Monitor which won't kill my eyes after coming back from Mac

[danfungus]

tl;dr: My ex-wife took all my money so I had to sell my Apple kit. What replacement monitor should I be getting for photography and light gaming which doesn't break the bank or my eyes? Pref 27" IPS. But have reservations on 4k display scaling. Is 1440p ok?  

 

So longer version. I had a 5K Studio Display and M1 MacBook Pro before which I had to dispose of to break even after a messy divorce. I was spoiled rotten by the two best displays on the market. Now I don't have either. So I'm poor and I'm running a bankrupt stock Lenovo i5-12400 corp desktop with Windows 11 and a crap Iiyama 22" VA panel at 1080p which is horrible and hurts my eyes after a couple of hours. I also have a 27" 4k Iiyama which has a damaged polarizer (damn removals guys). I've had that monitor a few years now and used it on Mac and PC but I never liked it. It has to be run at 150% scaling on both platforms to be usable size-wise and that results in text sharpness issues and blurring even after arguing with Cleartype settings. I figure it might be worth going back to 1440p. I'll be using it for photography (Affinity Photo) and light gaming when I eventually get to upgrade the computer side of things.

 

If anyone has some input on any suggestions and sweet spots of size / resolution combos I would appreciate it. 

[zachfb]

You could always get a 2.5k apple cinema display used on ebay. It's 27" and goes pretty cheap.

[whispous]

Are you in a well-lit room or do you look at your screen in dim surroundings?

[seanondemand]

IFAIK 4K scaling is actually handled better on Windows than Mac (Mac really wants 5K) but if it were me and I was on a budget I'd probably target something 1440p and reasonably colour accurate.

[danfungus]

19 hours ago, whispous said:

Are you in a well-lit room or do you look at your screen in dim surroundings?

Well lit surroundings. The studio display used to annoy me because it was glossy actually.

 

8 hours ago, seanondemand said:

IFAIK 4K scaling is actually handled better on Windows than Mac (Mac really wants 5K) but if it were me and I was on a budget I'd probably target something 1440p and reasonably colour accurate.

Sounds sensible. Thanks for the reply.

[Stahlmann]

Gof for a 27" or 32" 4K monitor. They have high enough ppi so the picture looks as crisp as a typical mac display.

[danfungus]

Ok I bought a ViewSonic VP2768a. Was in budget and has 110% sRGB at 1440p. Fingers crossed it turns up without any crap pixels!