upgrade Monitor upgrade| Tips wanted 2560x1440 1ms 165Hz

[Q13E5]

So i decided on getting a 2K 165Hz monitor with around 1-3ms of lagtime.

 

I has decided on most likely getting this ASUS  PG278QR 27" 2560x1440 1ms 165Hz G-SYNC Gaming Monitor. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N4ENDXR/_encoding=UTF8?coliid=IN4VO5HBLW4BR&colid=2UYCWAJ1MPV95

for $649.99 & FREE Shipping.

 

The GPUs i own driving the monitor that I'm planning on getting are: 2 GTX 980s EVGA2.0 cards using a HB Sli bridge.

I plan on using an Displayport cord and Overclocking the monitor to 170Hz using NVIDIA's custom resolution software.

 

The Questions i has is, whats the highest overclock anyone was able to get on this monitor safely?

Is this moniter a good choice and why.

Criticism accepted.

[DocSwag]

Just FYI but the Dell S2716DG is a 144 hz monitor and usually costs like $100 less. You may want to consider it instead.

 

Also, you can't use an HB SLI bridge on 980s. That only works on Pascal.

[Gaussen]

4 minutes ago, Q13E5 said:

So i decided on getting a 2K 165Hz monitor with around 1-3ms of lagtime.

 

I has decided on most likely getting this ASUS  PG278QR 27" 2560x1440 1ms 165Hz G-SYNC Gaming Monitor. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N4ENDXR/_encoding=UTF8?coliid=IN4VO5HBLW4BR&colid=2UYCWAJ1MPV95

for $649.99 & FREE Shipping.

 

The GPUs i own driving the monitor that I'm planning on getting are: 2 GTX 980s EVGA2.0 cards using a HB Sli bridge.

I plan on using an Displayport cord and Overclocking the monitor to 170Hz using NVIDIA's custom resolution software.

 

The Questions i has is, whats the highest overclock anyone was able to get on this monitor safely?

Is this moniter a good choice and why.

Criticism accepted.

i rather choose 2560x1080 than 2560x1440

and use 1 1080ti for less power consumption rather than 2 vga and the price significantly less

[DocSwag]

1 minute ago, Necrodor21 said:

i rather choose 2560x1080 than 2560x1440

and use 1 1080ti for less power consumption rather than 2 vga and the price significantly less

But why?

 

How is price less? 980s usually go for $200 or so, 1080 ti is $700.

[Q13E5]

2 minutes ago, Necrodor21 said:

i rather choose 2560x1080 than 2560x1440

and use 1 1080ti for less power consumption rather than 2 vga and the price significantly less

well sir or mam'm i already own the GPUs, but i understand.

[Gaussen]

1 minute ago, Q13E5 said:

well sir or mam'm i already own the GPUs, but i understand.

sory for that dont see you already owned

[Q13E5]

5 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

Just FYI but the Dell S2716DG is a 144 hz monitor and usually costs like $100 less. You may want to consider it instead.

 

Also, you can't use an HB SLI bridge on 980s. That only works on Pascal.

That's odd. they work fine for me.

[Gaussen]

3 minutes ago, DocSwag said:

But why?

 

How is price less? 980s usually go for $200 or so, 1080 ti is $700.

in my country 980 same price with 1070 lol

[Max_Settings]

Just now, Q13E5 said:

That's odd. they work fine for me.

The only thing that is relevant at this point is what did you use to take that picture?

[Q13E5]

Just now, Max_Settings said:

The only thing that is relevant at this point is what did you use to take that picture?

EOS Rebel Sl1 using EFS 55-250mm Lends. i cropped the image.

Here's the full image.

 

[Max_Settings]

Just now, Q13E5 said:

EOS Rebel Sl1 using EFS 55-250mm Lends. i cropped the image.

Here's the full image.

 

Now the only thing that is relevant is that you fix your cables 

[PineyCreek]

Don't know about the TN model, but I've been happy with the IPS model PG279Q.  Haven't tried turning the OC on.  It's just an option in the on-screen display.

