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Jasoncmor

Jasoncmor

Jasoncmor

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Hi all

So my current rig is an intel skylake 6600k, gtx 970 and 16gb ram, and I play my games on a 24" 1080p 144hz gsync monitor.
Ive been wanting a 27" 144hz 1440p monitor for a long time and finally got one, I got an asus rog swift PG279, and i also ordered a 1070ti to help all my games achieve maximum graphics, frame rate and 2k resolution.
(the monitor is a beast btw)

Both graphics card and cpu are running stock speed.

I had no problem getting 144hz @ 1080p resolution on my old monitor with all the games i played.

Anyway, ive set up the new monitor and im using EVGA precision to monitor the FPS and in all my games, with the resolution changed to 1440p, max settings in all the games im testing out, im achieving around 60-80fps no problem, I havent noticed it drop below 55 once yet.

So my question, is it worth upgrading my graphics card to the 1070 ti, or just send the card back as I dont seem to be noticing any problem running games at around 60fps?

Also, can you really notice the difference between 60hz and 165hz, in the real world?

Kind regards
Jason
 
Thanks for your replies guys.
So i decided to go ahead and fit the 1070ti, my fps is now averaging between 85 - 120 fps which is good, but not as big of a jump as i was expecting.
I will overclock the cpu and hopefully have even better results.

Cheers
 
I really wanted a 1080ti, but too much money for me at the moment lol
Maybe a future upgrade.

But I will start overclocking the CPU & GPU and see what results I get.

Another question, will the CPU be bottlenecking the performance at 2K? Would I need an i7?

Cheers, Jason
 
Hi all

So good and bad news.

I spent the afternoon to evening overclocking my processor to 4.5ghz, to see if there was much difference in FPS in fallout 4.
I used fallout as the test game as I play that more often and the frame rate at 1440 wasn’t as high as other games.

So I overclocked the processor to 4.5ghz, I compared the FPS at 1440 changing between high and ultra settings, and chnsging other advanced settings and compared the FPS with the cpu at stock and over clocked and the different levels of detail.
I also used the EVGA precision x software and used kboost to see if that made any difference, and repeated these tests on both the 970 and 1070ti. Unfortunately on most tests no difference was made, there was an increase in about 5-10 fps on one test with the 1070ti but that was it.

So good news I’m keeping the 1070ti :D

Also, I got it wrong in my first post, I only have 8gb of ram, not 16 as I original finally thought, will this make much difference at all?

Cheers, Jason
 
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