should I upgrade?

[entersnd5]

Hi I'm new the form and this will be my first post.

I have been mulling over my options for awhile now and just can't make up my mind of 4k or not. I've seen just about every review of whether to do it or not. Ive read alot of post and the main thing that keeps popping up is just wait for amd 390x or pascal or for the price drops of 4K.

I moved up from an AOC 23 inch 1080p to a Qnix 1440p monitor and going from 2,073,600 pixels to 3,686,400 is a little sharper but 1080p at 23inch has a ppi of 95.78 and 1440p at 27 has 108.79 ppi, that only a 13 ppi difference. 3.6 million pixels sounds impressive but moving up in screen size would 13 extra ppi give u that much more detail? My friends cant tell a bit of difference. Now moving from 1440p to 4k (8,924,400 pixels) and going to a 28 would be 157.35 ppi and now that's a difference of 48.56 ppi and that sounds like it will be alot More noticable difference. Now I understand going from a 23 inch 1080p to a 28 inch 1080p u would lose clarity because of the ppi would be 78.68 u would lose 17.10 ppI and the 1440p allows u to keep that clarity of a 1080p at 23 inch and then some (13ppi extra) at 27inch.

Now my system specs to push this. I want to get the titan x and I have the cash atm to get it and the monitor And I could use one 760 as an physx card on game that would utilize it. Currently sli 760s.

4770k at 4.2ghz

8 ggigs 1600 Mhz

asus z87-a

Kingwin 1220 watt psu

The 4k monitor I'm looking at right now is the Asus PB287Q for 540 usd.

What do you guys think? Am I thinking into this to much? Should I just make the jump or not? Any input positive or negative is wecomed. Thanks for everyone's time.

[jameshumphries47]

Hi I'm new the form and this will be my first post.

I have been mulling over my options for awhile now and just can't make up my mind of 4k or not. I've seen just about every review of whether to do it or not. Ive read alot of post and the main thing that keeps popping up is just wait for amd 390x or pascal or for the price drops of 4K.

I moved up from an AOC 23 inch 1080p to a Qnix 1440p monitor and going from 2,073,600 pixels to 3,686,400 is a little sharper but 1080p at 23inch has a ppi of 95.78 and 1440p at 27 has 108.79 ppi, that only a 13 ppi difference. 3.6 million pixels sounds impressive but moving up in screen size would 13 extra ppi give u that much more detail? My friends cant tell a bit of difference. Now moving from 1440p to 4k (8,924,400 pixels) and going to a 28 would be 157.35 ppi and now that's a difference of 48.56 ppi and that sounds like it will be alot More noticable difference. Now I understand going from a 23 inch 1080p to a 28 inch 1080p u would lose clarity because of the ppi would be 78.68 u would lose 17.10 ppI and the 1440p allows u to keep that clarity of a 1080p at 23 inch and then some (13ppi extra) at 27inch.

Now my system specs to push this. I want to get the titan x and I have the cash atm to get it and the monitor And I could use one 760 as an physx card on game that would utilize it. Currently sli 760s.

4770k at 4.2ghz

8 ggigs 1600 Mhz

asus z87-a

Kingwin 1220 watt psu

The 4k monitor I'm looking at right now is the Asus PB287Q for 540 usd.

What do you guys think? Am I thinking into this to much? Should I just make the jump or not? Any input positive or negative is wecomed. Thanks for everyone's time.

i just looked at resolution and speed and if it was ips when i bought mine!! aha i have no idea?

[grayblizzard]

welcome to the forum and what is your current gpu???

 

oh i see yours now nvm well that would be one heck of a upgrade but sure???

[The Toaster]

The bump from 1080p to 1440p isn't really worth it, (Unless you get a 25")

If you really want to go 4k. Sell your current gpus on ebay, and get the 390x like you said.

Still, I do not know when it is coming out. So in the meantime. Save up some dough.

[The Toaster]

welcome to the forum and what is your current gpu???

He said a 760 sli.

[DarkBlade2117]

Hi I'm new the form and this will be my first post.

I have been mulling over my options for awhile now and just can't make up my mind of 4k or not. I've seen just about every review of whether to do it or not. Ive read alot of post and the main thing that keeps popping up is just wait for amd 390x or pascal or for the price drops of 4K.

