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SimplyChunk
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Hi,

 

I'm looking to upgrade my venerable BenQ XL2720T. I'm looking at curved ultrawides really.  I have an MSi GTX 1070 and with current prices not looking to upgrade that anytime soon.  My question is: How will it drive a 1440p ultrawide?  Does anyone have any experience with a 1070 on one?  Second question is: If it won't cope in high settings, should I still get it knowing the monitor is going to outlast the card anyway?  Third: How do 1440p displays look when 'turned down' to a 1080p resolution?  I'm assuming you'll get some blur like when running 720p on a 1080 monitor.  Thanks

 With all the Trolls, Try Hards, Noobs and Weirdos around here you'd think i'd find SOMEWHERE to fit in!

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I do not have any experience with ultrawides and I have a GTX 1060 not a 1070. Question 1: It should work with ultra wide but with games in 4K on an ultra wide on high settings you would probably want a GTX 1080ti but it should be fine with a 1070. Question 2: I think you should still get the moniter because it will outlast it and you can still play games well. Question 3: It probably depends on the game. Most of them will probably look sharper and might be losing a few pixels. Like I said I do not have experience with ultra wide monitors. I hope this helped! Good luck!

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13 minutes ago, YouSirAreADudeSir said:

How will it drive a 1440p ultrawide?

No high settings in AAA games for sure. Tried the well-optimized and a bit old GTA 5 on my friend's 1440p 21:9 monitor with my PC, couldnt keep 60 fps stable on ultra settings. Clearly wont do that in much newer games, especially since those we recently have are poorly optimized.

 

13 minutes ago, YouSirAreADudeSir said:

If it won't cope in high settings, should I still get it knowing the monitor is going to outlast the card anyway?

Refresh rate of the monitor? Do you like high refresh monitors?

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1 hour ago, AaronsDev said:

I do not have any experience with ultrawides and I have a GTX 1060 not a 1070. Question 1: It should work with ultra wide but with games in 4K on an ultra wide on high settings you would probably want a GTX 1080ti but it should be fine with a 1070. Question 2: I think you should still get the moniter because it will outlast it and you can still play games well. Question 3: It probably depends on the game. Most of them will probably look sharper and might be losing a few pixels. Like I said I do not have experience with ultra wide monitors. I hope this helped! Good luck!

Thanks man, food for thought

1 hour ago, Jurrunio said:

No high settings in AAA games for sure. Tried the well-optimized and a bit old GTA 5 on my friend's 1440p 21:9 monitor with my PC, couldnt keep 60 fps stable on ultra settings. Clearly wont do that in much newer games, especially since those we recently have are poorly optimized.

 

Refresh rate of the monitor? Do you like high refresh monitors?

Yeah that's what i was thinking, don't mind med-high in most cases.

 

120Hz is fun, but not a deal breaker.  i'll do it if i can, but not fussed.  60Hz is more than enough really.  I've even played with backlight strobing on the XL but that just takes away half the brightness lol.  I think, personally, rather than get a 1080p model for cheap now save for a bit and get a 1440p one.  I can always use a 1080 reso on a 1440p rather than dick around using DSR to get 1440 on a 1080p in later years

 With all the Trolls, Try Hards, Noobs and Weirdos around here you'd think i'd find SOMEWHERE to fit in!

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