Desktop Computers

I've had mine since late 2013, with an upgrade to a GTX970 a couple of years ago (work bonus). Since then I've helped a couple of friends put together new machines and these days it seems that the monitor is actually what drives the upgrade cycle. Mine is about 10 years old, but has the 16x10 (1920x1080) aspect ratio that is hard to find anymore. I've been eyeballing the newer Ultra Widescreen monitors lately, but they are still extremely expensive and I will have to do a rebuild to properly run one.

What is everyone's opinion on the newer monitors? They look like they next "worth your money" upgrade, that last one being SSDs, but I am not exactly unhappy with my current set up. I was going to sit tight and weight a couple more years, does it look like monitors will keep making big leaps in performance and cost?

Denaut said:

I've had mine since late 2013, with an upgrade to a GTX970 a couple of years ago (work bonus). Since then I've helped a couple of friends put together new machines and these days it seems that the monitor is actually what drives the upgrade cycle. Mine is about 10 years old, but has the 16x10 (1920x1080) aspect ratio that is hard to find anymore. I've been eyeballing the newer Ultra Widescreen monitors lately, but they are still extremely expensive and I will have to do a rebuild to properly run one.

What is everyone's opinion on the newer monitors? They look like they next "worth your money" upgrade, that last one being SSDs, but I am not exactly unhappy with my current set up. I was going to sit tight and weight a couple more years, does it look like monitors will keep making big leaps in performance and cost?

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For reasons that escape me, the next gen of gaming monitors are not out yet and the primary "good" ones right now are going on 2-3 years old it seems with only minor revisions if any. That's a tough pill to swallow when the big brother (TV) is shitting out major upgrades every calendar year.

My issue is that a true gaming monitor for me at this point must have everything in one package, and a lot of current displays are compromises and branding at huge prices. I mean the Acer X34 has reviews from Q4 2015 posted. That's long in the tooth for a flagship product and new competitive display niche.

On one hand, yes, monitors are the next upgrade to take advantage of modern graphics power - you get nothing going to 300 fps on your 24" 1080p 60hz monitor. On the other hand, the market is terrible and the prices are obscene still. Maybe fears of VR that stalled it for a bit? I dunno.

VR has to be failing by now. I hardly ever hear anyone actually talk about it outside of this forum

Thankfully too

Noodleface said:

VR has to be failing by now. I hardly ever hear anyone actually talk about it outside of this forum

Thankfully too

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I'm VRstradamus simply by not drinking the KoolAid. VR is not Jesus and it's been attempted and worked on for decades. A bunch of hype surrounding yet another incremental improvement was never going to create a massive consumer market for them. Quite frankly the hardware simply isn't there and the UX is awful and imprecise.

Palum said:

For reasons that escape me, the next gen of gaming monitors are not out yet and the primary "good" ones right now are going on 2-3 years old it seems with only minor revisions if any. That's a tough pill to swallow when the big brother (TV) is shitting out major upgrades every calendar year.

My issue is that a true gaming monitor for me at this point must have everything in one package, and a lot of current displays are compromises and branding at huge prices. I mean the Acer X34 has reviews from Q4 2015 posted. That's long in the tooth for a flagship product and new competitive display niche.

On one hand, yes, monitors are the next upgrade to take advantage of modern graphics power - you get nothing going to 300 fps on your 24" 1080p 60hz monitor. On the other hand, the market is terrible and the prices are obscene still. Maybe fears of VR that stalled it for a bit? I dunno.

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Thanks for the heads up. Sit tight it is

Mist said:

Yeah, still not sure if I will get an 8700k to replace my 4770k. I doubt the improvement would be that great.

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Unless you have to build a computer right now, I would wait for next years Chip. They are going to 10nm and another chipset. You also should have Nvidia's new card by then.

Palum said:

For reasons that escape me, the next gen of gaming monitors are not out yet and the primary "good" ones right now are going on 2-3 years old it seems with only minor revisions if any. That's a tough pill to swallow when the big brother (TV) is shitting out major upgrades every calendar year.

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Palum said:

For reasons that escape me, the next gen of gaming monitors are not out yet and the primary "good" ones right now are going on 2-3 years old it seems with only minor revisions if any. That's a tough pill to swallow when the big brother (TV) is shitting out major upgrades every calendar year.

My issue is that a true gaming monitor for me at this point must have everything in one package, and a lot of current displays are compromises and branding at huge prices. I mean the Acer X34 has reviews from Q4 2015 posted. That's long in the tooth for a flagship product and new competitive display niche.

On one hand, yes, monitors are the next upgrade to take advantage of modern graphics power - you get nothing going to 300 fps on your 24" 1080p 60hz monitor. On the other hand, the market is terrible and the prices are obscene still. Maybe fears of VR that stalled it for a bit? I dunno.

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Yea, I never thought that my TV would be better than my gaming monitors but that's what happened. Now streaming games to it via steam link at 1080p gave me a taste at what I'm missing. Looks absolutely amazing and that's on a TV not optimized or meant for gaming really. Haven't totally convinced the wife to let me play WoW on it yet though.

The X34 should be 499 and the next gen should be out. That's all I'm sayin nameen.

Palum said:

Quite frankly the hardware simply isn't there and the UX is awful and imprecise.

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I know this is a common opinion, but imo, it's really the software that's lacking. Most vr games just don't sufficiently leverage the capabilities (and manage the problems) of the hardware, and the vast majority are so far behind what we normally play that it's hard to reconcile the difference. On top of that, most of the worthwhile things aren't really games at all... more like toys. BUT, it IS possible to make a great game with today's hardware.

Don't write off VR until you've put a couple of hours into Superhot. One game isn't worth the price of a Vive of course, but it won't take many games like this to close the gap. Shit, I've probably spent more time with my Vive than my Xbox One. Considering the near future, assuming someone has a capable enough computer, a next gen vr headset will probably give you much more value than a next gen console, at what I expect will be similar prices.

Doubt there will.be a next gen VR. Who is using these things?

Be hard to be more wrong lol. This is just the tip. 8k displays, better field of view, better lenses. It's already happening.

Sounds like someone that hasn't played RE7 in VR.

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Noodleface said:

VR has to be failing by now. I hardly ever hear anyone actually talk about it outside of this forum

Thankfully too

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Microsoft is on the right track with Hololens. AR is the future, IMO.

Big Phoenix said:

muh AMD dindu nuffin wrong




























except Vega.

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Requires MacroATX mobo