Been looking at prices online and 1440p @ 60hz and 1080p @144hz are about the same prices. Which would be better for gaming, more fps or the higher res?
the korean 1440p monitor overclock really well, usually to 100hz or more, from what i've heard... so yeah....
Unless you're gaming competitively, 60hz and 144hz wont make much of a difference. I would say compromise and get a korean monitor and overclock it to 96/120hz. I have a qnix that I run at 1440p 96hz. No artifacts, smooth gameplay, big 27'' screen.
Not super competitive, just with friends that when we get together shit gets real. Probably doesn't count though so 1440p and overclock much as I can it is.
I have the 1440p Xstar logan review and I'm able to OC it to 113hz easy (pixel clock caps it) but at lower brightnesses it has a weird stutter so i keep it running @ 96 hz.
It will take a beast of a machine to get newer titles over 100 fps at 1440 so if you will be playing competitive first person shooter gaming 1080p 144hz if you want high resolution gaming 1440P overclocked. Personally I have one of each depending on the situation. For online gaming I use the 144hz for campaign i use 1440 overclocked to 80hz.
Side note: going for 1080 to 1440 takes some adjustment. 1440 is more detailed but smaller so it makes competitive shooters more difficult... for me at least.
Im thinking that 1440p will make it easier to see people at a distance because of the larger number of pixels, but they would require more horsepower to drive to high framerates than a 1080p monitor
Me personally, I am crossing my fingers for a G-SYNC 1440p
I'll have at least a 290 by the time I have a 1440p monitor, and personally when I do play 'competitively' I keep native res then turn down whatever settings(if any) I need to get my fps to match my monitor refresh rate. So honestly I'm not too worried about it. Plus I doubt I'll be going over 100fps probably 96 judging from what I've read online about ocing the korean 1440p monitors.
if they announce a g-sync module for my ASUS PB278Q I will flip. I am going to pick up the module for my ASUS VG248QE as soon as I can. I am pretty anxious to see how well it works.
If that is your game plan I would defiantly pick up a Korean 1440P monitor. The only reason I have both I because I got the 144hz first and I use it for "competitive" gaming cause every little bit helps. I have 2 gtx 780's in sli and when I run Crysis 3 on ultra I average 45fps in 1440.
it does help a little. more detail overall. especially over 720p literally 4 pixels from 1
But the amount of GPU horse power required is insane.
1440 is about 180% more pixels than 1080p
So if you get 108fps @ 1080p you'll be seeing 60fps @ 1440p (about)