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EDIT: OCTOBER 2016:
I thought I'd necro my old thread rather than creating a new one, I hope that's ok, because I'm asking the exact same question! I'm back on the market for a new screen having never followed through on my plans last year.
I'm looking for something with a bit of oomph, a large screen which will look great when gaming (Skyrim, Fallout, Witcher, etc) as well as a large working area for documents, browsing, etc.
Not as extreme or as expensive as an Acer Predator X34, but something more impressive than what I've got. Budget is around £300 for the screen, would my current graphics card definitely not be able to support a screen with a resolution higher than 2560x1600? I have considered something along the lines of a SAMSUNG C32F391 32" curved screen or LG 29UM68-P. (https://www.overclockers.co.uk/lg-2...e-widescreen-led-monitor-black-mo-143-lg.html)
ORIGINAL POST JULY 2015:
I'm considering getting a new monitor to replace my 24" Samsung SyncMaster 2443BW. The resolution I'm running with this monitor is 1920x1200.
My graphics card (NVIDIA GTX 570) supports up to 2560x1600 resolution, which obviously limits my monitor choice and prevents me from getting a 4K screen.
If I were to upgrade my graphics card along with my monitor, is the rest of my system (specs in sig) going to provide a bottleneck in performance? Will the rest of the components be able to support high-detail gaming at high resolutions?
Is upgrading my GPU purely for a 4K monitor worth it, or should I just limit myself to a 2560x1600 panel? my concern in doing this is that I'm possibly looking at the lower end of the market and buying "old tech". Is this a valid concern?
Any advice for which monitors to consider within these parameters?
I thought I'd necro my old thread rather than creating a new one, I hope that's ok, because I'm asking the exact same question! I'm back on the market for a new screen having never followed through on my plans last year.
I'm looking for something with a bit of oomph, a large screen which will look great when gaming (Skyrim, Fallout, Witcher, etc) as well as a large working area for documents, browsing, etc.
Not as extreme or as expensive as an Acer Predator X34, but something more impressive than what I've got. Budget is around £300 for the screen, would my current graphics card definitely not be able to support a screen with a resolution higher than 2560x1600? I have considered something along the lines of a SAMSUNG C32F391 32" curved screen or LG 29UM68-P. (https://www.overclockers.co.uk/lg-2...e-widescreen-led-monitor-black-mo-143-lg.html)
ORIGINAL POST JULY 2015:
I'm considering getting a new monitor to replace my 24" Samsung SyncMaster 2443BW. The resolution I'm running with this monitor is 1920x1200.
My graphics card (NVIDIA GTX 570) supports up to 2560x1600 resolution, which obviously limits my monitor choice and prevents me from getting a 4K screen.
If I were to upgrade my graphics card along with my monitor, is the rest of my system (specs in sig) going to provide a bottleneck in performance? Will the rest of the components be able to support high-detail gaming at high resolutions?
Is upgrading my GPU purely for a 4K monitor worth it, or should I just limit myself to a 2560x1600 panel? my concern in doing this is that I'm possibly looking at the lower end of the market and buying "old tech". Is this a valid concern?
Any advice for which monitors to consider within these parameters?
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