Upgrade display or cpu?

[ivryk]

Hey! good morning/afternoon/night ( whichever suits you ), hope you're having a good day!

I plan on upgrading my rig within the next few months and I am a bit confused on which route to pick.

 

my current rig is the following:

I7-7700k (4.9ghz)

16gb 3200mhz 

Z270x K7

Gtx 1080 strix

XB241h 1080p g-sync display

 

 Should I purchase a 1440p gsync display or the i7 8700k whenever it releases?

[Brooksie359]

3 minutes ago, ivryk said:

Hey! good morning/afternoon/night ( whichever suits you ), hope you're having a good day!

I plan on upgrading my rig within the next few months and i am a bit confused on which route to pick.

 

my current rig is:

I7-7700k (4.9ghz)

16gb 3200mhz 

Z270x K7

Gtx 1080 strix

XB241h 1080p g-sync display

 

 Should I purchase a 1440p gsync display or the i7 8700k whenever it releases?

Monitor, plain and simple the monitor is the only upgrade that makes any sense 

[Wobblyyyy]

2 minutes ago, ivryk said:

Hey! good morning/afternoon/night ( whichever suits you ), hope you're having a good day!

I plan on upgrading my rig within the next few months and i am a bit confused on which route to pick.

 

my current rig is:

I7-7700k (4.9ghz)

16gb 3200mhz 

Z270x K7

Gtx 1080 strix

XB241h 1080p g-sync display

 

 Should I purchase a 1440p gsync display or the i7 8700k whenever it releases?

It really depends on what you want. If you'd prefer to have better looking visuals, then certainly the display. However, if your are willing to spend about $500-$600 on a new motherboard and CPU, then the CPU route. It would be a long term benefit as you wouldn't have to upgrade for a longer time.

 

However, I would suggest you go the display route.

You already have one of the best CPU's available, there isn't really a need to upgrade it.

[ivryk]

Just now, Brooksie359 said:

Monitor, plain and simple the monitor is the only upgrade that makes any sense 

Thanks, really appreciate your feedback.

 

Just now, Wobblyyyy said:

It really depends on what you want. If you'd prefer to have better looking visuals, then certainly the display. However, if your are willing to spend about $500-$600 on a new motherboard and CPU, then the CPU route. It would be a long term benefit as you wouldn't have to upgrade for a longer time.

 

However, I would suggest you go the display route.

You already have one of the best CPU's available, there isn't really a need to upgrade it.

Is there a substantial difference in visual fidelity between 1080p and 1440p? havent seen a 1440p display in person. Is the PG278QR a good monitor? I am a bit wary about the backlight bleed.

[DocSwag]

I would say display. You probably won't see any fps improvement upgrading your CPU.

Just now, ivryk said:

Thanks, really appreciate your feedback.

 

Is there a substantial difference in visual fidelity between 1080p and 1440p? havent seen a 1440p display in person. Is the PG278QR a good monitor? I am a bit wary about the backlight bleed.

Assuming you can notice the pixels on your 1080p panel yes, it'll look a lot nicer.

[ivryk]

Just now, DocSwag said:

I would say display. You probably won't see any fps improvement upgrading your CPU.

Assuming you can notice the pixels on your 1080p panel yes, it'll look a lot nicer.

If i lean close i could see them, from where I usually sit not that much. Question, does DSR'ed 1440p look the same as native 1440p? when i try DSR I only notice the difference between 1080p and 4k.

[DocSwag]

1 minute ago, ivryk said:

If i lean close i could see them, from where I usually sit not that much. Question, does DSR'ed 1440p look the same as native 1440p? when i try DSR I only notice the difference between 1080p and 4k.

Not really. It's never gonna be as good since you just don't have the extra pixels.

 

If you notice a difference between 1080p and DSRed 4k though you probably will see a difference with 1440p  

[Wobblyyyy]

6 minutes ago, ivryk said:

Thanks, really appreciate your feedback.

 

Is there a substantial difference in visual fidelity between 1080p and 1440p? havent seen a 1440p display in person. Is the PG278QR a good monitor? I am a bit wary about the backlight bleed.

Not sure. Personally I've only used 1080p monitors, because that's all I need. But I am assuming that a 1440p monitor looks really sexy.

[HKZeroFive]

Kaby Lake just released this year and you already want to upgrade? Yeesh.

 

Get the monitor.

[ivryk]

Just now, DocSwag said:

Not really. It's never gonna be as good since you just don't have the extra pixels.

 

If you notice a difference between 1080p and DSRed 4k though you probably will see a difference with 1440p  

Yeah, I guess thats true, thanks for the input dude.

Just now, Wobblyyyy said:

Not sure. Personally I've only used 1080p monitors, because that's all I need. But I am assuming that a 1440p monitor looks really sexy.

Yeah, same here, been using 1080p for the past year, just recently tried 144hz for the first time and the difference was huge. People seem to praise 1440p as the sweetspot, I guess it gotta be good.

Just now, HKZeroFive said:

Kaby Lake just released this year and you already want to upgrade? Yeesh.

 

Get the monitor.

I know I know, but those 2 extra cores thou!, yeah monitor seems like the best option.

[ivryk]

Which monitor should i get?

Budget: 500~650

Gotta have Gsync, 1440p, dont really mind if its TN or IPS.