The only reason why I could see someone buying a 4k monitor is to play games at 4k. Unless you're going to play at 4k, then you do not need one. You would be fine buying a normal monitor.

Depends. Higher end cards usually come with more VRAM and certain games benefit from that. Skyrim with mods benefits from this, as far as I'm aware. So even playing at 1080p, a higher end card would handle it better. Also, the extra VRAM is useful for multiple monitors, so even if you're playing at 1080p, a higher end card will handle multiple monitors better.

Yes, a 200 euro graphics card wouldn't even run FPS games that well at 4k. It is certainly worth it if you are running 1440p or even 1080. Unless all you are doing is playing minecraft and league of legends, in which case it probably isn't worth it . Not to mention it is better to game on 1440p because no 4k monitors have 120+ Hz refresh rates.

Pivot_Banq wrote Yes, a 200 euro graphics card wouldn't even run FPS games that well at 4k. It is certainly worth it if you are running 1440p or even 1080. Unless all you are doing is playing minecraft and league of legends, in which case it probably isn't worth it . Not to mention it is better to game on 1440p because no 4k monitors have 120+ Hz refresh rates.

£ is not the same as euros. A GTX 970 costs less than £300 and will handle 4k fairly well. There aren't many 1440p monitors that offer refresh rates higher than 60Hz either, and they're all TN panels which aren't worth it anyway. Plus, a single GTX 970 is unlikely to be getting more than 60FPS at decent settings playing more demanding titles @ 1440p, so the higher refresh rate could very well be useless at 1440p.

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Pivot_Banq wrote Yes, a 200 euro graphics card wouldn't even run FPS games that well at 4k. It is certainly worth it if you are running 1440p or even 1080. Unless all you are doing is playing minecraft and league of legends, in which case it probably isn't worth it . Not to mention it is better to game on 1440p because no 4k monitors have 120+ Hz refresh rates.

£ is not the same as euros. A GTX 970 costs less than £300 and will handle 4k fairly well. There aren't many 1440p monitors that offer refresh rates higher than 60Hz either, and they're all TN panels which aren't worth it anyway. Plus, a single GTX 970 is unlikely to be getting more than 60FPS at decent settings playing more demanding titles @ 1440p, so the higher refresh rate could very well be useless at 1440p.

Woops thats the GBP sign my bad. Yeah a gtx 970 would run 4k alright, but I think 1440p is a better option. And on the monitors note, there are a few(I think there are only one ASUS and one Acer one currently available.) high end gaming monitors that run 144hz, 1ms response time, 1440p, and they are an IPS display. I personally use an Asus one and it is brilliant.

Give me a link to a 1440p IPS panel with a 144Hz refresh rate. There aren't any as far as I'm aware? You run this 1440p monitor? What GPU(s) do you have and what FPS do you get at what settings in demanding games vs non demanding games?

Sanctyy wrote Give me a link to a 1440p IPS panel with a 144Hz refresh rate. There aren't any as far as I'm aware? You run this 1440p monitor? What GPU(s) do you have and what FPS do you get at what settings in demanding games vs non demanding games?

The asus I am running is actually LED backlit, my apoligies. However, the youtube video shows a 1080 ips running these specs. Also, there should be 1440p ips 144mhz 1ms response time monitors coming out that were revealed at CES shortly (this year) if I am not mistaken. Along with some 4k monitors that will have 144hz refresh rates.

Again apologies Sanctyy, had my specs wrong.

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Youtube video of 4k gaming monitor revealed at CES:

I still don't think higher refresh rate monitors are a viable option for single card rigs. A single 970 is going to hit 80FPS or so at 1080p in BF4. Response times also make no difference FYI.

Sanctyy wrote I still don't think higher refresh rate monitors are a viable option for single card rigs. A single 970 is going to hit 80FPS or so at 1080p in BF4. Response times also make no difference FYI.

I mean anything under 5ms there isn't a difference, but you can tell the difference between 15 ms and 1ms response times for sure. I agree that a single 970 is a fine option for 1080, just 4k gaming on a single 970 I doubt will achieve the fps you want on demanding games.