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Is it worth it going from a 1920x1080p 60hz monitor to a 3440x1440p 100hz monitor?

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Currently using a ryzen 5 2600 and an rtx 2070 super. Anyone here taht upgraded from 1920x1080p to 3440x1440p? Would like to know your opinions and reflections on your upgrade.

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Yes. Once you go ultra wide, you never go back.

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it's worth it to upgrade to 144Hz. Especially if you have a 600 dollar graphics card 

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16 hours ago, IAEInferno said:

Currently using a ryzen 5 2600 and an rtx 2070 super. Anyone here taht upgraded from 1920x1080p to 3440x1440p? Would like to know your opinions and reflections on your upgrade.

That's a huge change in both resolution and refresh rate.  You will be very happy.  I moved to 1440p ultrawide 120 Hz and haven't looked back.

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7 hours ago, RAS_3885 said:

That's a huge change in both resolution and refresh rate.  You will be very happy.  I moved to 1440p ultrawide 120 Hz and haven't looked back.

Awesome, that's definitely good to hear. Is 60hz and 100hz really a major difference?

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I used a GTX 1080 with a 3440 X 1440 ultra wide for 2 years and it did replace my 1080p 27" monitor. 

Even though I have a 4k gaming rig with a 2080 ti I play all modern games at 21:9. 

 

One of the downsides to ultra wide is that some older games(ports) don't like it. I use mods for some of them but I will always keep a 16:9 monitor or TV around to play some of them.

 

Also you have lots of power for 1080p but it is weak for 3440 X 1440. It will mean more time spent playing with settings on harder to run games but it will be worth it.

I watch Hardware Unbox's Optimization guids as well.

 

With some games you will be at 60fps because staying over 100fps even with a 2080 ti is hard to do on them. Those are games like Assassin's Creed Odyssey and Shadow of the Tomb Raider. Fortunately these types of games play fine at lower frame rate so it is no big deal.

 

 

 

 

 

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11 hours ago, IAEInferno said:

Awesome, that's definitely good to hear. Is 60hz and 100hz really a major difference?

It's really going to depend on the person, but for me it's noticeable.  I went from 1080p 60 Hz to 1440p 144 Hz to 1440p ultrawide 120 Hz.  I personally don't notice all that much difference between 100/120 and 144 Hz, but any of those are a noticeable improvement for me over 60 Hz.

 

I run 3440x1440 with a GTX 1080 and I'm not able to hit 100+ fps in all games.  When the FPS dips down to the 60-70 range I can tell.  It's still smooth with Gsynce, but the difference is there.

 

Regardless, I'm still very happy and will likely upgrade my graphics card sometime next year.

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16 hours ago, jones177 said:

I used a GTX 1080 with a 3440 X 1440 ultra wide for 2 years and it did replace my 1080p 27" monitor. 

Even though I have a 4k gaming rig with a 2080 ti I play all modern games at 21:9. 

 

One of the downsides to ultra wide is that some older games(ports) don't like it. I use mods for some of them but I will always keep a 16:9 monitor or TV around to play some of them.

 

Also you have lots of power for 1080p but it is weak for 3440 X 1440. It will mean more time spent playing with settings on harder to run games but it will be worth it.

I watch Hardware Unbox's Optimization guids as well.

 

With some games you will be at 60fps because staying over 100fps even with a 2080 ti is hard to do on them. Those are games like Assassin's Creed Odyssey and Shadow of the Tomb Raider. Fortunately these types of games play fine at lower frame rate so it is no big deal.

 

 

 

 

 

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On 11/15/2019 at 4:23 AM, RAS_3885 said:

It's really going to depend on the person, but for me it's noticeable.  I went from 1080p 60 Hz to 1440p 144 Hz to 1440p ultrawide 120 Hz.  I personally don't notice all that much difference between 100/120 and 144 Hz, but any of those are a noticeable improvement for me over 60 Hz.

 

I run 3440x1440 with a GTX 1080 and I'm not able to hit 100+ fps in all games.  When the FPS dips down to the 60-70 range I can tell.  It's still smooth with Gsynce, but the difference is there.

 

Regardless, I'm still very happy and will likely upgrade my graphics card sometime next year.

What's the model of the 3440x1440p monitor that you are using?

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7 hours ago, IAEInferno said:

What's the model of the 3440x1440p monitor that you are using?

Dell Alienware AW3418DW

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