Need recommendation for upgrading from 1080p to 1440p

[Jess207]

First of all I want to upgrade my rig, going from 1080p to 1440p

and I need recommendation for GPU and monitor upgrade, (the pricing is on best new card/monitor price I could find in my country - somewhere in Asia)

what I am aiming for is good quality in good price, avoiding broken / issues in hardware in the first 2 years

Mainly I will be using my PC for gaming 2-6Hrs a day,

Games that I play : assassins creed, tomb raider, call of duty, final fantasy, deus ex, witcher, monster hunter, forza, arma

 

For GPU I found these (clock specs based on their website) :

1. Zotac GTX 1070 Ti AMP Edition at 446USD (BaseClock 1607MHz BoostClock 1683MHz)

2. Asus Cerberus A8G GTX 1070Ti at 526USD (BaseClock 1607MHz BoostClock 1683MHz, OC mode BaseClock 1670MHz BoostClock 1746MHz)

3. MSI Duke GTX 1070Ti at 533USD (BaseClock 1607MHz BoostClock 1683MHz)

 

4. Zotac GTX 1080 AMP Edition at 537USD (BaseClock 1683MHz BoostClock 1822MHz)

5. Digital Alliance Dual GTX1080 at 617USD (BaseClock 1607MHz BoostClock 1733MHz)

- *other brands GTX1080 are above 700USD which is above RTX2070 cards I found below

 

MSI Armor 8G RTX2070 at 639USD (BoostClock 1620MHz)

Galax EXOC RTX2070 at 702 USD (BoostClock 1815MHz)

Asus Dual OC RTX2070 at 749 USD (BoostClock 1740 MHz)

 

Question1 :

Between those 1070Ti and 1080, which one should I go for? I know that difference in aftermarket cooler is not significant, any comment regarding the reliability/performance?

 

I added the RTX but only find the MSI Armor version one for the cheapest price, the others aftermarket manufacturer are selling for above 749USD (Galax EXOC and Asus Dual OC),

I dont plan to go on 4k, so I put 2080/2080Ti out and since it is around 600-900USD more expensive in my place anyway

Question2 :

Does RTX2070 worth the money while I dont play games with optimized raytracing features like BFV?

Does the RTX2070 give better graphics quality for other games over its GTX 1070Ti/1080 brother? and should I choose to upgrade to RTX 2070 over the GTX1070Ti and 1080?

If you recommend me to upgrade to RTX2070, can my PSU (550W Seasonic focus gold 80+) run it? if not, leave this question alone

 

For 1440p 144Hz monitor, I have searched for issues and reviews,

1. AOC AGON AG271QX at 550USD (few youtube and web review says that it has flickering issues)

2. BenQ XL2730 at 619USD

3. Dell S2716DG at 605USD (few web review says it has color banding problems)

so far I put my eyes on BenQ XL2730 due to less issues reported

Question3 :

Which monitor should I go for? any comments for the product issues I found on web review?

 

current rig :

CPU: i7 7700k

GPU: MSI GTX 1060 6Gb GamingX

PSU : Seasonic 550W 80+ Gold

RAM: 16GB Corsair vengeance DDR4 running at 2400MHz

Motherboard: Asus B250H gaming

Monitor : LG 22MP68 1080p at 75hz refresh rate (HDMI connection only)

[SupaKomputa]

1. you're comparing civic to an accord.

2. Anything new is good, 2070 will perform the same as 1080 or 1080ti, you can also get the 2060 that have the same performance as 1070ti for less.

So for the same price you'll get the roughly the same performance plus an RTX.

Wether you use the RT, is not important to answer right now.

Games will adopt it fully one or two years later. Without it, still looks amazing.

Most GPU will run at max 100-250 watt, that puts a total in your system to around 350-400, so a (real) 500 watt will do.

3. Anyone that says "Gsync 144hz support". Make sure it has Displayport connections.

[mxk]

22 minutes ago, Jess207 said:

Question1 :

Between those 1070Ti and 1080, which one should I go for? I know that difference in aftermarket cooler is not significant, any comment regarding the reliability/performance?

