Ran stutter test using AMD R9 FuryX vid card set up as requested by Skuzzy:
In Capture the Flag Arena:
Low over the terrain getting FPS from 74-107 w/ the same very faint microstutter as noted in earlier test ran on my AMD R9 290X vid card.
Higher in alt all silky smooth w/ FPS from 116-232.
Looking straight up silky smooth w/ FPS topping out at 399.
Wasn't any water close by at this particular base (didn't note the #) so don't have any info for that.
Here is a snippet of the FuryX's vitals while flying this test cycle:
As you can see, the Alpha does indeed put a load on this FuryX but it also appears that the FuryX can handle it MUCH, MUCH better than my R9 290X ever could.
So using this vid card w/ a 144Hz monitor w/ the Alpha is in the cards........................
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We'll see what the final product looks like by the time all lines up for me to pick 1 up..................
The monitor will definitely be the Asus MG279Q IPS 144Hz Free-sync LCD.