EVGA 560 TI @ 1080p

[miketen587]

I'm currently running my EVGA 560 TI on my 22" 1600X1050 LCD monitor. The card is OCed pretty nicely (950 core 2220 mem) so I'm able to run pretty much everything I play with 60 FPS most of the time on max settings.

I'm considering upgrading to 1080p in the next month or so, but will probably hold off until I get a new GPU if I'm going to see too much of a performance hit while playing on at least high settings.

I don't plan on upgrading my GPU untill the next gen Nvidia cards come out at some point next year.

So...Is it worth upgrading my monitor now, or should I wait until after I upgrade my card?

I game with Vsync on and prefer to run at least 45 FPS, 60 is ideal though obviously.

 

[wand3r3r]

You will have to compromise settings to try to maintain fps @1920x1080 in the more demanding games (bf3 multiplayer etc.). I'd say stick with that resolution for now, wait till you upgrade.

Then again you didn't mention which games you play so some slightly older games will probably play fine at 1080p.

 

[miketen587]

You will have to compromise settings to try to maintain fps @1920x1080 in the more demanding games (bf3 multiplayer etc.). I'd say stick with that resolution for now, wait till you upgrade.

Then again you didn't mention which games you play so some slightly older games will probably play fine at 1080p.

Didn't even realize I didn't list any games. But yeah, mostly games likes BF3, Skyrim, Metro 2033, Black Ops 2, Diablo 3 ect...

 

[FreeAtLast2012]

A 1600x1050 to 1920x1080 is not a big difference. My vote is to upgrade the monitor with the GPU. Next year you might want to consider a 1920x1200 or 1440p monitor.

I had the MSI 560Ti and played on a 1920x1080 monitor. I got 50-60fps on High Setting in BF3. It was very good, and I had no issues with it.

Do your best to wait, although I know how impossible that can be when you want to upgrade something.