Hi guys! Canadian here, quoting everything in CAD not USD. Prefer newegg.ca or amazon.ca.
I am thinking about upgrading my computer, possibly in the near future. Current specs are:
Radeon 5870 Graphics card
HP ZR24w 24" 1920x1200 IPS Monitor
i7 960
Asus P6T Motherboard
Corsair HX 750W PSU
4 x 2GB OCZ 1333MHz 7-7-7 RAM
1TB Seagate HDD
I mainly play 4x strategy games (Civ5 etc.), RPGs (Skyrim) and MOBAs (LoL), no FPS.
My interest is mostly in upgrading my screen to a 1440p 27". I would like to stick with an IPS monitor when I do this. I understand that my current GPU will really not be able to cope with 1440p for the current or next generation of games, so I will need to upgrade that at the same time as my monitor.
I was looking at the two recently released 144Hz monitors, ASUS MG279Q with Freesync, and Acer XB270HU with G-Sync. According to the reviews on this website they are pretty much the same monitor except for the Freesync vs. G-Sync with maybe a slight edge going to the ASUS.
The price difference between them is about $240 CAD on Newegg.ca currently however. This means that if I want to spend the same amount on an upgrade, I have $240 less to spend on a GPU if I go with the G-Sync monitor.
This makes the choice basically between an R9 Fury (NOT X) (750$) + ASUS (710$) = $1460, or GTX 970 (480$) + Acer (950$) = $1430.
My understanding is that the GTX970 would give significantly worse performance at 1440p then the Fury, possibly making the expensive 144Hz monitor useless as I would never run anything above 60Hz. However, I have also read that Freesync is immature technology and may be fairly useless compared to G-Sync in many situations anyway.
So, do any of you have thoughts on which of these would be best? Is 144Hz + Free/G-Sync even worthwhile if I am not playing FPS games where people mainly benefit from the high refresh rates?
Would I be better off going down a cheaper upgrade route of a 60Hz IPS 1440p 27" monitor such as the BenQ GW2765HT (430$) + GTX 780 / R9 Fury (750$) = $1180? Or even BenQ + GTX 770 = $910 if that is enough to drive ~50-60Hz at 1440p?
Thanks!
I am thinking about upgrading my computer, possibly in the near future. Current specs are:
Radeon 5870 Graphics card
HP ZR24w 24" 1920x1200 IPS Monitor
i7 960
Asus P6T Motherboard
Corsair HX 750W PSU
4 x 2GB OCZ 1333MHz 7-7-7 RAM
1TB Seagate HDD
I mainly play 4x strategy games (Civ5 etc.), RPGs (Skyrim) and MOBAs (LoL), no FPS.
My interest is mostly in upgrading my screen to a 1440p 27". I would like to stick with an IPS monitor when I do this. I understand that my current GPU will really not be able to cope with 1440p for the current or next generation of games, so I will need to upgrade that at the same time as my monitor.
I was looking at the two recently released 144Hz monitors, ASUS MG279Q with Freesync, and Acer XB270HU with G-Sync. According to the reviews on this website they are pretty much the same monitor except for the Freesync vs. G-Sync with maybe a slight edge going to the ASUS.
The price difference between them is about $240 CAD on Newegg.ca currently however. This means that if I want to spend the same amount on an upgrade, I have $240 less to spend on a GPU if I go with the G-Sync monitor.
This makes the choice basically between an R9 Fury (NOT X) (750$) + ASUS (710$) = $1460, or GTX 970 (480$) + Acer (950$) = $1430.
My understanding is that the GTX970 would give significantly worse performance at 1440p then the Fury, possibly making the expensive 144Hz monitor useless as I would never run anything above 60Hz. However, I have also read that Freesync is immature technology and may be fairly useless compared to G-Sync in many situations anyway.
So, do any of you have thoughts on which of these would be best? Is 144Hz + Free/G-Sync even worthwhile if I am not playing FPS games where people mainly benefit from the high refresh rates?
Would I be better off going down a cheaper upgrade route of a 60Hz IPS 1440p 27" monitor such as the BenQ GW2765HT (430$) + GTX 780 / R9 Fury (750$) = $1180? Or even BenQ + GTX 770 = $910 if that is enough to drive ~50-60Hz at 1440p?
Thanks!
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