The title says it all. As for myself, I am a gamer (casual), youtuber and I often do some productivity stuff. I am currently on a 1080p display with a GTX 970 and am looking for a visual upgrade. (I am mostly excited about more screen real estate as the 21.5" Dell can only give me so much. I am also looking for a more immersive experience when it comes to entertainment. I don't have a sky high limit when it comes to budget so I am looking for something around the US$ 700 mark.
I have found a decent 4K monitor within my budget here:
I am unsure whether to plunge or pass.
P.S: I am located in India so I am also plagued by limited availability, choice and higher than usual prices.
Hello, myself... OK, if you ask me: Get yourself 1440p monitor for gaming and wait for Vega/Volta... Aside from that get a nice 21:9 productivity monitor... 97,6% of the games don't support 21:9 resolution anyways... 4K is luxury. Not a necessity. Triple 1080p will be both easier to run and if you game on one the other two can be used for recording software and streaming and whatever else. On top of everything 27" 4k will be kinda tiny miniscule text... No...
If you go the 4k route you should get like 40 to 50 inch in screen size so you do not have to use windows scaling. As for a more immersive experience I would get a 40 inch 4k screen as well since you can sit like 2 feets away and then have it all over your sight. Speaking from my own experience it does get more immersive after upgrading from a 21 inch screen.
Although I did not gave you a direct recommendation, I hope I could help you out in your search for a new monitor.
I just suffered through the same dilemma and decided on a 21:9 monitor. I do some production - video and photo editing, lots of research and writing, light gaming. There are a lot of editors that warn about getting a curved monitor because it throws off their composition lines. I would add that the new LG monitors have a very pronounced curve and it could cause issues with composition lines, so I would be careful about buying a new LG monitor because of that. However, I can not recommend 21:9 for production enough, but if your budget limits your options to 21:9 with a 1080 resolution then I would suggest skipping it and buying a larger 16:9 4k monitor. The 3440 x 1440 monitors have a amazing picture with very clear details, but quality monitors with that resolution will cost you almost twice as much as some 40" 4k monitors.
That's the one I bought. It's great. I mean... if you don't like 4k @ 27" then it might not be your thing but I've been loving it. The bezel is probably one of the best things that I like about it
I bought recently a 32inch - 1440p (420€). I found really good as for the size and for the pixel density. If you really wish to go for a 4k, I would suggest to be at 40inch. For such size, I am unsure if a flat screen is still ok.
I did have a 40" UHD monitor for a while and it was flat but felt almost convex due to the corners being further away. Some curve may have helped there but it wasn't necessary because I compromised on 34" 3440x1440 UW which was good for having a couple of side by side windows open on the desktop and within the scope of my 980 Ti to run at higher settings in demanding games.
Alright guys, this one just happens to be (barely) in my budget.
Since this video was made by Logan on the then Tek Syndicate hardware channel, I wonder if @wendell can add any suggestions. Seems like something everyone is recommending, endless YT reviews, all positive.
Also, the only 4K options I have are at 27 or 28 inches.
As someone who has had both ultrawide and now 4K i would go with the 4K. The more stranded shape of a 4k panel works better in ported games and 1080 scales in to 4k nicely allowing you to still use that 970.
The current generation of GPUs still do not have enough power to drive a 4K display, if you want to run demanding games at high quality settings. Multiple GPUs don't make sense financially, where best case scenario, the second GPU may provide a 40-50% increase in frame rate, at the expense in introducing bugs, quirks and artifacts. Also, many games simply do not take advantage of multiple GPUs.
A 4K screen is great for other applications, such as designers and sysadmins who need to display a lot of information on the screen. And, some 4K screens do a good job of down-scaling so that you can play the occasional game at less than 4K resolution.
Personally, I like about a 32" 16x9 1440p IPS panel as a general purpose monitor. Some models are plenty fast enough for gaming, so long as you're not a professional, competitive gamer, in which case, you probably already know what kind of monitor you need.
I haven't tried Witcher and there is always an exception, but most folks aren't going to be happy spending ALL the money on a 4K display and a GTX1080 and then have to play their favorite FPS at 40-60FPS. Most FPS guys aren't going to be happy with anything less than 100FPS, or better, so I honestly wouldn't consider 4K, unless running G-Sync.
4K or go home. Widescreen as I have seen in person multiple times just looks absolutely idiotic. Widescreen for a work environment makes more sense and I think Wendell has touched on this in videos in the past. Now as for 4K get a 37 to 40" tv or monitor as that is when it is worth it.
I dont game much but I do a lot of productivity, AutoCAD, Lightroom, Photoshop etc..
43in 4k was nice but it felt a little large sometimes. I also had issues with mine and didn't want to exchange so I set out for another.. went 34in UW and it was ok but I missed that vertical resolution from 4K. Landed somewhere in the middle with a 32in 4k and think its great, I also got it for pretty cheap. Window snapping is very useful I use a program called display fusion to help with custom snapping aspects. It works well for me and has a ton of real estate. I was worried about scaling but I have it set at 100% and it works perfect. Very sharp and crisp. for me the perfect display needs 1600P minimum. I would be interested in a non curve 38in 1600p ultrawide or a 38in 4k IPS or since we are dreaming 38in 4k OLED but that doesn't exist yet
Im not sold on 4K yet. Unlike everyone else, I think it makes a lot more sense on a smaller screen.
4K with pixel doubling on a smaller screen makes for a super sharp and smooth experience.
If you want a larger screen, then 3440x1440 is the way to go. You still get more screen real estate, but the monitor is a lot easier to drive, and you can find models that will run at 75-100 hz which will help with screen tearing.
Yeah, I wanted a large display and a more immersive experience. I ended up going with the LG 34UC98-W, I hope there are no issues. It is an expensive purchase for me. :)
4K Monitor At 100% magnification, the 3840 x 2160 pixel UHD 4K resolution can be fully utilized, but the pixel density is around 140 ppi, and the pixel pitch is about 0.18 mm, so it appears quite tiny from the normal viewing distance (left).
