In a weird situation

[TheR4vas]

Hello, I've bought 1080ti yesterday and saved for this computer sooooooooo looooooooooong and used all money on it and currently I have 2x (not same brand) 1080p 60hz monitors and don't have money currently for a new 4K monitor. I'm playing most racing games and that's it (project cars 2 cames out quickly, fm 7 comes out quickly also, now playing fh3 and asseto corsa, beamng drive sometimes car mechanic simulator).

1. I could sell both of my monitors for 130-150€ MAX and save another hundred (why so cheap? Because it's intresting situation and my english skills isn't the best so I can't explain, but I can get 4K for 230e) and get a 4K monitor with freesymc (I know that freesync is for AMD graphics cards and g-sync is for nvidia's, but gsync is soooooooooo expensive) the monitor is 23.8" and IPS why so small? Because I have no options for getting my monitor further from me).

2. Just sell syncmaster (cuz it's shiet) for 50-60€ MAX and get a 1080p 144hz IPS monitor.

 

Questions:

1. Also I know that 4K for 1080ti will be hard for 1080ti and want to ask if lowering resolutions will make you vomit of the resolution?

2. Is freesync going to work on nvidia but just active-sync won't work?

3. What specs monitor should I be looking for racing games?

 

So tell me what should I choose in my situation and answer the questions. Thank you

[JaegerB]

4k is not hard for a 1080ti. And how could it make you vomit?! That sounds like bull to me. In terms of the nvidia card working with freesync, the adaptive sync will work, but all that variable refresh rate stuff won't.  If that isn't a problem, go ahead and grab a freesync monitor. In terms of specs, you want to look for good contrast ratio, 5ms or less response time, and at least 75hz (which is basically standard for 4k monitors nowadays). From then on is basically personal preference.

[staubgame]

Sooo...

1) Yes it will probably make you vomit.

Nah, But seriously, it bearable, although not nice. The 1080ti is probably the only card to have a chance with 4k at high or above at 60fps so don't sweat it too much.

1080p 144Hz is nice but with the games you mentioned I would go for the 4k.

Also the 1080ti is overkill for that.

2) No idea on freesync with nvidia. Last I knew, no. But check into that.

3) If money would not an issue, get a good IPS 4k Screen with 60Hz.

 

Not sure about the pricing in your country but maybe a 1440p monitor might be interessting. Just to throw that out there. I'm using one with a GTX 1080 @ 144Hz and I love it :3

Though the 1080 struggles at times at max settings in games to get to 144Hz so the amount of computing power needed for higher FPS on a higher solution is crazy.

 

JaegerB beat me to it with his answer

[Jurrunio]

1. 1080ti is ok at 4k as long as you don't go ultra settings. Playing at 1440p with 4k monitor shouldn't be noticeably bad either (unless you compare it side by side).

 

2. Adaptive sync will work on all monitors. Freesync will be disabled unless paired with AMD card that supports Freesync.

 

3. 144Hz or higher at 1440p. Any larger than 27" better be curved since things on the edge of the screen might be out of sight, for example the speedo in racing games.

[TheR4vas]

1 hour ago, JaegerB said:

4k is not hard for a 1080ti. And how could it make you vomit?! That sounds like bull to me. In terms of the nvidia card working with freesync, the adaptive sync will work, but all that variable refresh rate stuff won't.  If that isn't a problem, go ahead and grab a freesync monitor. In terms of specs, you want to look for good contrast ratio, 5ms or less response time, and at least 75hz (which is basically standard for 4k monitors nowadays). From then on is basically personal preference.

 

1 hour ago, staubgame said:

Sooo...

1) Yes it will probably make you vomit.

Nah, But seriously, it bearable, although not nice. The 1080ti is probably the only card to have a chance with 4k at high or above at 60fps so don't sweat it too much.

1080p 144Hz is nice but with the games you mentioned I would go for the 4k.

Also the 1080ti is overkill for that.

2) No idea on freesync with nvidia. Last I knew, no. But check into that.

3) If money would not an issue, get a good IPS 4k Screen with 60Hz.

 

Not sure about the pricing in your country but maybe a 1440p monitor might be interessting. Just to throw that out there. I'm using one with a GTX 1080 @ 144Hz and I love it :3

Though the 1080 struggles at times at max settings in games to get to 144Hz so the amount of computing power needed for higher FPS on a higher solution is crazy.

 

JaegerB beat me to it with his answer

 

1 hour ago, Jurrunio said:

1. 1080ti is ok at 4k as long as you don't go ultra settings. Playing at 1440p with 4k monitor shouldn't be noticeably bad either (unless you compare it side by side).

 

2. Adaptive sync will work on all monitors. Freesync will be disabled unless paired with AMD card that supports Freesync.

 

3. 144Hz or higher at 1440p. Any larger than 27" better be curved since things on the edge of the screen might be out of sight, for example the speedo in racing games.

I'm still very very very lost. Don't know what to do, you see I don't play only racing games, but most of it is driving, I'm really, really hapy with my Asus VP228H monitor, nothing spectacular, TN, 1080p, the contrast is good, 1ms. But if the 4K monitor will be near me which size will be like 28" how the fuck should I see the corners of the monitor? The monitor will be probably right in my face, like I don't know I'm lost. And it's better to invest into good monitor, but I don't really have money right now to do it. So this is what I could probably afford it after a few months:

233€ LG 24UD58. (I personally would choose this one, because It isn't GIANT size and IPS, 5ms, looks good to me)

237,5€ AOC U2879VF (TN? But personally I was sitting a good time with TN monitor and it was a very good monitor for me. I would probably better pick TN but 144hz, also why IPS doesn't show hz?)

1440p is more expensive then 4K and It's bad investment.

These ones that I could afford and my heart won't break seeing the prices (all are 1440p, why IPS always are 60hz?):

BenQ BL2420PT

Asus VX24AH

The price difference is 25€.

[JaegerB]

10 hours ago, TheR4vas said:

I'm still very very very lost. Don't know what to do, you see I don't play only racing games, but most of it is driving, I'm really, really hapy with my Asus VP228H monitor, nothing spectacular, TN, 1080p, the contrast is good, 1ms. But if the 4K monitor will be near me which size will be like 28" how the fuck should I see the corners of the monitor? The monitor will be probably right in my face, like I don't know I'm lost. And it's better to invest into good monitor, but I don't really have money right now to do it. So this is what I could probably afford it after a few months:

233€ LG 24UD58. (I personally would choose this one, because It isn't GIANT size and IPS, 5ms, looks good to me)

237,5€ AOC U2879VF (TN? But personally I was sitting a good time with TN monitor and it was a very good monitor for me. I would probably better pick TN but 144hz, also why IPS doesn't show hz?)

1440p is more expensive then 4K and It's bad investment.

These ones that I could afford and my heart won't break seeing the prices (all are 1440p, why IPS always are 60hz?):

BenQ BL2420PT

Asus VX24AH

The price difference is 25€.

I believe Asus has somewhat better support if anything happens, but other than that they are nearly identical monitors. Just pick the one you like best. 60hz is fine for your needs anyway.

[LyondellBasell]

Given that you have the specific use case of playing racing games:

 

I suggest you drop the 4K idea and go for a 3440x1440p ultrawide display.

Your games will look better and more realistic, your framerates will be higher, and you can probably turn on more of the high-end details and enjoy that card you saved so hard for.