Upgrading PC - Looking for 1440p Monitor reccommendations :)

[Barney Willis]

Hi all

I am currently scoping out an upgrade for my PC - moving from a GTX 660 to either a 1070ti or a 1080. Where I am less sure however is which screen I might buy to replace my ageing 1080p display so I wanted to ask you guys!

I am hoping for a 1440p screen with 144hz refresh rate - 27 - 32 inches in size and would like to avoid going above £500 if I can. Not committed to it but a curved monitor would be swish.

Advice/recommendations of possible monitors would be welcome - there is a lot of terminology (VA, IPS, TN, G-Sync etc.) which I am struggling to assess in terms of value for money/image quality so help would be very much appreciated



Many thanks,


Barney.

 

[jadc007]

Hi Barney,

I am just saying this from my own personal experience ... I had a GTX 1080 and bought a 1440p Acer predator IPS 27" 144HZ (165hz) screen to play games and I hated every moment due to the higher resolution my fps in many games was horrid as like everybody else wants the graphics set on max which I could do but the fps was impacted quite bit. Within 3 months I bought my Zotac 1080 ti which is a beast of a card at 1440p and glad I went for it and majority of all games stay at 144fps.

So long story short and others might beg to differ but 1440p on a 1070ti with games at full graphics is not such a good idea but if you are one who can settle with some graphics lowered than it shouldn't be a problem.

But any way as I mentioned above I bought the acer predator IPS 27" 144hz (overclocked to 165hz <--- what a gimic) and I love it the colours are great on the IPS and the monitor performs perfectly with no issues.

 

[markoroga2001]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Acer-Predator-XB281HK-28-4K-G-SYNC-2-1MS-LED-Gaming-Monitor-UM-PX1SA-001-D10/231787454190?epid=1169320814&hash=item35f79bdeee:g:jKwAAOSwUdlWc4Ka

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Acer-XG270HU-Red-27-1ms-144HZ-2K-2560x1440-AMD-FreeSync-Widescreen-LCD-Monitor/332479049116?epid=232027696&hash=item4d694bad9c:g:fnEAAOSw8axaKd0~

https://www.ebay.com/itm/ASUS-MG279Q-27-WQHD-FreeSync-144Hz-4MS-IPS-LED-Gaming-Monitor-MG279Q/231608521891?epid=17019367611&hash=item35ecf194a3:g:ZXcAAOSww5hZML4P

Check this monitors.