Monitor for up to £1k - is x34 the ultimate one??

beany_bot said:
4k at 60 fps is where the immediate future of gaming lies and I'm saving up for it as we speak.
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Clearly that is not true... if it were, we wouldn't have 144Hz monitors across the board, with 21:9 at 100Hz and both it and 4K already promising more soon. The future is NOT 60FPS lol! The difference between 60FPS and 100+ IS noticeable, perhaps not to you, but for the majority very much so (game dependent to some extent also though). Higher FPS will ALWAYS trump resolution (in vast majority of games anyway), that's just fact, and it's exactly what we SHOULD be chasing, far more so than resolution.

dessimpson said:
What does it take to run 4k at 60fps?
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ENTIRELY depends what games. The 1080 is not a 4K card, no matter what anyone tells you. It will handle some well, others not, with G-Sync being absolutely essential. It scrapes through, and it won't be long before this becomes worse. Unless you think a GPU becomes MORE powerful and games EASIER to drive the longer you own it lol?!
 
dessimpson said:
What does it take to run 4k at 60fps?
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Guru3D have a preliminary 1080 SLI article and on the games they could run the 1080s were basically always above 60 fps at UHD. Below 1440p the SLI was a hindrance and a single 1080 was often better. That may improve with drivers of course.

On my X34 I run the monitor at 100Hz for the best panel response but limit games to 75 fps. Like some I don't need the fastest fps just a smooth consistent frame rate with zero tear. Limiting fps also reduces GPU load and wasted heat etc.

G-Sync is a nice to have to remove any stuttering from fps dips in the most demanding scenes.
 
Legend said:
ENTIRELY depends what games. The 1080 is not a 4K card, no matter what anyone tells you. It will handle some well, others not, with G-Sync being absolutely essential. It scrapes through, and it won't be long before this becomes worse. Unless you think a GPU becomes MORE powerful and games EASIER to drive the longer you own it lol?!
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I've been tempted for a while to get a 4k screen. My Titans are fine on my Dell X34 and I was planning to skip Pascal entirely. Just curious if 4k might be too demanding on them to wait till the next gen came out.

And the thought of having two monitors with different vertical resolution makes me shudder :mad:
 
Question I ask anyone is WHY? Why do you want 4K? Have you seen it in action, compared to all other options, and are utterly blown away by it? Or do you just want it because you think it's the best, where the elite gamers belong and that's where you belong also? If it's the former, then fine... but be prepared for an FPS hit and less fluidity. This is simply the reality of 4K gaming, and will be for some time, so as long as people are aware of that, but having seen and experienced all the alternatives are still determined. However, if it's the latter then I would emplore anyone to try out 21:9 before they jump on the 4K bandwagon for no good reason. It hands down beats it for immersion, fluidity and the ability to ramp up the detail.
 
Bigminimus said:
But on which monitor?
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There is really only one, the Acer X34. PG348Q if you must, but that's more expensive and uses the same panel anyway, so really not much point IMO. As Westie says, that will see you right for 2-3 years. No doubt we'll see superior and faster 21:9 monitors in a year, but an X34+1080 is going to look amazing for a long time yet.
 
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