looking for a new monitor to enjoy XIV 1080@1ms or 1440@5ms?

[AresGodofwar]

I'm looking to get a new monitor for FFXIV Christmas and was wondering which one i should go for... Now I would like to go with a 1440p, but their response time are 5ms and refresh rate 60hz.
Now would a 5ms vs 1/2ms matter much on ffxiv?
Thanks for the help

[Mourns]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Here is what I got from Amazon thanks to my wife getting us a Prime account. FYI game looks awesome best price for 1ms 27in monitor with good name to go with that I found during my search. Hope its in your budget.

[r3quiem]

Might be easier to help out if you list the actual monitor itself and your graphic card

For example having 1440p might give you more real-estate on your screen but if your graphic card can't handle it you'll suffer FPS wise.

But strictly from a response rate POV in an MMO like FFXIV you wont notice the difference between 1ms and 5ms.

Im currently using a 1ms 144hz monitor. However I have also used a 2ms and 6ms monitor to play as well.

[AresGodofwar]

Might be easier to help out if you list the actual monitor itself and your graphic card

For example having 1440p might give you more real-estate on your screen but if your graphic card can't handle it you'll suffer FPS wise.

But strictly from a response rate POV in an MMO like FFXIV you wont notice the difference between 1ms and 5ms.

Im currently using a 1ms 144hz monitor. However I have also used a 2ms and 6ms monitor to play as well.

I have a GTX 660 ti, that's also why there is no point to go with a 144hz monitor since i never get more then 60fps @ max setting right??

[r3quiem]

In your situation I'd suggest sticking to the 1080p monitors however as i mentioned above ignoring everything else, you wont notice a difference between 5ms and 1ms especially not in FFXIV.

The games that would really gain from it are generally FPS running at a consistently high Frame Rate.

If you are aiming for a buttery smooth experience i'd invest in another 660 Ti if you arent capping the 60 FPS mark or go for a 120Hz 1080p monitor since they are becoming more affordable.

[raelgun]

right, with regards to the FPS, you can select unlimited which goes as high as the cpu+gpu allows, if you can reach the 144 fps mark, then your monitor if its 144 hz can generate it, your currently playing on a 60 fps locked setting which you can change.
also, the ms when it comes to mmos doesnt matter a single bit, at all, the only time this point matters is if you play First person shooters at a extremely high lvl, by this you actually earn money doing so.
the 660ti will struggle at 2560x1440, thats a ton of pixels, even a 780 ti can be brought to its knees at such resolutions, the best monitors for mmos are ultrawide screens, 21:9 screens, they are 2560x1080 resolution but gives a insane screen real estate, which actually benefits mmo games more then anything else, though you still need a bit of graphics grunt with more vram

[AresGodofwar]

right, with regards to the FPS, you can select unlimited which goes as high as the cpu+gpu allows, if you can reach the 144 fps mark, then your monitor if its 144 hz can generate it, your currently playing on a 60 fps locked setting which you can change.
the 660ti will struggle at 2560x1440, thats a ton of pixels, even a 780 ti can be brought to its knees at such resolutions, the best monitors for mmos are ultrawide screens, 21:9 screens, they are 2560x1080 resolution but gives a insane screen real estate, which actually benefits mmo games more then anything else, though you still need a bit of graphics grunt with more vram

If i wanted to go the 1440p route, which gpu should i upgrade to or just get a 2nd 660ti?

But if not and end up doing the 2560x1080 monitor, any great monitor you can recommend?

[raelgun]

to play at 1440 more comfortably at constant high FPS, a single better card is the better route, mostly due to Vram. this link http://www.anandtech.com/bench/GPU13/583, just fiddle with the benches shows how games fair in the benchmark fps, which i must add, doesnt translate into gameplay at times, doesnt have FF14 in there sadly.



this is ultrawide, party ui is on the smaller setting, but you get the idea, i am zoomed out

my system specs are i5 3570 k
AMD 7970 GHZ 3 GB Vram
8 GB ram
mostly high settings and sustaining at least 60 fps, doesnt drop in fights

2560x1440 is feasible, but it is more intense then this.
also depends on what monitor you currently have
in terms of monitors for ultrawide
i use http://www.amazon.com/AOC-29-inch-IP...9&keywords=aoc, though i live in the UK, cost me £310
theres also
http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-PB298Q-29...asus+ultrawide
http://www.amazon.com/Dell-Computer-...dell+ultrawide
not cheap, but i love it

for comparison sake, this was my 1920x1080 monitor from before

[Teirshin]

To run at 1440 and not have to set all the details to low requires some hefty CPU/GPU power. Your 660ti isnt going to cut it and neither will a pair of them in SLI.

I'm running a 4770K overclocked to 4.5 Ghz with 2 x 670 GTX's in SLI at 2560x1440 and even thats not enough in busy spots to maintain 60 FPS with the settings on Maximum.

Think about your budget before anything, because while 1440 looks amazing the cost to run it smoothly can be prohibitive to some.

[raelgun]

teirshin, what fps do you get in 8 man stuff ?, not just R.Toll, curious to what you get