1440p vs 1080p gaming with GTX 1070 at 60 fps

[bazingaa95]

I have a gtx 1070 running on i7 6700k. I'm planning on buying a new monitor for both gaming and content creation. I play a lot of graphics heavy games and they'd run great max settings on my 1080p monitor at 60 fps. I don't really play a lot of competitive games and so i don't really need more than 60 fps. So now i'm confused whether i should stick to a 1080p display or should i upgrade to a 1440p monitor. I'm aware that the higher pixel dnesity will improve the overall image quality, but my main concern is gaming at max or close to max setting (after adjusting a few settings) at 60 fps. Will my current gtx 1070 card be able to handle that??

Also if i go for the 1440p display, will i need to use anti aliasing? On 1080p i'd mostly go for 8x MSAA or TXAA. and i'm sure at 1440p my card won't be able to handle that. So will i need to use anti aliasing on a 1440p display?

Pleas help.

[Lord Cluttermonkey]

It should run fine. Not every game will run at max settings but you shouldn't have too much of a problem if you're willing to turn the games down to high.

 

You can easily go by with less antialiasing on a higher resolution monitor but I still wouldn't turn it off. 4x looks fine most of the time.

 

If you have a store with a good return policy I'd say just test a 1440p monitor and if games don't run well enough for you, return it and get a 1080p one.

[Jurrunio]

Even at 4K a little bit of AA is necessary (just FXAA is enough in that case), so at 1440p you'll need some low level anti-aliasing still.

[TH3R34P3R]

if its for content creation, do you want better image quality and color accuracy? if so, you want a 1440p IPS panel. and yeah the 1070 can do 1440p gaming 

[Spotty]

GTX 1070 will be good for a 1440p 60hz panel.

You should still run AA as it will still help smooth out the image and you should have enough performance from the card to do so. If you run in to performance issues just run 4x MSAA instead of 8x. Likewise play at "Very High" or "High" instead of "Ultra" if you run in to performance issues. 1440p High looks better than 1080p Ultra in my opinion. 

[Norseman4]

What really needs to be stated is that it also depends upon the games that you want to play.

 

(I'm on a 6600k and 1070 on a 4k screen so my results will be close, but still not a direct compare.) For me, AC:Odyssey doesn't hit 60fps with max settings at 1080p, but reduce some settings for items that I really don't concentrate on and I get smooth play, but still below 60fps. (displaying a 1080 image on a 4k display is as clean as a native 1080 image on the same screen size, while using a 1440 screen to display a 1080 image isn't quite as nice. IMO)

 

For coding and some photoshop work, being able to go 4k on a 32" screen is very nice.

 

If you can afford it, go for a decent 4k.