1080 vs 1440p

[CatXice]

am running a standard 1080p screen atm and think about going to 1440p ultrawide i wanted to know is there any point of doing it? as the ultrawides are starting at £550 a standard 1440p is £300 and 4k is £400 so is ultrawide worth it?

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Depends on your PC hardware and if you want it or not!

[RyujinNO]

for gaming not all games fully support 21:9 but as almost all monitors are 2560p nowadays they prob will soon. been using a 1080p ultrawide for a long time now and its totally your choice. might look sharper with 1440p

[CatXice]

3 minutes ago, NoNamer12345 said:

Depends on your PC hardware and if you want it or not!

i can power it thats not the problem but are they worth buying or should i just go to a standard 1440p? or even 4k at £300 and £400

[doomsriker]

Your system should handle it fine. So it comes down to weather or not you see yourself noticing the difference. I grew up as a console gamer, so personally I find 1080p to be pleanty and see no need for more pixels. 

[CatXice]

2 minutes ago, doomsriker said:

Your system souls handle it fine. So it comes down to weather or not you see yourself noticing the difference. I grew up as a console gamer, so personally I find 1080p to be pleanty and see no need for more pixels. 

i am a the same came from console around a year ago now and i can run 1440p ultra 80fps on bf1 on this build so i was going to make the move to 1440p but is the worth the £300 to go ultrawide

[doomsriker]

1 minute ago, CatXice said:

i am a the same came from console around a year ago now and i can run 1440p ultra 80fps on bf1 on this build so i was going to make the move to 1440p but is the worth the £300 to go ultrawide

I personally don't think so, but a lot of people do. I would see if you can find something at least similar to the monitor you are looking at at a local store. That way you could get a better visual representation of the difference. 

[CatXice]

1 minute ago, doomsriker said:

I personally don't think so, but a lot of people do. I would see if you can find something at least similar to the monitor you are looking at at a local store. That way you could get a better visual representation of the difference. 

fair enough point that u think my local currys wud have a ultra wide 1440p there?

[ARikozuM]

Almost all games these days support the ultrawide ratio, but it is up to your hardware's specs. I'd say go for either 1080 or 1440 UW.

[CatXice]

1 minute ago, ARikozuM said:

Almost all games these days support the ultrawide ratio, but it is up to your hardware's specs. I'd say go for either 1080 or 1440 UW.

sir not to be rude but thats basicly what am asking

[itsmyjobtoknow]

This is all dependent on what you do with your system.

For me personally, I went from a 1080P panel to a 1440P panel because I needed more vertical space when I was programming. 

There was also a side benefit of playing games at a higher resolution, but that wasn't the main justification.

 

I also want to go to 1440P ultrawide, but there is no single benefit besides the "because I can" factor. 

 

[ARikozuM]

2 minutes ago, CatXice said:

sir not to be rude but thats basicly what am asking

I'm a triple monitor gamer. If you ask me if more screen space is better for gaming, I'd say "f#ck yes!". Seeing more of the action is much better than looking straight the whole time.

[CatXice]

1 minute ago, itsmyjobtoknow said:

This is all dependent on what you do with your system.

For me personally, I went from a 1080P panel to a 1440P panel because I needed more vertical space when I was programming. 

There was also a side benefit of playing games at a higher resolution, but that wasn't the main justification.

 

I also want to go to 1440P ultrawide, but there is no single benefit besides the "because I can" factor. 

 

this is what am getting at is it worth getting the 1440p for gaming only would u say and is £300 worth it just to go uw

[doomsriker]

6 minutes ago, CatXice said:

fair enough point that u think my local currys wud have a ultra wide 1440p there?

No idea maybe call ahead. 

[itsmyjobtoknow]

1 minute ago, CatXice said:

this is what am getting at is it worth getting the 1440p for gaming only would u say and is £300 worth it just to go uw

If it's purely for gaming, I can't justify it unless I had money to kill.  And if I do have money to kill, ultrawide would be my go-to option. 

1080P is still a fine resolution to game at.

 

To me, the only time you should consider a monitor upgrade is when you find yourself needing more space to do work to be ever so slightly more efficient. 

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2 hours ago, CatXice said:

this is what am getting at is it worth getting the 1440p for gaming only would u say and is £300 worth it just to go uw

I was thinking, if you really want a new monitor, why not go with 144hz 1080p?

[DaMainMan]

5 hours ago, RyujinNO said:

for gaming not all games fully support 21:9 but as almost all monitors are 2560p nowadays they prob will soon. been using a 1080p ultrawide for a long time now and its totally your choice. might look sharper with 1440p

Might?

Its a 100% night and day difference in sharpness with 1080p / 1440p.

[Darkseth]

I would NOT buy 1080p anymore. At least 1440p. Be it 2560 x 1440 or the 21:9 3440x1440.

Your Monitor will remain for years, even after you upgraded your Gaming GPU like 2-3 times.

 

Don't lower your new Monitor just because of the GPU you have Today. Just reduce Settings, and you get higher fps. easy.

 

1440p + High > 1080p + Ultra.