Upgrade Monitor V GPU

Rattleheadeire · 28 Dec 2015 at 10:23

Hey guys,
Looking for a bit of advice/opinion. Have a Budget of about 500-650.
Currently have 2 x 24" 16:9 1980 x 1080 2ms Monitors

My thoughts were to either a large screen
30-32" at 2560 x 1080
or
27-29" with 3840 x 1440.

I mainly game, then general use is watching streaming TV or coding (network wise - so super wide could be good).
One concern is that upgrading past 1080 might kill my 290x gaming edition 4GB GPU, so should I look at upgrading that first?

Any suggestions, thoughts on ppl who have gone back from dual to single and regretted it etc. Thanks in advance

Rattleheadeire · 29 Dec 2015 at 09:47

Didnt want to go off and create a new thread, so can anyone tell me the difference between the 2 below except for obviously the price? What does the C version not have that makes the non C more expensive?

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/lg-34um95c-p-34-3440x1440-ips-widescreen-super-wide-led-monitor-mo-134-lg.html

and

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/lg-34um95-p-34-3440x1440-ips-widescreen-super-wide-led-monitor-mo-106-lg.html

smogsy · 29 Dec 2015 at 10:02

2560x1080 = will be fine on a 290x

3840x1440 = youll need something faster if you want high-ultra

Rattleheadeire · 29 Dec 2015 at 10:09

Hi Smogsy,
I appreciate the response on the original post. Im still contemplating getting th emonitor and then hopefully upgrading the GPU come end of Jan,Feb.

Still googling the difference between the monitors as above

Poneros · 30 Dec 2015 at 20:01

the more expensive one has more connectivity options, like thunderbolt ports. otherwise identical

theMilitant · 30 Dec 2015 at 21:21

If you're going to wait till January or February to upgrade again then I'd probably just get the monitor first and see how your current GPU handles it. If it doesn't handle the games you play very well then just lower the settings till you upgrade again in a couple of months time.