Had a "screw it" moment last night and purchased the following:
I currently run a GTX 1080 Ti and a XB271HU 1440P monitor. I've been wanting to go Ultrawide for quite a while now. Ever since the 3840x1600 Freesync monitors were released, I have been drooling over them. Finally decided to jump ship and go back to AMD. For a while I did have a 3440x1440 monitor, but it didn't have GSYNC or Freesync and was only 60hz. This Acer XR382CQK has Freesync and 75Hz. It also solves my other issue with 3440x1440 monitors; I felt that it wasn't tall enough to really "envelop" you in the game you're playing. Combination of 3840x1600 resolution and being 38 inches vs. the standard 34" of ultra-wide monitors should solve that. Also for games that don't support ultra-wide resolutions, you can use 2560x1600 resolution, slightly better than on a 3440x1440 where you end up with 2560x1440.
I haven't used AMD extensively since the old 7970 came out. Looking forward to going back to AMD. As far as going from a 1080 Ti to a Vega 64 goes: Both of these cards are fully capable of running 3840x1600 resolution. I've always felt that if you simply turn off the FPS meter while playing games it allows you to just play the game and stop worrying about what FPS you are running at. Freesync and G-SYNC help immensely with this. I do feel that AMD has a lot of untapped potential in the drivers for Vega 64/56, it's going to be interesting to see what they come up with in the next few months as far as driver performance goes. I'm very excited to get the new monitor and to play around with Vega 64. Can't wait to play games on the 38" 3840x1600 monitor.
At the end of the day though this is probably considered a side-grade at best to most enthusiasts out there. I honestly don't care, and this is really what I enjoy doing. Playing with new hardware and diving into niche hardware segments (how many other rigs have you seen with 3 nvme drives in them?).
I'll be selling my MSI Gaming X 1080 Ti. Will likely keep the XB271HU for lan party use. I recently upgraded to X299 and a 7820X. Selling my 6700K, motherboard, ram, and case to a friend. I may see if he's interested in the 1080 Ti
I currently run a GTX 1080 Ti and a XB271HU 1440P monitor. I've been wanting to go Ultrawide for quite a while now. Ever since the 3840x1600 Freesync monitors were released, I have been drooling over them. Finally decided to jump ship and go back to AMD. For a while I did have a 3440x1440 monitor, but it didn't have GSYNC or Freesync and was only 60hz. This Acer XR382CQK has Freesync and 75Hz. It also solves my other issue with 3440x1440 monitors; I felt that it wasn't tall enough to really "envelop" you in the game you're playing. Combination of 3840x1600 resolution and being 38 inches vs. the standard 34" of ultra-wide monitors should solve that. Also for games that don't support ultra-wide resolutions, you can use 2560x1600 resolution, slightly better than on a 3440x1440 where you end up with 2560x1440.
I haven't used AMD extensively since the old 7970 came out. Looking forward to going back to AMD. As far as going from a 1080 Ti to a Vega 64 goes: Both of these cards are fully capable of running 3840x1600 resolution. I've always felt that if you simply turn off the FPS meter while playing games it allows you to just play the game and stop worrying about what FPS you are running at. Freesync and G-SYNC help immensely with this. I do feel that AMD has a lot of untapped potential in the drivers for Vega 64/56, it's going to be interesting to see what they come up with in the next few months as far as driver performance goes. I'm very excited to get the new monitor and to play around with Vega 64. Can't wait to play games on the 38" 3840x1600 monitor.
At the end of the day though this is probably considered a side-grade at best to most enthusiasts out there. I honestly don't care, and this is really what I enjoy doing. Playing with new hardware and diving into niche hardware segments (how many other rigs have you seen with 3 nvme drives in them?).
I'll be selling my MSI Gaming X 1080 Ti. Will likely keep the XB271HU for lan party use. I recently upgraded to X299 and a 7820X. Selling my 6700K, motherboard, ram, and case to a friend. I may see if he's interested in the 1080 Ti
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