1920x1080 vs 2560x1600

[briansklein]

OK just bought the Zotac 570 amp! edition soon to be SLI'd and I love it. My system specs are 990 fxa gd80 mobo phenom ii 965 3.4 stock 8 gigs of ddr3 zahlman 850 watt psu and a few extras. I'm a huge visual buff and like to enjoy what I'm playing visually of course. So my question is this.
Note: I use a HDTV as a monitor Westinghouse 26" VR2680DF 1080p 1980x1080p native res

1. What is the difference between 1920x1080p and 2560x1600
2. Are 120hz tvs as good as a tv that will put out 2560 res.
3. will my system at the current specs handle a better monitor
4. What are the price ranges for something like this.

 

[FlintIronStagg]

OK just bought the Zotac 570 amp! edition soon to be SLI'd and I love it. My system specs are 990 fxa gd80 mobo phenom ii 965 3.4 stock 8 gigs of ddr3 zahlman 850 watt psu and a few extras. I'm a huge visual buff and like to enjoy what I'm playing visually of course. So my question is this.
Note: I use a HDTV as a monitor Westinghouse 26" VR2680DF 1080p 1980x1080p native res

1. What is the difference between 1920x1080p and 2560x1600
2. Are 120hz tvs as good as a tv that will put out 2560 res.
3. will my system at the current specs handle a better monitor
4. What are the price ranges for something like this.

for resolutions higher than 1920x1080, you should have gotten yourself a card with more vram such as the ati 6970 2gb.
1920x1080 is a lower resolution than 2560x1600, and will not tax your system as much; the higher resolution will kill your fps, as you should have gotten an ati card with 2gb of vram to operate the higher resolution if thats where you want to play.
For the 570, im assuming its the 1280mb model, 1920x1080 is the sweet spot as far as resolution goes.
120hz is the refresh rate of the tv - basically if you had 60hz anything over 60 fps you wouldnt see, 120hz will allow you to see up to 120fps if you really want to, so that is overkill imo.
price ranges? www.newegg.com take a gander

 

[briansklein]

OK so from what Im hearing is i need more ram. Easy fix just sli the card. Shouldnt be an issue with 2gigs of ram then. 2 questions remain
1. Better visual experience from the 2560?

2. Better visual experience from the 120 hz tv?

Or no.

If yes how much better with the experience be?

 

[FlintIronStagg]

OK so from what Im hearing is i need more ram. Easy fix just sli the card. Shouldnt be an issue with 2gigs of ram then. 2 questions remain
1. Better visual experience from the 2560?

2. Better visual experience from the 120 hz tv?

Or no.

If yes how much better with the experience be?

yes on both, but to reach anything current and at full settings over 100 fps such as BF3, metro, crysis 2 in dx11, witcher 2 and so on....it wont happen. 120 hz honestly is a bit overkill. 60 hz would do you just fine, but thats just me, other peopel might disagree in situations like if they play a deathmatch and want to 100 fps at low settings to get the edge on the competition. If you want to sli your cards, then the 2560x1600 wont be as taxing.

 

[briansklein]

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[briansklein]

Thanks for the help I will consider what you said and make my decision from here. I just may stay put with what I have in consideration of the fact that over kill is exactly what it is. Overkill.