Transition from 1080p to 1440p worth it?

[WeedIsMySin]

Specs: 1070ti i7 8700k 16GB DDR4 2133mhz.

[orbitalbuzzsaw]

Yes

[AndersT2]

To a 1440p Ultrawide yes, non ultrawide maybe. especially if you prefer good looking Graphics over frames

[rcmaehl]

Yes and no. On one hand, video games look nicer but have lower framerates, on the other hand most online video content is still only 1080p and doesn't look as good on a 1440p display compared to a native display. 

[Slottr]

If you go for 1440 high refresh rate or 1440 ultrawide (or both), certainly. 

[Techicolors]

there is a noticeable gain in clarity when i jumped from 1080p to 1440p. some games still needed some AA tho 

[Fasauceome]

Depends on the panel as well. Are you going from a low quality TN to a high quality IPS?

[GoodBytes]

8 minutes ago, WeedIsMySin said:

Specs: 1070ti i7 8700k 16GB DDR4 2133mhz.

For gaming? Somewhat. I mean it will more taxing, so depending on the game you may need to reduce visuals to get good (for you) steady fps. You may need to reduce visuals to keep the frame rate.

 

For working? Yes. larger working area. or if the display is of small size, you can increase the Display Scaling instead to enjoy smoother and easier to read text, and ensure richer more details images/icons, if you work with text extensively.

[xriqn]

I honestly don't feel that it's worth it. Games that don't natively support 1440p will look horrible on it (quite a few major titles still don't support 4k) and gaming on 4k can reduce your performance quite drastically if you don't have the right hardware.

[kirashi]

28 minutes ago, WeedIsMySin said:

Specs: 1070ti i7 8700k 16GB DDR4 2133mhz.

6 minutes ago, GoodBytes said:

For gaming? Somewhat. I mean it will more taxing, so depending on the game you may need to reduce visuals to get good (for you) steady fps. You may need to reduce visuals to keep the frame rate.

 

For working? Yes. larger working area. or if the display is of small size, you can increase the Display Scaling instead to enjoy smoother and easier to read text, and ensure richer more details images/icons, if you work with text extensively.

100% this. I took one of my matching 23.8" ASUS ProArt 1080p displays to work because I managed to snag a 27" 2560x1440p ASUS 60Hz display off eBay.ca for around $210 CAD 2 years ago. For gaming I could take or leave the extra resolution - in fact, just having a 1080p 27" display would be fine.

 

But for working? Holy balls, I'd NEVER go back to a 1080p display. Ever. Period. My job gave me an opportunity to use a 23" 1900x1200 Apple Cinema HD Display a few years back, but the power adapter died for it, and of course it's proprietary AF so I really should mail the monitor to Apple's HQ one of these days. Anywho, having 27" of 1440p goodness gives you enough room to open 2 sites / documents side-by-side, leaving me enough room to work on one screen while having comms apps up on my remaining 23.8" ASUS ProArt display.

 

[WereCat]

As was said before me. For gaming, not that big of a deal unless you also go for an Ultrawide.

BUT it can be a huge deal for gaming if you want a big screen so that you can sit/lean further away and play on controller or watch a movie from bed/soffa while you dont want to sacrifice the pixel density while using the screens from up-close.

 

For working or general desktop use, it is a MASSIVE difference vs 1080p.

 

Each of these is 1440p

[Mick Naughty]

Kinda, I don't game better what so ever. The fps loss isn't worth it to me. Only I game I tend to like it on which is BF1, I can do just as well with 1080p but with their random recoil crap they generated, I actually have to try and aim to place top.

 

I love it for productivity when Im limited on monitors. Guess if depends on the game.