Upgrade my 1080 GTX - What recommendation?

[criccio]

That's something i meant to put in my response, Since 3840 x 2160 is 4K, Why can't 2560x1440 be 2K? I remember back 10-11 years ago when 4k monitors were first getting going in the pc market, there was a lot of discussion/argument over that.

Explained in my last post above.

 

[LukeTbk]

That's something i meant to put in my response, Since 3840 x 2160 is 4K, Why can't 2560x1440 be 2K? I remember back 10-11 years ago when 4k monitors were first getting going in the pc market, there was a lot of discussion/argument over that.

One big reason is that 1920 monitor have been called 2K for a very long time before 1440p came out, second big reason what is the link between the number 2000 and 2560-1440p, neither number are particularly close to 2000 ? Why call it a 2000 monitor ?

A range of near 4000 horizontal pixel are called 4k because they are close (from 4096 × 2160, 3996 × 2160, 3840 × 2160, etc...) to it, 2048 × 1080, 1920 x 1080, 1998 × 1080 are called 2k because they close to 2000, for what possible reason 2560x1440 would use the 2000 moniker to be described ? Specially in a conversation you want the reader to be clear if is 1080p or 1440p because it is a big difference if you're chasing 360hz.

 

[vjhawk]

I would like to upgrade my nvidia 1080 GTX to benefit from a 1440p 360hz monitor im planning to buy

Without changing the entire PC of course.

What are my current options - im very outdated in the PC hardware space right now.


The Nvidia 1080 gtx specs page GeForce GTX 1080 | Specifications | GeForce
states

1080 GTX

• 7680x4320@60Hz
• DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI

My Other PC SPECS

4770k overclocked
32gb ddr4 corsair ram

Also, not intending to play modern day games.



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2560x1440p is not going to be that hard to max out. It's the 360hz. I'd probably just go for a 4090 or wait for the 5090 to come out if you want to get close to max frame rates on that monitor.

Also your 4090/5090 will be hard capped by your system so I don't know if you'll be able to reach the max potential of your new gpu.

 

[mlcarson]

There's nothing wrong with calling or referring to 1440 as 2k.

Except for the fact that it's not. 1440 is the vertical resolution which isn't considered in the 2K or 4K specifications since 16:9 aspect ratio is implied for TV.
The measurement is the horizontal pixel resolution (1920) of 1920x1080 which rounds up to 2K.
2560x1440 would be 2.5K or 3K if you want to round up.
3840x2160 is 4K
5120x2880 would be 5K.
7680x4320 would be 8K

 

[Eshelmen]

7900 GRE gets my vote for the go to upgrade.

Nearly 2.5x the performance of the 1080 and doesn't break the bank.

 

[TheHig]

Yeah right now the GRE is bringing strong value for the money on the Radeon side and if it has to be Nvidia I like the 2070 super personally.