Switch to a 4K monitor or stick with 144hz 1080p monitor

[calpipo]

I currently own the asus vg248qe 24” and have had it for almost 2 years now. When I got it I never noticed the difference like many other people did and was disappointed by it. I knew it worked though by moving my mouse cursor. I also think it causes me more trouble now because I wanna run games like rainbow six siege at a steady 144 frames but also have good graphics. I usually run the game at 100-150 frames on medium to high settings on my gtx 1080. I’m thinking of switching to 4K now but I don’t know if it’s a good idea because when I play at 60fps now it’s all choppy

 

[maxalge]

I currently own the asus vg248qe 24” and have had it for almost 2 years now. When I got it I never noticed the difference like many other people did and was disappointed by it. I knew it worked though by moving my mouse cursor. I also think it causes me more trouble now because I wanna run games like rainbow six siege at a steady 144 frames but also have good graphics. I usually run the game at 100-150 frames on medium to high settings on my gtx 1080. I’m thinking of switching to 4K now but I don’t know if it’s a good idea because when I play at 60fps now it’s all choppy

for 4k you need at minimum a gtx 1080 ti for decent settings and 60 fps

and even with a 1080 ti you would need to reduce settings to achieve that ~60 fps range on newer games


for a gtx 1080 I would recommend a 1440p display with g-sync


to start what are your complete specs?

 

[calpipo]

I currently own the asus vg248qe 24” and have had it for almost 2 years now. When I got it I never noticed the difference like many other people did and was disappointed by it. I knew it worked though by moving my mouse cursor. I also think it causes me more trouble now because I wanna run games like rainbow six siege at a steady 144 frames but also have good graphics. I usually run the game at 100-150 frames on medium to high settings on my gtx 1080. I’m thinking of switching to 4K now but I don’t know if it’s a good idea because when I play at 60fps now it’s all choppy

for 4k you need at minimum a gtx 1080 ti for decent settings and 60 fps

and even with a 1080 ti you would need to reduce settings to achieve that ~60 fps range on newer games


for a gtx 1080 I would recommend a 1440p display with g-sync


to start what are your complete specs?

Intel core i7-4770k
Gtx 1080 strix
16gb ram
250gb ssd
2tb hdd

Don’t know what motherboard I have since I’m away from my computer. Do you think I can still run games at medium or high settings with 4K resolution?

 

[maxalge]

I currently own the asus vg248qe 24” and have had it for almost 2 years now. When I got it I never noticed the difference like many other people did and was disappointed by it. I knew it worked though by moving my mouse cursor. I also think it causes me more trouble now because I wanna run games like rainbow six siege at a steady 144 frames but also have good graphics. I usually run the game at 100-150 frames on medium to high settings on my gtx 1080. I’m thinking of switching to 4K now but I don’t know if it’s a good idea because when I play at 60fps now it’s all choppy

for 4k you need at minimum a gtx 1080 ti for decent settings and 60 fps

and even with a 1080 ti you would need to reduce settings to achieve that ~60 fps range on newer games


for a gtx 1080 I would recommend a 1440p display with g-sync


to start what are your complete specs?

Intel core i7-4770k
Gtx 1080 strix
16gb ram
250gb ssd
2tb hdd

Don’t know what motherboard I have since I’m away from my computer. Do you think I can still run games at medium or high settings with 4K resolution?

you could, dont expect good fps though

 

[Phil McConnochie]

I have had the same monitor as you for a bit longer than you, what i did was to update my pc to a new one. I never realised getting into the pc world' was going to be so crucial to having a great monitor, anyway i can tell you because i have a beast of a system which iv had for a year maybe iv been nothing but killing any game you can think of 144Hz 1ms but only at 1920x1080 which is pretty much stock standard gaming now. i had the chance to get a very cheap 4k monitor awhile back but I know through experience that was never a great option if you're playing for fun even. at only 60Hz i wasn't gonna waste my time on that rubbish,. cos if i chose to do that then i would of been better just getting a ps4 . anyway a lot of emulation times later and other heavily graphical games later its made the difference. I'm hanging out now for the 144Hz 4k monitors cos thats where its at now, just that they haven't come out yet. You will need my system (atleast)(my system is only a year old) to play at a decent level:
x2 SLI Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 G1 Gaming Graphics Card
Gigabyte Xtreme Gaming SLI HB bridge
Intel Core i7-6950X Processor Extreme Edition
AIO Water Cooler Be Quiet! Silent Loop 280mm
2×16GB G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 2400Mhz DDR4 RAM
Gigbabyte Phoenix SLI X99 Motherboard
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB
4TB WD Black Hard Drive
Be Quiet! Dark Base 900 Pro – Orange Gaming Case
1000W Be Quiet! Dark Power Pro 11 Power Supply
Windows 10 Professional 64Bit OEM

 

[calpipo]

Ok thanks for helping me out. I'll just stick with my monitor for now until I can upgrade.

 

[Phil McConnochie]

No problem, just take note that these 'high end PC Games' that come out are always ahead of the technology available, that is the reason why gamers use grunty pc setups eg 2 graphic cards and fast CPU's, i just went 1 further with my setup and chose to get a machine that would be ok for a much longer period of time keeping in mind the 60Hz bare minimum rati😵nly game that has been close to giving me grief is 'Resident Evil 7 - Biohazard' with maxed out settings x2 Resolution. another words its our monitors but x2 resolution i still had of 75fps but went as low as 57 for split seconds returning to 60Hz never in overclocking mode.