1440p 144HZ or 4k UW

Stormhawk88

Looking to upgrade monitor and unsure of what I should go for.

Currently running this 1080p 240Hz monitor as my main with a drawing tablet as my second screen a 24" Huion. Looking to upgrade my monitor im sick of the blurry resolution and 240HZ is kinda no good when your internet is no good.

So was thinking of maybe a step to 1440p 144hz preferably with an IPS panel.

Any suggestions would be great.

Below is the current monitor.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Acer-Predator-XB252Qbmiprzx-ZeroFrame-Adjustable/dp/B01N5OD4S1/ref=sr_1_1?crid=22OT3KZV2YXPG&dchild=1&keywords=xb252q&qid=1606943123&sprefix=xb252q%2Caps%2C171&sr=8-1

Running games at 240hz has nothing to do with the speed of your internet.

Stormhawk88

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Running games at 240hz has nothing to do with the speed of your internet.

No it doesn't, but when you're lagging in everything 240hz is kinda pointless.

GHOST MGG

Stormhawk88 wrote: »

Looking to upgrade monitor and unsure of what I should go for.

Currently running this 1080p 240Hz monitor as my main with a drawing tablet as my second screen a 24" Huion. Looking to upgrade my monitor im sick of the blurry resolution and 240HZ is kinda no good when your internet is no good.

So was thinking of maybe a step to 1440p 144hz preferably with an IPS panel.

Any suggestions would be great.

Below is the current monitor.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Acer-Predator-XB252Qbmiprzx-ZeroFrame-Adjustable/dp/B01N5OD4S1/ref=sr_1_1?crid=22OT3KZV2YXPG&dchild=1&keywords=xb252q&qid=1606943123&sprefix=xb252q%2Caps%2C171&sr=8-1

what system specs are you running? cpu and gpu? you need oooomph to run a monitor at 240mhz

Stormhawk88

GHOST MGG wrote: »

what system specs are you running? cpu and gpu? you need oooomph to run a monitor at 240mhz

Ryzen 3700x Rtx 2070 super. Mostly run things on low settings. No problems running it, it's the colour variations and ghosting that bother me. Also I want to upgrade from 1080p.

Heart Break Kid

Stormhawk88 wrote: »

Ryzen 3700x Rtx 2070 super. Mostly run things at low settings .

Why? Use a 1080 and everything at max settings and still rock at least 60FPS easy enough except Arma but that’s another issue.

Stormhawk88

Heart Break Kid wrote: »

Why? Use a 1080 and everything at max settings and still rock at least 60FPS easy enough except Arma but that’s another issue.

Depends on the game some have major FPS drops if there's a lot going on. For example I run warzone capped at 120 FPS on medium. It's a happy medium between high frame rate and decent looks.

Samuel T. Cogley

I went link it again but Hardware Unboxed on youtube recently did a round up of the best monitors of 2020. I'd recommend 1440P UW over 4K standard widescreen. I find it very immersive and it's much easier to drive than 4K hardwarewise.

Stormhawk88

Samuel T. Cogley wrote: »

I went link it again but Hardware Unboxed on youtube recently did a round up of the best monitors of 2020. I'd recommend 1440P UW over 4K standard widescreen. I find it very immersive and it's much easier to drive than 4K hardwarewise.

I only watched it there about a half hour ago after finding it linked in Reddit. I had the same take away that 1440p UW is the best option at the moment.

Samuel T. Cogley

Stormhawk88 wrote: »

I only watched it there about a half hour ago after finding it linked in Reddit. I had the same take away that 1440p UW is the best option at the moment.

There is a mini-me thread on Ultrawides.

Mini-mega not mini me

Stormhawk88

Samuel T. Cogley wrote: »

There is a mini-me thread on Ultrawides.

Mini-mega not mini me

I read through the whole lot of it last night and the amount of options is pretty staggering. I hate choosing monitor's there is just way too much choice and opinions.

K.O.Kiki

Stormhawk88 wrote: »

I read through the whole lot of it last night and the amount of options is pretty staggering. I hate choosing monitor's there is just way too much choice and opinions.

Save money until CES in mid-January.

BloodBath

Stormhawk88 wrote: »

I read through the whole lot of it last night and the amount of options is pretty staggering. I hate choosing monitor's there is just way too much choice and opinions.

Hardware unboxed back up their opinions with benchmark data though. It's not all subjective. You can measure the quality of a monitor.

Headphones, dacs and amps is where the real head wreck is.

Stormhawk88

BloodBath wrote: »

Hardware unboxed back up their opinions with benchmark data though. It's not all subjective. You can measure the quality of a monitor.

Headphones, dacs and amps is where the real head wreck is.

I have watched about 5 of their videos today and I'm still none the wiser. It also doesn't help that some of the models are either sold out or not available here.

DACs and amps wouldn't be my my thing but I totally understand headphones. Almost impossible to pick when you don't know whether they will be comfortable on your head and for your usage.