Hi all,
I’m building my first gaming pc and I will be including an ASUS ROG STRIX GTX 1080 Ti. That said, I would like to hear from the community about their experiences playing Overwatch with a 1080 Ti. What settings do you play on? What is your average framerate? And what monitor refresh rate and resolution are you using? This will give be an insight on what monitor to buy with this card. Thanks.
Dude, you’re gonna go way overkill with that.
My 1080 FTW card gets well over 200 frames. Spending that much money on a GPU when your monitor can’t handle over 60 or even 144 while a $300 card can do just what you need it to is a waste.
Edit:
Look at it this way. Spend $700-800 on a 1080 TI for frames you won’t even see. Or you could spend $200-300 on a card that will give you peak performance for whatever monitor you have.
Players that have a 1060 3GB have been known to get well over 100 frames.
I know. That’s why I’m confused about getting either a 1440p 144hz monitor or a 4k 60hz monitor. What do you recommend? I also would like to play other AAA games on ultra settings.
Your framerate will be bottlenecked by CPU. So be sure to get a 8700k and oc it, if you want the best framerates.
Then buy a 240hz monitor.
For just OW? 144hz monitor.
For general gaming? 4k 60hz monitor.
But don’t go for the 4k unless you get that 1080ti.
You’re either going extremely expensive or average for a 5-7 year build.
My rig is here: https://pcpartpicker.com/user/SprinkleyBinkley/saved/fVN23C
I don’t think OP has 10k they’d like to blow on a gaming rig.
Ah ok. But I don’t really care about resolution, I just want the frames. When you play other demanding games (e.g. witcher 3) what is your average framerate? My monitor is defenitely going to have g-sync so I don’t need to get to 144hz.
go for a 1440p 144hz,it gives you more flexability depending on what game you are playing,if its an fps the more fps the better even if you need to sacrifice your resolution to stay at 144 at all times,but if its a single player with great graphics then not having 144hz for the beautiful graphics is nicer.
I just have a 1080 (non ti), with an i7 6700k, getting a solid 165fps at 1080p medium/high graphics. Very happy.
Right now, my monitor is at 60 hz. I OC’d it to 74.
I get Witcher 3 on the peak settings at ~75 frames (according to Benchmarks), Doom runs at almost 130 FPS, Prey runs at ~110 FPS, etc.
The frames don’t help you nearly as much in graphically demanding games. At that point, it’s much better to just take in the graphical quality as you won’t really be able to tell, nor care, about a 60hz vs 144hz monitor difference in these types of games.
The framerate only really matters in games like OW, CS:GO, and R6:Siege. Games where fast, quick movement is imporant. Otherwise, seeing a bandit run at you at 144 FPS isn’t gonna feel better than at 60 hz.
Will you notice it when staring at things like TV’s? Absolutely. Most TVs only run at 30 FPS. Same thing with consoles.
Will it be worth going for the extra frames in non-multiplayer settings? Absolutely not.
Okay. I’m gonna be playing a mix between fast paced multiplayer games and single player story games. So I think 1440p 144hz is the best option in my case, would you agree?
its not a waste, the higher fps you have over your monitors refresh rate lowers input lag. i have a 1080 and play on low to cap my fps at 300 for said reason.
Also, g-sync only applies with Nvidia cards and is meant to stop screen tearing. Max hz is also important. A 60hz monitor with G-sync will still only reach maximum 60 FPS. A 144hz monitor with G-sync will still only reach a max of 144 FPS displayed.
I do think your 144hz g-sync monitor would be best.
I’ve got one that’s only 60hz, but works like a beauty. I don’t really need the extra hz as I don’t play any of these fast games competitively.
Also, be sure to look into response times. The lower the better. Try and get one with 1ms response time as well as the other things you’re looking for.
Good luck!
10k ???
1080p 240hz is 350usd
i7 8700k is 350usd
GTX 1080ti is 700usd
The rest of the rig can be had for no more than 600ish… So the rig is 2k total… Not 10k
Input lag is purely connection based.
The monitor might not be able to process the new image fast enough. Average Montior response time is 5ms. If your response time is much longer than that, you’ve got a bad connection.
Overwatch uses more CPU then GPU tbh. Besides if you want the competitive edge you’ll have everything on low anyway.
That is an overkill. A 1080Ti, man that is one of dream thing to get there.
But yeah, it is an overkill. This game can clock at more than 60fps with 750ti at low settings, and 1050 at high (that is my laptop setup right now).
You’re not counting in other hardware like a wireless card, keyboard + mouse, etc.
OP seems to really want to go all out with this build, which can be extremely expensive.
Sure, 10k was an outlandish number but it was meant as one. Not to be taken literally.
The word your looking for is hyperbole. I use it a lot myself, it’s amazing how many people don’t catch it regardless of how obvious you make it.
Hi. I built my system in January.
Same card as you, but watercooled and overclocked to 2035Mhz, i7 8700k overclocked to 5ghz, 16gb ram.
I play on a 165hz 1440p gsync monitor, mostly high settings if not maxed. I cap my framerate to 160 though because of a weird jitter after it goes higher than 162.
I don’t believe I experience any framerate drop, and if you are playing at 1080p I’m sure you’ll be fine even with stock speeds.
Edit: I overclocked mine right out of the box because I’m watercooling it, so I’m not sure if it would affect 1440p at stock, but probably not by much.