Hello,
We have a Digital Storm Vanquish 5 system with a GTX 1060 6GB graphics card. We use it for home office work, browsing the web, and gaming. It's hooked up to an old 24" Dell monitor (S2049Wb) that still works.
I was looking at newer 24" monitors with good reviews (such as the Dell Ultrasharp U2415). It would provide 1920x1200 instead of 1920x1080, but other than that, the specs don't seem much improved. Viewing angle, brightness, refresh, and contrast are all about the same. I can pick up the U2415 for about $200 on Amazon right now, but it's not obvious it will be much of an improvement.
I could spend a lot more than $200 on a 24" or 27" monitor with gsync and/or higher resolution, but I suspect game performance will start to drop at higher resolutions and refresh rates unless I also upgraded the graphics card.
Is it worth upgrading a decade-old monitor if I'm going to stay under $300?
Thanks, Tom
We have a Digital Storm Vanquish 5 system with a GTX 1060 6GB graphics card. We use it for home office work, browsing the web, and gaming. It's hooked up to an old 24" Dell monitor (S2049Wb) that still works.
I was looking at newer 24" monitors with good reviews (such as the Dell Ultrasharp U2415). It would provide 1920x1200 instead of 1920x1080, but other than that, the specs don't seem much improved. Viewing angle, brightness, refresh, and contrast are all about the same. I can pick up the U2415 for about $200 on Amazon right now, but it's not obvious it will be much of an improvement.
I could spend a lot more than $200 on a 24" or 27" monitor with gsync and/or higher resolution, but I suspect game performance will start to drop at higher resolutions and refresh rates unless I also upgraded the graphics card.
Is it worth upgrading a decade-old monitor if I'm going to stay under $300?
Thanks, Tom