I like slow paced games in general, so I thought that a TV might be OK for me. But that could be wrong. Also wanted to go straight from 1080 to 4K, but perhaps an intermediate step will be needed. If a 1440 monitor is purchased now, won't it feel outdated pretty quick at this point?
Sorry to just now pick up the discussion thread, I spent all weekend on ONE game of Civ4 with RomAnd mod.
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I went from a 2209wa to 2713hm about 18 mos ago, and it was a HUGE jump (22" 1680x1050 to 27" 2560x1440). It was killing me that my wife's 2213hm was so fantastic, so I just took the plunge. I have not regretted it one bit. My only hassle was having to buy a $4.99 dp cable from newegg after the monitor arrived so that I could game above 1920x1200. I've had a high quality 1080p tv for years, my latest one is a 65" plasma with a ridiculously crisp picture, and my monitor blows that away. If anything, the new monitor seemed too big for me. However, I wouldn't want a 27" 4k monitor as the dpi would be atrocious, I just read that it takes 40-41" on a 4k monitor to achieve the same dpi...which would probably cost an arm and a leg.
So, I would say that based upon my personal experience, you'd be pretty happy to go to 2560x1440 if you have budgetary concerns. And, even if you don't care about money at all, you might want to look at a 30" 2560x1600 monitor, lots of dedicated gamers are still using those and I'd expect that prices are much better these days.
fyi, I'm not trash talking the 2209wa, I'm actually using that as we speak b/c it's my monitor at the office. It just feels tiny compared to the 2713 hm.
I don't think it's necessarily partisanship driving the discussion. I'm brand neutral, I'm in the market for a new card, and developments like this give me pause because although I tend to buy at the bleeding edge, I also like to keep that card around for a few years. I may not be upgrading to a 4K TV in the next few years, but if I do, I would hope that it wouldn't require me to upgrade my computer (or purchase an additional adapter) simply because of a lack of support in a standard that a competitor supported at the time. Better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it, you know? But it's doubly confounding when AMD is touting the 4K capabilities of their product that it can't actually connect to a wide segment of 4K devices. What were they thinking?
Wait...you buy at the bleeding edge, yet you like to keep cards around for a few years? You'd be FAR better off buying scaled back cards like fury pro or a theoretical future 980+ every year than buying top end cards for $650 every 2 or 3 years, yet you'd have the same outlay.
If you don't plan to game on a 4k tv atm, I'd look at the things that you DO plan to game on to make your decision. What games do you play? What resolution are you going to use for the next year or so? What monitor do you currently own? Those things are most relevant in your situation.
Huh? I've never stated the fury x was better for me. No hdmi 2.0 support makes it far worse. I'd feel much safer with the 980ti.
What really annoys me is that now I'm lumped in with shill because I want hdmi 2.0? I've been talking about big screen TV gaming on here for 3+ years now. I'm not making a big deal out of this because I like nvidia. I make a big deal out of this because I like hdmi 2.0 and amd I waited for fury for almost a year now for nothing.
No solution I can think of makes me happy because I don't want a 980ti aib version for far more than 650. %I wanted the fury card to undercut it so I could spend 650 for wc too. Ugh my decision is screwed and it's even worse if fiji isn't sold by Amazon because at least I could buy it, try vsr 4k see if it's enough and then keep or return.
What are you talking about? I realize, based upon your more recent posts in other threads, that you're not planning to go 4k now, but if you WERE going to go 4k on a tv then 9800ti or one of those DP-enabled panasonics for fury X are really the only options. People telling you to go with 9800ti earlier in this thread was 100% based upon your stated desires, there's no need to read an ulterior motive in other people's posts.
