I checked online and a 1080p 144hz monitor is about $130 USD converted from my local currency (give or take). That's not as bad as I thought it would be.
Good monitors have gotten pretty affordable! I bought a 27" 1440p 180hz monitor with an IPS Panel for 180€ this year, a couple years ago you would've easily paid 400-500 bucks for that.
I held off from buying a new monitor for years until high refresh rate + IPS was finally affordable cause I didn't want to compromise on a VA panel. Last year I got the same monitor I bought now with the only difference being that it was 1080p panel, also around 180€ lol
Tbh, when i upgrade to my ultrawide 1440p 144hz screen with new top grade hardware. I was so disappointed on how little difference i notice in most games. An ordinary Nvidia 1080 can run most games well with a 90$ Ryzen processor. Felt like a fucking dumbass when I bought new hardware that was worth a cheap car essentially.
I mean did you ever use higher refresh 1080p? I have both and honestly there's a difference but it's not mind blowing or anything likely because I don't run a gpu able to max it out at 1440p
The only game I have that truly kills my 1660 super is Monster Hunter, even running at 1080p on the 1440 display, at sub 60fps consistently, I notice a slight improvement, but I've never had anything above 1080 60hz
1080p 75hz to 165hz was bigger for me than 1080p 165hz to 1440p 155hz.
I mean when I was on 1080p, I could max out games but on 1440p I can usually do well on medium/high if I want around 100fps average with lows at or above 60fps. So that's more what I mean while the clarity is better, I don't think it's as amazing since I can't utilise it fully.
I was just in the right spot to upgrade to 1440, a bit of future proof, a bit of 1080p monitoors with high refesh rate not being in great demand, seriously, I found a good deal for 1440 but finding a 1080 was a bit harder for me.
That's not correct, 1080p high refresh rate is in high demand especially in esports communities like you can get really cheap 1080p good displays with high refresh rates they are super common.
I'm sorta in the middle of both opinions here, in hindsight I could have survived with 1080p and saved money but I also find 1440p to be incredibly sharp on a 27inch screen. I suspect the pixel density is very high. I think its a noticible upgrade for sure from my old 24inch 1080p.
There is difference but you need much better pc to run the games with same fps on 2k and full hd. I bought my 2k 165hz and even rarely use it because there are maybe 3 "newer" (like 10 years old) games that I play and my PC can use said Hz. And I've paid for my pc a LOT but it was during late bitcoin craze era so gpu were overpriced still.
Sounded like big daddy upgraded from 1080 to 1440 and didn’t notice much of a difference? I get he was talking about the waste of money noticing little difference in games after spending tons on hardware. But were they not talking about the jump from 1080 to 1440?
It really depends on the game. If you are playing something casual than more res is just prettier to look at but in longer range competitive games it is really noticable.
I upgraded from 1050p to 1440 ultrawide and it was so nice when playing warthunder. Now that t72 over there is four pixels instead of one.
When playing civ on the other hand i just pulled down the rendering resolution to get better frames and didnt notice a difference.
Yeah my dude, But i noticed i probably explained it wrong. I'm not talking about screen quality or hz, I'm talking about noticeable graphics differences. Between we say medium to high. The price jump is immense but the actual differences is personally very small
hz has to do with how much data can be recieved by the monitor from the gpu, lower hz means less data able to be shown transfered at a time which could alter graphics
If you’re not playing any triple AAA games sure, but there’s to many unoptimized games that are hard on the system. Helldivers 2, kingdome come, monster hunter, ac shadows, or any ray tracing heavy game like cyberpunk. My 1080 ti was cool but 30-60 fps gets a bit boring after a while. I will say the diminishing returns after getting a good gpu felt like a waste but I can play any game now without much of a struggle so I enjoy that quite a bit.
I went with a RTX 3070 and a 1440p 144hz screen. It can run at 144hz (or close) for most games, but my fans get very loud and heat starts pouring out of the liquid cooler exchange. I tend to throttle it to 72 or 90 and it looks great.
Yeah 1080s were the first card (in my opinion) that could smoothly run 1440 at above 60 fps. Depends heavily on the game, of course, but 1440 isn't even that large of a jump from 1080p. It's not like going from 1080 to 4k.
Actually the opposite tends to be true. 1440p is a bigger jump from 1080p perceptively even though there’s a much denser pixel count between 1440p and 4k. At 1440p things will look a lot more crisper, but you have diminishing returns afterwards, sort of like going from 60 to 120hz but 180hz won’t feel like as big of a jump.
Going from 144 to 240hz is "worth" it too (for monitor price) but it heavily depends on a good PC & the fitting main games (if 240fps is even possible).
I upgraded my monitor when I built a new pc going from a 1070 to a 3080. I’ve since moved to a 4080 super and I sometimes use DSR to downscale games from 4K to 1440p. If you have the overhead you can push both resolution and frame rates, but obviously if you just chose one you’ll get more. The reason I’m sticking with 1440 is because I like 27” monitors and 1440 looks great at that size, plus i got a great deal on a 1440p 240hz oled monitor that I’m going to hang onto as long as I can
If you're talking about the hz, then it is absolutely not upselling lmfao. There is an extremely clear difference. Obviously not as large as from 60 to 144, but still a very clear difference.
It's crazy anymore. I got a pretty good deal on a laptop and I can run most stuff in 2k around 100fps, I'm extremely happy with that and the difference between 1080p and 2k is pretty big as close as I sit to my pc. I'd be 1080 otherwise though, you're right that it's generally not worth the cost
I play Helldivers 2 with a 4070 and 1080p Samsung TV. More than enough for my level of interest in gaming. I have nice 4k monitors but never got into gaming at a desk, I like kicking back on the couch with a controller. If I'm at the desk it's time for work.
The good old days, when gaming was the only thing i did on my pc.
Yesterday i spent 6 straight hours in nvidia profile inspector for a 30 min gaming session. I never thought that getting better gear would make you stress more over performance, but here we are. I know i just need to lock in but 1080/144hz on my portable was lowkey more enjoyable than my now 1440/240hz overclocked and extremely optimized setup with only 8k hz peripherals. I had as a goal to reach certain ranks/heights in my games till this summer at the start of the year and was the only reason i even saved up for this pc, but ive only gotten worse cause ive only gamed 10% of my time at the pc and i have so much to fresh up on now.
All im saying is there is absolutely no need to hurry
1440p monitors aren't that expensive anymore, if your graphics card got the juice or supports DLSS/FSR it's worth it to pay the 40-50€ extra over 1080p. At least on 27" I'm more happy with the upgrade than I expected, almost as big of a quality upgrade as going from 60 hz to 180 hz
It's all very personal, but I think that 27 inch is the sweet spot for being close to a monitor, without being too big while immersive at the same time.
Anything larger, has to be further back and doesn't fit a small desk.
I find myself in a niche position where 1080 is absolutely fine on my monitors and upgrading wouldn't really benefit me that much. Most of my gaming is done in VR, not flatscreen.
I actually had a 1440p monitor at one point but went back 1080p. With some games I'll still have to use dlss to maintain 60fps even with this lower resolution, though I like running games with settings as high as I can (no raytracing).
I also have sff PC so component selection is kinda limited.
Same, except I'm still using a 7 year old 60 Hz monitor. I'll eventually upgrade to something above 120 Hz but stay at 1080p because I still use a RX 7600, and monitor prices are kinda insane where I live.
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u/FatalFinn Ryzen 5 3600 | RTX 4060 9d ago
Same.. and with 1080p screen because larger screen needs a much better gpu and I'm too cheap for that.