Swift or 1080?

[Dankirk]

Hi!

 

I've been wondering about which display I should go for..

 

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This is what I have:

Chipset: Intel Z87

CPU: i5 4670K (will probably upgrade to 4790K in some months)

RAM: 16GB 1866MHz PC15000

GF GTX 980

 

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What my main issue is here, is that some games I'm afraid of going to play with resolutions above 1080p (maxed out dishonored, metro 2033 etc) with an at least average 50-60 FPS. And games I can scale up to 1440p/4K with max settings such as LoL, WoW etc, since I dont know what this GPU actually can deliver.

 

So what I mean is what is more worth it, downscale from 1440p to 1080p on some games, or scale up from 1080p to 1440p/2160p?

I'm thinking of going with a 1080p display since I've heard people saying that going BELOW the original resolution makes the image bad.

 

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Here is my choices of displays:

 

G-Sync, 144Hz, 1ms, 1440p: ROG Swift

G-Sync, 144Hz, 1ms, 1080p: Asus VG248QE

 

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So can you help me? :3

[79wjd]

If you play FPS games then go 1080p with Gsync or 144hz w/o gsync and save some money. 

 

If you do not play FPS then go 1440p without gsync. It's also worth noting that the Swift costs $1000 while non 144hz 1440p monitors are $400~ and 144hz 1080p monitors are $300~.

[GloriousPain]

ROG SWIFT.

[Dankirk]

If you play FPS games then go 1080p with Gsync or 144hz w/o gsync and save some money. 

 

If you do not play FPS then go 1440p without gsync. It's also worth noting that the Swift costs $1000 while non 144hz 1440p monitors are $400~ and 144hz 1080p monitors are $300~.

 

I do not care about prices, I only want 1 of these two displays.

Thanks anyways for response

[TheMcSame]

Honestly I wouldn't recommend the ROG Swift. It's not that it's a bad monitor, it's just it costs far too much for what it is.  If you're willing to spend that much but only do 1080p then go for something like the VG278HE or the VG248QE that you mentioned. There's no point getting the Swift if you're going to be running games in 1080p.

[Dankirk]

ROG SWIFT.

 

Why?

 

I'm not that enlightened in display tech or functions so I need guidance

[Dankirk]

Honestly I wouldn't recommend the ROG Swift. It's not that it's a bad monitor, it's just it costs far too much for what it is.  If you're willing to spend that much but only do 1080p then go for something like the VG278HE or the VG248QE that you mentioned. There's no point getting the Swift if you're going to be running games in 1080p.

 

I also thought about this, but my friend keeps telling me that the ROG Swift is a better screen in many ways, except the pricetag.

[GloriousPain]

Why?

 

I'm not that enlightened in display tech or functions so I need guidance

if you can afford it it's one of the best displays I can think of, 1440p 144hz and it's color reproduction is amazing, on par with some ips monitors, and with your 980 you can use G-Sync and should have enough graphics horse power to push it pretty far, and rarely need to set it down to 1080p 

[Joshua Ondangan]

I also thought about this, but my friend keeps telling me that the ROG Swift is a better screen in many ways, except the pricetag.

yes this is true but well seeing that you're already willing to pull the trigger just go buy it.

 

I'm just waiting for some 4k monitor at 32" 144hz with 1ms and IPS to come out before I pull any panties off. (with removable mount too ) I'd totally put them in x3 monitor setup and just probably add more gpu to get the power to run them but hey I prioritize eye orgasm more than money.

[TheMcSame]

I also thought about this, but my friend keeps telling me that the ROG Swift is a better screen in many ways, except the pricetag.

The screen is better, higher res, ultra low response time and to top it all off it's an 8 bit TN panel so the colours are pretty decent. If you aren't going to be utilising what the monitor can do then there isn't much point in buying it. Playing in 1080p with the swift would be a massive waste.

In all honesty I don't see why you'd play at 1080p with a 1440p monitor anyway, it's not like the 980 can't handle it, you'd need to turn down some of the eye candy to utilise the full 144hz but really that's about it. Even the beefiest rigs need to take the settings down a bit to hit a constant 144 FPS in games like Metro so there.

 

Again, I wouldn't recommend the Swift right now. Wait for freesync then get the swift when it drops down to something more sensible.