4K or 2K or Full HD

[Chinswag]

Hi!

I am doing a build but need to know what monitor to get. I play a lot of CSGO and so am considering a 144Hz monitor. The problem is that I want to play games like GTA 5 at 4K as well but most of the affordable monitors that are 4K don't have a good refresh rate. I was wondering what I should do and wether there is a massive difference between 60Hz and 144Hz.

Some monitor suggestions would also be great! Thanks!

 

[nucolos]

Well....i think its personal, i play battlefield 4 at 180 fps and i dont notice much difference. The thing with 4k is that you need some serious horse power, two 970's in sli as a minimum, and we are talking about maybe getting 60 fps in gta 4. And the scaling in windows is terrible, so its annoying to use it on the desktop. I believe the best gaming experience would be a 1440p - 144hz - gsync monitor. Like the RoG Swift or the new acer predator.

 

[holyrage]

180fps? what monitor supports that refresh rate i thought max was 144 oh well


well if u want a 27 inch monitor 2k is good

there is also a 25 inch 2K monitor which should have a good amount of PPI

 

[nucolos]

180fps? what monitor supports that refresh rate i thought max was 144 oh well


well if u want a 27 inch monitor 2k is good

there is also a 25 inch 2K monitor which should have a good amount of PPI

No monitor supports that, but you can play over the refresh rate of the monitor, its just better if the monitor supports it.

 

[Chinswag]

Thanks for replies! I think I'm gonna go 4K though. It seems like the future of gaming, and to be honest, GTA 5 4K looks too tempting to pass up on.

 

[nucolos]

Thanks for replies! I think I'm gonna go 4K though. It seems like the future of gaming, and to be honest, GTA 5 4K looks too tempting to pass up on.

No problem, dont forget to pick the solution!

 

[Urumiko]

If i was going 4k id go g-sync, then at least when your framerate does plummet you should have a smoother experience.

 

[Chinswag]

If i was going 4k id go g-sync, then at least when your framerate does plummet you should have a smoother experience.

G-sync 4k monitors are too expensive right now. I have a budget of £350 and so was thinking of ordering a Samsung U28D590D from amazon for around £340.

 

[nucolos]

If i was going 4k id go g-sync, then at least when your framerate does plummet you should have a smoother experience.

G-sync 4k monitors are too expensive right now. I have a budget of £350 and so was thinking of ordering a Samsung U28D590D from amazon for around £340.

The thing with 4k is that you need very high end gpu to play smoothly, altough you are above 30 fps with a 290, you are gonna have some drops below 30 and that will make the experience awfull, so 4k is great, but you need like 2 970's, if you have that then go for it, if not, then i would still suggest you a 1440p screen for that money.

 

[Chinswag]

If i was going 4k id go g-sync, then at least when your framerate does plummet you should have a smoother experience.

G-sync 4k monitors are too expensive right now. I have a budget of £350 and so was thinking of ordering a Samsung U28D590D from amazon for around £340.

The thing with 4k is that you need very high end gpu to play smoothly, altough you are above 30 fps with a 290, you are gonna have some drops below 30 and that will make the experience awfull, so 4k is great, but you need like 2 970's, if you have that then go for it, if not, then i would still suggest you a 1440p screen for that money.

I'm gonna be using a Titan X

BTW AMD 290X are extremely poor performance and are out performed by the 970.