1080p quantum dot monitor or classic 4k?

Simpsen_1 · April 24, 2019

Hi,

im thinking about this monitors. Which can give more visual experience in gaming?

I have old pc with gtx 1060 6gb for 1080p gaming but I planning to buy upcoming ps5 for 4k gaming

1080p quantum dot monitor but 24 inch version (in my local it shop)

or

4k 27inch monitor

Thank you in advance :)

Jurrunio · April 24, 2019

*if PS5 can handle 4k like a PC*

a good 4K monitor like that is better. You can't beat 4x the pixel count on a slightly larger screen with fancy pixels, though frame rate will be an issue

Master Disaster · April 24, 2019

Samsung do a 1440p QDot display

jones177 · April 24, 2019

When I bought my first 4k monitor I used a GTX 980. It had about the same power as your 1060 but with 2gb less vram. Most games I played at 1440p with frame rate in the 50s. Games Like Witcher 3 played flawlessly with that setup and old games like Mass Effect and Fallout 3 I could play at 4k and even adding lighting mods.

The down side to 4k is that you always need more power.

With a 1080p monitor you will have less of an urge to upgrade and 24" is a good size for that resolution.

A good compromise would be going 1440p although they cost about the same as 4k monitors. I paid about the same for my 32" LG 4k monitor(on sale) as you would getting the quantum dot.

mariushm · April 24, 2019

The 1080p monitor is probably 8 bit or 6bit+FRC if it's the 144 Hz variety...

The color accuracy won't be great but then again you won't care about it that much, it's a monitor aimed for gaming.

It's also a bit curved .... that can be polarizing you may or may not like it.

The quantum dot is just a fancy backlight that improves the color accuracy... but as much as it improves it still has to work with the panel and if that panel is only 8 bit or 6bit+FRC...

You do get 144 fps max with that monitor, which may matter for you if you're into competitive games like counter strike... but the gtx 1060 is kinda towards the bottom.... if you play at 1080p high-ultra quality in games, few games will run at 100+ fps so would be pointless to have 144 fps max on monitor.

On PS5 it's unlikely you're gonna have more than 75-100 fps in games at 1080p. Most likely majority of games will lock at 60 hz / 60 fps.

The 4K 27" is 4k and also IPS and it's 10bit panel, so it can probably reproduce more colors compared to the 24" one.

4k in 27" is kinda meh ... the pixels are kinda tiny... ideally with 4k you'd want 32" or more. So don't necessarily buy the monitor for the 4K bit.

It's only 60 Hz / 60 fps but maybe it can be "overclocked" to around 70 fps or so, if you run it in 1080p ... no guarantees.

4K 60fps is doable on gtx 1060 with some quality settings dropped down a bit ... but games would run fine at 1080p and monitor would scale it to 4K

a plus would be the Picture in Picture or Picture By Picture .... you could have your PS5 as main view and your pc in a corner or on half of the screen (to have a walkthrough or some friends on discord whatever or if you're streaming the ps5, you could have a PiP view of your computer's OBS or Xsplit)

Honestly, I probably wouldn't buy either one.

I'd look into a 4K 31.5" or higher, true 8bit or 10 bit IPS .. i don't care much about competitive games so i would be fine with 60 Hz or Freesync up to 75-100Hz if it doesn't increase the price significantly.

I wouldn't pay more than 200$ on a 24" monitor, no matter the specs. The 27" samsung with 1080p resolution at 350$.... jeeesh.