1366x768 vs 1080p gaming.

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Hello guys. I currently have a core i7 Ivy bridge CPU, 16gb ram etc desktop. I have bought a gtx950 for gaming purposes but my Monitor died on me (It was 768p). The 950 got nothing less than 60 fps on high to ultra settings on 768p @60hz and was very smooth. I saw some bench marks at 1080p on high with the card and it averaged 30 to 50 with games like hitman 2016 getting 29fps average.
My question is 1080p with lower framerates okay or should i buy another 768p monitor and play with higher framerates on native resolution. I'm also not sure how 1080p monitor at lower resolutions looks like if i want more fps. The 768p monitor will be 18.5 inches and the 1080p will be 24 inches. This build has to last for 3 years playing all new releases with high settings till i finish university.
 
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Just buy a 1080p monitor and if you are unhappy with the lower frame rate then put the resolutrion to a lower value than native resolution. But I would generally prefer resolution to details. With the 1080p Monitor you'll also get the option to turn down stuff like AA and play at 1080p. The GTX950 should be strong enough to run most games in 1080p with good fps anyways.

In my opinion 1080p with mid->high details looks a lot better than 768p with ultra settings.
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Just buy a 1080p monitor and if you are unhappy with the lower frame rate then put the resolutrion to a lower value than native resolution. But I would generally prefer resolution to details. With the 1080p Monitor you'll also get the option to turn down stuff like AA and play at 1080p. The GTX950 should be strong enough to run most games in 1080p with good fps anyways.

In my opinion 1080p with mid->high details looks a lot better than 768p with ultra settings.
 
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You can get a decent 1080p 60HZ monitor for below £100, I have a £90 LG 1080p monitor and have had it for about 3 years now with no issues (I have plugged a xbox 360 and ps4 into it as well in the past)

Well 1080p is 1920*1080 which is 2,073,600 pixels

While 720p (around about) at 1366*768 is 1,049,088 pixels

So if you went to 1080p the GPU would have to render 1,024,512 more pixels than it had to before.
 
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You better get 1080p monitor.
It will be better than 768. You can always use lower setting/resolution in case of need.
An overclocked 950 supposed to provide playable 1080p
Anyway, at some point you might upgrade the graphics card as well. Even today a decent 1080p gaming card price is around 200$. In a year or so it will be 100-150$.
 
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I have a MSI GTX 970 4GB OC edition and it can easily do 1080p high-ultra, i'm currently playing Witcher 3 high settings with ultra texture with no problems. The card should go down in price in a bit.

With your card if you went to 1080p you would have to lower quite a few settings to stay at 60fps
 
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Thank you for the quick replies. Will buy 1080p monitor and if the need arises will buy a new GPU down the road if absolutely necessary. I got the MSI gtx950 Overclocked for 105 dollars (US equivalent) so was definitely not going to pass up on it. Will play around with it to see the overclocking stuff.
 
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