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So when I was building my PC (Evolution) I originally planned on getting an RX Vega as part of my build. I also purchased a AOC G2460PF freesync monitor. Here is where my problem begins. I got an incredible deal on a 1080 so I purchased that to go with the AOC monitor. I am not sure which piece of equipment to sell now. Option one Sell the AOC monitor for a loss, pay more for a 144hz Gsync monitor. Option two; sell the 1080 for pretty much retail from what I see on ebay. Get a RX Vega 56 (downgrade) and keep the monitor, but probobly not have to pay out of pocket. Option three do nothing and not utilize the Gsync or Freesync my hardware offers. Last option just buy a Gsync monitor and use the AOC as a secondary monitor? As you can see I have lots of options.

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I'd sell the monitor and get a G-Sync monitor. Or possibly get a G-sync display and keep the AOC as a secondary one. Either one is good IMO

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15 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

I'd sell the monitor and get a G-Sync monitor. Or possibly get a G-sync display and keep the AOC as a secondary one. Either one is good IMO

I don't see AMD GPUs getting ahead of NVIDIA anytime soon, so with that I would go with a G-SYNC monitor that would last a couple upgrades down the road. 

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I third that. 

 

It will be a cold day in hell when AMD is no longer a second tier option for video cards, unfortunately.  Sell the AOC, spend a little and get a nice GSync monitor.  There won't be any reason to upgrade that for generations and generations.

 

I race cars on road-course tracks, and upgrading car performance is a lot like PC performance.  People spend thousands of dollars for microscopic gains in performance, but having amazing power and amazing brakes doesn't do you shit if you have shitty tires.  Nice tires are the single best upgrade you can give a car, because EVERYTHING is being translated to the road through those tires.

 

Same goes for PC's.  You can have the sickest custom machine with thousands of dollars of computing power, but if you don't have a really nice monitor - who cares.  All that performance is being lost or unseen.  A dope monitor is the single best upgrade a PC can get.

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