Need to inject a few thousands in my setup

[Thinker_145]

Did you ever buy a Korean monitor?

Nope.

 

[tential]

I bought the 32 inch qnix. I'm so happy with it. Best budget 4k purchase ever. I'd have gotten a second one but I don't have the space for it nor need. Just was cheap enough that why not?

If I was you karlitos, I'd go a "budget" 1-2 monitors at least 1 4k, then get Vega. But Vega is 3-4 months away about. Not sure if you want to wait that long. There really isn't an option other than Vega or the 1080ti at this point though in my eyes

 

[IEC]

Waiting for RyZen + Vega before I make my next upgrade. I upgraded to 4K60 in the meanwhile.

 

[Sonikku]

I need to inject a few thousand into my setup too. I just need a few thousand first.

 

[Zanovar]

I need to inject a few thousand into my setup too. I just need a few thousand first.

hahah

 

[KaRLiToS]

Ok I think I'm ready to buy two GTX 1080ti with waterblocks.

Do you guys think it's a good idea? Should I wait for Vega?

Also need a good monitor.

 

[moonbogg]

I would not wait for Vega. We've seen this movie before. 1080ti is going to be damn hard to beat. My guess is that Vega matches or slightly beats a 1080 and comes clocked to the ragged edge out of the box for about $5-600. 1080ti is simply an incredible GPU, but what's equally important is that its available now (sort of) and EK Titan XP blocks already work with it and they can be bought right now. You can get two 1080ti's without spending an obscene amount of money and you can do it right now. Vega is a gamble and shouldn't be expected to top a 1080ti as far as I'm concerned. Also, its rumored to have 8gb of ram. 8GB just became mid range with the release of 1080ti and with two of them in SLI, you will want that 11gb IMO.
Asus PG348Q is simply the most badass gaming monitor on the planet at this moment. Finding something better requires waiting. Asus will release a 120hz 4K HDR gaming panel, although it will be 27". What are you doing as far as CPU and platform is concerned? i7 6900K is the go-to chip IMO. Ryzen was a flop for gaming and doesn't clock very well.

 

[Sonikku]

Ok I think I'm ready to buy two GTX 1080ti with waterblocks.

Do you guys think it's a good idea?

I think an even better idea would be to buy three. Then you can send me one.

 

[KaRLiToS]

Ok so I bought a single Zotac GTX 1080ti with EK waterblocks and an Asus PG348Q monitor.

Will try that this week and if I feel the need to add a second GTX 1080ti, I will gladly pull the trigger.

It will be hard for me to let go my 7680x1440 to a 3440x1440. But I think I had too many issues with multimonitors but when it was working it was an incredible experience.

@moonbogg, I see no point of upgrading from my 4930k at 4.5 Ghz especially at higher resolution.

What is hard to accept is my EVGA Supernova 1600w Titanium will never get maxed out even with 3 x cards

 

[IEC]

I'm still waiting for Vega. If only for better deals on 1080 Ti, since I would be very surprised if AMD took the outright performance crown. 1080 Ti looks like the first legitimate 4K gaming card where no compromises in settings have to be made.

 

[moonbogg]

Ok so I bought a single Zotac GTX 1080ti with EK waterblocks and an Asus PG348Q monitor.

Will try that this week and if I feel the need to add a second GTX 1080ti, I will gladly pull the trigger.

It will be hard for me to let go my 7680x1440 to a 3440x1440. But I think I had too many issues with multimonitors but when it was working it was an incredible experience.

@moonbogg, I see no point of upgrading from my 4930k at 4.5 Ghz especially at higher resolution.

What is hard to accept is my EVGA Supernova 1600w Titanium will never get maxed out even with 3 x cards

Awesome stuff. Share your impressions!

 

[KaRLiToS]

I'm still waiting for Vega. If only for better deals on 1080 Ti, since I would be very surprised if AMD took the outright performance crown. 1080 Ti looks like the first legitimate 4K gaming card where no compromises in settings have to be made.

I am waiting for VEGA since 2015

Do you guys think my 4930k is fine?

 

[IEC]

I am waiting for VEGA since 2015

Do you guys think my 4930k is fine?

6C/12T so I think you are fine. 4C/8T was killing me in some CPU-bound situations like in Battlefield 1 64 player operations where 50+ players converge on one flag... with more cores my minimums are better.

