1440p 60hz or 144hz, GTX 1080Ti

[awmslayer]

I've seen benchmarks and fps tests with the 1080Ti on 1440p and I can see how it struggles to reach an avg of 144fps on newer titles @ ultra. But I think it can at around 80-120fps

What are the effects of having lower fps on a 144hz monitor? Will it be laggy? Will it be like 30 fps on a 60hz monitor?

Will it be worth getting a 144hz one if the 1080Ti can't even produce that high of an fps?

I am willing to tune down some settings to achieve it, as someone who has gamed with budget laptops for years, I could downscale everything down just to get playable fps. But I'm putting a lot of money on this rig that I'm planning to build, so I just want to game at high to very high settings this time without worrying about low and unplayable fps.

Thanks.

 

[raisonjohn]

Get the 144Hz as you are "willing to tune down some settings to achieve it". High-Very High settings would do well on GPU-intensive AAA titles on a 1440p/144Hz.

You can also produce smoother gameplay if the monitor can sync with the lower FPS output if you get a G-Sync capable monitor.

For a 1440p/60Hz monitor, you'd get better value with a GTX 1080/1070/even a GTX 1060-6GB/RX 580-8GB (for some non GPU-intensive titles). The 1080 Ti is overkill IMO for such 60Hz monitor (unless it's 4K).

 

[awmslayer]

Thank you for your answer! One more thing that's bothering me is if it looks ok if downscaled to 1080p?

This concern is mainly because I also play League and the game has a known issue about the UI being really small at resolutions above 1080p.

 

[raisonjohn]

You're welcome! Can't answer your follow up question as I haven't played LoL (or downscaling games to 1080p on a 1440p monitor). Maybe others with personal experience can chime in on that one.