1 1440p monitor vs 2 1080p monitors

[jd2195]

I am looking at getting a new monitor soon, or maybe 2, for when I upgrade my graphics card. I am currently using 2 rubbish 1440 x 900 Dell monitors so any upgrade is going to be a significant improvement. I am looking at either getting two 24" 1080p monitors, not sure which ones and I welcome suggestions, or getting one 27" 1440p monitor. If I where to go with the 1440p monitor I would have to get a Korean monitor and would probably go for the X-Star DP2710 and then use one of my 19" as a secondary monitor.

I am going to be upgrading to a Asus Strix GTX 970 so my first concern is would I  be able to run most games at max settings on the 1440p and what would the gaming experience be like on it with a 8ms response time? What would you go for?

 

[OriginalPromise]

I'll get two 1080p monitors, but the question is if you would really benefit from the higher pixel density.

[FloRolf]

I'd say go for the 1440p.

[Avcn42]

Too bad there's no 24-inch 1440p monitor (that I know of), which would be my choice, but I'd still go with one higher resolution monitor than 2 lower resolution monitors.

[Lays]

I'd say 1440p, I switched from 3x 1080p to 1440p, I like having 1440p more since it's so much better looking in terms of picture quality.

[Toddwjp]

well i cant live with less then 2 monitors. but id go 1440p its nice (even though you will have to deal with an odd resolution jump when you move across monitors.

[TheRetiredSlave]

I'd go with the 1440p monitor over two 1080p monitors. The gaming experience at a higher resolution will be more worth it than having two lower-res matching monitors.

 

A 970 will be a great card for 1440p, as it's a bit better than the 780 which most people considered to be a great GPU for 1440p gaming. Maxwell OC's like crazy, so the 970 can perform really close to the 980 (not the same, but a lot closer than the price difference would suggest).

 

GtG time isn't really that important to your gaming experience (don't confuse GtG time with response time/latency). I have both a Korean 1440p  60hz (also 8 ms) and a Asus VG248QE (1080p, 144hz, 1ms), and the difference is somewhat minimal. The difference is definitely there, but I wind up playing most of my games on the 1440p monitor because the higher resolution does make things just look better.

[jd2195]

I'd say go for the 1440p.

 

 

Too bad there's no 24-inch 1440p monitor (that I know of), which would be my choice, but I'd still go with one higher resolution monitor than 2 lower resolution monitors.

 

 

I'd say 1440p, I switched from 3x 1080p to 1440p, I like having 1440p more since it's so much better looking in terms of picture quality.

 

 

well i cant live with less then 2 monitors. but id go 1440p its nice (even though you will have to deal with an odd resolution jump when you move across monitors.

 

 

I'd go with the 1440p monitor over two 1080p monitors. The gaming experience at a higher resolution will be more worth it than having two lower-res matching monitors.

 

A 970 will be a great card for 1440p, as it's a bit better than the 780 which most people considered to be a great GPU for 1440p gaming. Maxwell OC's like crazy, so the 970 can perform really close to the 980 (not the same, but a lot closer than the price difference would suggest).

 

GtG time isn't really that important to your gaming experience (don't confuse GtG time with response time/latency). I have both a Korean 1440p  60hz (also 8 ms) and a Asus VG248QE (1080p, 144hz, 1ms), and the difference is somewhat minimal. The difference is definitely there, but I wind up playing most of my games on the 1440p monitor because the higher resolution does make things just look better.

Ok thanks guys, I will go for the 1440p monitor then, the only thing that is going to annoy me is having two different monitors on my desk but that is not a huge issue. One other thing, I can either get the monitor from the uk eBay here:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Perfect-Pixel-X-STAR-DP2710-LED-27-QHD-2560x1440-Samsung-PLS-Panel-/221239034169:

which as you can see costs £240. Or do you reckon I can get the monitor from the US eBay site from this seller:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/X-STAR-DP2710LED-PLS-Panel-WQHD-2560x1440-27inch-Computer-Monitor-/330932578190?pt=Computer_Monitors&hash=item4d0d1e678e

which costs around £200. They are both coming from Korea so I cannot see an issue with using the American site but I do not know, does anyone have any experience with this?