1080p 60hz with a 5800x and 3080?

[MasteredDelta]

My friend tells me that you really only need a 1080p 60hz display. I tell him that I have a 3080 and he replies with "and". And now I'm confused whether to save money and get like no fps or spend 2x as much and actually get the fps I paid for.

[cmndr]

This will depend on the use case.

General use - 1080p 60Hz is fine.
Single player games - also probably fine.

If you want a bit of comfort or luxury, I'll definitely say that more screen helps.

As an FYI, there's almost no downside to running at a lower resolution on a 4K display and DLSS can help you get reasonably good performance at higher resolutions.

[bmx6454]

Kind of a waste imo, for that setup. I would go for 1440 144hz. If you are happy with 1080p 60hz, stay with that. It’s all about how you like your setup, not other people.

[Shimejii]

59 minutes ago, MasteredDelta said:

My friend tells me that you really only need a 1080p 60hz display. I tell him that I have a 3080 and he replies with "and". And now I'm confused whether to save money and get like no fps or spend 2x as much and actually get the fps I paid for.

Your friend is an idiot and you should no longer take any tech advice from him. 1440p 165hz or 240hz if you play First person shooters. It makes a MASSIVE difference, and anyone that says "it doesnt" is simply wrong. 

 

Its worth it to save up and get a good quality monitor  

[Action_Johnson]

^What he said, was about to post the exact same thing^

 

Your friend is an idiot. 

[patii]

That is a bit bottleneck. I would go for 720p.

[xg32]

6 hours ago, MasteredDelta said:

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just to confirm your friend's an idiot.

 

For that setup i'd go with a 1440p 144hz monitor with current offerings, either the MAG27QRF-QD or AW3423DW. 

 

The AOC 24G2 is the minimum i'd go for with that setup if you wanna run everything on max.

 

No 4k monitor i'd recommend atm, unless you have to run a console along with a pc.

[IPD]

On 3/31/2022 at 11:14 PM, MasteredDelta said:

My friend tells me that you really only need a 1080p 60hz display. I tell him that I have a 3080 and he replies with "and". And now I'm confused whether to save money and get like no fps or spend 2x as much and actually get the fps I paid for.

1080p @60hz wasn't even good enough for a 15.6" laptop 12 years ago.  It was all that was available--sure.  But it certainly wasn't good enough.

[MadAnt250]

On 3/31/2022 at 11:14 PM, MasteredDelta said:

My friend tells me that you really only need a 1080p 60hz display.

Your friend may not be a PC gamer. (Just my guess) 

I am going to say your friend is misinformed, because that is more respectful than what others have responded with.

 

1080p 60Hz display with an RTX 3080... SMH.