Gigabyte GTX Aorus 1080 11gbs-monitor

Kev1eighty7

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Doing some research on what monitor to pair up with this card above ^^^

Just read it ships at only 60Hz but will need an update of some description in the BIOS to achieve 144Hz. Do you know if that is true?

Any other monitor suggestions? Ill be playing most fast paced racing games so a high refresh rate is definitely needed, preferably a screen size around 30 inches but i guess size all depends on my wallet!!!

Thanks!!
 
yes mate this is taken from a gigabyte forum...

-Just bought a GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1080 AORUS, switched from an EVGA 1060 3gb, and I cant get my refresh rate to 144hz, only option is 60hz. 144hz worked perfectly fine on the 1060. Help please, thanks.

-Well I found the fix, and for anyone who has the same issue... apparently you have to update the Bios, which aren't exactly easy to find on Gigabyte's website. I figured spending 600 dollars on this GPU you'd expect plug and play, and also any one willing to spend that much money obviously is rocking 120/144+hz monitors..

US forum if that speaks anything...:P
 
ahhh, its because the monitor being used only had DVI-D dual link and no display port.

Anyway, feel free to suggest any monitors...

Running i7 8700k
GTX 1080 Aorus
Aorus z370 motherboard...

Im new to the kinda stuff if you hadn't guessed...ex console gamer :D
 
Kev1eighty7 said:
ahhh, its because the monitor being used only had DVI-D dual link and no display port.

Anyway, feel free to suggest any monitors...

Running i7 8700k
GTX 1080 Aorus
Aorus z370 motherboard...

Im new to the kinda stuff if you hadn't guessed...ex console gamer :D
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ok cool, what kind of budget you looking at?
 
cheers, id say below £500 if possible

Done bit of reading on free sync and G sync..seems g sync is better for a gigabyte card, correct? BLOODY expensive though for any of decent size around 30inches, give or take
 
Just learned more new stuff haha

NVidia is the company that makes the GPU -- the actual silicon chip that does all the computing.

EVGA, Gigabyte, Sapphire, MSI and other companies buy the GPU and put it onto their own board designs which have different memory, different power management, different cooling systems, and other things that make them very slightly different from each other, and they're all competing on cost, performance, power usage, maximum overclock, noise levels, size, and other things that people might care about.
 
Kev1eighty7 said:
Just learned more new stuff haha

NVidia is the company that makes the GPU -- the actual silicon chip that does all the computing.

EVGA, Gigabyte, Sapphire, MSI and other companies buy the GPU and put it onto their own board designs which have different memory, different power management, different cooling systems, and other things that make them very slightly different from each other, and they're all competing on cost, performance, power usage, maximum overclock, noise levels, size, and other things that people might care about.
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For £500 or under (with G-Sync) some options:

240hz/TN/1080p - £299.99
165hz/TN/1440p - ~£450 or less

Or, there are a wide variety of IPS/VA 144hz 1080p/1440p+ monitors but with FreeSync and not G-Sync.


What sort of games do you play mainly?
 
It will almost solely be racing sims/games, so after bit of research it seems higher Hz and frames per second is what I need. Constant fast paced scenery etc. The most visually intense games I'm likely to play will be Project cars 2/Formula one 2017/8/9.

Im reading that if i get a free sync monitor i may have to enable V sync to fix if it becomes stuttery/sluggish but by doing so I'm limiting myself to 60Hz refresh rate (have i understood that correct?) which id rather not do...So ideal is anything around 144Hz and above. I think my build should cope with something there or there about to that...hopefully! :D

Looking at prices i think i might just squeeze a 28" if i look hard enough, but probably 27"
 
I can highly recommend the Acer XF270HUA 27" TFT IPS, 2560x1440@144Hz, 4ms, Freesync. I got mine today and it was on sale for under £400 (£397). I don't really care for G-sync nor Freesync, because at 144Hz tearing really isn't an issue at all. I'm using it on GTX 1080Ti SLi and it works wonderful (also no 144Hz bug, the cards idle down to 139/405Mhz on GPU/Vram).
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JediFragger said:
I stopped reading right there.

A powerful single card + Gsync is the best gaming experience imo, SLi is beyond crappy on most games atm (I had 1080 SLi, switched to a single Ti and it's worlds better!).
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I don't have any issues with SLi. I've been running SLi since the 3Dfx days :) I don't play the latest AAA titles nor purchase them. When I do, at least 3-4months have passes and the patches and driver updates usually have fixed single and multi card issues. I play the more lesser known titles that usually fly below the game reviewers radar.
I have GTX 1080Ti SLi and GTX 1080 SLi and am not going for a single card solution any time soon.
 
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