So I got my tax return & was trying to decide what I wanted to do w/ it/how much I want to do w/ it, etc. My top 2 things that are on my to buy list are MOSTLY a new GFX card a MAYBE a newer/nicer display (be it TV or monitor).
My current set ups for the 2 are a GTX 570 from a few years ago, and a 32" LG TV I got open item cause I wanted a 32 inch.
My intentions for the GPU is to upgrade to a 770, that's pretty much set other than how it relates to my new display, which is really the root cause of this question. (Though I wouldn't mind input on folks recommendation for a good 770, as I was really wanting an MSI & I can't seem to find the N770 and/or it's lightning variant anywhere).
For the monitor I'm trying to decide if I want a nicer (in regards to color accuracy, black levels & such) 1080p 32" TV, or to go down in size some (while doing something i consider to be strange, going up in price) and picking one of the higher resolution monitors.
The 2 current displays I'm interested in are either the 32" sony TV model 32W650A or one of the Dell Ultrasharp monitors somewhere between 27-30 in. I work at Best Buy & I definitely think Sony has the best out of the box picture quality of TVs I see on a daily basis, and this has been consistently affirmed by anything I can find about them. While doing research on monitors today the Dell Ultrasharp keep coming up as consistently better than most in regards to the things I'm looking for, and they are all 25xx by something-or-other resolution so they would be a step up in that regard.
On the aspect of the resolutions, I've read various articles on how noticeable, or un-noticeable, increasing the resolution can be depending on the size of the display and how far you sit from it. I do sit pretty close to my monitor (close enough that the corners of my 32" screen exhibit the classic LCD off-angle distortion in the bottom corners, though that may be more due to my height vs. the monitors height, not sure) but will I really notice an increase in stepping up to one of the 25xx resolutions, to the point where $100-200 is worth it for a smaller screen? That's the main thing I'm curious about.
The secondary question that goes hand in hand w/ the higher resolution monitor is will a 770 push that high of a resolution on max settings for current games? If so, would it be worth the extra $50 or so to throw down for the 4GB versions over the 2GB? I don't play really any FPS type games, so those performance-destroying monstrosities like BF4, Crysis, and such don't matter much to me. I do like lots of the other GPU-demanding games though, the Total Wars, the Mass Effects, Civilization 5 (I didn't think it was that demanding till I started experiencing texture fill-rate issues and was surprised) and mod/tweak most games to the extreme in regards to GFX quality.
So this very lengthy post outlines most of my current thoughts.
TL;DR version: Will I see an improvement worth the money in going from 1080p to ~1440p resolutions AND going down in screen size, or should I stick w/ a larger 1080p monitor? If I do increase the resolution, will I need to invest more in my GPU than a 2GB 770 card to play at max/modded settings?
Feedback would be most welcome!
My current set ups for the 2 are a GTX 570 from a few years ago, and a 32" LG TV I got open item cause I wanted a 32 inch.
My intentions for the GPU is to upgrade to a 770, that's pretty much set other than how it relates to my new display, which is really the root cause of this question. (Though I wouldn't mind input on folks recommendation for a good 770, as I was really wanting an MSI & I can't seem to find the N770 and/or it's lightning variant anywhere).
For the monitor I'm trying to decide if I want a nicer (in regards to color accuracy, black levels & such) 1080p 32" TV, or to go down in size some (while doing something i consider to be strange, going up in price) and picking one of the higher resolution monitors.
The 2 current displays I'm interested in are either the 32" sony TV model 32W650A or one of the Dell Ultrasharp monitors somewhere between 27-30 in. I work at Best Buy & I definitely think Sony has the best out of the box picture quality of TVs I see on a daily basis, and this has been consistently affirmed by anything I can find about them. While doing research on monitors today the Dell Ultrasharp keep coming up as consistently better than most in regards to the things I'm looking for, and they are all 25xx by something-or-other resolution so they would be a step up in that regard.
On the aspect of the resolutions, I've read various articles on how noticeable, or un-noticeable, increasing the resolution can be depending on the size of the display and how far you sit from it. I do sit pretty close to my monitor (close enough that the corners of my 32" screen exhibit the classic LCD off-angle distortion in the bottom corners, though that may be more due to my height vs. the monitors height, not sure) but will I really notice an increase in stepping up to one of the 25xx resolutions, to the point where $100-200 is worth it for a smaller screen? That's the main thing I'm curious about.
The secondary question that goes hand in hand w/ the higher resolution monitor is will a 770 push that high of a resolution on max settings for current games? If so, would it be worth the extra $50 or so to throw down for the 4GB versions over the 2GB? I don't play really any FPS type games, so those performance-destroying monstrosities like BF4, Crysis, and such don't matter much to me. I do like lots of the other GPU-demanding games though, the Total Wars, the Mass Effects, Civilization 5 (I didn't think it was that demanding till I started experiencing texture fill-rate issues and was surprised) and mod/tweak most games to the extreme in regards to GFX quality.
So this very lengthy post outlines most of my current thoughts.
TL;DR version: Will I see an improvement worth the money in going from 1080p to ~1440p resolutions AND going down in screen size, or should I stick w/ a larger 1080p monitor? If I do increase the resolution, will I need to invest more in my GPU than a 2GB 770 card to play at max/modded settings?
Feedback would be most welcome!
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