It's silly to even look at 1080p for high-end gaming, beyond having some "rule-of-thumb" number to compare performance historically. I remember I used to advic

It's silly to even look at 1080p for high-end gaming, beyond having some "rule-of-thumb" number to compare performance historically. I remember I used to advice people to spend half on monitor, half on the pc system (and out of that, maybe close to half on the gpu). That used to mean a ~1000 USD monitor(s), and a ~500 USD GPU - for a total system price of ~2000 USD. Today, most people would probably aim for a lower total cost, but it's still silly to sink a lot of cash into getting a great system, only to have a crappy monitor ruin the experience. (Another caveat, I'd guess a high-end monitor should be able to survive/remain usable for closer to a decade than to 3-5 years -- which would be more typical for a pc. Of course, part of the reason for getting a pc system would be the possibility of ~incremental upgrades)