[purchasing help] Deciding on a gaming monitor
I'm going to need a new monitor soon as my current one is on death's door. Currently I have two 1080p 60hz displays but I'm thinking about replacing my main screen with a 1440p 144hz display for gaming. I spend the majority of my time gaming on this computer and if I ever need the dual monitors for grading papers I'll just hook my current secondary back up.
So here's the list of choices that I see: List
Right now I'm leaning towards either the BenQ XL2730Z or the Dell S2716DG. That's already a little more than my initial budget but I figure if I am getting a new monitor I might as well ditch 60hz and 1080p.
Any thoughts? Right now I run a GTX 970, i5-4670k @ 3.4 and 8GB of RAM, which has generally been enough to max out most current games at 1080p, but I am worried that upgrading the resolution might not work with my given setup. If that's the case, I guess I'd be better off with a 144hz 1080p or just trying to wait until I can make a lot of major upgrades all at once.
Posted Apr 14, 2016, 5:52 PM UTC
Just for some perspective -- I just got my Dell S2716DG about 2 weeks ago, and loving it. Out of the box the settings aren't impressive, some tweaking of the brightness, contrast, and saturation were needed in windows.
I'm running it on my 970m laptop via display port, and I have to say I'm very impressed at 1440p the amount of smoothness and speed that little mobile GPU can crank out. BF4 and the division are both smooth and fun even gaming on a mobile GPU like the 970m.
With the desktop variant you will be able to game at 1440p rather easily usually on "high" settings for most games. G-sync with the Dell will help ensure a smooth experience no matter what's going on.
Can't offer any insight on the BenQ. 144Hz is amazing even in regular windows environment, you will never want to go back to a standard 60hz again :)
Cool. I'm a complete novice when it comes to display settings so I'll have to play around with that.
Thanks for the advice!