Is My Graphics Card Too Powerful For My Monitor?

[JustinRM6]

Hello everyone. I am in the process of building a gaming pc, and I have decided on all of the parts, but am having trouble with the graphics card. I am really struggling with finding a graphics card which I am able to harness all of its power without it being wasted by using a monitor that isn't good enough. I am looking at a Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB Graphics Card.

Link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125500&cm_re=gigabyte_r9_290-_-14-125-500-_-Product

I already have an ASUS VG248QE Monitor. It has a 144Hz refresh rate, and a 1ms response time at 1920X1080p.

Link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236313&cm_re=asus_vg248qe-_-24-236-313-_-Product

I am worried that I will pay too much for the graphics card by using it on a monitor that will not be able to support the graphics card's full potential. Mostly concerned about frame rate. It seems that if I had a 60Hz Refresh rate monitor, I definitely would be over-paying, right? But I am still not sure if 144Hz is good enough.

Basically I would like to know where the 'sweet spot' is in terms of the the best possible graphics card for this monitor. I don't want to buy a 780 Ti if that means that a ton of potential is wasted on a monitor that isn't good enough. But I also don't want to buy a graphics card that is able to have its full power shown on the monitor, when there is room for an even better graphics card. I hope I am making sense. I need a graphics card that will put out maximum frame rate possible on ASUS VG248QE. But I have no idea what card will do that.

From what I have read, it seems that to have maximum performance of your graphics card, you must have a monitor that is capable of showing that maximum performance, or else there is wasted potential. Low quality monitor + High quality graphics card = Money wasted on graphics card, right?

PC will be used for primarily gaming (hopefully ultra settings), with internet browsing, and typical everyday stuff. No video editing or rendering. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm really stuck. Thanks!

-Justin

Other specs:
i5-4670k @ 3.4GHz 4 core
MSI Z97-GD65 Motherboard
Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM HDD
Corsair CX 600W Power Supply
Seagate 600 Series 240GB SSD
212 EVO CPU Cooler
Apevia X-CRUISER3-BLUE ATX Mid Tower Case

 

[vixl2ds]

a graphics card which I am able to harness all of its power

lol, you speak like a mmo gamer

 

[JustinRM6]

actually hate mmo games

 

[TechyInAZ]

Get the r9 290. Because your going to have 144hz refresh rate, you NEED to have a very powerful GPU to push those frame rates. You will max that card out.

 

[vixl2ds]

if you are not planning on playing one specific game over and over, then the money will not be wasted on a graphics card... new games come out, and even if the card is very powerful.. it will go down... better say what are you playing... that high refresh rate monitor is good for shooters... it is still a TN panel... if you want bbeautiful visuals then IPS panel to go, but they all are 60hz refresh rate, but it doesnt mean that they are bad quality

 

[JustinRM6]

Will be playing Skyrim + lots of mods, BF4, Borderlands series, far cry 4, bioshock series, most of the big titles coming out this year and next

 

[smeezekitty]

Yeah you definitely want a fast GPU to play those games at 1920x1080

 

[JustinRM6]

so it seems that the gigabyte r9 290 is the way to go?

 

[herrwizo]

If you are a gamer, there is simply no such thing as a "too powerful graphics card". Its relative power will only go down as new, more demanding games come out. Just get it 😀

 

[daterxies]

I just have to say i bought that card a week ago and was unimpressed. Then i realized that i had it switched in "silent mode" and once i put it to "performance" and updates the Bios the thing runs everything max, beautifully and smoothly. (Like Rome 2, Arma 3, BF4 everything maxed)

Its a nice card and ive never seen my temp go above 74C even at 100% GPU load, they did a good job with the cooler.

 

[CGurrell]

I just have to say i bought that card a week ago and was unimpressed. Then i realized that i had it switched in "silent mode" and once i put it to "performance" and updates the Bios the thing runs everything max, beautifully and smoothly. (Like Rome 2, Arma 3, BF4 everything maxed)

Its a nice card and ive never seen my temp go above 74C even at 100% GPU load, they did a good job with the cooler.

Windforce coolers are good at that 😛 Glad you're enjoying the monitor and card