How much do you usually spend on your monitor in relation to the cost of your PC?

[Chris Pratt]

20 minutes ago, Stahlmann said:

While this is true, somehow i missed the mark completely.

 

My 3080 was 900€, my monitor 1700€. 

 

But yeah, depending on the features you want, monitor prices can skyrocket quickly. Especially for HDR.

I'd say it's probably more of a minimum measure. You can get a monitor far more expensive, because it has additional features or whatever you want, but you shouldn't really go lower by that much. For example, buying a 3080 and pairing it with a like 1080p 120Hz for like $200 would be dumb.

[Chris Pratt]

49 minutes ago, KyberKylo77 said:

Oh yea for sure! btw what do you think about getting a 4K 144Hz display and using it at 4k for productivity but switching it to 1440p 144Hz for gaming whenever I want to? I'm thinking of getting a basic 4K 144Hz display (¬$700) and pairing it up with a RTX 3070 or a 3080 if i have to. 

Yeah, that would be fine. Running it actually at 1440p would probably make things unacceptably blurry, but you can use game specific DSR/temporal upscaling, DLSS, or even FSR in the future, potentially, to send a true 4K image without the performance penalty of rendering at native 4K.

[KyberKylo77]

40 minutes ago, Stahlmann said:

It's not a MiniLED (I have the Asus PG35VQ), but it still has 512 dimming zones, which is still more than most high-end HDR TV's. And i must say, it's extremely impressive. It's better than my C9 OLED TV and that has to mean something. The dimming zones are not noticeable in games and the extra pop and realism HDR brings is truly amazing. Games like Shadow of the Tomb raider or Assasins Creed Odyssey become so much more enjoyable. (Not saying they're bad without HDR, but playing them again in HDR is like playing them again for the first time)

ohh sorry, i thought you had the new one (PG32UQX)

 

[Tan3l6]

I improve my main PC regularly, so it's hard to tell how much it costs.

My monitor cost ~400€ over a year ago.

[Doobeedoo]

Well, maybe between 1/3 or 1/2 of a cost of PC I guess. It can depend, what you're aiming/investing in.

[Stahlmann]

14 minutes ago, KyberKylo77 said:

ohh sorry, i thought you had the new one (PG32UQX)

From what i've seen the PG32UQX seems to suffer from pretty bad blooming, which is probably because it uses an IPS panel and not VA. The higher contrast of VA helps a lot in the fight agains blooming.

[Laytony]

Including my 32" 1440p144hz monitor, if I keep my QN90A, 100%-ish, if I keep my C1, 107%-ish

 

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[MadAnt250]

I don't exactly have a full cost for my PC since some of the components are swapped over from the old setup, but I do have the cost of the upgrade, which is $600 USD.

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1142393-yay-i-switched-to-amd-price-update/?tab=comments#comment-13191143

 

So...

PC: $600 (Not the total value, but go with it.)

Monitor #1: $10 (Does not include shipping)

Monitor #2: Free (Gift from many years ago)

Monitor #3: Free (Found in the trash)

So... 1.67%

 

Displays:

ViewSonic VA2012WB LCD 1680x1050p @ 75Hz (Used for reading)

Gateway VX920 CRT, at 1600x1200 most of the time (Can do 140Hz)

Gateway VX900 CRT (Can be pushed to 175Hz)

7 hours ago, Chris Pratt said:

buying a 3080 and pairing it with a like 1080p 120Hz for like $200 would be dumb.

Agreed.