Monitor Advice needed

[Guest]

I am planning to rebuild or replace my gaming PC next summer. However, I am considering replacing my 5-6 year old HP 2311x 1080p monitor on Black Friday or Cyber Monday later this year. Because my future build will use a single GPU, such as either a GTX 1080, 1170, or Radeon equivalent, and the current issues with frame rates at 4K on single and multi-GPU setups, I am looking at another 1080p monitor. I am considering either an ASUS or Samsung monitor because of my good experience with their other products, but I am open to other possible brands. I am looking for a reliable 23-27 inch monitor that works well with gaming and is priced around $250 or less. I know this may be a little early, but I just want to have some candidate models which I can research ahead of time. Thanks in advance.

 

[Ne0Wolf7]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&IsNodeId=1&N=100160979%20601190102%204814%20600030958%20600012673%20600417886&LeftPriceRange=175%20250
Here's the best you can get for that much money according to Newegg's filters. All these ones have 1080p, 144Hz, 1ms response, and at least 4 egg (star) reviews.

 

[spat55]

I'd upgrade to a 1440p/144hz/G-Sync or Freesync. Freesync costs nothing so I'd go with that if you don't know which brand of card you will go for.

 

[Ne0Wolf7]

I'd upgrade to a 1440p/144hz/G-Sync or Freesync. Freesync costs nothing so I'd go with that if you don't know which brand of card you will go for.

Nvidia is the right choice if you want to avoid multi GPU at 1440p with the 1170/80's, expescaily if you want to see 144 FPS

 

[spat55]

I'd upgrade to a 1440p/144hz/G-Sync or Freesync. Freesync costs nothing so I'd go with that if you don't know which brand of card you will go for.

Nvidia is the right choice if you want to avoid multi GPU at 1440p with the 1170/80's, expescaily if you want to see 144 FPS

Yeah but with Vega coming that could change, I don't like being locked into one vendor and at least Freesync is free, that is why I think it is superior, if you do want a Nvidia card then like me you haven't lost money on a technology you cannot use.

One other thing with 144hz is if you play a game that is demanding you can get 50 fps with freesync and it looks decent but if you go into CS;GO/Overwatch etc then you can easily get 144 fps, if you don't have that much money then freesync is a life saver for some people with cards like the RX 480 or R9 Fury, I used mine with a R9 290 and thought it made alot of difference at 40-60fps but after that not so much.