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2560x1440 vs 4K

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#1 ·
I'm keeping an eye on monitors during the holiday season, thinking of upgrading my LG 23.6 " 1080 monitor. Question is I'm not sure what to upgrade to or if I would even be able to handle playing at the higher resolution with out taking a huge hit to the graphics settings.

my current computer is "from the ashes" in my signature
to lazy didn't read:
radeon 7970 and i5 2500k (4Ghz) both on water
8gb 1600 ddr3

from some searching on overclock.net seems like a lot of people really like this 2560x1440 monitor
I'm also looking at this 4K samsung

Do you all have any strong opinions about these monitors or which to get,
I'f I won't be able to play the games I want on 4k there's obviously no point in getting one. I play bioshock infinite, borderlands 2, modded skyrim, and eventually i need to play dragon age 2 so I can get inquisition
 
#3 ·
No chance a 7970 will run good any of these. Maybe the 1440 but not at 144hz.
I think the 1440p is a better buy. Cheaper and no way 4k may be used with single card. With a cheapo R9 290, you shouldn't have trouble running 1440p. You might want to drop a second 7970 but I never crossfired and heard there are multiple issues with that so I prefer to stay away from a dual card set-up (hence the no 4k for me yet).

Also, I am also looking for 1440+ monitors but with greater than 27inch screens. Best would be 30-31 as I already have a 27'' 1200p and think it could be bigger.
 
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You mean 1440 vs 4k ..?
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No chance a 7970 will run good any of these. Maybe the 1440 but not at 144hz.
I think the 1440p is a better buy. Cheaper and no way 4k may be used with single card. With a cheapo R9 290, you shouldn't have trouble running 1440p. You might want to drop a second 7970 but I never crossfired and heard there are multiple issues with that so I prefer to stay away from a dual card set-up.
what I figured. thought I'd ask I'm ok with not playing on max. I'm currently running everything I play on max so next option for me is to go multi monitor or up to higher res.
 
#11 ·
As was mentioned before about 4K on 28" monitors you would probably have to enable windows scaling which has its own problems. The main reason I chose a tv as opposed to a "monitor" was there are currently no large IPS 4K screens 40+ inches on the market. Also there is no need to enable windows scaling..
 
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As was mentioned before about 4K on 28" monitors you would probably have to enable windows scaling which has its own problems. The main reason I chose a tv as opposed to a "monitor" was there are currently no large IPS 4K screens 40+ inches on the market. Also there is no need to enable windows scaling..
yes 1000+ to spend on a monitor like you did would be lovely, that's just not going to happen, least no time soon.

probably just stick to little ol 1080 on my cheap sanyo tv
 
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Ugh.. I'm blind.. Sorry.. Lol
Yea, definitely look at 1440P then.
all good
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thnx probably go with the x-start or qnix
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Have you ever run monitors in their non-native resolution before? It looks terrible.
no, no I haven't.
 
#21 ·
Buying a 4K TN and not using the native resolution is the equivalent to paying 600$ for a 200$ 27" 1080p TN panel with much higher input lag (non Asus & iyama 4K TN's have 30ms+ delays) and an awful stand (Samsung).
 
#22 ·
I was kind of in your spot a year ago. I had a 7950 and a mITX system in a Prodigy, but wanted to move away from 1080p (although I did use 3x 1080p Eyefinity before).

I chose the Qnix for 1440p and the chance of overclocking to 120Hz and it's been amazing. A single 7970 will do 100+Hz if you lower settings, but it's very much worth it for FPS games and any high-movement games (like MOBAs). Since then, I've upgraded to a R9 290 and it handles 1440p @ 120Hz solidly, although max settings for recent games will only produce approx. 60FPS, which may not matter to you if you don't care to overclock your monitor.

The Qnix/X-star uses an -A grade PLS panel, but it is a very high quality panel (used for the top-tier Samsung monitors), even better than most IPS panels I've seen/used. Even if you don't go for the overclocking potential, the stock monitor is very nice for gaming, videos, documents, and/or media production.

Edit: as bomerr mentioned below, get the single-input version if you want to overclock (Dual-Link DVI only), the other multi-input versions will frame skip or only overclock a small amount.
 
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#23 ·
Buy the QNIX DVI-DL only 1440p Pixel Perfect monitor off eBay right now.

Dell just came out with a 27" 4k IPS panel for $700 but it's really not worth because it's only 27".

I--and a lot of other people--feel for 4K 32" is really the sweet spot while 27" is for 1440p.

So as of this moment I would recommand getting a 1440p panel. The good news is looking at the way things are going--especially thanks to Apples 5k iMac- 32" 4K IPS displays will most likely be affordable by next Christmas.
 
#24 ·
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Originally Posted by Kokin View Post

I was kind of in your spot a year ago. I had a 7950 and a mITX system in a Prodigy, but wanted to move away from 1080p (although I did use 3x 1080p Eyefinity before).

I chose the Qnix for 1440p and the chance of overclocking to 120Hz and it's been amazing. A single 7970 will do 100+Hz if you lower settings, but it's very much worth it for FPS games and any high-movement games (like MOBAs). Since then, I've upgraded to a R9 290 and it handles 1440p @ 120Hz solidly, although max settings for recent games will only produce approx. 60FPS, which may not matter to you if you don't care to overclock your monitor.

The Qnix/X-star uses an -A grade PLS panel, but it is a very high quality panel (used for the top-tier Samsung monitors), even better than most IPS panels I've seen/used. Even if you don't go for the overclocking potential, the stock monitor is very nice for gaming, videos, documents, and/or media production.

Edit: as bomerr mentioned below, get the single-input version if you want to overclock (Dual-Link DVI only), the other multi-input versions will frame skip or only overclock a small amount.
thanks awesome post
 
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