Is jumping into ultrawides a bad move with older systems when you have upgrades planned?

[-Raz-]

I've been looking to upgrade my monitor setup for a long time now as the two I currently use are budget tier (acer p244w LCD panel 1080p@60hz from 2009 and acer kg240a TN panel 1080p@144hz from 2016) but wasn't in a position to do it until recently.  The samsung g9 really interested me when it came out and the g9 neo looks fantastic.  I'm in a position where I could pick one up and have been excited to make the jump to HDR and ultrawides for a long time, but don't know if it would be stupid to do right now.  The ultimate goal is to run an ultrawide plus the two monitors i currently have.

The dilemma is that while I could upgrade my display right now, I wouldn't be able to make full use of it until I upgrade my system.  I'm still running an i2500k and an msi 1070oc (8gb ddr5).  I have no delusions and know that this would not power an ultrawide monitor at 4k for anything practical.  I'd be okay with just running it at 1080-1440@120hz if it could handle that until I upgraded.  At this point I'm just waiting for ddr5 ready processors to come out and will upgrade my gpu when the rtx4000 series releases - and yes i know that means the cpu wouldn't be upgraded until probably around march and the gpu wouldn't be upgraded for likely a year minimum from now.

The main reason why I'm considering this upgrade now is just the trend of pretty much anything related to computer hardware being out of stock immediately after release and bestbuy is still taking preorders on the g9 neo.  Should I jump into this now being aware I won't be able to make full use of it for at least a year, or would the upgrade at this stage not make any meaningful difference, potentially be even more of downgrade on my system performance overall, and wait until I have the hardware to properly drive a display like this as well as seeing if there's potentially a better display available at that time?

[tkitch]

The G9 Neo is a 2500$ screen, and you're going to hook it up to a 300$ PC.

 

Your system can run desktop / video at whatever res just fine, but you won't even be doing 1440 at reasonable res, never mind 2x1440 resolution.

 

If you /know/ you've got the next 2500$ after the Neo to upgrade the PC, then it's totally your call, but that screen seems like MASSIVE overkill.

[-Raz-]

>The G9 Neo is a 2500$ screen, and you're going to hook it up to a 300$ PC.

made me laugh harder than I probably should have at the absurdity of what I plan on doing when you put it like that.

 

As far as upgrade budget goes, I do have that already set aside and the display budget is separate so in general cost isn't the determining factor.  Assuming component naming conventions stay the same the planned upgrade is a build based around a ryzen 7900x processor and an rtx4080, which would be worthy of a display like the g9.  My conundrum is even whether or not my current rig could even power it to the point where it can functionally do anything versus taking the gamble on whether or not the display will be available when my planned parts release.  I have no experience with ultrawides in general and don't know what type of performance to expect from them with various tiers of hardware.  If its something that would more or less have to just sit in its box or only be used for desktop/web browsing only until that upgrade build happens then I likely would take the gamble on availability.  If its capable of being driven by my rig at 1080p w/ hdr and can be used for just about anything at that resolution then I'd probably make the jump.

[Stahlmann]

The 1070 will be able to make the display work. But you will not be able to fully use the 240Hz just yet. I think you'll be limited somewhere between 100-144Hz. But yes your PC can "run" the display. However playing games is a different story. With modern AAA titles the 1070 is not even able to play 1440p at 60Hz without dropping a lot of settings. And this monitor is basically 2 of these screens. You could maybe get games to run @2560x720 which will result in around the same performance as a 1080p monitor.

 

All in all you cannot use this monitor in games without some serious compromises. I just wouldn't get it. Also, there might be a much better monitor on the market by the time you get to your PC upgrade.

[-Raz-]

>With modern AAA titles the 1070 is not even able to play 1440p at 60Hz without dropping a lot of settings. And this monitor is basically 2 of these screens.  You could maybe get games to run @2560x720 which will result in around the same performance as a 1080p monitor.

Thanks man, this is what I was trying to figure out.  Trying to research this has led to pretty much nothing because as far as I can tell it something no one is really trying to do.  Granted I don't play too many new release AAA games these days that still sounds like there would be a performance hit on the things I already do.  Guess I'll wait until the new rig is built.

[xg32]

g9 neo isnt worth 2500usd, it's the same crappy panel with mini-led and fald tacked on to it, but if u really like the curve and the size of the g9, i suppose it's not the worst.

 

If you are not buying for the extreme curve then i recommend the pg35vq instead, just make sure the pc u build after can handle it.