New monitor decision

[JabroniBaloney]

I'm planning on getting a new monitor Friday. As of now, I'm pretty set on the Dell S2716DG. 

When it comes to hardware,  I have an I5 4590 and 1060 6GB. I know I won't be getting 144hz in 1440 except in Rocket League, but it's doubtful I'll upgrade the monitor until it dies.

Though there's also the thought of a 29" ultrawide because I don't play many fps games. 

What would jebus do?

 

[Princess Luna]

29UM68-P

[aithos]

Two things:

 

1) If you tweak your settings you can get over 100fps stable in most games with your current hardware without any problem.  Just turn down AA (don't use super-sampling like MSAA) and turn down or turn off ambient occlusion in those games.  It's silly that people think you need a 1080ti to run 1440p 120hz+, I've been doing it for over 4 years with no problems and I typically run very high to high on basically every setting except AA.

 

2) Take some time and download an ICC profile and then calibrate your display, even though it's a TN panel it will help make it look quite a bit better.  Also, I strongly recommend you run ULMB instead of GSync except in highly demanding AAA (ie: single player) games.  You'll have a much better overall experience eliminating motion blur than by increasing the refresh rate a little or removing minor screen tearing, trust me.

 

I would also forget ultra-wide, personally I'm not a fan because they virtually all compromise on what I consider "core" features for gaming monitors.

 

[JabroniBaloney]

9 hours ago, aithos said:

Two things:

 

1) If you tweak your settings you can get over 100fps stable in most games with your current hardware without any problem.  Just turn down AA (don't use super-sampling like MSAA) and turn down or turn off ambient occlusion in those games.  It's silly that people think you need a 1080ti to run 1440p 120hz+, I've been doing it for over 4 years with no problems and I typically run very high to high on basically every setting except AA.

 

2) Take some time and download an ICC profile and then calibrate your display, even though it's a TN panel it will help make it look quite a bit better.  Also, I strongly recommend you run ULMB instead of GSync except in highly demanding AAA (ie: single player) games.  You'll have a much better overall experience eliminating motion blur than by increasing the refresh rate a little or removing minor screen tearing, trust me.

 

I would also forget ultra-wide, personally I'm not a fan because they virtually all compromise on what I consider "core" features for gaming monitors.

 

Turning down some settings because of their performance impact is perfectly ok with me. If the game looks good and I get 60+fps, awesome. 

I definitely agree that many people seem to overstate what hardware is needed to game. But that may be due to most benchmarks you'll see on LTT, Bitwit or Jayztwocents fully maxing out settings. It's amazing the fps you can gain with normal shadows instead of ultra. 

 

One common thing I've seen in reviews of this monitor is how good it looks if you take a few minutes to adjust the settings. People also seem to share their settings in Amazon reviews. That seems quite nice of them. 

 

Ultrawide just seems kinda neat with the extra screen in your peripheral view. I've never gamed on one, but I do enjoy the displays at MicroCenter. But ultimately, super smooth game play and not being limited to just 60fps seems more fun.