 

I added the RTX but only find the MSI Armor version one for the cheapest price, the others aftermarket manufacturer are selling for above 749USD (Galax EXOC and Asus Dual OC),

I dont plan to go on 4k, so I put 2080/2080Ti out and since it is around 600-900USD more expensive in my place anyway

Question2 :

Does RTX2070 worth the money while I dont play games with optimized raytracing features like BFV?

Does the RTX2070 give better graphics quality for other games over its GTX 1070Ti/1080 brother? and should I choose to upgrade to RTX 2070 over the GTX1070Ti and 1080?

If you recommend me to upgrade to RTX2070, can my PSU (550W Seasonic focus gold 80+) run it? if not, leave this question alone

The 1080 and 1070Ti are close to the same card, but the 1080 has faster memory than the 1070.

 

The RTX 2070 does have some other things it can do when it's not using ray tracing. The RTX cards are better for work than the 1070Ti/1080 because of their tensor cores. The RTX 2070 will be a little better than the 1080, and then it will be better than the 1070TI (you have to overclock the 1070Ti to get stock 1080 performance). It'll be a little bit better for graphics (but not by much really at all) because it has GDDR6 memory, whereas the 1080 has GDDR5x and the 1070Ti has GDDR5.

 

GPUs and new components that come out will usually use less power, since the goal is to be efficient. A 550w is fine if you're not overclocking your CPU and doing big overclocks on the GPU. Get a 650w if you want to do those things.

[mxk]

3 minutes ago, SupaKomputa said:

2070 will perform the same as 1080 or 1080ti

Is the gap between the 1080 and 1080Ti that small?

[SupaKomputa]

8 minutes ago, mxk. said:

Is the gap between the 1080 and 1080Ti that small?

1070 to 1080 not much, but to 1080ti there's considerable gap.

[Jess207]

21 minutes ago, SupaKomputa said:

1. you're comparing civic to an accord.

2. Anything new is good, 2070 will perform the same as 1080 or 1080ti, you can also get the 2060 that have the same performance as 1070ti for less.

So for the same price you'll get the roughly the same performance plus an RTX.

Wether you use the RT, is not important to answer right now.

Games will adopt it fully one or two years later. Without it, still looks amazing.

Most GPU will run at max 100-250 watt, that puts a total in your system to around 350-400, so a (real) 500 watt will do.

3. Anyone that says "Gsync 144hz support". Make sure it has Displayport connections.

thanks for the thoughts, I might go for the MSI RTX2070 then (considering 550W PSU, I think the Asus/Galax card will draw more power)

 

now that nVidia has adaptive sync with freesync enabled monitors, and Gsync monitor is about 300-400USD more expensive at my place, should I really go for Gsync monitors?

[SupaKomputa]

I don't know about that, its probably the price you pay for joining their ecosystem.

[mlitttler89]

I have a Gigabyte RTX 2070, Ryzen 2700, and an ASUS AG289Q. I play Assassin's Creed Odyssey and average around 65-75fps at 1440p on mostly high and very high settings. This is all with a 550W gold EVGA PSU. However, at the prices you've quoted, I don't know if I'd go for the RTX 2070 over a 1080. Where I live, 1080s were about the same price as the 2070 but have now shot up in price and are now quite a bit more.

 

For monitors, I only have experience with my ASUS monitor but I must say that it is pretty amazing. I believe it has the same panel as the AOC AG279QG. G-sync is a real luxury.

[xg32]

1 hour ago, Jess207 said:

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i'd get the new gigabyte 1440p/144hz monitor that's just announced for 600usd, the monitor should be the first thing that you pick. After you pick your monitor, if it doesn't have hdr, just grab the 1070 ti at the prices you listed, if the monitor has hdr (even bad hdr400) grab a rtx card cause it does hdr better, raytracing should not be a concern.