Should I even bother upgrading

[Harry Livesley]

So I've been thinking about upgrading, but after discussions and looking online, its pointless. No matter what monitor I'm suggested apparently I need to adjust colours which I don't know how to do, all the good 144hz ones I've been recommended apparently have massive screen tearing and stuttering at sub 144fps. Which will be all the time because I play on ultra. My current monitor is only 21.5 inch but it works fine and looks perfectly adequate, so why should I shell out money for something that is pointless and doesn't work?

[BLCT]

Most monitor comes factory adjusted. I know the ASUS and BenQ ones at least.  

[niofalpha]

144 Hz to 60 FPS is night and day once you use it.

Haven't had any tearing issues with my VG248QE

[Harry Livesley]

144 Hz to 60 FPS is night and day once you use it.

That a good thing?

[EthanTheFrogMan]

That a good thing?

yes

 

I would say you should upgrade providing you have the money and a PC capable of running the games you want to run at 144FPS

[Harry Livesley]

yes

 

I would say you should upgrade providing you have the money and a PC capable of running the games you want to run at 144FPS

I said that my PC COULDN'T run them at 144. I play on ultra, so get between 40 and 80 fps.

[Harry Livesley]

Bump

[Harry Livesley]

Bump

[VZX]

I said that my PC COULDN'T run them at 144. I play on ultra, so get between 40 and 80 fps.

If one of the recommended monitors have GSync, it shouldn't have screen tearing and stuttering problem.

[EthanTheFrogMan]

I said that my PC COULDN'T run them at 144. I play on ultra, so get between 40 and 80 fps.

then I would suggest upgrading your PC before you get a 144hz monitor. If your playing at around 80 FPS it will be a waste of money.

[Harry Livesley]

then I would suggest upgrading your PC before you get a 144hz monitor. If your playing at around 80 FPS it will be a waste of money.

shame i dont have the £400-500 needed to upgrade.

[EthanTheFrogMan]

Whats your PC's specs

[Harry Livesley]

Whats your PC's specs

gtx 970 HOF, i5 4670k, 8gb corsair vengeance ddr3 RAM

[EthanTheFrogMan]

gtx 970 HOF, i5 4670k, 8gb corsair vengeance ddr3 RAM

what games are you looking to play?

[Harry Livesley]

what games are you looking to play?

I dont play anything intense at the moment, (will play more fo4 as mods are released), but  i am looking to pick up the witcher 3 and some other games.

[EthanTheFrogMan]

I dont play anything intense at the moment, (will play more fo4 as mods are released), but  i am looking to pick up the witcher 3 and some other games.

well with medium setting you should get around the 80-100 fps mark, in fact I have the same exact setup, same GPU and CPU

[VZX]

Witcher3 is tough on GTX970.

I have to set the quality to high and resolution down to 1680x1050. Granted, my proc is rather old (i5 2400)