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When do you plan on buying a 4K monitor?

When do you plan on buying a 4K monitor?

  • Already got one

    Votes: 689 3.0%

  • This year

    Votes: 775 3.4%

  • Next year

    Votes: 1,336 5.9%

  • Not before they are under $400

    Votes: 7,749 33.9%

  • I'm waiting for GPUs to catch up

    Votes: 7,612 33.3%

  • I haven't thought about it yet

    Votes: 4,667 20.4%
  • Total voters
    22,828
  • Poll closed .
TheGuruStud

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I'll be waiting until I can use freesync on it. 1440 looks pretty damn good and video cards are not increasing in speed thanks to shitty fabs, so there's no need.
 
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So far I am loving my ASUS VX238H without a doubt. The response time is so smooth and the picture is to die for. I have another one hooked up to my HDMI cable box, live sports games look incredible! So to answer the question, not for a while.
 
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Haven't given it any consideration. Besides, my single 7970 would suck gaming at 4k anyway. I'm fine gaming at 1080p for now.
 
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A Titan can't even consistently push 2560x1600 (which is why I downgraded back to my 1920x1200). Don't even talk about 4K for gaming on a single card.

Can we get an intermediate 16:10 resolution like 2240*1400 pretty please?
 
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I play FPS games mostly, so Benq XL2411T 144 Hz combined with Lightboost was my pick. instead of any higher resolution monitor. But when 4K monitors become 120/144 hz i might get one of those :)
 
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W1zzard said:
With 4K Gaming being the latest marketing buzzword, what are your thoughts about it ?
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I won't buy a 4K monitor until Microsoft releases a version of Windows that doesn't look like shit at high res -- right now even 1600p monitors look like crap -- yes, they fit more on the screen, but they just cause more eyestrain in the process and don't enhance the image quality in any way, (games aside).
 
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until they become affordable (less than 400 euros) and also until the gpu's are able to handlle them and with that i mean gpu's around the 200 euro price point.
 
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