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4k gaming monitor vs what i have
so i just bought the 1080 gtx TI 11gb founder edtiton and I am in the market for a 4k monitor. Thing of it is I dont know what 4k monitor out there will be compared and as nice as my dell monitor https://www.amazon.com/Dell-U2713HM-27-Inch-Discontinued-Manufacturer/dp/B009H0XQQY
what is a good 4k monitor to go with my new card without breaking the bank when I bought my dell one?
as always thanks!
what is a good 4k monitor to go with my new card without breaking the bank when I bought my dell one?
as always thanks!
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1) getting something with markedly worse image quality than your previous monitor, or
2) getting really tiny pixels so that the normal size for many programs is so small as to be awkward
If you're against both of those but still want a 4K monitor, then plan on breaking the bank.
First decide WHAT you want improved.
You might be better served by an ultrawide monitor than a 4k one depending upon what kind of games you like to play. Or a 1440p monitor at 144 frames or higher.
If you are doing productivity then why toss the original monitor? Just add a second one. Or a third. The same could go for gaming.
That monitor would let you play on the monitor of choice while doing other things on another monitor.
If you simply want to watch videos in 4k resolution then something of TV level would be sufficient.
What's wrong with your old monitor? Why not just keep it?
thoughts?
You could overclock something like an acer predator 3440x1440 curved monitor to 100hz. That would be better in most situations than a similar-sized 4k monitor at 60hz.
But personally for gaming I would go with Multi Asus Monitors, and if you really have the room throw in a big screen television for netflix, and movies.
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIAD6H5EF3295&cm_re=asus_gaming_monitor_ROG-_-24-236-405-_-Product
There is always other ones and many other choices, but personally Im still happy with my monitors from 2005 LOL still working purrrfectly not the newest but the graphics and colors on them still look great.
If you can't afford this then there are lower end choices depending on exactly what you are using them for but ROG monitors are really nice.
@cichy1012
For a 27" go for 2K instead, way cheaper and you actually notice the improvement. Dell have some really nice, got one myself.
For 30" go for 4K.
It is not worth the extra cash to get a higher resolution then you can notice while gaming. Of course you might want to go into a store and compare yourself, maybe you have sight like a hawk and see the difference before me.
I think it is worth to get better resolution then 1080p if you go over 24" but at smaller screens it is just a gimmick. At large screens it is really neat, particularly when playing strategy games and MMORPG, in FPS there is little advantage. Also, check the backlightning on a larger screen, you want 350 cd/m² brightness, it will make all colors looking awesome.
My recommendation: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/dell-27-led-gsync-monitor-black/5293502.p?skuId=5293502
LG 32" 32UD99 $999
This one is cheaper without HDR or rotating the screen.
LG 27" 27UD68 $499
Is it worth it? Probably not.
Given a fixed screen size, the higher the resolution, the more pixels you cram into the same real estate. As quizzical said earlier, you have to increase size to maintain icon and text size. Games with scaling UIs are typically OK, but not all of them do this. If 24" was the sweet spot for 1080p, and 27" is the sweet spot for 1440p, then 36 - 40" seems to be the sweet spot for 4K. I can completely turn off Windows scaling on this monitor and have no issues at 3-4 feet away.
If you want to stay with 27", I wouldn't buy without seeing it first. Also, you might consider the 1440p 144Hz offerings with Adaptive Sync technology (G-Sync in your case). At that screen size, I think it might offer a better experience in every way. I'm not aware of any new games that can cap 144 FPS at 1440p. That 1080 Ti should be good for a few years at 1440p. Less so at 4K, I'd imagine. Whichever you choose, it should be a big upgrade over your current monitor, but pay attention to color, because I really like the color on my old one. I still have mine as a secondary for those times when I need more accurate color.
Just go with Super VGA
On a more serious note
If you like sitting at your desk in front of a monitor I'd go with a 144hz 2k. It will *feel* better.
"Be water my friend" - Bruce Lee
Buying a high resolution screen that sucks otherwise (low frequency, low response time, low brightness and so on) is a bad decision.
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236466
You pretty much need IPS if you want to use portrait mode, as TN will look all wrong there.
I really like it, but there are a couple of caveats. For one, Windows 7 doesn't always load the monitor settings properly to scale an image across there monitors, so sometimes I have to immediately reboot. Windows 10 didn't have any problems with this.
Another issue is the monitor bezels in the middle of a game window. It doesn't bother me, but it might really bother some people. The monitors are large enough that the bezels are further into your peripheral vision than if you were to take just your current monitor and draw two bezels on it.
Due to how I have the monitors arranged with the side monitors slanted slightly toward the center, if you walk around while looking at the monitors, a game looks all wrong. While sitting in the normal spot, it looks good, though.
So why go this route rather than a 4k monitor? For starters, 144 Hz is a lot more than 60 Hz. This is also a lot of inches, so the pixel size is the same as it would be on a 27", 2560x1440 monitor--because that's exactly what the monitors are. You don't get the tiny icons problem of a 27", 4K monitor.
For the first time in my life, the real question is how much monitor space I want a program to take, and I'm not meaningfully limited by wanting to extend things off of the edge of the monitor. I don't maximize most programs, though I do for some (not all!) games.
For web browsing, having a taller browser is really nice. The most annoying thing about a short monitor is that you constantly have to read a little, scroll down, read a little, scroll down, etc. That's why I was thoroughly unimpressed by the "widescreen" trend and never bought a 1080p monitor because I didn't see 1920x1080 as much of an upgrade over 1280x1024. If the problem is running out of vertical space, adding more horizontal space adds more load on the video card but doesn't actually help much.
Now I have 2560 pixels of vertical space. I don't use all of that for a web browser; I generally set it to about 1800 pixels or so of height, as looking all the way up to the top to read is awkward. Constantly looking all the way into the corner is awkward for games; playing Champions Online was hurting my neck until I rearranged the UI to put some things on the center monitor rather than the far corner.
But then there is the issue of breaking the bank. Three monitors at $540 each is over $1600 just for the monitors. I'm planning on keeping them for a long time. I upgraded from two 1280x1024 monitors, and I got a lot of years out of those.
what do you all think about this instead of 4k
http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-27-gaming-monitor-s2716dg/apd/210-agjr/monitors-monitor-accessories