- Feb 25, 2015
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Good evening tom's hardware experts, I'm currently trying to make a tough decision on my own and I thought why not ask for help.
I can currently buy a new video card, the GTX 1070 OR a new monitor that has a nice resolution of 1440p / a ultra wide option from LG.
If I buy the new monitor I'll have to be stuck with an old GTX 970 for quite a while, let's say a few months, and if I buy the GTX 1070 I'll be stuck with the ancient monitor for a few months as well.
My current monitor is an AOC, of unknown model that supports the maximum of 1366x768 resolution, and yeah I know this thing is garbage but hey I've never had any problem with it and never cared about resolution that is until I went to my friends house and tasted for the first time the 1440p delicious pixels on screen, and now I'm crazy for it.
Gaming on a 1440p monitor is really fantastic and I really want it, but the main problem is that the GTX 970 wouldn't be able to handle the native resolution of 1440p. And the reason I want to upgrade to a GTX 1070 is that games will start to require more and more GPU power and I fear the 970 will get outdated soon. Money isn't a problem to buy any of the both options but I simply cannot buy both of them in one go as I have bills and stuff to pay.
For any of you concerned about my upgrade my computer is pretty decent, memory, CPU power and Power Supply are decent enough to handle a GTX 1070.
Any help and useful suggestions and infos would be very appreciated and I'll choose the solution for the best answer.
Thanks in advance.
I can currently buy a new video card, the GTX 1070 OR a new monitor that has a nice resolution of 1440p / a ultra wide option from LG.
If I buy the new monitor I'll have to be stuck with an old GTX 970 for quite a while, let's say a few months, and if I buy the GTX 1070 I'll be stuck with the ancient monitor for a few months as well.
My current monitor is an AOC, of unknown model that supports the maximum of 1366x768 resolution, and yeah I know this thing is garbage but hey I've never had any problem with it and never cared about resolution that is until I went to my friends house and tasted for the first time the 1440p delicious pixels on screen, and now I'm crazy for it.
Gaming on a 1440p monitor is really fantastic and I really want it, but the main problem is that the GTX 970 wouldn't be able to handle the native resolution of 1440p. And the reason I want to upgrade to a GTX 1070 is that games will start to require more and more GPU power and I fear the 970 will get outdated soon. Money isn't a problem to buy any of the both options but I simply cannot buy both of them in one go as I have bills and stuff to pay.
For any of you concerned about my upgrade my computer is pretty decent, memory, CPU power and Power Supply are decent enough to handle a GTX 1070.
Any help and useful suggestions and infos would be very appreciated and I'll choose the solution for the best answer.
Thanks in advance.
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