am i dumb to get 1080p when i can afford 1440p

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raknarius

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ok heres my thoughts, but im not the expert you guys are.

im building a system I need to use for five years without ugrades.

ill be getting a 280x or a 770 4gb

looking at like bf4 benchmarks with everything maxed at 1080p im getting around 55fps which is not the optimal 60 everyone recommends.

at 1440p I will be getting thirty fps

now say three years from now, bf5 comes out. assuming its more demanding,

my 1080p system will be getting probably in the thirtys, I may have to go high or medium to get it in the sixtys.

my 1440p system will probably be in the tens ill probably have to drop down to low settings to play it.

so tell me what you think, am I wrong, for a long term system build will I have a better visual experience now and in five years with a 1440p monitor limited to a 280x or 770 gtx video card?

I do know that monitors usually last the longest of the components, so I guess its true when I build a new comp in 5 years ill probably be glad I got the 1440p monitor now, and I guess at 280x / 770 gtx would probably do fine for now on 1440p so I guess I could look at a mid term upgrade in say three years of a say 350ish video card.

what do you think
 
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1080p is a nice resolution, it's hard to tell resolutions apart unless they are right next to each other.
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It's mindblowingly noticeable in my opinion; a 1440p monitor is worth every penny. With a 1440p monitor you have the option to turn down the resolution to 1080p if you're getting too few FPS. A 1440p monitor is giving you more options, and since you can downscale to 1080p if it's absolutely necessary, there aren't really any downsides.

Try and get one of the S Korean monitors (QNIX Evolution II) for around 350$, you won't regret it. Some monitors will have dead pixels, and some backlight issues (can be solved with tape), but is well worth the 350$. I find it's better to have a higher resolution and less antialiasing, so...
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If you get the 1440p monitor, you likely won't have to replace it (until 4k res comes down to a reasonable price at least), and you always have the option of upgrading your GPU or adding a second one to accommodate for the increased graphical needs of future games.
 
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1080p is a nice resolution, it's hard to tell resolutions apart unless they are right next to each other.
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It's mindblowingly noticeable in my opinion; a 1440p monitor is worth every penny. With a 1440p monitor you have the option to turn down the resolution to 1080p if you're getting too few FPS. A 1440p monitor is giving you more options, and since you can downscale to 1080p if it's absolutely necessary, there aren't really any downsides.

Try and get one of the S Korean monitors (QNIX Evolution II) for around 350$, you won't regret it. Some monitors will have dead pixels, and some backlight issues (can be solved with tape), but is well worth the 350$. I find it's better to have a higher resolution and less antialiasing, so there's ways around having lower FPS, and the benefits of a 1440p monitor far exceeds the negatives.

Edit: I talked about the negatives and the ways around the negatives, but not the positives. There's significantly more pixels and higher resolution (obviously), but everything is soooo much crisper and clearer in games especially, it feels like you put on glasses after your vision was fuzzy. Immersive games probably benefit the most from this, though just about any game with a realistic approach to graphics gets a huge boost.
 
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