Spec me a new monitor

[theone8181]

hi guys I currently have a 27 inch 120hz monitor. I'm looking to upgrade to 1440p possibly with g sync as I have a gtx 1080. The monitor I've got is a Samsung a950 so it's a good few years old, have monitors moved on much in this time and whats gaming like on a higher resolution?

 

[theone8181]

Monitor progress has been incremental over that period - the basic panel technologies remain the same with TN, IPS and variations of those though they have also increased in size, resolution and refresh rate (and price).

If its the Samsung Syncmaster T27A950 you have I'd be surprised if you actually had 120Hz refresh rate - that seems to relate to the display of 3D - which has now fallen by the way side and you won't see that as a feature on many monitors today.

1440P is a good upgrade particularly at 27" as you'll maintain a reasonable pixel density and there's a reasonable number of screens on the market that will offer you high refresh rates and GSync. There are also quite a few Ultra widescreen options which you may want to consider.

What sort of applications or games will the monitor be used for and what's your budget?

It does do 120hz, tbh i bought it fo that rather than the gimmick that is 3d. Not sure on budget i was thinking around £300 maybe (having a look at gsync they seem mega expensive). Is freesync compatible with nvidia? Mostly a mix of rts and fps games.

 

[theone8181]

Ok cheers i wasnt sure. Just to clarify the things I'm looking for are;

• 27 inch
• 1440P
• Preferably 120hz

The current monitor I've got is a ton but I assume the gap between to and it's in terms of response time is now much smaller. When I say fps I don't mean CS levels, more bf2.

 

[theone8181]

Unfortunately gsync adds a massive premium to the monitor and you won't find anything at that size and resolution which is in your budget (looking at OCUK and I think you'd still struggle to find a physically smaller and lower resolution with it).

You can still benefit from the higher refresh rate on freesync monitors - you just won't get freesync and you'll have much larger choice - essentially you'll just be upgrading resolution and potentially refresh rates from where you are now.

Quick look through these will give you an idea of whats available https://www.overclockers.co.uk/monitors/by-type/144hz-?sPage=1&sSort=3# or even https://www.overclockers.co.uk/monitors/by-size/27-68.58cm and unfortunately there isn't anything at that price point which meets or really comes close to your requirements.

It's a case of spending more or reducing your requirements and probably dropping both resolution and physical size to get something in budget - which isn't sounding like a great upgrade given what you already have

Yes looking at it I don't need gsync and it's quite a large increase that it makes.