New Monitor Help

Jayman · 17 Dec 2018 at 11:41

I've been using a 24" iiyama monitor for about 9yrs now and I've started thinking some of the colours appear somewhat washed out, I cant seem to improve this much so maybe its time for an upgrade.

I've got a 3570k cpu & gtx 1060 gfx card, will hopefully upgrade the cpu soon then possibly the gfx card further down the line, I tend not to play FPS but do like a bit of pubg/the division every now and then amongst the strategy games like SC2 & Xcom etc.

I was thinking of going 1440p 144hz gsync but the price is more than id like to pay, any suggestions? Do I need gsync?

wellibob · 17 Dec 2018 at 12:42

Forget 1440p until you own at least a 1070 or really 1080ti /2080 for 144 in some games.

Loxa · 17 Dec 2018 at 13:06

wellibob said:
Forget 1440p until you own at least a 1070 or really 1080ti /2080 for 144 in some games.

Which ever way you look at it he will either have the GPU first or the monitor first, seens a waste to buy anything less than 1440p when inevitably you will be upgrading a GPU at some point.

esoteric · 17 Dec 2018 at 13:16

I was in your shoes 1 month ago. Went for the ASUS ROG SWIFT PG278QR on Black Friday for £499.99.

My main hang up was the price too. The length of time you kept your current monitor I say it's well worth the investment. 144Hz 1440p and gsync, all are very good and equally important. 144Hz is incredible and the image quality of 1440p is awesome and screen tearing and frame stutter is a fact of gaming with and without vsync and GSYNC fixes it all.

I try to think which of the 3 I would sacrifice and I really struggle because all 3 are so nice but I think it would be 1440p to get the chop. Try Asus PG248Q or PG258Q.

I would still get 1440p though even if hardware is suspect and just drop to 1080p if needed.

Jayman · 18 Dec 2018 at 10:59

That's kind of what I was thinking, run games at 1080 still until upgrade really allows this so at least then its future proofed a bit. Still a whole lot of cash which makes me wonder is it worth going gsync for the games I play?

esoteric · 20 Dec 2018 at 01:27

It's more than a fix for screen tearing, by syncing the GPU and display you get the "smooth" feeling instead the "jerky" feeling.

This video shows it well - https://youtu.be/QU8dnhFZKmM?t=79 - see how jerky vsync and no vsync look compared to gsync.

This one demo's gsync with SC2, one of your games - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT8f_1oRsLU

Jayman · 20 Dec 2018 at 10:55

That video sure does make it look smooth, just unsure if its worth that much to upgrade it or would a bog standard monitor be sufficient again. I guess is it worth the extra cash for a gsync monitor for general use/casual gaming?

Jayman · 20 Dec 2018 at 12:45

Thinking about it some more, how is a 27" monitor for 1080p gaming, seems until I get a 1080/2080 I wont be able to game at 1440p and a gfx card upgrade is behind upgrading everything else sadly.

Shashman · 21 Dec 2018 at 20:07

I'm running Scum, Project Cars 2, World of Warships, World War 3 all at ultra graphics settings @ 1440p on a 1070Ti and 32" monitor fine. You don't need a 1080/2080 for 1440p.