I moved up from an AOC 23 inch 1080p to a Qnix 1440p monitor and going from 2,073,600 pixels to 3,686,400 is a little sharper but 1080p at 23inch has a ppi of 95.78 and 1440p at 27 has 108.79 ppi, that only a 13 ppi difference. 3.6 million pixels sounds impressive but moving up in screen size would 13 extra ppi give u that much more detail? My friends cant tell a bit of difference. Now moving from 1440p to 4k (8,924,400 pixels) and going to a 28 would be 157.35 ppi and now that's a difference of 48.56 ppi and that sounds like it will be alot More noticable difference. Now I understand going from a 23 inch 1080p to a 28 inch 1080p u would lose clarity because of the ppi would be 78.68 u would lose 17.10 ppI and the 1440p allows u to keep that clarity of a 1080p at 23 inch and then some (13ppi extra) at 27inch.

Now my system specs to push this. I want to get the titan x and I have the cash atm to get it and the monitor And I could use one 760 as an physx card on game that would utilize it. Currently sli 760s.

4770k at 4.2ghz

8 ggigs 1600 Mhz

asus z87-a

Kingwin 1220 watt psu

The 4k monitor I'm looking at right now is the Asus PB287Q for 540 usd.

What do you guys think? Am I thinking into this to much? Should I just make the jump or not? Any input positive or negative is wecomed. Thanks for everyone's time.

I don't know to much about monitors but my local bestbuy has a 1080p,1440p, and 4k monitors all next to each other. All at 27 inches, 4k is a 33inch. The difference is the 1080p and 1440p are 144hz 1 ms Response. The 1440p has G-Sync and the 4k monitor (don't remember exact name) but it was some LG curved Monitor for like $1200 on sale I think. Havnt gone up there in awhile. But in the end I truly loved the 1440p. For gaming the 1440p for sure, maybe one day I'll get a nice TV or a nice monitor like that to watch movies and 4k por... Nvm but it would be nice for movies and stuff. Yeah movies

[Chickenator]

I agree with the above posts.  Dual 760's won't exactly be the powerhouse you want for gaming at 4K.  the R9 390 or 390X will be a good option when it comes out, but I personally think that it will retail for a bajillion dollars.  If you a.: don't have that much money or b.: can't wait a few months for the price to drop after release, I would go for a nice 980 from MSI or EVGA, or dual GTX 970s.  Both of those will be a good option, and be anywhere from 500-650 dollars.

[DarkBlade2117]

I agree with the above posts. Dual 760's won't exactly be the powerhouse you want for gaming at 4K. the R9 390 or 390X will be a good option when it comes out, but I personally think that it will retail for a bajillion dollars. If you a.: don't have that much money or b.: can't wait a few months for the price to drop after release, I would go for a nice 980 from MSI or EVGA, or dual GTX 970s. Both of those will be a good option, and be anywhere from 500-650 dollars.

If he can afford a titan he misewell go Dual 980s or Titan (Depending on the 980, some have been proven to be better then a Titan)

[Chickenator]

Titans seems a wee bit expensive, but BOY can they handle 4K.  Therefore, I concur with your assessment.

[entersnd5]

Thanks for the quick responses!! I already have a 1440p Qnix and it's great besides the major backlight bleed at the bottom left while playing metro 2033. It is an ah-ips panel and the viewing angles are awsome and I realize the Asus panel is tn but out of the reviews it's pretty much the best bargin 4k screen atm. Regardless of what I choose I'm going with the titan x. I'm not a fan boy by any means but watching my friend pull his hair out over his 295x2 being choppy with cod advance warfare turned me away. I had to figure out how to disable his crossfire on that card to play a game that has been out since last year and it's still choppy at the start of every map. I mean come on where is the crossfire profiles. he got mad watching me play it with my 2 760s at 1440p just fine But that's off topic Lol

[Guest Strangerbob]

Get a gsync monitor.

 

That will bring you way, Way, WAY more enjoyment than any other possible upgrade you could do.

 

I would buy the LG 34um67 with freesync myself and switch to a 290x if i were you.

[tyrz_939]

I just got a nice new 1200p IPS monitor for doing work on because I didn't want high PPI, windows scaling on some of the older programs I use is unusable. Also there's an older game I play that maxes out 1280x960 in windowed mode, it's small enough on my 1440p screen so 1200p is great for it, lol. Shame I'm not keeping it at home.

[entersnd5]

Well I went ahead and ordered the Asus PB287Q 4k display and the EVGA Titan x. I plan on buying the KRAKEN GT10 GPU Bracket with the water cooler and will post bench marks of the stock vs AIO Liquid cooing. I have a 1080p, 1440p and the 4k display and will post my benchmarks on every screen vs my SLI GTX 760s so look foward to that.