Some solid advice from Tim at Hardware Unboxed: "DON'T Upgrade Your GPU, Upgrade Your Monitor Instead"
Might ruffle some feathers here in the first 3-4 mins with statements like 4K providing a significant improvement over 1440p at 32" and those claiming '60fps is sufficient for gaming are wrong,' but I agree 100% with everything he said in the video.
Around the 9:30 mark he brings up typical systems at the entry, mid-range and enthusiast level from 5 years ago and compares the GPU vs monitor upgrade path today when staying within the same budget.
Some of his closing words:
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This was honestly a great video and as I'm researching buying a new proper full fat PC, I'd agree with everything said here. A new Monitor is 100% my first purchase, and also going to be my new TV since it's the only way to get a properly great screen at a 32" size.
Might ruffle some feathers here in the first 3-4 mins with statements like 4K providing a significant improvement over 1440p at 32" and those claiming '60fps is sufficient for gaming are wrong,' but I agree 100% with everything he said in the video.
Honestly he's right, at least when we're talking about monitors and all games generally.
A correctly used monitor should be precisely your arms length away from you and with the top third of the screen at eye level. That close up and at 32", you are 100% going to see a difference between 1440p and 2160p.
You'd probably not be able to tell 1800p and 2160p apart, but still, it would be a noticeable improvement.
It's at average TV viewing distances, often at an odd angle since people increasingly put them up high flat against a wall, where 4K is usually a waste of pixels. Even with a 60" TV it would be hard to tell it apart from a 1440p resolution at the yards away an average person would be looking at it. 20/20 vision just isn't that precise.
Similarly 60fps isn't just about how many pixels are being pushed by the system, it's about latency and pixel frequency. You can get noticeably smoother, snappier feeling games with higher frame rates, especially since VRR is the norm now. Combined with OLED's almost zero latency, 144hz and above simple make games feel and play better for most people.
Games are playable at even sub 30fps. But that doesn't mean they're ideal there, and more frames are always better if you can get them.
Even if you can't get a stable 60fps with your current rig, a 360hz monitor will let you easily play at 40fps too, which is still a massive step up from 30fps.