Choosing a monitor

[Skandrake]

Hi, looking for an upgrade to my monitor, been using 2 of them for the past few years. They are Acer - G236HLBbd 23.0" 1920x1080 60Hz Monitor and BenQ - XL2411 24.0" 1920x1080 144Hz Monitor. I do gaming and abit of content creation as a side job on the BenQ while the Acer is used a extra space to keep stuff open.

 

Thought of getting the Asus ROG Swift PG27UQ to replace my Acer but it's a massive $3500 SGD (Singapore).

 

Now looking for a content creation monitor. Preferably 4k no more than 27.0" coz of space. Unless there's a good hybrid monitor to replace both monitor. For the hybrid, response time don't matter but I would like a G-Sync. Using a 1080ti and i7-8700k and 32G Ram for your reference.

Edited August 30, 2018 by Skandrake

[Streetguru]

4 minutes ago, Skandrake said:

 

G-sync would be a waste of money

 

just buy any of the Free-sync 4k IPS displays, should all be pretty fine.

[ramm]

4k is pretty much useless on 27" since most 1080p monitors are 27" too and they look good too. So you have 4 times the ammount of pixels but can't really tell since it's the same small size.

 

Best would be to get a 32" 4k, then at least you have the benefits of 4k over 1080p. I was in the same boat and i'm glad I got a 32" 4k and not a 27" 4k. So honestly: make room.

[Streetguru]

6 minutes ago, ramm said:

4k is pretty much useless on 27" since most 1080p monitors are 27" too and they look good too. So you have 4 times the ammount of pixels but can't really tell since it's the same small size.

 

Best would be to get a 32" 4k, then at least you have the benefits of 4k over 1080p. I was in the same boat and i'm glad I got a 32" 4k and not a 27" 4k. So honestly: make room.

My 27" 4k display seems perfectly fine

[ramm]

3 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

My 27" 4k display seems perfectly fine

Sure it's fine but the point i'm trying to make is: I had a 27" 1920x1080 screen before and it already looked great. I don't really see how getting 4 times the ammount of pixels on the same size monitor would be an improvement when you can't really tell the difference. So if you go for 4 times the ammount of pixels, i think you would benefit more from it from also getting a bigger monitor. Because 4k on 32" still has smaller pixels than 1080p on 27" and you can enjoy the beautiful 4k detail even more.

[Streetguru]

1 minute ago, ramm said:

 

a 27" 1080p display would look pretty bad unless it were far away.
 

4k at 27" is a noticeable improvement vs even 1440p at 27"

[WereCat]

IMO, just grab any nice 4k 60Hz monitor with good colour accuracy for your content creation and just stick with your 144Hz BenQ for now.

 

Yes, you dont have G-Sync but you may as well just use Fast-Sync as your PC should have no problem handling that at 1080p 144Hz so you will have no tearing as long as your FPS is higher than 144.

[ramm]

5 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

a 27" 1080p display would look pretty bad unless it were far away.
 

4k at 27" is a noticeable improvement vs even 1440p at 27"

I disagree, 27" 1080p looks beautiful. I'm sitting about 80cm/32" away from the screen. When I was considering my 4k monitor I first wanted to buy a 28" but I thought then I have 4 times the ammount of pixels on a monitor thats only 1 inch bigger, could you really tell? 4 times the ammount of pixels is alot of work for your gpu for something you maybe cant even see. So i'm glad I went with a 32" 4k monitor because then you can enjoy the beautiful 4k details even more while the pixels are still smaller than you could ever tell.

 

But indeed like you said: it probably depends how far away from the screen you are sitting and also it depends how good your eyes are.

[voiha]

@Skandrake Question about your monitors. You said that you have one 144hz and one 60hz, did you had any problems using them ? Particularly the Hz ?

[Skandrake]

1 hour ago, voiha said:

@Skandrake Question about your monitors. You said that you have one 144hz and one 60hz, did you had any problems using them ? Particularly the Hz ?

Hz wise, no. I am looking for a good content creation monitor. So Hz wouldn't matter if I'm just gonna replace the Acer monitor.

 

In addition I have take measurements (after moving a few stuff) and can fit a 32.0" monitor next to my BenQ though it will look weird but I won't care. So any recommendations for a 27.0" or 32.0" or more than if replace both monitor. Just list or link them recommendations and I'll take a look.

Edited August 30, 2018 by Skandrake