What determines or restricts monitor specs?

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  1. Posts : 29
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       #21

    Thanks jds63. I finally managed to track down a review of the OC version I have of the Dual-x R9280X 3GB and I see now why it's so hard to find it - it is apparently now off the radar.

    Hmmmm.

    DCS is the flight simulator I'm currently having a crack at.

    It's a chicken and egg situation, isn't it?

    By the by, tried to give you a thumbs up for the post but apparently I can't give to the same person in succession, so have a cake instead - .
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  2. Posts : 3,264
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       #22

    Aurondium said:
    Thanks jds63. I finally managed to track down a review of the OC version I have of the Dual-x R9280X 3GB and I see now why it's so hard to find it - it is apparently now off the radar.

    Hmmmm.

    DCS is the flight simulator I'm currently having a crack at.

    It's a chicken and egg situation, isn't it?

    By the by, tried to give you a thumbs up for the post but apparently I can't give to the same person in succession, so have a cake instead - .
    Yes you can not rep twice in such a close amount of time to the same person, do not worry your thanks are enough for me it is my pleasure to help.

    Those Radeon 280 X like i said are all about the same except for some specs as mentioned in my last post, it is a decent Graphics card.
    Not into Flight Simulators, more into Open world first and third person adventure games and first and third person shooters mostly.
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  3. Posts : 29
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       #23

    Thanks, jds. I'm now hopping over to the gaming section and see if I can get any closer to deciding what to do here. Thanks again..
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       #24

    Hi there.

    High quality graphics at a decent refresh rate requires both Memory and a LOT of processing power so for really good performance you should use a dedicate Graphics GPU card which can offload a lot of the graphics processing away from the main mobo and bus.

    For normal office type stuff (excluding gaming / video editing / photoshop / CAD etc) most computers will drive a reasonable sized monitor at full HD 1080p using the standard built in Video integrated into the MOBO.

    For driving a 4K large size monitor (or even a load of monitors say 3 or 4) you really must have a separate graphics card (or even two of them).

    Cheers
    jimbo
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       #25

    Thanks, jimbo. Good of you to take the time to respond.

    I just feel I would like to get a more immersive experience from my set-up. I have possibly approaching £1,000 available now and maybe a tad extra later, but am thoroughly confused as to what to do first.

    My set up is as per the system specs posted in my profile.

    I thought my first purchase could be say the Samsung 34" curved monitor, followed by an up-grading of the Graphics card if needed --OR I could go the reverse route and get a more powerful Graphics Card and then a screen to go with it. But I keep wondering if no matter which choice I make I may be opening a can of worms and finding each step I take only causes another one.

    I don't want a triple screen set-up - just a bigger screen and more sharp, if possible. Am I better to simply build another (my second) system... or can I strengthen the one I have?

    Any help is welcomed and I do hope you allow for my technical naivety. I have been gaming since 1995 - having started with Fade to Black!!!
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  6. Posts : 29
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       #26

    Just a quick update for those who kindly helped me.

    I bought a new PSU EVGA Supernova 650W G2, a Gigabyte GeForce 980Ti 6GB Windforce OC Edition graohics card and an X34 Predator G-sync 34" curved Monitor.

    Finally got everything disassembled and put together again and tweaked and set-up, and am now thoroughly enjoying Witcher 3 in Ultra-wide 3440 x1440 @95hz.

    Christmas came early this year.

    Thank you for all your help. :)
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