correctly on a 4k monitor (could be wrong) so yeah wouldn't be smart to grab a 4k until i upgrade my graphics.

Yeah i think i will be going for the swift then. was hoping the weekly deals would knock a few quid off of the swift just in time but it hasn't but thats not a problem.

I will most likely order the swift today! Although just out of curiosity, do you know the hardware req's to run the full refresh rate on the swift etc?

Cheers again mate.
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Your system will be fine with the swift you need a display port cable as that is the only input that can power the monitors hard bandwidth requirements.

It will run lovely on one card however would still advise getting a second 780 for that oomph, I used to have dual 780 on a pb278q (1440p) and it was lovely

Edit : I'm sure the swift does come with a display port cable however I recall people opting to buy a different one for quality reasons
 
4K with my single 780 in BF4 was a bit ouchy - with ultra settings minus AA it was averaging ~40fps on a full 64 player server - IIRC during gameplay it was fluctuating between 25 and 70fps. Very very easy to run into the VRAM amount ceiling though with just 3GB VRAM so sometimes you have to sacrifice the odd setting.

Gaming on the Swift IMO is a far far better experience, bar the odd exception like elite dangerous which is just jaw dropping at 4K and has no potential issues with controls, etc.
 
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