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Shoopman
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I am thinking of upgrading my display some time this year from a 21" 1080p display to a 27" 1440p display. I was pretty hyped for all the extra pixels until I realized that the ppi of both displays is nearly identical (105 vs 109). I was kind of looking forward to everything looking nice and sharp. My phone clocks in at 441 ppi and my Vita has 220, both look incredible and have virtually zero aliasing at their native resolution. Will my 27" display just look like a bigger version of my 21" display? Will my jaggies look basically the same because the pixel density didn't actually change?

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It all depends on how far you sit from the display. I think that it will all look the same or slightly worse if you sit at the same distance.

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It all depends on how far you sit from the display. I think that it will all look the same or slightly worse if you sit at the same distance.

Is it even worth it then? No companies seem to make nice 24" or smaller 1440p displays as of now so would it be wise to wait for that to happen, or just stick with my current display? No use paying a bunch of money for a nice display and video hardware to power it if it will look the same as 1080p.

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Whoops I did this wrong... hehehehe

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If you really want more screen real-estate then yes. If not, then no.

Current System: CPU - I5-6500 | Motherboard - ASRock H170M-ITX/ac | RAM - Mushkin Blackline 16GB DDR4 @ 2400mHz | GPU - EVGA 1060 3GB | Case - Fractal Design Nano S | Storage - 250GB 850 EVO, 3TB Barracuda | PSU - EVGA 450W 80+ Bronze | Display - AOC 22" 1080p IPS | Cooling - Phanteks PH-TC12DX_BK | Keyboard - Cooler Master QuickFire Rapid(MX Blues) | Mouse - Logitech G602 | Sound - Schiit Stack | Operating System - Windows 10

 

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Is it even worth it then? No companies seem to make nice 24" or smaller 1440p displays as of now so would it be wise to wait for that to happen, or just stick with my current display? No use paying a bunch of money for a nice display and video hardware to power it if it will look the same as 1080p.

 

Some have been announced, but not released yet. There's a BenQ 24" 1440p and Dell 25" 1440p monitor in the works.

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