Monitor and GPU connection @60fps

[krishnabhaskar]

If my monitor is 60hz @1080 normal IPS. Why i need a high end graphic card like gtx 970 or 980 ti..

 

[ak47jar3d]

The video card renders the 3d environment before being out putted to the monitor. The better the card, the better the in game graphics will look.

 

[Eximo]

Not a well thought out question, but I think I understand what you are asking.

Couple of factors.
60Hz at 60 FPS is ideal in your situation. However, you may not always see 60 FPS depending on the game engine and settings. 1920x1080 with a GTX970 or 980Ti is fairly easy for the card to handle right now. A few years from now that may no longer be the case. So, depending on how often you upgrade your GPU you might be better off spending more now.

Upgrades are generally done in two ways. Buy the fastest available and upgrade irregularly, or purchase mid-range products and upgrade frequently. A third option is to sell a GPU whenever a faster product comes out (you are always making a loss, but you can think of it like leasing a car) Since you recoup some of the losses each time your overall spend isn't that much. Buy $500 card, sell for $400, buy a new $500 card, etc.

If you intend to keep that monitor and GPU for a long while and play more or less the same games you have now, then you would not ever need to upgrade.

 

[krishnabhaskar]

The video card renders the 3d environment before being out putted to the monitor. The better the card, the better the in game graphics will look.

For example want to play shadow of mordor with 960 and 970 in ultra.Both cards are maxed so in this case 970 is nothing right?

 

[krishnabhaskar]

Not a well thought out question, but I think I understand what you are asking.

Couple of factors.
60Hz at 60 FPS is ideal in your situation. However, you may not always see 60 FPS depending on the game engine and settings. 1920x1080 with a GTX970 or 980Ti is fairly easy for the card to handle right now. A few years from now that may no longer be the case. So, depending on how often you upgrade your GPU you might be better off spending more now.

Upgrades are generally done in two ways. Buy the fastest available and upgrade irregularly, or purchase mid-range products and upgrade frequently. A third option is to sell a GPU whenever a faster product comes out (you are always making a loss, but you can think of it like leasing a car) Since you recoup some of the losses each time your overall spend isn't that much. Buy $500 card, sell for $400, buy a new $500 card, etc.

If you intend to keep that monitor and GPU for a long while and play more or less the same games you have now, then you would not ever need to upgrade.

Very satisfying answer.So upgrade regularly 750 ti to gtx 960 and then some other year after year or buy 980 ti dont worry for 2 years. ..Budget matters.

 

[Eximo]

I would think a 980Ti would last a little longer then two years. Nearly a 4K capable card, and an ideal 2560x1440 card. I generally keep GPUs for up to three years, and I consider that frequent for high end cards. My old GTX580 are still plugging along and playing almost all the latest games, starting to run into memory problems though. I suspect I will wait for the generation after Pascal to replace my GTX980s.

I tend to keep my cards though and cycle them down through family and friends until they are obsolete.

A lot of people stick with Nvidia's GTX *60 series, or AMD's R9-*70 or R9-*80, and just upgrade every few generations.

 

[krishnabhaskar]

I would think a 980Ti would last a little longer then two years. Nearly a 4K capable card, and an ideal 2560x1440 card. I generally keep GPUs for up to three years, and I consider that frequent for high end cards. My old GTX580 are still plugging along and playing almost all the latest games, starting to run into memory problems though. I suspect I will wait for the generation after Pascal to replace my GTX980s.

I tend to keep my cards though and cycle them down through family and friends until they are obsolete.

A lot of people stick with Nvidia's GTX *60 series, or AMD's R9-*70 or R9-*80, and just upgrade every few generations.

Ok thank you.Understood