Monitor Choice Help

[reyazjunior]

I have a Ryzen 7 1700X, 32 GB DDR4 RAM, MSI B350 Gaming Pro Carbon. I was looking for a good monitor.
My options are:
1) ASUS PG27AQ (4K WQHD IPS, 60 Hz) Rs. 80,000)
2) ASUS PG279Q ( 2560×1440 IPS, 165 Hz) Rs. 84,000
3) Acer Predator PG348Q ( 3440×1440 WQHD IPS, Ultrawide, 100 Hz ) Rs. 1,50,000

Please recommend me one monitor
Also tell me the cheapest GPU suited for taking advantage of the monitor's specs and features.

My build without the monitor is costing Rs. 1,80,000 with peripherals but without monitor and GPU.

I am not a competitive gamer, and I play mostly open world games. I am also a game developer.

Suggest me a monitor and GPU with my needs in mind, as well as maintaining price.
(All monitors have G Sync, and I play many racing games, where refresh rate help)
Help would be appreciated if you recommend a GTX 1080 or 1080 Ti.
An eyefinity setup with three 1920×1080 monitors would also work out, given you provide models with necessary information on output ports and setup information
Please give me detailed answers and no incomplete answers.

 

[photonboy]

1) first, I strongly recommend against a 3x1080p setup. Bezel gap, low vertical resolution, not sure how GSYNC works..

2) avoid 4K/60Hz, the higher refresh rate of 2560x1440 is more important unless you absolutely have software you think works best at 4K

3) 3440x1440 is a nice compromise of having MORE PIXELS for applications, and reasonably high refresh rate. (you will get black bars in a lot of games and video if you set ASPECT SCALING.. which you should.)

4) GTX1080 or GTX1080Ti?
It comes down to budget. The GTX1080 is roughly 30% faster for most games that are not CPU-bottlenecked.
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_1080_Ti_Gaming_X/30.html

*However, since GSYNC doesn't require a specific FPS to be hit, the GTX1080 will do better than it would on a normal monitor. Games also have very DIMINISHING RETURNS in visual fidelity; sometimes you can barely tell the difference between ULTRA and HIGH (though the FPS might be in half).

So if you have the budget for a GTX1080Ti great. It will last you longer likely, but if the money gets you a better MONITOR I'd go with a GTX1080.

**Will check pricing and get back.

 

[photonboy]

THIS is the GPU I recommend (Asus Strix GTX1080):
https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/v34NnQ/asus-geforce-gtx-1080-8gb-rog-strix-video-card-rog-strix-gtx1080-a8g-gaming

The GTX1080Ti that I recommend (no Asus Strix was listed) is this one:
https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/q438TW/evga-geforce-gtx-1080-ti-11gb-sc2-video-card-11g-p4-6593-kr

However, at $300 price increase over the GTX1080 I recommended it's of questionable value, especially since again GSYNC will reduce the benefit of the GTX1080Ti.

*for example, in Assassin's Creed Unity (one of the more demanding games) if I crank every setting to maximum I'm under 60FPS. On a GTX1080. I dropped only a couple settings and stay at 60FPS about 95% of the time (I don't have GSYNC so I use Adaptive VSYNC sometimes to avoid stutters if I drop below 60FPS).

But... you could either run ultra (at 2560x1440) or drop a couple settings so you get say, 50FPS average, and GSYNC would run that very smoothly. A GTX1080Ti would run that at roughly 65FPS average but I doubt you could tell the difference.