Monitor to GPU price ratio.. where do you stand?

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Someone very nicely summed up an excellent view point in regards to monitors and displays. I'll try to find it but it got me thinking..

Where do you guys stand on display vs GPU investment?

A display 99% of the time outlives the GPU, the display at the end of the day shows what the GPU is capable of.

Yet on forums and reddit, I constantly see people with 2080ti or 2080ti SLI or 2080s... and absolutley shocking monitors. I struggle to see the thought process of spending more money on your GPU than your display.

Any thoughts or singihts into this?
 
Depends. Previously tried 2 monitors over 500 pounds mark each, and 2 TVs just slightly under 500 pounds. And my actual 300 odd pounds monitor bests all of them. Not a question of price, I'm afraid.
A 2080, in my case, will perform like a 2080 is supposed to. But monitors now seems to be a lottery, unless you're spending some serious money.
 
Due to so many manufacturers making monitors, you can still get great deals on decent screens which is more than I can say for the expensive graphics card market right now, so you can definitely spend less on a decent slightly lower range monitor.

I don't upgrade much, but typically will get a monitor resolution upgrade first, then test my old card as much as possible for a few months, then get a card to match the new monitor. I recently got one of the best deals I've had in gaming on a quality checked 27" 1440p 95 hz vsync and gsync compatible IPS that my 1060 6BG obviously can't run all games on at native res and refresh, but it's good fun seeing what it will run until I get a new card. The EVGA 2070 super I'm looking at costs almost triple the monitor price so hoping for a pre Xmas sale.

A case for me where for mid range performance, a monitor is a lot less than the card I'll need to run it at. Of course a good 1440p 144hz monitor is closer to the card price or even higher, but 95hz been more than nice enough for me coming from 60hz.

2080 ti prices so high you could build a whole PC instead including monitor and play the same games albeit with lower res and refresh without that much hugely significant difference to the overall experience.
 
Your monitor is your primary means of interaction with your PC, so it makes sense to not stint on it. But you need a card capable of driving that screen. I don't see a problem, for instance, with buying a 2080 Ti to run a 240 Hz 1080p monitor.

I have a 4K 120 Hz monitor and a 3440x1440 100 Hz monitor and I don't see myself upgrading any time soon. I might get an 8K monitor but that would not replace either of the above.
 
I think the Acer XF252? Looks ok i would easily pair the £300 240hz 0.3ms with a £1100 2080ti lol. Because they may also use the 1:1 nature of 1080p to 4k to downsample.

It makes sense spend £300-500 on a 1080p/4k 144hz or 240hz and wait for panels without issues or spend 2k on a 4k 144hz monitor with loads of issues. Some of these budget monitors when ran at 4k look really damm good its still 4k 144hz.
 
I don't really have a ratio - I have requirements from my monitor(s) and within reason will spend what it takes to satisfy that and requirements from GPU performance somewhat separate to that.
 
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