Resolution war.

Ashish231 · June 28, 2015

I think I get what you mean, the issue with monitor resolution is PPI or pixels per inch.

I have used 4k and 1440p monitors and I'll say this; 4k doesn't look that much better than 1440p however on a 27" 1080p monitor, I can see the pixels and that is less than ideal. On a 24" monitor, I find 1080p to be a solid option but bump the monitor up to 27" and 1080p has problems (PPI goes down to 82) but 1440p is good (109 PPI).

3 things to consider about a monitor;

Resolution

Screen size

Sitting distance

They all matter, if I sit 6' from a monitor; it might as well be a 27" 1080p, makes little difference. I sit 3' away, I should be 1440p 27" for a better experience.

EDIT

It took some time to understand this graph but it is good.

Now

Why people say higher resolution will give something else.

This is all a myth and i found some posts like this too.

Casperian · June 28, 2015

It took some time to understand this graph but it is good.

Now

Why people say higher resolution will give something else.

This is all a myth and i found some posts like this too.

Oh and one potential benefit of higher resolutions is being able to turn AA down. So as I said 1440p 27" is a pretty nice "sweet spot", 4k 27" lets you turn AA down (You are removing aliasing which is caused by pixel approximation. With more pixels, the approximation is lessened anyway so if it becomes unnoticeable why lessen it more) but 4k is harder to run than 1440p + AA so its a relatively poor trade off.

The best part about 4K is the insane hardware you need to run it