4k vs 1440p at 27 inches

[BeastFRX]

Hello guys,

I've had this 1080p 144 Hz gaming monitor   AOC 2770 PF for the last 10 years and i think it's time to upgrade,but I can't decide witch resolution should my next monitor be so i need your help.Should I get a 1440p monitor or a 4k monitor for gaming for the next 10 years or so? Should the next monitor be 144Hz or something better?

[SpookyCitrus]

This is heavily dependent on your system specs, please post a detailed spec list of your computer.

[Senzelian]

If you continue to use a 27" display, then I don't see any point in 4K. Especially not for gaming. I think 4K starts to make sense at 32".

[podkall]

10 minutes ago, Senzelian said:

If you continue to use a 27" display, then I don't see any point in 4K. Especially not for gaming. I think 4K starts to make sense at 32".

could depend on use case, person, all kinds of stuff

 

but I guess power of PC and screen size is the biggest variable

 

22 minutes ago, BeastFRX said:

Hello guys,

I've had this 1080p 144 Hz gaming monitor   AOC 2770 PF for the last 10 years and i think it's time to upgrade,but I can't decide witch resolution should my next monitor be so i need your help.Should I get a 1440p monitor or a 4k monitor for gaming for the next 10 years or so? Should the next monitor be 144Hz or something better?

how good can you spot details? how good is your PC? each res increase low-key doubles performance required 1440p can in some cases cut your fps in half, and 4K goes even further beyond, not literally but not far from the real-world performance approximation

[Senzelian]

5 minutes ago, podkall said:

could depend on use case, person, all kinds of stuff

I made it clear that this is my own subjective opinion. Of course, it can depend on all kinds of things, but I honestly believe that none of it matters due to the screen size.

[GuiltySpark_]

25 minutes ago, Senzelian said:

If you continue to use a 27" display, then I don't see any point in 4K. Especially not for gaming. I think 4K starts to make sense at 32".

This is how I feel as well. 

 

For me, I'm a big fan of high resolution for the ability to simply have more open on the screen. Lots of room to work.. real estate, as they say. 

 

What kills this for me is not being able to use 100% display scaling. A 27" 4K display at 100% scaling is basically unusable IMO and I would not be happy spending 4K money to have the usable area of a 1440p monitor.

 

32" is where this makes sense, though currently i'm at 42" and love it.

[WereCat]

30 minutes ago, GuiltySpark_ said:

This is how I feel as well. 

 

For me, I'm a big fan of high resolution for the ability to simply have more open on the screen. Lots of room to work.. real estate, as they say. 

 

What kills this for me is not being able to use 100% display scaling. A 27" 4K display at 100% scaling is basically unusable IMO and I would not be happy spending 4K money to have the usable area of a 1440p monitor.

 

32" is where this makes sense, though currently i'm at 42" and love it.

I just got a laptop last week which is 1920x1200 at 14" (161 PPI) vs 4k 27" (163 PPI).

I really like it at 100% scaling but I do have to lean in closer (around 50cm from the screen) and can't read well when sitting back in my chair at all. Especially my vision is not perfect either but I'd imagine I would still struggle reading text even then.

 

I think it's usable if OP has perfect vision and does not read a lot. The pixel density is really nice but I sill prefer my 32" 1440p displays for layback usage.

[GuiltySpark_]

Just now, WereCat said:

I just got a laptop last week which is 1920x1200 at 14" (161 PPI) vs 4k 27" (163 PPI).

Ha, so laptops are an exception for me. I have a 13" XPS with a 3200x1800 res display and it looks fantastic but to me its also a 13" laptop so I never had delusions of massive screen real estate in the first place. 

[WereCat]

2 minutes ago, GuiltySpark_ said:

Ha, so laptops are an exception for me. I have a 13" XPS with a 3200x1800 res display and it looks fantastic but to me its also a 13" laptop so I never had delusions of massive screen real estate in the first place. 

Vertical real estate was the most important thing so I went with 16:10. I full screen all apps and swipe between them with gestures as each is on a different desktop workspace and it's just slightly less than at a 1440p monitor with task bar. Otherwise I feel like anything higher res is just a waste of power. Must look real nice though for tiny details  

[BeastFRX]

This is my current [h1] Gaming Rig [/h1]

 - Case  :  
Lian Li PC-O11D Razer Edition Midi-Tower

 - Motherboard :  
ASRock X470 Taichi Ultimate

 - Processor :  
AMD R9 3900X

 - Water Cooling systems :  
Hydro Series™ H150i PRO RGB 360mm Liquid CPU Cooler
 
 - Graphics card :  
Asus Dual RTX 2080 Super  

 - Memory :  
Corsair VENGEANCE® RGB PRO 32GB 4 x 8GB DDR4 DRAM 3600MHz C18 Memory Kit — white  

 - NVMe M.2 SSD  :   
Samsung 970 EVO 1 TB NVMe M.2 SSD  
 - NVMe M.2 SSD 2 :   
4TB Lexar NM790 M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 x4 3D-NAND TLC (LNM790X004T-RNNNG)   

 - Solid state drives :  
                                  Kingston HyperX Savage Sata 480 GB  

 - Mouse :  
                                  Logitech G502 HERO  

 - Keyboard :  
                                  Razer Ornata Chroma  

 - Headset:  
                                  Razer Nari Ultimate  

 - Monitor:  
                                  AOC 2770 PF  

 

But I plan to upgrade it in the near future.

[xg32]

4 hours ago, BeastFRX said:

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it's possible you can spot the difference between 27inch 2160p vs 1440p, only you'd know, as for gpu, if you plan to upgrade to a 4080 super or higher you can comfortably go 4k, anything below i'd recommend a 1440p monitor

[BeastFRX]

I am planning to get a 5080 (thinking that this year will come out ) which I think will be decent enough even for 4k,but reading all the replies I think I will get a 1440p monitor . With all that being said, do you have any recommendations guys? My budget for the new monitor is around 500 euro and I live in Germany.