My Issue With Ultrawide Monitors

[Denganim20]

So I currently use a 1080p 144hz 16:9 monitor and its pretty good, but I really want to dive into the world of ultrawides. And so I found a Alienware one I like that has a resolution of 3440x1440 and G-Sync. Only issue is it has 120hz and is said to have a 4ms response time.

This is the thing I'm torn by is that this monitor looks amazing but I fear that it would be less responsive than my current monitor that claims to have a 1ms response time at 144hz. So does the 1ms vs 4ms response time thing matter? Is 120hz so much more worse than 144hz? I really want to game with a crisp ultra wide monitor, but I still want the awesome responsiveness too. I appreciate any help given.

 

[geofelt]

I would not worry.
G.sync matches the capability of your nvidia graphics card to the capability of your monitor.
Only if your graphics card was strong enough to drive a 3440 x1440 monitor to fps rates higher than 120 might you be missing out on anything.

 

[Denganim20]

I would not worry.
G.sync matches the capability of your nvidia graphics card to the capability of your monitor.
Only if your graphics card was strong enough to drive a 3440 x1440 monitor to fps rates higher than 120 might you be missing out on anything.

So if I had a graphics card good enough to power most games at 80-120fps ish at the 3440x1440 resolution with G-Sync at 120hz the responsiveness of this new monitor compared with my old one would still be the same if not better?

 

[geofelt]

I would not worry.
G.sync matches the capability of your nvidia graphics card to the capability of your monitor.
Only if your graphics card was strong enough to drive a 3440 x1440 monitor to fps rates higher than 120 might you be missing out on anything.

So if I had a graphics card good enough to power most games at 80-120fps ish at the 3440x1440 resolution with G-Sync at 120hz the responsiveness of this new monitor compared with my old one would still be the same if not better?

I believe that will be so.
In addition, if your old monitor did not have g.sync, you should not see screen tearing.

 

[canadianvice]

I would not worry.
G.sync matches the capability of your nvidia graphics card to the capability of your monitor.
Only if your graphics card was strong enough to drive a 3440 x1440 monitor to fps rates higher than 120 might you be missing out on anything.

So if I had a graphics card good enough to power most games at 80-120fps ish at the 3440x1440 resolution with G-Sync at 120hz the responsiveness of this new monitor compared with my old one would still be the same if not better?

The rule is simple:
Your monitor's advertized hz is actually equivalent to your monitor's ability to redraw itself. Essentially, your monitor's FPS.

So, that sets the upper limit. If your card cannot drive higher than that in terms of how many FPS it can output, then you will never hit the ceiling for that monitor. Gsync is nice, because if you fall short, it lets the monitor dynamically adapt to match what your card can output, preventing tearing.

Now, if you want to be objective about it: If your card can push 144 FPS on the games you like at 1080p, it will be minimally 24 frames per second slower on the new monitor. So no, it would not be as responsive as your old monitor.

However, it is unlikely your card is pushing that much. The tradeoff with the higher resolution (you're basically 4x the number of pixels to drive) is that refresh rates suffer, and your card cannot output frames nearly as fast as it would do for the equivalent 1080p settings. If you want resolution, you're never going to match your 1080p monitor unless you get a card that can power that... and a card powering that sort of res @ 144hz doesn't really exist yet, at least, for high settings games.

 

[Denganim20]

I would not worry.
G.sync matches the capability of your nvidia graphics card to the capability of your monitor.
Only if your graphics card was strong enough to drive a 3440 x1440 monitor to fps rates higher than 120 might you be missing out on anything.

So if I had a graphics card good enough to power most games at 80-120fps ish at the 3440x1440 resolution with G-Sync at 120hz the responsiveness of this new monitor compared with my old one would still be the same if not better?

The rule is simple:
Your monitor's advertized hz is actually equivalent to your monitor's ability to redraw itself. Essentially, your monitor's FPS.

So, that sets the upper limit. If your card cannot drive higher than that in terms of how many FPS it can output, then you will never hit the ceiling for that monitor. Gsync is nice, because if you fall short, it lets the monitor dynamically adapt to match what your card can output, preventing tearing.

Now, if you want to be objective about it: If your card can push 144 FPS on the games you like at 1080p, it will be minimally 24 frames per second slower on the new monitor. So no, it would not be as responsive as your old monitor.

However, it is unlikely your card is pushing that much. The tradeoff with the higher resolution (you're basically 4x the number of pixels to drive) is that refresh rates suffer, and your card cannot output frames nearly as fast as it would do for the equivalent 1080p settings. If you want resolution, you're never going to match your 1080p monitor unless you get a card that can power that... and a card powering that sort of res @ 144hz doesn't really exist yet, at least, for high settings games.

So right now I have a GeForce GTX 1060 and a Ryzen 5 1600. On BF1 I would get 70-90 FPS on 1080p with 144hz. At the ultrawide monitor with 120hz and a resolution of 3440x1440 I plan to get a Geforce GTX 1080ti or the new NVidia graphics card that should come out soon (so a GTX 2080 or GTX 1180 whatever its called) with a Ryzen 7 1800x, and on BF1 I have seen benchmarks of this game at around 120-140 FPS on 1440p. So would this be faster than the setup I have now?