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1. Budget & Location

Whatever & Ohio

2. Aim

1440p 144hz gaming & normal everyday use

3. Monitors

One for gaming, 2 total, both 1440p

4. Peripherals

Nope

5. Why are you upgrading?

That itch to do it is there

 

I currently have a 980 ti and a 4790k, wanting to pick up a 1440p 144hz monitor for a while now and was looking into what GPU to get as my CPU should be fine right? Do i need 1080 ti? I play most modern games but still tend to play some older ones like cs go and such would my 980 ti be able to run modern games at high? i know at ultra i get low frames in some games at 1440

 

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1080ti and 7700K

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Just now, lilbman said:

1080ti and 7700K

Why? They already have a 4790k.

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Just now, DocSwag said:

Why? They already have a 4790k.

It performs better, and he needs all the frames he can get at 1440p 144hz

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I suggest a 1080 ti. For the monitor, if 24" is fine with you and TN is fine I suggest this monitor:

http://pcpartpicker.com/product/CwgPxr/dell-s2417dg-238-165hz-monitor-s2417dg

1440p 165 hz with g sync. Only for $400

 

If you want 27" and/or IPS then this one. 27" 1440p 165 hz with g sync and IPS.

http://pcpartpicker.com/product/scM323/aoc-ag271qg-270-165hz-monitor-ag271qg

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Just now, lilbman said:

It performs better, and he needs all the frames he can get at 1440p 144hz

The difference is gonna be 10%, max, for an extra $600. Honestly, it's probably not worth it, especially since the CPU will bottleneck less at 1440p than 1080p.

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Desktop:

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Home Server:

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CPU: Pentium G4400, CPU Cooler: Stock, Motherboard: MSI h110l Pro Mini AC, RAM: Hyper X Fury DDR4 1x8gb 2133 MHz, Storage: PNY CS1311 120gb SSD + two Segate 4tb HDDs in RAID 1, Video Card: Does Intel Integrated Graphics count?, Case: Fractal Design Node 304, Power Supply: Seasonic 360w 80+ Gold, Keyboard+Mouse+Monitor: Does it matter?

Laptop (I use it for school):

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Surface book 2 13" with an i7 8650u, 8gb RAM, 256 GB storage, and a GTX 1050

And if you're curious (or a stalker) I have a Just Black Pixel 2 XL 64gb

 

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5 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

The difference is gonna be 10%, max, for an extra $600. Honestly, it's probably not worth it, especially since the CPU will bottleneck less at 1440p than 1080p.

Well he is going to have to buy a new CPU sooner or later.

 

I say we leave it up to him to decide.

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5 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

I suggest a 1080 ti. For the monitor, if 24" is fine with you and TN is fine I suggest this monitor:

http://pcpartpicker.com/product/CwgPxr/dell-s2417dg-238-165hz-monitor-s2417dg

1440p 165 hz with g sync. Only for $400

 

If you want 27" and/or IPS then this one. 27" 1440p 165 hz with g sync and IPS.

http://pcpartpicker.com/product/scM323/aoc-ag271qg-270-165hz-monitor-ag271qg

thanks for the quick response!

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3 minutes ago, lilbman said:

Well he is going to have to buy a new CPU sooner or later.

 

I say we leave it up to him to decide.

if its not too bad of a bottleneck i will probably just wait for the next ipc improvement, otherwise ill upgrade and end up having the next one come out like a month later knowing my luck

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