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My wife's 1680x1050 monitor finally gave up the ghost yesterday (7-8 years old). I gave her the monitor from Phoenix (a non-LED 1920x1080). So, I'm in the market for another monitor myself. I've taken a look at the vg278he but it may be a little over budget.
 
If I ran only one PC, with a single monitor on my desk, I might consider an ultra-wide, but with two monitors there, I don't think I'd have room. I also still play some older titles that don't support that resolution, although I suppose a windowed mode might work.
There are LOTS of monitor choices, and questions to go with them, like "would I be getting future-resistance if I bought a touch-screen?"
 
Now I've got some things to think about. I definitely dont want to do another 1080p monitor, the one I have is pretty decent. Might go for a 1440p monitor.
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-S27C390H-27-Inch-Widescreen-Monitor/dp/B00FK0ERMW/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1398881915&sr=1-1&keywords=s27c390h is what im using now, but I only paid like 180 for it, was a black friday deal or something.
There are so many monitors to choose from, and the only brands I know well that have monitors in 1440 are Asus and Samsung, and at over 400 a pop, I dont want to make the wrong decision here. Guess it's time to do a bunch of research.
 
1440 for me would be something to consider, except that it would make my HD7750 useless for the latest games (which I'm not yet playing, but still...); the same applies to the widescreen. While I may just go for another inexpensive Acer LED, I'm thinking I ought to step up in at least one way.
 
Onus - Your 7750 is really holding you back. Is the 7870 your best GPU or do you have anything better? if I were you, I would consider a new GPU for a 1440p monitor. Im not really sure, can a 7750 run 1440p well?
 

During the week, I just don't have time for serious gaming. I configured Gypsy to handle my day to day tasks, with minimum power usage (although its CPU is overkill; it's what I had). Even on weekends, I still mostly play older games (like Guild Wars, which the HD7750 can max at 1080p). Phoenix has my HD7870 in it, which I would crank up for most more serious games. Omega is sitting idle in the Hobby Room right now, and it has my HD7970 in it; I'd put it in Phoenix, but so far my most demanding game is GW2, which the HD7870 will max at 1080p.

Oh, and nice case there, Stickolas.
 


Read you sig and realized what Gyspy and Phoenix meant.
 
I keep looking at Kabini and then thinking of spending the extra for a Richland or Kaveri. Then I remember that I plan to upgrade my main system when new offerings come out so maybe just wait until then.
 


Intel's Devils Canyon/Haswell-E. I forget AMD's roadmap at their presentation.
 
i think i have a issue. When i do some benchmarking or run oc scanner from evga my usage on my gpu's is not even. Gpu 1 and Gpu 2 are different. If i run oc scanner gpu 2 doesnt even do anything just gpu 1 and if i run valley one gpu maybe at 70%-90% usage while the other is at 40-50% usage. Not sure what happened but it isnt right. Anyone got a clue? Yes sli shows to be enabled also.

 
"Midget," because it is an 11'6" laptop; very small.

I haven't run multiple cards, so I couldn't tell you what the problem might be, unless perhaps one of them is overheating? Problem with the SLI bridge?
 
Thing is precisionX I have both cards at stock with no changes and in valley one card will be at 90'ish usage while the second at 70 or 80. They used to scale just about completely even with usage and clocks. Only thing I changed or that changed was some windows updates.
 
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