Should I Upgrade my GPU now or Monitor?

[Geoff Roos]

I’m planning on upgrading my system. I want to buy the RTX 2080 Super from ASUS. But it’s Price has increased to about $CAD 1200. And it’s rumored that NVIDIA is gonna release the new 3000 series soon. Or I could get the Razer Raptor display( which is 144Hz, 1440P, 27 inch).
 

my current pc specs:

GTX 1060 6GB

i7-9700k

my monitor:

some old dell monitor. It’s like 24 inch. 1080P, 60Hz and 8ms response time. And it’s thick.

 

so I’m not sure if I should buy the monitor now(I’d have to play at lower graphics settings because the card won’t be able to handle the better monitor) and wait for the 3000 series or just buy the card.

 

Im just looking for opinions because I’m really stumped at what my best option is.

 

[boggy77]

there are plenty of 2080 supers out there much cheaper than 1200, why do you specifically want the asus one? there are also much cheaper 1440p 144hz screens out there than the razer one. i'm sure you can fit both in your budget if you care a bit less about brands and just get better value products.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
Video Card	Zotac GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB GAMING Video Card	$996.50 @ Vuugo
Monitor	Acer VG271U Pbmiipx 27.0" 2560x1440 144 Hz Monitor	$559.45 @ Amazon Canada
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1555.95
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-11 09:44 EDT-0400

 

[Geoff Roos]

25 minutes ago, boggy77 said:

there are plenty of 2080 supers out there much cheaper than 1200, why do you specifically want the asus one? there are also much cheaper 1440p 144hz screens out there than the razer one. i'm sure you can fit both in your budget if you care a bit less about brands and just get better value products.

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
Video Card	Zotac GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB GAMING Video Card	$996.50 @ Vuugo
Monitor	Acer VG271U Pbmiipx 27.0" 2560x1440 144 Hz Monitor	$559.45 @ Amazon Canada
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1555.95
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-11 09:44 EDT-0400

 

just by looking at reviews and websites The asus ROG Strix card is just the best. Looking at the Zotac people say the temps can be high. I dont know but looking at it the asus one is better. And then monitor wise the razer one is the best i could find that has everything i want. (144Hz 1440p,and G-sync). again i wasn't able to find anything better.

[i_build_nanosuits]

21 minutes ago, Geoff Roos said:

just by looking at reviews and websites The asus ROG Strix card is just the best. Looking at the Zotac people say the temps can be high. I dont know but looking at it the asus one is better. And then monitor wise the razer one is the best i could find that has everything i want. (144Hz 1440p,and G-sync). again i wasn't able to find anything better.

Nvidia now support freesync as well so you dont need a gsync monitor anymore.

 

I would look for both monitor and GPU...2070 super does great at 1440p as well...