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Intel I7-6700k
32Gb's DDR4
EVGA 1070 SC

Right now I'm running dual 23" Asus VS239's. I don't have any complaints about them but I'm looking to upgrade one of them to a bigger gaming monitor. I've been out of the monitor realm for awhile and I've been reading up on 4k, 144hz, etc etc. With my machine specs what monitors are suggested. I play Ark mostly so I'm looking for best clarity and resolution.
 
I find 27" 1440p 120hz to be the sweet spot. 27" is a good size at a desk. 1440p is a nice step up from 1080p without taxing the 1070 too much. The smoothness of 120hz is pretty noticeable over 60hz.
 
Six and half a dozen are the same thing, it's a metaphor. I'm saying it doesn't matter which you use.

Also, why did you buy a Freesync monitor when you have an NVIDIA GPU?
NVIDIA supports G-Sync, not Freesync.
 
From the monitors that I saw G-Sync enabled was much more so I just went with a 4k at 27" in my price range. I wanted a G-Sync 4k 27" IPS but didn't see any within my pricerange. I was mainly asking about the 4k and if HDMI will display the 4k at 60hz. Right now on HDMI it appears to be only at 30hz.
 
NoobModder said:
From the monitors that I saw G-Sync enabled was much more so I just went with a 4k at 27" in my price range. I wanted a G-Sync 4k 27" IPS but didn't see any within my pricerange. I was mainly asking about the 4k and if HDMI will display the 4k at 60hz. Right now on HDMI it appears to be only at 30hz.
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What version is the HDMI cable you're using?
 
I checked in the monitor and didn't see an option to change the refresh rate just the res. I checked the nvidia software and it didn't have any other option but the 4k res at 30hz
 
I plugged the display port in and it went to 60hz so it must be the HDMI cable. Since my monitor mount nearly blocks the displayport slot I'm going to get a newer HDMI cable.
 
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