1440p or 4k

[BananaFalcon]

Possibly building a new pc to bring to my dorm and I want to buy a decent ips monitor and im wondering which one is better 1440p or 4k?

 

Im looking at:

4k: http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-28-Inch-Definition-Monitor-U28D590D/dp/B00IEZGWI2/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1416282338&sr=8-9&keywords=1440p+monitor

 

 

or 

 

 

1440p:http://www.amazon.com/PB278Q-27-Inch-LED-lit-Professional-Graphics/dp/B009C3M7H0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1416365992&sr=8-2&keywords=asus+pb

 

 

recommendations are welcome!

[Smooth Bunz]

I personally would go 1440p

[TheKDub]

I'd go for the 1440p as it will be easier to run and I'm fairly sure 4K is still a bit... buggy?

 

(Though right now I'd be greatful for even 1080p... I dislike my current 1680x1050 monitor, 16:10 isn't fun for content creation as you have to stretch/shrink parts of your video to fit a youtube video box correctly... (has to be 16:9 for it to look right))

[Juganog]

1440p 

[BananaFalcon]

im also willing to do games too

[Glenwing]

Well, the Samsung one isn't IPS, so... There's that...

I think 1440p is a better way to go. You need an absurd amount of graphics horsepower to take advantage of 4K in games, and on a 28" monitor everything is way too tiny to take advantage of it on the desktop. Of course you can use Windows scaling, but it doesn't work perfectly.

[Imabigmac]

Depends on your preference really. 

 

Are you all about the response times and fps? 

 

Are you all about the best looking visual experience? 

 

Or are you in between? 

[Mr Yammy]

1440p

[BananaFalcon]

Depends on your preference really. 

 

Are you all about the response times and fps? 

 

Are you all about the best looking visual experience? 

 

Or are you in between? 

Im in between 

[soaringchicken]

1440p really is the only option right now unless you have a doge for a pc

[Imabigmac]

Im in between 

The I would suggest pursuing a 1440p monitor. 

[Octavialicious]

All I can say is that 4K is amazing; if you can afford it definitely get it!

[BananaFalcon]

which one is best between these:

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/X-STAR-DP2710-LED-MULTI-27inch-AH-VA-Panel-WQHD-2560x1440-Computer-Monitor-/331180242313?pt=Computer_Monitors&hash=item4d1be17589

 

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/QNIX-QX2710-LED-Evolution-II-Multi-TRUE10-SE-27-2560x1440-QHD-DVI-HDMI-Monitor-/121362611435?pt=Computer_Monitors&hash=item1c41c67ceb

 

 

http://www.amazon.com/PB278Q-27-Inch-LED-lit-Professional-Graphics/dp/B009C3M7H0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1416367498&sr=8-2&keywords=asus+pb

[creativename]

4k, also IPS isn't a very smooth gaming experience. Well 4K TN isn't that smooth either. I'd get the higher resolution.

[elkenrod]

You lost me at "dorm". Expensive tech + college dorm =

 

Trust me.  It's more for the reasons you can't think of, than the reasons you can.

[Bigdaddy5414]

4k easy. Much better then my three 1440.

[Dazinek]

Take a look at my post I made about this on anandtech.. D:

 

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2408721

 

In short, It is recommended to wait for freesync next year. Otherwise general consensus is to go with 1440p. 

 

If you don't mind turning down some settings on games, then go for the 4k.

[BurgerBum]

you're asking ''easily just as buitiful and i can go surround without too much hassle later...or hardly better except after 32 inches, and is instantly 4x the workload for my gpu....''

 

 

 

personally i'd go 1440.

[BurgerBum]

im the kid running 40Hz 900p single screen.. sooooo..

4k is like.. magical mystical scorcery that i will never afford another one of.