Price to quality ratio with 4K monitors

Nazgren

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Aug 28, 2012
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Hi,
I'm looking at getting a GTX 980 ti when they finally release and am therefore looking to get a 4k monitor to go with it. In terms of gaming, how much is the quality affected by the price? Is a £350 one going to be as good for gaming as an £1000+ one? Do I want to be using DVI or HDMI? What monitors are currently considered the best for gaming? Preferably ones that aren't going to cost as much or more then the GPU for obvious reasons, but if the current rumours are true (which they haven't been for some time) and it has been delayed for a year then I will have more time to save, which is just as well as I will probably need a new CPU and some extra ram to accommodate the new GPU.
Any help welcome.
 
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This would be the best one for you, it is $360, there's an Acer one with g sync, but it is $500. Also, you need to use HDMI 2.0 or display port 1.2 cable to run 4k@60Hz, if you need suggestions, I'll give you a link to the ones I bought. The only benefit I see in investing more money into a more expensive monitor is g sync or IPS panel, otherwise I don't think it'll be worth it.

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-monitor-pb287q

-Lone-

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This would be the best one for you, it is $360, there's an Acer one with g sync, but it is $500. Also, you need to use HDMI 2.0 or display port 1.2 cable to run 4k@60Hz, if you need suggestions, I'll give you a link to the ones I bought. The only benefit I see in investing more money into a more expensive monitor is g sync or IPS panel, otherwise I don't think it'll be worth it.

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-monitor-pb287q
 
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chenw

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I'd wait until 980ti's to come out and look at 4k monitors then.

If I were to get a 4k monitor, ideally I would like G-Sync'ed IPS, G-sync makes sub-60 fps feel smoother than non-G-synced. Hopefully the FreeSync monitors would affect G-sync monitors somewhat by then