I'm building a sorta budget gaming PC for someone, it needs some moderate-to-high CPU power, and minor-to-moderate gaming power:
An i5-4460
MSI H97I (Mini-ITX)
8GB Memory
GTX 750 Ti
520W PSU
120GB SSD
1TB HDD
My question is this. I don't have a monitor for this setup yet, and will need one. The person who is going to use it says she doesn't really need 1080p, and in fact finds it somewhat overwhelming sometimes with desktop applications.
However, I was wondering if games are "optimized" for 1080p because it's a much more common resolution, in the sense that they might run better on 1080p than on the lower resolution 1600x900p (even though that doesn't make sense at all in my head, more pixels=more power need, duh right?).
If 900p is a bad idea, I'll get a 1080p monitor instead of a 900p. The two choices for monitor I have (long story, let's just keep it simple) are a 19.5" 1600x900 screen, and 21.5" 1080p monitor that is about 50% more expensive (retailing practically the same price as the GTX 750 Ti).
Will going for the 900p monitor make gaming performance suffer extremely? Or will it be just fine, as long as games run on the monitor's native resolution?
TL;DR version:
Running an i5-4460 and a GTX 750 Ti, is it okay to pick a 900p monitor over a 1080p monitor that is 50% more expensive?
An i5-4460
MSI H97I (Mini-ITX)
8GB Memory
GTX 750 Ti
520W PSU
120GB SSD
1TB HDD
My question is this. I don't have a monitor for this setup yet, and will need one. The person who is going to use it says she doesn't really need 1080p, and in fact finds it somewhat overwhelming sometimes with desktop applications.
However, I was wondering if games are "optimized" for 1080p because it's a much more common resolution, in the sense that they might run better on 1080p than on the lower resolution 1600x900p (even though that doesn't make sense at all in my head, more pixels=more power need, duh right?).
If 900p is a bad idea, I'll get a 1080p monitor instead of a 900p. The two choices for monitor I have (long story, let's just keep it simple) are a 19.5" 1600x900 screen, and 21.5" 1080p monitor that is about 50% more expensive (retailing practically the same price as the GTX 750 Ti).
Will going for the 900p monitor make gaming performance suffer extremely? Or will it be just fine, as long as games run on the monitor's native resolution?
TL;DR version:
Running an i5-4460 and a GTX 750 Ti, is it okay to pick a 900p monitor over a 1080p monitor that is 50% more expensive?