Monitor.

Tummy · 11 May 2015 at 12:50

Hey General Hardware folks,

This is my spec;

Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz
Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit
Corsair Hydro H70
Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO x2
MSI GeForce GTX 980 Gaming Edition
MSI Z77IA-E53 Intel Z77
Kingston HyperX Blu 16GB 1600MHz
BitFenix Prodigy 'Tiger' Mini-ITX Cube Case - Orange/Black
Corsair Builder Series CX 600w Modular

I'm wanting to 'upgrade' to a new monitor (currently a Dell @ 1920x1080, 24 inch) and the PC is mainly used for gaming (GTA V, World of Warcraft, Football Manager, Diablo 3).

Would I still be able to run games 'ok' (performance and visuals are important to me) on something like the 'Samsung U28D590 28" 4K 60Hz 1ms Gaming Widescreen LED Monitor' ?

Tummy · 11 May 2015 at 13:22

Shivy011 said:
I would go for a 1440p monitor, 4K is quite hard to drive at decent settings for a single card. A single 980 would be grand at 1440p

Could you point me in the direction of one?

I have been looking at the 28" Acer G-sync too.

Tummy · 11 May 2015 at 13:28

Shivy011 said:
Do you have any budget?

Ideally I would like to keep it at ~£500~, but no real 'fixed' budget.

Tummy · 11 May 2015 at 13:39

I was looking at that, but not the clearance range.

Tummy · 11 May 2015 at 13:41

savagesam117 said:
B Grade stuff is usually perfect. I've never had any problems. And it saves money!

My biggest gripe with any monitor is dead pixels, have returned so many due to dead pixels. Once I have seen them, I cannot unsee them

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