1440p vs 1080p screen

[Stelio]

Hi,

 

I just received me "eco cheques" from work (~250€ worth of cheques that I can use to buy energy efficient things like led monitors, led tv's, washing machines etc)

And I don't need anything so I was thinking to buy a new pc monitor. 

 

My setup now:

1 x 1080p 24 inch LG IPS screen

1 x 1080p 22 inch LG IPS screen

1 x old 4:3 17 inch monitor

 

i5 6600k @ 4,5 ghz + GTX970 (will be changing this one when Vega is available)

 

What I'm looking for: 

I want to change the old 4:3 monitor with a new 144hz freesync one. (or maybe keep that one as a 4th screen :p)

 

Why not G-sync?

To expensive imo and I don't like the closed proprietary stuff. 

 

What I want advice on:

Should I get a 27 inch 1440p screen or a 24 inch 1080p screen? Or maybe something else?

I first want to decide what kind of monitor to get before I choose a model. 

 

Pro/con: 

1080p:

- Playing a game on 3 monitors at once

- 3 monitors of about the same size 

 

1440p:

- better quality when playing on one monitor (will also be doing that for dota2, minecraft...)

- More screen is better?

- Can I combine 2 x 1080p and one 1440p for eyefinity (or whatever it's called atm)

 

Kr,

Stelio

[Monkey Dust]

I have 1440p at home, and use a 1080p at work, and no contest the extra real estate is great outside gaming. In game not so noticeable, but definitely an improvement on larger screens, such as 27". The only downside of 1440p over 1080p is that you need more GPU horsepower to drive it.

[LongDashund]

I would go with 1440p, so eventually you can replace the rest of your monitors with 1440p ones.