Good G-Sync Monitor for my rig?

[OilianEiax33]

hello, i was looking for a G-Sync monitor that you allow me to play games like CS: GO and Team Fortress 2 at maxed settings 1080p 60fps, i was thinking the Asus RoG Swift PQ278Q but i'm not sure if my GPU is powerful enough to run those things comfortably, any answer is welcome!

 

MY RIG:

 

CASE: Obsidian Series® 450D Mid-Tower PC Case

 

PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 550 GS 80 Plus Gold Rated, Fully Modular ATX 12V/EPS 12V ECO Mode Power Supply 220-GS-0550-V1

 

MOBO: MSI Z97 Gaming 7

 

GFX: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Superclocked ACX 2.0 

 

RAM:  G.Skill F3-2400C10D-8GTX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200 2400MHz TridentX Series CL10 (10-12-12-31) Dual Channel kit

 

CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-4690K Processor (6M Cache, up to 3.90 GHz

 

DVD Drive: LiteOn 24x Internal SATA DVD RW Drive [iHAS124-14]

 

SSD: Kingston HyperX Savage 240GB SSD SATA 3 2.5 (7mm height) Solid Sate Drive (SHSS37A/240G)

 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - CPU Cooler with 120mm PWM Fan (RR-212E-20PK-R2)

 

Case Fans: COUGAR CFT12S4 Turbine CF-T12S4 120mm Case Fan (x5)

 

Wifi Adapter: TP-LINK Archer T8E AC1750 Dual Band Wireless PCI Express Adapter, 2.4Ghz 450Mbps + 5Ghz 1300Mbps, 3T3R MIMO

[DarkBlade2117]

A GTX 980? You could get a 1440p monitor and run 60fps on almost every game

[STRMfrmXMN]

hello, i was looking for a G-Sync montori that you allow me to play games like CS: GO and Team Fortress 2 at maxed settings 1080p 60fps, i was thinking the Asus RoG Swift PQ278Q but i'm not sure if my GPU is powerful enough to run those things comfortably, any answer is welcome!

 

MY RIG:

 

CASE: Obsidian Series® 450D Mid-Tower PC Case

 

PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 550 GS 80 Plus Gold Rated, Fully Modular ATX 12V/EPS 12V ECO Mode Power Supply 220-GS-0550-V1

 

MOBO: MSI Z97 Gaming 7

 

GFX: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Superclocked ACX 2.0 

 

RAM:  G.Skill F3-2400C10D-8GTX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200 2400MHz TridentX Series CL10 (10-12-12-31) Dual Channel kit

 

CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-4690K Processor (6M Cache, up to 3.90 GHz

 

DVD Drive: LiteOn 24x Internal SATA DVD RW Drive [iHAS124-14]

 

SSD: Kingston HyperX Savage 240GB SSD SATA 3 2.5 (7mm height) Solid Sate Drive (SHSS37A/240G)

 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - CPU Cooler with 120mm PWM Fan (RR-212E-20PK-R2)

 

Case Fans: COUGAR CFT12S4 Turbine CF-T12S4 120mm Case Fan (x5)

 

Wifi Adapter: TP-LINK Archer T8E AC1750 Dual Band Wireless PCI Express Adapter, 2.4Ghz 450Mbps + 5Ghz 1300Mbps, 3T3R MIMO

Gonna have this moved to Displays.

[manikyath]

to be honest, with a GTX980 you could run both of those games at 4K, together if needed...

[Dzzope]

This is probably a troll post but if not, a 980 will run those games at 60fps minimum at 4k... But I'd go for the Asus predator 1440, 144hz, IPS over the swift.

[Badger906]

xb280hk 4k g sync great monitor.

source:there's one on my desk

[OilianEiax33]

Okay thanks you for the replies!

 

This is probably a troll post but if not, a 980 will run those games at 60fps minimum at 4k... But I'd go for the Asus predator 1440, 144hz, IPS over the swift.

what about the Asus RoG Swift PQ278Q? which one is better? And what's IPS i truly dont know.

 

 

[whitedragon101]

 

Okay thanks you for the replies!

 

what about the Asus RoG Swift PQ278Q? which one is better? And what's IPS i truly dont know.

 

 

 

 

 

IPS (in plane switching) - has much better viewing angles and no colour shift, slow response times, slow refresh rate*

 

TN (Twisted Nematic) - poor viewing angles and colour shift, fast response times, fast refresh rate

 

Basically an IPS monitor looks much much better and a TN monitor updates faster.

 

 

* However, the problems with TN are endemic to TN and aren't going to be solved.  The problems with IPS are being solved and there are now monitors where you get all the shiny visuals of an IPS monitor with a fast refresh rate.  eg as Dzzope said the Asus predator 1440, 144hz, IPS .  They still can't get to 1ms response time yet like a TN but 4ms is pretty good.

 

The visual difference between TN and IPS is not subtle IPS just looks a lot better.

 

Asus agree IPS is better and are going IPS this year for their gaming monitors.  They will be releasing a 144hz 1440p IPS freesync monitor (Q2-Q3 )and a 60hz 4K g-sync IPS monitor (Q3).  If pulling the trigger now the Acer Predator is the best option.

 

The Acer Predator has g-sync too which should help a lot with frame rate dips and match with your nVidia card

 

[Dzzope]

 

Okay thanks you for the replies!

 

what about the Asus RoG Swift PQ278Q? which one is better? And what's IPS i truly dont know.

 

 

 

Whitedragon has it explained very well above, basically you get better colour, viewing angles and image quality overall.. However usually there are issues with fast paced games.. The predator addresses most if not all those concerns though.

 

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