Best Monitor for The Moneys

[GodSpoon]

Im thinking about upgrading from 1080p, should I just wait for an affordable 4k monitor? or get 1440p? or get an ultra wide? 

Horsepower isn't a problem, but money is 

 

I'd be doing a little of everything, with gaming and some light/occasionally heavier content creation. 

 

Thanks guys

 

[ELSknutson]

go with a good 1440p 27 inch 

 

whats your budget?

[ShadowCaptain]

Im thinking about upgrading from 1080p, should I just wait for an affordable 4k monitor? or get 1440p? or get an ultra wide? 

Horsepower isn't a problem, but money is 

 

I'd be doing a little of everything, with gaming and some light/occasionally heavier content creation. 

 

Thanks guys

 

Horsepower IS a problem when 4k is concerned

 

personally I am waiting for the 144hz 1440p IPS panels - the holy grail IMO

[MrKickkiller]

If you want the most virtual real estate for the money, add 2 more 1080p panels

If you want sharper details in games , look at a 1440p, 4k is so much harder to drive and games don't run on it that well.

 

As for the content creation side, 4k is a benefit.

 

So you are tied between your two goals

[Swndlr]

i would go ultrawide, dey bootifulllll

but it has its obvious positives and drawbacks

[GodSpoon]

Horsepower IS a problem when 4k is concerned

 

personally I am waiting for the 144hz 1440p IPS panels - the holy grail IMO

 

Im going to upgrade when the 300x series finally decides to show up so again not super worried about horsepower, not going to be playing AAA titles at 4k anyways

I have been really considering a 1440p monitor, just not wanting to get bummed out by display density.

 

If you want the most virtual real estate for the money, add 2 more 1080p panels

If you want sharper details in games , look at a 1440p, 4k is so much harder to drive and games don't run on it that well.

 

As for the content creation side, 4k is a benefit.

 

So you are tied between your two goals

 

Thats what I was thinking, I really like the sound of having so much real estate on a single monitor, and I really don't want to buy two more 1080p panels haha

 

i would go ultrawide, dey bootifulllll

but it has its obvious positives and drawbacks

Ultrawides look so attractive, the LG one linus reviewed seems solid, but its pretty expensive in my terms..

[ShadowCaptain]

SNIP

 

4k scaling in windows is still shit so that might be a turn off

 

1440p is a good balance of sharp visuals, tons of screen real estate, and compatibility 

[GodSpoon]

4k scaling in windows is still shit so that might be a turn off

 

1440p is a good balance of sharp visuals, tons of screen real estate, and compatibility 

 

I know its shit I tried bootcamp on a retina mbpr, jeezus it was horrible. 

 

Im torn between that and an ultra wide, which do you think would be better in the long run?

[ShadowCaptain]

I know its shit I tried bootcamp on a retina mbpr, jeezus it was horrible. 

 

Im torn between that and an ultra wide, which do you think would be better in the long run?

 

Ultrawide support is still very limited, and pretty shit for games unless you love black bars, but great for productivity, in the few games it works in, its nice

[GodSpoon]

Ultrawide support is still very limited, and pretty shit for games unless you love black bars, but great for productivity, in the few games it works in, its nice

 

So for the money, just a  1440p then eh? 

Been looking at the cheap qnix ones, but you have any recommendations?

[ShadowCaptain]

So for the money, just a  1440p then eh? 

Been looking at the cheap qnix ones, but you have any recommendations?

 

I would avoid the cheap korean panels

 

Asus PB278QR? AOC Q2270PQU or something like that (its what I use)

 

if you can wait there are 144hz IPS 1440p coming but no word on price

[GodSpoon]

I would avoid the cheap korean panels

 

Asus PB278QR? AOC Q2270PQU or something like that (its what I use)

 

if you can wait there are 144hz IPS 1440p coming but no word on price

 

Thanks, ill probably wait on them then, even if I don't get one the prices will probably drop due to the new panels and competition anyways. And Ces just dropped an assload of free sync panels

[ShadowCaptain]

Thanks, ill probably wait on them then, even if I don't get one the prices will probably drop due to the new panels and competition anyways. And Ces just dropped an assload of free sync panels

 

absolutely and maybe if new GPUs come we can find out if they CAN play 4k better, and maybe windows 10 will have better scaling

[GodSpoon]

absolutely and maybe if new GPUs come we can find out if they CAN play 4k better, and maybe windows 10 will have better scaling

 

That'll be nice, 4k just looks fantastic! And It actually does atm, tried it out off a live usb drive and it by default, set to a much better scaling level on my mbpr, didn't even need bootcamp drivers

[ShadowCaptain]

That'll be nice, 4k just looks fantastic! And It actually does atm, tried it out off a live usb drive and it by default, set to a much better scaling level on my mbpr, didn't even need bootcamp drivers

 

Yah OSX does a good job, I hope windows can do something similar

 

that said I wish windows was OSX but whatever

[GodSpoon]

Yah OSX does a good job, I hope windows can do something similar

 

that said I wish windows was OSX but whatever

 

Nah I meant Win 10 scaled really well off the bat on my mac funny enough, but yeah OSX and Windows are good in their own respects. Scaling def had more time put in for it in OSX