Hi All,
Firstly let me apologise for the wall of text you are about to receive but having trawled the forums for some time now I’m still no closer to deciding what monitor to get (though reading many gfx card threads has help me decide my other question).
This is my current FULL spec:
Iiyama ProLite E2607WS (Current Primary)
ACER S271HL (Secondary for web browsing / TV etc)
Case: Antec 900
PSU: Coolmaster Elite 500w (I think)
Mainboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H
CPU: Core i7 3770k
RAM: 2x8gb RAM
HDD: Samsung Evo 840 256gb SSD, and an older WD 500gb
GFX: Currently GTX 460 but soon to be GTX970
Questions and Answers from new monitor layout thread (have deleted those Q not applicable). Oh and I’m likely buying early Dec.
1. What Is Your Country Of Origin?
England
2. What do you plan to do with this monitor?
Play many variations of games (though not many FPS), recently played: Football Manager14, Civ5, Civ Beyond Earth, Total War Rome II, XCOM, (so mostly RTS/Turned based) potentially getting Shadows of Mordor (unless I get it for the xbox) also reasonable Multiuse word processing/excel/web browsing/emails etc
3. What resolution and screen size do you want?
Replacing a 26” 1920x1200 so to feel I’m improving sufficiently to warrant the upgrade I am leaning towards a 27” 1440p.
4. What refresh rate do you want?
Never really seen anything higher than 60, will it make a difference even when playing things at sub 60fps? Always seen higher refresh rates as something that’s more for faster moving action (i.e. high Frame rate shooter). – Though please correct me if I’m wrong.
5. How much are you looking to spend?
No real target, top end would be the ROG Swift I’m just not sure if I can justify the cost with intended usage?
9. How Many Displays Can Your GPU Support Maximum? And what GPU and driver version are you using if applicable?
Will depend which card I get but likely a GTX970
11. Is This Monitor A Primary Display Or A Secondary Display?
Primary
Additional Qs
1) I guess with a 2nd display to get the most out of a higher refresh rate primary I’d have to play fullscreen and have the other display blank? Assuming that having windowed would force primary to refresh at same rate as 2ndary monitor ruining the better quality?
2) Also regarding my secondary monitor, would it be possible to have my TV connected (via hdmi) to the GFX card as a 3rd display but have it optionally in use and mirror the 2nd display when used? I.e. if I want to watch a tv ep etc on it I can use my pc to power 2 2ndary displays of the same image and have it on the large tv instead of the 27” secondary monitor?
3) Is my current 500W psu sufficient to run a GTX970 at 1440p?
Hope that all makes sense, eagerly awaiting some responses.
Thanks in advance.
Patrick
Firstly let me apologise for the wall of text you are about to receive but having trawled the forums for some time now I’m still no closer to deciding what monitor to get (though reading many gfx card threads has help me decide my other question).
This is my current FULL spec:
Iiyama ProLite E2607WS (Current Primary)
ACER S271HL (Secondary for web browsing / TV etc)
Case: Antec 900
PSU: Coolmaster Elite 500w (I think)
Mainboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H
CPU: Core i7 3770k
RAM: 2x8gb RAM
HDD: Samsung Evo 840 256gb SSD, and an older WD 500gb
GFX: Currently GTX 460 but soon to be GTX970
Questions and Answers from new monitor layout thread (have deleted those Q not applicable). Oh and I’m likely buying early Dec.
1. What Is Your Country Of Origin?
England
2. What do you plan to do with this monitor?
Play many variations of games (though not many FPS), recently played: Football Manager14, Civ5, Civ Beyond Earth, Total War Rome II, XCOM, (so mostly RTS/Turned based) potentially getting Shadows of Mordor (unless I get it for the xbox) also reasonable Multiuse word processing/excel/web browsing/emails etc
3. What resolution and screen size do you want?
Replacing a 26” 1920x1200 so to feel I’m improving sufficiently to warrant the upgrade I am leaning towards a 27” 1440p.
4. What refresh rate do you want?
Never really seen anything higher than 60, will it make a difference even when playing things at sub 60fps? Always seen higher refresh rates as something that’s more for faster moving action (i.e. high Frame rate shooter). – Though please correct me if I’m wrong.
5. How much are you looking to spend?
No real target, top end would be the ROG Swift I’m just not sure if I can justify the cost with intended usage?
9. How Many Displays Can Your GPU Support Maximum? And what GPU and driver version are you using if applicable?
Will depend which card I get but likely a GTX970
11. Is This Monitor A Primary Display Or A Secondary Display?
Primary
Additional Qs
1) I guess with a 2nd display to get the most out of a higher refresh rate primary I’d have to play fullscreen and have the other display blank? Assuming that having windowed would force primary to refresh at same rate as 2ndary monitor ruining the better quality?
2) Also regarding my secondary monitor, would it be possible to have my TV connected (via hdmi) to the GFX card as a 3rd display but have it optionally in use and mirror the 2nd display when used? I.e. if I want to watch a tv ep etc on it I can use my pc to power 2 2ndary displays of the same image and have it on the large tv instead of the 27” secondary monitor?
3) Is my current 500W psu sufficient to run a GTX970 at 1440p?
Hope that all makes sense, eagerly awaiting some responses.
Thanks in advance.
Patrick