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    Which Display to go for in AW17 with GTX1070

    Discussion in '2015+ Alienware 13 / 15 / 17' started by vish120292, Dec 29, 2018.

  1. vish120292

    vish120292 Notebook Guru

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    Hi ,

    Since GTX1080 version seems unreasonably expensive in UK (and no i7 option only i9), i have decided to get GTX1070 Version, Which display do you recommend I get with it?

    Below are the 4 choices I have.

    1) 17.3" FHD 1920x1080 60Hz Anti-Glare NVIDIA G-SYNC Enabled 300-nits IPS
    2) 17.3" UHD 3840x2160 60Hz AG NVIDIA G-SYNC 300-nits IPS w/ Tobii IR Eye-tracking
    3) 17.3" QHD 2560x1440 120Hz AG NVIDIA G-SYNC, 400-nits, TN+WVA Tobii Eye-tracking
    4) 17.3" QHD 2560x1440 120Hz Anti-Glare 400-nits with TN+WVA Tobii Eye-tracking
    5) 17.3" FHD 1920x1080 60Hz Anti-Glare 300-nits IPS - Included in Price of 1750 GBP.

    Mainly I will be gaming, Running VMs and doing day to day tasks. No Editing or anything like that. So I guess UHD is out since it makes no sense for gaming.

    What will you choose?
     
    vish120292, Dec 29, 2018
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  2. kevin_172

    kevin_172 Notebook Consultant

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    I would go with option 3 myself
     
    kevin_172, Dec 31, 2018
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    I have 3 on my gtx 1080 version and it's great. It's a TN panel, so the colors aren't as nice as option 2, but the 120Hz more than makes up for it.
     
    dsmrunnah, Dec 31, 2018
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    Do you have back light bleeding? I am also thinking about buying the same display but i hate backlight bleeds.
     
    alberty, Dec 31, 2018
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    number 3. is good. i have it on my aw17 r4 gtx1080
     
    liviu2007, Dec 31, 2018
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    I have number 3 with is miles better that the option 5 I had on my last
     
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    Thank you very much for the replies.

    I keep jumping between Aorus X7 dt V8 and AW17, I will go for the QHD 120Hz Panel if I decide to go with AW17 :)
     
    vish120292, Jan 1, 2019
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