[DocSwag]

23 hours ago, Necrodor21 said:

in my country 980 same price with 1070 lol

Rip

[DocSwag]

23 hours ago, Q13E5 said:

That's odd. they work fine for me.

Huh. Though it doesn't even matter, it won't give you the extra bandwidth or anything.

[bpw87]

On 7/24/2017 at 3:36 PM, DocSwag said:

Just FYI but the Dell S2716DG is a 144 hz monitor and usually costs like $100 less. You may want to consider it instead.

 

Also, you can't use an HB SLI bridge on 980s. That only works on Pascal.

Yes you can but they have barely any noticeable gains through almost all games. I run MSI 980s with an MSI HB bridge and it works fine just don't expect extra performance only better visuals.

[bpw87]

On 7/24/2017 at 3:30 PM, Q13E5 said:

So i decided on getting a 2K 165Hz monitor with around 1-3ms of lagtime.

 

I has decided on most likely getting this ASUS  PG278QR 27" 2560x1440 1ms 165Hz G-SYNC Gaming Monitor. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N4ENDXR/_encoding=UTF8?coliid=IN4VO5HBLW4BR&colid=2UYCWAJ1MPV95

for $649.99 & FREE Shipping.

 

The GPUs i own driving the monitor that I'm planning on getting are: 2 GTX 980s EVGA2.0 cards using a HB Sli bridge.

I plan on using an Displayport cord and Overclocking the monitor to 170Hz using NVIDIA's custom resolution software.

 

The Questions i has is, whats the highest overclock anyone was able to get on this monitor safely?

Is this moniter a good choice and why.

Criticism accepted.

 

The Acer XB271HUA is a  1ms TN 1440p monitor with 144hz oc to 165hz and G Sync. I just bought the AOC AG271QG it's the same specs and price but IPS and 4ms response time. An extra 3ms response time is nothing and the gains of IPS are well worth. No one can tell the difference anyway. If you are spending that much money why buy old outdated tech, new TN panels are okay but they are horrible compared to even a bad IPS for colour.

[Q13E5]

9 hours ago, bpw87 said:

 

The Acer XB271HUA is a  1ms TN 1440p monitor with 144hz oc to 165hz and G Sync. I just bought the AOC AG271QG it's the same specs and price but IPS and 4ms response time. An extra 3ms response time is nothing and the gains of IPS are well worth. No one can tell the difference anyway. If you are spending that much money why buy old outdated tech, new TN panels are okay but they are horrible compared to even a bad IPS for colour.

I'm not much for content creation so the color range not being perfect is fine for me. I'm using 3 random 1680x1050p 60hz monitors (all using DVI-D (Duel link)) using NVIDIA's surround program. Still able to hit 80+ on most games on high quality.

[Loadent]

I use a Pg278q with 2 970s and a pg279qr  with 2 980s. Excellent monitors. Colour is good enough. You may be able to save a few bucks with other brands but there are trade offs. I still use 3D for some games and movies. The asus is the pg27x monitors are the ONLY ones to give you all the options.

3d. Gsync. 27". 1440p 144-165hz 1ms and lightboost.

 

you won't regret.

[Q13E5]

On 7/24/2017 at 9:45 PM, DocSwag said:

Huh. Though it doesn't even matter, it won't give you the extra bandwidth or anything.

OK, i done some research for you and found this. The HB bridge IS RECOMMENDED to run multi-GPU multi-monitor surround, which is what i currently use, including some other configs like higher refresh rates on a bigger display.

Here's the info from linus's employees. at 3m17s

SO essentially, it's recommended for me to use this HB sli bridge on this 1440p 165Hz monitor instead of the flimsy sli cable that came with the motherboard.

[Q13E5]

On 7/25/2017 at 3:47 PM, Loadent said:

I use a Pg278q with 2 970s and a pg279qr  with 2 980s. Excellent monitors. Colour is good enough. You may be able to save a few bucks with other brands but there are trade offs. I still use 3D for some games and movies. The asus is the pg27x monitors are the ONLY ones to give you all the options.

3d. Gsync. 27". 1440p 144-165hz 1ms and lightboost.

 

you won't regret.

I'm interested, can you tell me more and what to search for to see this moniter?