4k monitor or a GTX 1060?

[rain_6]

I recently broke my monitor so now I have to use a really bad Hanns-g monitor that only displays at 720p but I also have an AOC 1080p monitor that's at 24" but I feel like its too small since I mainly used a 27" monitor. I also want to update my graphics card to a GTX 1060 but I only have enough money for one at the moment. Which should I get?

Should I get this monitor: https://www.scan.co.uk/products/28-acer-xb281hk-predator-xb1-4k-nvidia-g-sync-v2-gaming-monitor-tn-3840x2160-1ms-100m1-displayport-h?v=b


Or this graphics card: https://www.amazon.co.uk/ASUS-NVIDIA-GeForce-GAMING-Graphics/dp/B01INGT6W0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1516044578&sr=8-1&keywords=gtx+1060+strix

 

[WildCard999]

What graphics card do you have now?

 

[Pat Flynn]

I can tell you that a GTX 1060 will not run a 4K monitor. I'm currently running a 1070 OC, and even it struggles playing WoW at 4K. It's pretty much the only game I can run at 4K, aside from Fallout 4 on medium settings. A 2.5K monitor is a better bet at this time unless you can fork out the cash for a 1080Ti.
Suggestions:
GTX 1060: Max 1080p
GTX 1070: Max 1440p (2.5K)
GTX 1080Ti: 4K

 

[madmatt30]

This question makes no sense whatsoever ??!

 

[rain_6]

What graphics card do you have now?

At the moment I have a MSI GTX 1060 4gb but I get fps drops and stutter lag when I play New games like Call of Duty WW2

 

[WildCard999]

What graphics card do you have now?

At the moment I have a MSI GTX 1060 4gb but I get fps drops and stutter lag when I play New games like Call of Duty WW2

I think you mean the 1060 3gb as there's no 4gb or the 1050 ti 4gb. Either way whichever card you have will not run 4K, at least not smoothly without reducing the settings quite a bit. Since you already have two monitors I would just use those until you can save up for both a better card and better monitor so you can benefit from both at the same time.

 

[Solandri]

I can tell you that a GTX 1060 will not run a 4K monitor. I'm currently running a 1070 OC, and even it struggles playing WoW at 4K. It's pretty much the only game I can run at 4K, aside from Fallout 4 on medium settings. A 2.5K monitor is a better bet at this time unless you can fork out the cash for a 1080Ti.

Well, you can run games at 1080p on a 4k monitor (unless you get one of the cheap ones which mess up when scaling). With a 2560x1440 monitor, you're stuck at that resolution unless you want to drop down to 1280x720 which is kinda huge for a 27" monitor.

Video card technology advances a lot more quickly than monitor technology. So for long-term solutions, buying a high-end monitor first, then updating to a high-end video card in the future will cost you less money than doing it the other way (high-end video card first, then high-end monitor later means the formerly high-end video card may be obsolete by the time you upgrade monitors). So in terms of cost and future performance, your options are, from least to most expensive:

1. Use what you have now, save your money, upgrade both monitor and video card simultaneously in the future.
2. Buy a new monitor, upgrade your video card in the future.
3. Buy a new video card, upgrade your monitor in the future.
4. Buy a new monitor and new video card right now.

Personally I'd get the 4k monitor and play games at 1080p on it until I could replace the video card. But I also do a lot of photo editing which would benefit from 4k. Your preference may vary depending on what else you use the computer for, and how important gsync/freesync are to you as right now that's found predominantly on 1440p monitors, not 4k.