November 5th, 2017 at 5:13PM

Monitor advice

I’m looking to upgrade my very old monitor.  I’ve a gtx 1070 and have quickly fallen into the 1080p at 144hz vs. 1440p at 60hz internet hole.  Anybody with 1070 have any advice on this?  I don’t play many FPS so I’m inclined to go with resolution over the faster refresh rate.  I’m also kinda tempted to say the hell with it and get a 1440p, 144hz monitor with the expectation of replacing the GPU long before I’ll replace the monitor, and just bumping down the settings and refresh rates to get the 1070 to run it.  Long story short, I don’t know what I’m doing and am wondering if anybody is similar situation has advice?

  1. snippstheslammer said: I play a lot of twitch shooters and multi-player games, so I prefer to have the highest refresh rate as possible.
  2. snippstheslammer said: You appear to have the mind set to not play First Person Shooters , I hope that LoL , Dota 2, and similar games are included. If that’s the case go with 2K 60fps, probably can find a good monitor in the $300 price range.
  3. lesboisbesto said: I got a 1080 144hz with a 1070, it’s worth it mah dood. Tho I’ve never seen a game run at 1440p 60hz so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
  4. justjustin07 said: It depends on what you do with it tbh; my 970 handles most of the games I play at a high fps over 100 usually, I have a 1440p 144hz monitor, and I’d say it all looks rather good. It’s a big investment, but basically you get what you pay for, and getting something better now means you won’t have to upgrade for longer. If you have to pick between the two I’d say go for refresh over resolution IF you’re playing a lot of games, Overwatch being my main reason - for moment-to-moment decision-making.
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  6. mogenarsfm said: My opinion: Go for 1080p @144Hz. Framerate is something that all games benefit from, not just shooters. Resolution, meanwhile, isn’t really that big of a deal if you ask me, unless you’ve got a monitor above a certain size. That said, 60FPS is fine enough, and 1440p is nice. The one thing I wouldn’t bother with is 4K. It’s really not worth the money except on a big screen TV or something if you ask me.
  7. bloodyfalka said: if you’re upgrading from 1080p, try to aim for 4k. if you can afford 4k @144hz, the better.
  8. fjmvmy said: My limited experience off 144hz monitors is that they’re quite disorienting if you’re used to 60hz. I’m not prone to motion sickness but found something visually wrong when try to play things on them. Personally I’d favour resolution
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