Ex console noob needs help :p

OneZeoN · 19 Jul 2016 at 23:01

Hi

Just ordered a new gaming rig and sold my PS4 (Specs in my signature below)
Not been a pc gamer for quite a few years but excited to gwt my rig delivered in the next 2 weeks!

But im really struggling to decide on a monitor to get!

I have 2 choices that are both 144hz (heard thats good lol) but 1 had G-SYNC and the other doesn't
BUT the price difference is £200 and worry it's just to expensive for a screen!!!

Would the Asus be still a great choice as 144hz and £200 cheaper?
These are the 2...

Thanks

OneZeoN · 20 Jul 2016 at 08:59

K thanks edited

Would a 1440p monitor limit my fps on a 1070?
I want my games as close to ultra settings while still high fps.
Heard 1440p will just about do 60fps with a 1070...don't know if true?

Why I was more tempted by the 144hz 1080p screen (and £200 less price) of the Asus

OneZeoN · 20 Jul 2016 at 13:54

Thanks all

OneZeoN · 20 Jul 2016 at 21:38

tyler_jrb said:
A single 1070 should be fine at 1440p. G-sync is a must aswell!

You may need to tune settings and to be honest I would. High-ultra usually is barely a noticeable difference.

A 980Ti with games that aren't as taxing it did really well. 120fps+ on bf4, mad max etc. But, even on very taxing games it kept well at 80+fps high/ultra settings. Likes of ROTTR, Witcher 3, Fallout 4, Dying light etc.

Like I said with a few tuned settings 100fps on the majority of games shouldn't be an issue.

With a 1440p monitor is it ok to lower to 1080p if a game in the future is sluggish?

OneZeoN · 21 Jul 2016 at 06:18

tyler_jrb said:
You could do but as stated above it won't look as good as 1080p native.

In your position I'd be tempted to go for either the 1440p g-sync or just run 1080p 144hz g-sync with nvidia dsr to up the resolution a bit.

A 1070 for 1080p 144hz will be perfectly fine. I even found upping the res by 5% with dsr made a nice difference to sharpness in games when I had 1080p.

Up to you 1440p does look good but 1080p ultra settings 144hz doesn't look too bad either

Going to go for the 1080p monitor and save £200 for now.
Then upgrade at later time as spending almost £1,300 on rig alone :mad:

Nvidia dsr....what's that? And was for a noob like me? Lol

OneZeoN · 21 Jul 2016 at 14:05

tyler_jrb said:
Don't blame you for that. 1080p 144hz, you will love it . Dsr (dynamic super resolution). It's basically an option in the nvidia panel which upscales the resolution in games. So you can upscale from 1080p to 1440p. Gives you added image quality and sharpness close to that of 1440p, 4K.

Yeah spending so much on rig,keyboard,mouse,speakers,headset,desk,chair etc etc lol

This screen will be good for year or 2