1080p vs 1440p: which gaming monitor for your graphics card
Match the monitor to the card: what 1440p asks of a graphics card, sharpness at 24 and 27 inches, refresh rate, upscaling and Canadian prices for each pairing.
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Simon Larocque
Editor and lead writer
Simon Larocque has built gaming PCs for fifteen years, first for friends and then for two summers behind the counter of a local computer shop, where most customers arrived with a budget in Canadian dollars and a parts list priced in American ones. He has tracked Canadian part prices in a spreadsheet ever since.
As editor he writes the PC Builds, Components, Monitors & Displays and Deals & Buying sections, and he picks and prices the parts in The Build Sheet each month.
Simon’s articles Newest first
First boot on a new gaming PC: BIOS, drivers and Windows
The parts are in and the side panel is off: what to check before power-on, the BIOS settings to change, installing Windows 11 and the driver order.
How much power supply wattage do you need for gaming?
Size a gaming PC’s power supply from the graphics card maker’s number: the sum, the headroom, the plugs, the ratings and the units on our Build Sheets.
Prebuilt vs custom gaming PC in Canada: which costs less?
Our $2,000 Build Sheet priced against the prebuilts Best Buy and Costco.ca sell this month, with Windows, warranties and spec sheets counted in.
Price matching in Canada: which electronics stores do it
Which Canadian stores match or beat a lower price on PC parts, consoles and gear, read from each store’s own policy in October 2026, and how to ask for it.
What to upgrade first on your gaming PC, and how to tell
A ten-minute check with free tools shows what your PC is waiting on. Then the order to upgrade in, the compatibility traps and Canadian prices.