Should I upgrade monitor asap?

[Acidity]

Hello, all.

So I've ordered an R9 390 Nitro a couple of days ago. It should be arriving tomorrow.

Just last night, for the first time, I came across the term 'screen tearing'. I have a 1080p 60hz monitor. I've looked up screen tearing, and heard about freesync monitors. However, I don't know if it is as bad as people say it is. ( I'm currently using phone data, Internets been out for couple days, no videos for me)

I have yet to experience any issues as the card hasn't arrived yet. And I've only ever had an APU prior to this. Should I get saving for a 1440p monitor with freesync? And what would be the advised refresh rate, considering the GPU I'll be using?

I've also been somewhat enlightened about a software called VSR. Virtual 'something' Resolution? I'm still researching that now ( probably as you are reading this) and I'm hoping for it to be an alternative, instead of a new monitor. As I spent all my money on; Z97, NZXT source 530 tower, i5 4690k, and 390 nitro.

*note: I purposely tried to be elaborate in this, hoping it'd help. Sorry for the wall of text.

Thank you in advance.

 

[TJ Hooker]

I see no reason to run out and upgrade. Take some time and see how things go, if you find screen tearing being a problem you can get a freesync monitor then. As far as I know, an R9 390 should be capable of 60+ fps in just about any game at 1080p, so you can just turn on V-Sync and screen tearing won't be a problem.

VSR means that the game is rendered at a higher resolution and then downscaled. It's an anti-aliasing technique. It doesn't really have anything to do with screen tearing, nor will it affect whether or not you need a new monitor.

 

[Martell1977]

You're thinking of fixing a problem you don't have. When you use the card, then you will know if you have such issues, until then, there is no problem needing to be fixed. I have a 390 and have yet to have any issues running Blizzard games, Fallout 4 and Battlefield 3...all maxed settings at 1080p.

Fix problems when the arise, otherwise you will end up wasting tons of money.

 

[Acidity]

You're right. I shouldn't be trying to fix a problem that I don't know I have yet. It just seemed like one of those times where everything goes down hill at the last minute.