2560x1440 @60Hz or 1920x1080 @120Hz

[BryceBT]

My system is somewhat high-end (or at least I'd like to think it is) and on highly modded, full-HD skyrim with ENB shaders I average around 55 FPS with vsync turned off, and the highest the memory usage has gotten is around 900mb. On other games I play like DotA 2 and BF4 I assume it's quite a bit higher than this although I'm not exactly sure how high it gets. My specs are:

Old HP 2210m: 1920x1080 21.5" monitor @60Hz and 2.5ms
MSi GTX 770 2GB
i5 4670k @3.4Ghz
8GB Ram
650Gold PSU
ASrock z87Killer mobo
Usually runs pretty cool with the 3 fans+212evo

I was doing some research and still can't quite make a decision on whether to get in my situation.

I was wondering how much of a hit in FPS I will take if I get a 2560x1440 27" monitor considering skyrim runs at about 55 on average, maybe higher when I'm not looking at many torches/objects that emit light and smoke.

I think I will be able to utilize the 120Hz refresh rate on pretty much anything other than skyrim because I have it modded to hell, which seems to be nice; however I kind of want to get the higher resolution with the much larger screen.

 

[azathoth]

My system is somewhat high-end (or at least I'd like to think it is) and on highly modded, full-HD skyrim with ENB shaders I average around 55 FPS with vsync turned off, and the highest the memory usage has gotten is around 900mb. On other games I play like DotA 2 and BF4 I assume it's quite a bit higher than this although I'm not exactly sure how high it gets. My specs are:

Old HP 2210m: 1920x1080 21.5" monitor @60Hz and 2.5ms
MSi GTX 770 2GB
i5 4670k @3.4Ghz
8GB Ram
650Gold PSU
ASrock z87Killer mobo
Usually runs pretty cool with the 3 fans+212evo

I was doing some research and still can't quite make a decision on whether to get in my situation.

I was wondering how much of a hit in FPS I will take if I get a 2560x1440 27" monitor considering skyrim runs at about 55 on average, maybe higher when I'm not looking at many torches/objects that emit light and smoke.

I think I will be able to utilize the 120Hz refresh rate on pretty much anything other than skyrim because I have it modded to hell, which seems to be nice; however I kind of want to get the higher resolution with the much larger screen.

Why compromise? I picked up one of those Korean monitors off Ebay (QX2710LED) (QNIX Brand) and it's running 2560x1440p @ 120Hz.
I was worried about the quality of these monitors seeing as it was $300, but when it arrived I was astonished at the quality.

They're basically just 2560x1440p Panels from LG, put into a frame with a bypass board to run. This means you ONLY get Power ON/OFF and Brightness controls, however you can force them to run at a higher refresh rate without issue.

 

[BryceBT]

My system is somewhat high-end (or at least I'd like to think it is) and on highly modded, full-HD skyrim with ENB shaders I average around 55 FPS with vsync turned off, and the highest the memory usage has gotten is around 900mb. On other games I play like DotA 2 and BF4 I assume it's quite a bit higher than this although I'm not exactly sure how high it gets. My specs are:

Old HP 2210m: 1920x1080 21.5" monitor @60Hz and 2.5ms
MSi GTX 770 2GB
i5 4670k @3.4Ghz
8GB Ram
650Gold PSU
ASrock z87Killer mobo
Usually runs pretty cool with the 3 fans+212evo

I was doing some research and still can't quite make a decision on whether to get in my situation.

I was wondering how much of a hit in FPS I will take if I get a 2560x1440 27" monitor considering skyrim runs at about 55 on average, maybe higher when I'm not looking at many torches/objects that emit light and smoke.

I think I will be able to utilize the 120Hz refresh rate on pretty much anything other than skyrim because I have it modded to hell, which seems to be nice; however I kind of want to get the higher resolution with the much larger screen.

Why compromise? I picked up one of those Korean monitors off Ebay (QX2710LED) (QNIX Brand) and it's running 2560x1440p @ 120Hz.
I was worried about the quality of these monitors seeing as it was $300, but when it arrived I was astonished at the quality.

They're basically just 2560x1440p Panels from LG, put into a frame with a bypass board to run. This means you ONLY get Power ON/OFF and Brightness controls, however you can force them to run at a higher refresh rate without issue.

I'm a bit worried as to how low my FPS will get at 1440p; I looked up some benchmarks and it looks like on ultra settings on some of the newer games the GTX 770 gets down to the 20ish range, so I'm not certain a 2560x1440 monitor at any refresh rate will work for me.

 

[BryceBT]

Obviously with the benchmarks everything is maxed out, and I understand what you're saying is that it's basically a matter of 1440p vs 1080p considering the yamasaki catleap or w/e the korean 1440p monitor is that overclocks to 120Hz; I just sort of wanted a little info as to what 1440p would do with my setup.

 

[Kekoh]

1440p would definitely be hard to run high settings with the 770.

I would recommend a 1080p 144Hz monitor from ASUS or BenQ. If you get a QNix or whatever other korean brand, if anything ever goes wrong with it you are screwed. Sending it in would be more trouble than it's worth probably, especially since shipping would be really expensive.

The best value for a 144Hz monitor is the VG248QE. I recently bought it and I couldn't be happier with it. 144Hz is amazing. Whenever I play on a 60Hz monitor now the experience is much worse.

 

[Sherwin Ianne Caliva]

1440p would definitely be hard to run high settings with the 770.

I would recommend a 1080p 144Hz monitor from ASUS or BenQ. If you get a QNix or whatever other korean brand, if anything ever goes wrong with it you are screwed. Sending it in would be more trouble than it's worth probably, especially since shipping would be really expensive.

The best value for a 144Hz monitor is the VG248QE. I recently bought it and I couldn't be happier with it. 144Hz is amazing. Whenever I play on a 60Hz monitor now the experience is much worse.

for 1080p 3d movies/gaming which one is better? VG278H or VG248QE

 

[Kekoh]

1440p would definitely be hard to run high settings with the 770.

I would recommend a 1080p 144Hz monitor from ASUS or BenQ. If you get a QNix or whatever other korean brand, if anything ever goes wrong with it you are screwed. Sending it in would be more trouble than it's worth probably, especially since shipping would be really expensive.

The best value for a 144Hz monitor is the VG248QE. I recently bought it and I couldn't be happier with it. 144Hz is amazing. Whenever I play on a 60Hz monitor now the experience is much worse.

for 1080p 3d movies/gaming which one is better? VG278H or VG248QE

One is 24" and one is 27", so take your pick. The 24" goes up to 144hz, while the 27" only goes to 120hz. You can't tell a difference between 120hz and 144hz though, so go with whatever size you like better.