Looking for help in choosing a new monitor and GPU

Macker1

As the title says I looking for help in choosing a new monitor for my system at home.

I haven't bought anything for my PC in years but have a few quid coming which i plan to spend on improving setup.

I bought a nice new HyperX Mechanical Keyboard last month
Going to get a new desk setup using some bits from IKEA
Investing in a new Noble Icon chair for my poor back
Next on list was a bigger monitor.

I have a dual setup at present which consists of a Dell U2412M and Dell 2007FP which are running on a NVidia GTX TITAN Black Edition card which is a good few years old. I mainly use the PC for General Browsing, Watching media and gaming now and again.

I have been looking for a monitor and picked a few out which I'll list below but there are so many options out there.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B077831TBZ/ref=ox_sc_act_title_5?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&psc=1

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0777X5MDT/ref=ox_sc_act_title_6?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&psc=1

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01BFH1AIM/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&psc=1

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0716NRP8C/ref=ox_sc_act_title_4?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&psc=1

I'm also mindful that I would need to upgrade GPU to run higher spec monitor. The problem is I suppose is that the GPU market is very expensive at this point in time. What GPU would I need to run latest games at higher resolution settings.

Any help / advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance....

TerrorFirmer

Ideally a GTX1070, 1070ti or 1080 coming from the old Titan.

Problem is, as you say, prices are a disgrace right now. I'd personally just hang onto your Titan, maybe consider a 2nd hand 1070 or 980Ti on adverts from a reasonable seller. Titan resale value would cover a very good chunk of that cost.

Depends which monitor as well. Obviously 3440x1440 100hz is way more demanding than 2560x1080 75hz.

Macker1

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

Ideally a GTX1070, 1070ti or 1080 coming from the old Titan.

Problem is, as you say, prices are a disgrace right now. I'd personally just hang onto your Titan, maybe consider a 2nd hand 1070 or 980Ti on adverts from a reasonable seller. Titan resale value would cover a very good chunk of that cost.

Depends which monitor as well. Obviously 3440x1440 100hz is way more demanding than 2560x1080 75hz.

Are the monitors that I listed decent choices. I would love to purchase the

ASUS ROG Strix Curved XG35VQ, 35 Inch UWQHD (3440 x 1440) but its quite expensive at €893 and apart from the wife giving out it would need serious grunt from a GPU to run.

At the moment the front runner is the smaller ASUS which is not ultrawide

ASUS ROG Strix Curved XG32VQ, 32 Inch (31.5 Inch) WQHD (2560 x 1440) at €616

This would be a little easier to run. I will be upgrading the GPU but it would be further down the line.


Are there other monitors I should be considering ?? I welcome any suggestions.

K.O.Kiki

You could get a 27" G-Sync 1440p monitor for that price, e.g. Dell S2716DG

https://geizhals.eu/?cat=monlcd19wide&xf=11939_27%7E11944_1440%7E11992_NVIDIA+G-Sync

Skerries

they are all decent monitors that you chose but they are all freesync so you would not be able to use that feature unless you went with an AMD card
To get G-Sync which works with Nvidia you would be looking at the more expensive monitors

Macker1

Any thoughts on this monitor.

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/35-acer-predator-z35p-ultra-wide-qhd-curved-100hz-nvidia-g-sync-monitor-va-3440x1440-219-4ms-100m1-d?v=c

Seems to be a very good price as its over £200 dearer on Amazon at the moment.

Macker1

In relation to the GPU there's little chance I would be willing to pay the extortionate prices that currently exist for top end cards. To be honest I'm not really up to date with the lie of the land when it comes to the GPU landscape. So So many cards to pick from.

As stated I'm currently using a NVidia GTX TITAN Black Edition card which is a good few years old. What card would I be needing to look at to gain a significant increase in performance bearing in mind I will be increasing the resolution on the monitor side of things.

I'm increasing from my current Dell which is 1920 x 1200 to at least 2560 x 1440 or maybe even an ultra wide 3440 x 1440

TerrorFirmer

GTX1070 8GB and above ideally to make it worthwhile. Your current card is similar to a GTX1060 6GB performance wise. 3440x1440 would be fine but with a fair few compromised settings, probably mostly medium settings in the heavier games to keep everything running at 60fps solid.

The sale of your Titan Black now would cover most of the cost of a 2nd hand 980Ti either.

wotzgoingon

I wouldn't even pay the extortionate prices for GPU's at the minute. Pascal is nearly 2 years old at this stage and cost more now than the did when they were released. Nobody knows if Nvidia will release new cards soon as they are still making money from this old architecture. But they may also be thinking out with the old and in with the new but I reckon they will be expensive if they do release them but personally I would rather pay a high price for a new card than pay a high price on a two year old card.

K.O.Kiki

wotzgoingon wrote: »

I wouldn't even pay the extortionate prices for GPU's at the minute. Pascal is nearly 2 years old at this stage and cost more now than the did when they were released. Nobody knows if Nvidia will release new cards soon as they are still making money from this old architecture. But they may also be thinking out with the old and in with the new but I reckon they will be expensive if they do release them but personally I would rather pay a high price for a new card than pay a high price on a two year old card.

A few knowledgeable youtubers seem to be saying that GP108 (GTX 1070 Ti / 1080) is out of production, which would suggest Nvidia are stockpiling their next-gen cards.

Macker1

Macker1 wrote: »

Any thoughts on this monitor.

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/35-acer-predator-z35p-ultra-wide-qhd-curved-100hz-nvidia-g-sync-monitor-va-3440x1440-219-4ms-100m1-d?v=c

Seems to be a very good price as its over £200 dearer on Amazon at the moment.

Anyone with experience of using or seeing this monitor in the flesh. ???

Amazon Uk have dropped price from £949 down to £799 so still £50 to be saved at Scan..

Macker1

Please help as I'm really struggling to choose a monitor.

I've narrowed it down to either one of the following

Asus Rog Strix XG35VQ

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/35-asus-xg35vq-rog-strix-100hz-freesync-curved-gaming-monitor-3440x1440-4ms-dp-hdmi?v=c

or

Acer Predator Z35P

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/35-acer-predator-z35p-ultra-wide-qhd-curved-100hz-nvidia-g-sync-monitor-va-3440x1440-219-4ms-100m1-d?v=c

So a choice between G-Sync or FreeSync

I'm not a huge gamer but will upgrade GPU in few months time.

Both are pushing my monitor budget to the max so please let me know what you think if you had to make a choice.

wotzgoingon

I would go with which ever GPU you are picking up as adaptive sync is totally worth it so if Nvidia Gsync and if AMD freesync. Also the Freesync monitor has a more premium stand and look to it where as they cut corners with the gsync one ascetically anyway.

Donne

Do curved monitors have any advantage over flat screens, or are they just a gimmick?

J0hnick

GPU's are starting to become available again due to some big dips in crypto, but the only ones selling close to msrp is the mid range stuff like 1050 Ti and lower. Id wait until Nvidia release Volta or whatever their next batch of cards are if you want high end.