 

[KaRLiToS]

Ok thanks IEC

Below, This proves that CPU doesn't change much thing when playing 1440p or 4k

Can't wait to test those new parts and I wonder if I should buy another GTX 1080ti lolll

 

[R0H1T]

I am waiting for VEGA since 2015

Do you guys think my 4930k is fine?

For the short term yes, longer term eight (or more) cores is your best bet considering 1080Ti will prevent (m)any GPU limited scenarios while gaming.

 

[KaRLiToS]

For the short term yes, longer term eight (or more) cores is your best bet considering 1080Ti will prevent (m)any GPU limited scenarios while gaming.

I agree, I will get the GTX 1080ti and see what I do from now.

I feel like in the past two years, multi-monitor has gone missing, SLI or Xfire is dying and watercooling is now overkill

(I still have a Mora3 Pro rad with Feser 240, 360 and 480, all that for a CPU and a R9 290x, Mobo VRMs and chipset, water never goes above 24'C while gaming Overclocked)

 

[tential]

Nah SLI / XFire isn't dead yet. I think MultiMonitor is just lame personally.
4K 144hz Gsync monitor. 1080Ti SLI

That's the fun thing to do man.

That's cheaper than some of your old setups too I bet (Don't look at the pricetag to verify this. Just believe me).

CPU wise, just keep waiting. It's getting more intense of a battle now. 2018 and 2019 shall be interesting. Our CPUs are more than fast enough to play until then. I doubt many high end users here have a CPU that "Needs" to be upgraded. We all "Need" to see a significant increase in CPU performance first. We'll know it, because we'll ALL be upgrading at that point just like when past Intel/AMD CPUs were amazing must have value CPUs.

 

[KaRLiToS]

My monitor was shipped but the EK block and 1080ti are back ordered.

 

[tential]

My monitor was shipped but the EK block and 1080ti are back ordered.

Are you getting the 4k 144hz monitor when it comes out?
You wouldn't want to have a weak setup after all.

 

[KaRLiToS]

Are you getting the 4k 144hz monitor when it comes out?
You wouldn't want to have a weak setup after all.

To be honest, I wanted a mix of ultra wide (since I just dropped my beloved multimonitor setup I had since 2012-02), high refresh rate and high resolution so I got the Asus PG348Q.

I did a lot of cable management.

My crappy cell phone picture doesn't do justice to my setup.

NOW WAITING FOR THE GTX 1080ti

 

[tential]

I just can't find a reason why I need an ultra wide. I definitely WANT one, but I'd just use 4K. I love 4K resolution. I kind of want 8k though....

 

[w3rd]

Just get the new Acer 38" 3860x1600 monitor.

Multi monitor for gaming has lost interest, since we have larger 2k & 4k monitors.

 

[Headfoot]

Ok so I bought a single Zotac GTX 1080ti with EK waterblocks and an Asus PG348Q monitor.

Will try that this week and if I feel the need to add a second GTX 1080ti, I will gladly pull the trigger.

It will be hard for me to let go my 7680x1440 to a 3440x1440. But I think I had too many issues with multimonitors but when it was working it was an incredible experience.

@moonbogg, I see no point of upgrading from my 4930k at 4.5 Ghz especially at higher resolution.

What is hard to accept is my EVGA Supernova 1600w Titanium will never get maxed out even with 3 x cards

I wouldn't wait for Vega in your shoes. I think price sensitive buyers also buying monitors ought to still wait for Vega just so they can align Gsync+nvidia or vega+freesync, but if cost is not the major object then getting Gsync won't be problematic at all, and I'd be surprised if Vega matched OC 1080 Ti. I don't think 11gb vs 8gb will matter in the cards lifetime but its certainly a nice to have feature.

 

[KaRLiToS]

Well, I contacted Ncix.ca because I haven't received my GTX 1080ti and they said they have now ETA on it .
I'm off next week so I wanted to play with my new setup, will probably repaint the whole PC room instead and play a little with the new screen at 100hz

More photos of the monitor

 

[tential]

I wouldn't wait for Vega in your shoes. I think price sensitive buyers also buying monitors ought to still wait for Vega just so they can align Gsync+nvidia or vega+freesync, but if cost is not the major object then getting Gsync won't be problematic at all, and I'd be surprised if Vega matched OC 1080 Ti. I don't think 11gb vs 8gb will matter in the cards lifetime but its certainly a nice to have feature.

If I gamed more and beat more than 1-2 games a year, I could justify a 1080Ti+Gsync. But until I actually beat like 4-5 games in a year, I'll stick with budget AMD.