Gigabyte GTX1070 G1

[Mowgli2909]

Recently bought the GTX1070 G1 now looking for monitor upgrade but budget limited to approx. £500, a 2K IPS monitor , 27 inch, has been suggested any suggestions, new territory for me this. System:- ASRock Z170 Extreme 7+, i7 6700K, 2x Samsung SM950 Pro 512Gb RAID 0, RAM Corsair CMK32GX4M4A2800C16; Creative Sound Blaster ZxR; PSU BeQuiet 850 W Dark Pro 11; Logitech 2.1 Z623 and Sennheiser HD598SESamsung M3 2TB and Asus VN248H.

Thanks to those of you who answered my query, finally went with the Acer Predator XB271HU , wanted an IPS panel and G Sync. Paid more than I intended to but will now sell on an old AMD build complete with Windows 10 OS and the Asus VN248H. Hopefully recoup approx £600 for this.

 

[JackNaylorPE]

For 1440p, ....

IPS- 165 Hz
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/ttnG3C/acer-monitor-xb271hubmiprz
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/XvfmP6/asus-monitor-pg279q

TN - 144 Hz
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/zj8Zxr/asus-monitor-90lm00u0b01370

I'd lose the RAID 0 on the SSDs... according to Samsung

a) It is not supported by Samsung
b) The Samsung utilities don't work
c) It provides no benefit

I tried it w/ twin 256 pros 18 months ago ... after 6 months I broke the array and:

a) problems went away
b) performance, other than in certain storage benchmarks,

 

[iamacow]

I have the Acer XB271HU monitor. I can't tell the different between 120, 144 or 165hz so for me it was a waste of money, BUT I love IPS panels. The colors are just so much nicer. Some people say they can see the "difference" but I couldn't...

I hit 70-120fps in all the newest games on Max settings with Gigabyte GTX1070 G1 @ 2065 / 9000

 

[JackNaylorPE]

I have the Acer XB271HU monitor. I can't tell the different between 120, 144 or 165hz so for me it was a waste of money, BUT I love IPS panels. The colors are just so much nicer. Some people say they can see the "difference" but I couldn't...

I hit 70-120fps in all the newest games on Max settings with Gigabyte GTX1070 G1 @ 2065 / 9000

High speed IPS panels are great .... any panel other than the ones mentioned have too much lag time making them poor choices for gaming. Look at the 3 ms response time of the older version of your panel

The ones that climb over 16 ms, I wouldn't game with.

The reason for a 165 Hz panel becomes more apparent when you turn off G-Sync and switch to ULMB. The 165 Hz panels can do 120 Hz under ULMB, IIRC, the older XB270HU 144 Hz could only do 100Hz under ULMB

http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/articles/variable_refresh.htm

G-sync modules also support a native blur reduction mode dubbed ULMB (Ultra Low Motion Blur). This allows the user to opt for a strobe backlight system if they want, in order to reduce perceived motion blur in gaming. It cannot be used at the same time as G-sync since ULMB operates at a fixed refresh rate only, but it's a useful extra option for these gaming screens.

It should be noted that the real benefits of G-sync really come into play when viewing lower frame rate content, around 45 - 60fps typically delivers the best results compared with Vsync on/off. At consistently higher frame rates as you get nearer to 144 fps the benefits of G-sync are not as great, but still apparent. There will be a gradual transition period for each user where the benefits of using G-sync decrease, and it may instead be better to use the ULMB feature included, which is not available when using G-sync. Higher end gaming machines might be able to push out higher frame rates more consistently and so you might find less benefit in using G-sync. The ULMB could then help in another very important area, helping to reduce the perceived motion blur caused by LCD displays. It's nice to have both G-sync and ULMB available to choose from certainly on these G-sync enabled displays.

More reading here:

http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/articles/motion_blur.htm
http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/content/acer_xb270hu.htm#ulmb