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Eomer
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He asked about timing settings, not speed. I don't really know if they impact things much. You can take some 2100 rated memory and relax the timing settings to bump it up to higher speeds, but I'm not sure if that's worthwhile or if there's a trade off there.
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Any recommendations on a new monitor? Preferably in the under $200 range. It'll be running off the 960, with a second 23 inch monitor running 1080p. I'll use the second for misc stuff and the new for gaming. I'll likely be playing a lot of Overwatch
Edit: I might try to wait for Black Friday, but I want to start looking
Edit 2: Looking in the 23-27 inch range
Edit: I might try to wait for Black Friday, but I want to start looking
Edit 2: Looking in the 23-27 inch range
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Thoughts on something like this?Amazon.com: Acer GN246HL Bbid 24-inch 3D Full HD (1920 x 1080) Widescreen Display: Computers Accessories
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I have a couple of one of its predecessors (23") and they've never done me wrong.
Mist
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Amazon.com: Acer G257HU smidpx 25-Inch WQHD (2560 x 1440) Widescreen Monitor: Computers Accessories
The best 'cheap' Acer are these. 1440p 25 inch IPS with low response times at that price is insane.
The best 'cheap' Acer are these. 1440p 25 inch IPS with low response times at that price is insane.
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Only downside is you would definitely need two 980 TIs to push 60fps on it and then deal with the issues that sli bring. Hell you would probably need sli pascal cards to get a consistent 60fps.
Joeboo
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Naw, it's still 40% less resolution than a 4K monitor(4.9mil pixels vs 8.3 mil for 4k). It's closer to a standard 1440p(36% more resolution) than it is 4k. A single 980Ti would probably do you just fine to get most games near 60fps
Mist
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I'd rather have the 27 inch I think, I heard the quality control on the X34 is bad, maybe they'll fix it.
Eomer
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Could be. Pixels pushing wouldn't be a problem for me, as I'm generally playing games that are old as dirt while working through my ever growing Steam backlog. I definitely don't regret the XB270HU or whatever the model is, it's great. But that thing looks awesome, and I don't really need the extra refresh.
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I was more looking for 144hz than I was for higher resolution. If at some point I have money to spare I'd probably get something like that for the second monitor
I just bought one and unpacked it today. I'm upgrading from an old BenQ 1080p TN panel. Dear god, this is a nice monitor.