I've had the same old monitor for a long time now (ViewSonic VA2248M 1920x1080 60 Hz TFT Panel with 5ms response time).
My current rig is as follows:
i7-4790k
EVGA ACX 2.0 GTX 970 "3.5 GB"
8GB DDR3 1333 Mhz
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB
Windows 10 Professional 64 bit
I keep hearing about all of these nice panels coming out, like the ASUS ROG Swift, featuring an IPS panel (I don't even know the difference between panels), 144+ refresh rates, 1ms response times, 1440p resolutions, G-sync, etc.
I've had this same ViewSonic VA 2248M for maybe 5 years now, and I can't even fathom the difference between my monitor and a beefy monitor like that. Plus there are some things that concern me about my build / the future of the tech world, preventing me from purchasing such a beastly monitor (of which I might not even notice a difference?).
Concerns:
1) My GTX 970 is a great card... for 1080p. I hear that 1440P is pushing it, and anything higher just straight up causes issues / glitches.
2) I tend to play more graphically intense games, so a 970 would be unable to meet anywhere near 100+ FPS for the most graphically intense games, especially at the higher settings and at 1440p or higher.
3) I might end up buying some $500+ monitor and find out that it looks basically the same.
4) With where we're at in technology now, NVIDIA Pascal is coming out next Summer utilizing HBM 2.0 memory and up to 16GBs of it for consumer cards. This "might" help push the standard of what we expect our monitors to be, perhaps making 4K monitors the standard, encouraging companies to manufacture and release more of them, perhaps even 4k monitors w/ 120+ hz refresh rates. So buying an ASUS ROG Swift 1440p panel now could result in owning an outdated piece of hardware in less than 6 months to a year.
In a perfect world, this is what I actually see myself doing:
Sticking with the ViewSonic VA2248M and GTX 970 until the NVIDIA Pascal Series comes out. I sell my 970 and buy the GTX 1080 (or maybe even 1080 Ti) sometime after its release. Hopefully this next gen GPU release initiates the start of a new era of monitors, and I jump in on a nice 4k 120+ hz monitor.
This is my personal perspective on the subject, any and all advice, wisdom, or predictions are more than welcome. I'm just trying to be smart with my money.
My current rig is as follows:
i7-4790k
EVGA ACX 2.0 GTX 970 "3.5 GB"
8GB DDR3 1333 Mhz
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB
Windows 10 Professional 64 bit
I keep hearing about all of these nice panels coming out, like the ASUS ROG Swift, featuring an IPS panel (I don't even know the difference between panels), 144+ refresh rates, 1ms response times, 1440p resolutions, G-sync, etc.
I've had this same ViewSonic VA 2248M for maybe 5 years now, and I can't even fathom the difference between my monitor and a beefy monitor like that. Plus there are some things that concern me about my build / the future of the tech world, preventing me from purchasing such a beastly monitor (of which I might not even notice a difference?).
Concerns:
1) My GTX 970 is a great card... for 1080p. I hear that 1440P is pushing it, and anything higher just straight up causes issues / glitches.
2) I tend to play more graphically intense games, so a 970 would be unable to meet anywhere near 100+ FPS for the most graphically intense games, especially at the higher settings and at 1440p or higher.
3) I might end up buying some $500+ monitor and find out that it looks basically the same.
4) With where we're at in technology now, NVIDIA Pascal is coming out next Summer utilizing HBM 2.0 memory and up to 16GBs of it for consumer cards. This "might" help push the standard of what we expect our monitors to be, perhaps making 4K monitors the standard, encouraging companies to manufacture and release more of them, perhaps even 4k monitors w/ 120+ hz refresh rates. So buying an ASUS ROG Swift 1440p panel now could result in owning an outdated piece of hardware in less than 6 months to a year.
In a perfect world, this is what I actually see myself doing:
Sticking with the ViewSonic VA2248M and GTX 970 until the NVIDIA Pascal Series comes out. I sell my 970 and buy the GTX 1080 (or maybe even 1080 Ti) sometime after its release. Hopefully this next gen GPU release initiates the start of a new era of monitors, and I jump in on a nice 4k 120+ hz monitor.
This is my personal perspective on the subject, any and all advice, wisdom, or predictions are more than welcome. I'm just trying to be smart with my money.
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