If you win the IPS lottery, it's not too bad. Prefer IPS over TN or VA any day of the week.
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If you win the IPS lottery, it's not too bad. Prefer IPS over TN or VA any day of the week.
Absolutely. For PC I prefer it over 4K.
No scaling issues with UI, super crisp image, lets you push much higher framerates than 4K while driving the panels native resolution.
I got a PG279Q and it's amazing. I had a Dell S2716DG (TN) before, now it's my wife's.
No scaling issues with UI, super crisp image, lets you push much higher framerates than 4K while driving the panels native resolution.
Wrong.
I got a PG279Q and it's amazing. I had a Dell S2716DG (TN) before, now it's my wife's.
I have my previous monitor yeah, it's a really good Acer Predator. 1440p144hz (165hz with an overclock) IPS panel with Gsync. But if there's a fix for ultrawide I prefer to use that so I'll try and find them, even if it means some modding.
Thankfully more and more games support it these days, and a lot of older games have mods/fixes for the games, though HUDs can be stretched of course.
Maybe it's a preference thing but for me modern IPS panels are the gold standard. TNs are great for super high refresh rates but colour accuracy is just awful in my opinion. VA panels are a step up in that department but suffer in viewing angles.
Modern IPS panels have low response times, great viewing angles and fantastic colour accuracy. You just have to deal with the lower contrast and perhaps some light bleed depending on quality control. So if that's super important to you then sure, go VA. But for me, especially since I work on my screens as well, IPS are great.
Absolutely. 1080p to 1440p doesn't sound like a big difference, but it's almost double the total number of pixels.
As I see it, 1440p is the only viable option on PC atm if you want best FPS and image quality at the same time.
You cannot hit constant 60 FPS @ 4k (let alone 100+ FPS) with current hardware (at a somewhat sane price point at least) but 1440p at 100+ FPS looks and feels noticeably better than 1080p.
I even went back from ultra wide 21:9 3440x1440 to regular 1440p in order to hit a constant 100+ FPS. Feels good man.
You cannot hit constant 60 FPS @ 4k (let alone 100+ FPS) with current hardware (at a somewhat sane price point at least) but 1440p at 100+ FPS looks and feels noticeably better than 1080p.
I even went back from ultra wide 21:9 3440x1440 to regular 1440p in order to hit a constant 100+ FPS. Feels good man.
To be honest, I have a 70in 4k TV in my living room, in which I sit about 18ft away from on my couch, and I can't even tell the difference between 1080p and 4k at that distance. As yes, I have 20/20 vision. I definitely see the difference when I'm right up near the TV, but that isn't a valid viewing distance.
Though for typical monitor viewing distance, I would say yes there is a noticeable difference.
Though for typical monitor viewing distance, I would say yes there is a noticeable difference.
Absolutely. That coupled with high refresh rates and gsync make upgrading to a 1440p monitor well worth it.
This just came earlier today. Not only is the screen size itself an upgrade (from a 23"), it has way better colors than my last IPS and games do look noticeably better. I've been playing at 1440p on my 4K TV for about two years now anyway and could already notice the jump up from 1080p, but not so much going from 1440p to 4K.
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$200 less than the ASUS PG279Q and it has FreeSync and is also G-Sync "compatible". The VRR goes from 48 - 144.
I was heavily considering VA just for the contrast, but the ghosting (that normally causes blacks to smear bad) just completely turned me off.
LG 27GL850 review - TFTCentral
27" 1440p high refresh rate IPS gaming display from LG. With a DCI-P3 gamut, 1ms G2G response time spec and 144Hz refresh rate
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$200 less than the ASUS PG279Q and it has FreeSync and is also G-Sync "compatible". The VRR goes from 48 - 144.
I was heavily considering VA just for the contrast, but the ghosting (that normally causes blacks to smear bad) just completely turned me off.
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I have the ASUS others have on here, it's pretty neat and definitely improved my performance in XIV.
Have to say tho there's lots of things where I find it hard to notice the higher framerate. It's more noticeable when I look at a 60hz screen for hours like for work and go to this much smoother one. But it's not like a 30 to 60 fps size difference.
Have to say tho there's lots of things where I find it hard to notice the higher framerate. It's more noticeable when I look at a 60hz screen for hours like for work and go to this much smoother one. But it's not like a 30 to 60 fps size difference.
Most of the time yes.
And I say most because it depends on what type of anti aliasing the game your are about to play uses.
Considering modern anti aliasing techniques, 1440p is a huge jump, when it comes to old anti aliasing techniques like FXAA or even MLAA, it blurs the entire image so ... it doesn't feel like a huge jump.
Pretty sure it will be a bless while playing newer games with TAA, supersampling AA injections or whatever sorcery devs comes up nowadays (like DLSS 2.1)
And I say most because it depends on what type of anti aliasing the game your are about to play uses.
Considering modern anti aliasing techniques, 1440p is a huge jump, when it comes to old anti aliasing techniques like FXAA or even MLAA, it blurs the entire image so ... it doesn't feel like a huge jump.
Pretty sure it will be a bless while playing newer games with TAA, supersampling AA injections or whatever sorcery devs comes up nowadays (like DLSS 2.1)
its almost double the pixels... of course its a noticeable upgrade over 1080....
1440p + 144hz gsync/freesync is the sweet spot right now
1440p + 144hz gsync/freesync is the sweet spot right now
my 1440p monitor for work is so much better than my desktop I had at my actual office, working from home is actually much easier for me with all the screen space.
What I just posted above is what is said to be its rival in a way.
77% more.
It's actually crazy how perfect my 1440p screen is for work. I can have so many apps up at once and they're all so easily readable and crisp.
Adding in the 144fps for smooth scrolling through my adobe docs and working from home is such an upgrade.
I'd say it's the perfect resolution for 22" < screen <= 27".
Bigger than 27", 4K becomes interesting.
Bigger than 27", 4K becomes interesting.
Fuck yes. I see the difference way more than I do between 1440p and 2160p on my 65" TV, at least with the distance away that I sit.
Very similar PPI means similar image but I would consider the larger screen to be a worthwhile upgrade. I'm on 32" 4k 2' away now and don't ever want to go smaller.
for me, this is a classic case of whynotboth.jpg
using 21:9 for work and classic gaming, 16:9 1440p für max FPS per Pixel and HDR for all the newest AAA titles
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Monitor manufacturers often ignore VA because IPS and TN panels are cheaper to produce. A good VA panel will always be better than both because it's the only type of panel that can have a bit of everything. Good VA panels have good color accuracy, good black levels, good contrast and good response times at the same refresh rate of IPS and TN panels.
If you buy a monitor with a good IPS panel, you get good color accuracy and good response times but you have to deal with backlight bleeding and horrible contrast ratios.
If you buy a TN panel you get good response times and high refresh rates at a lower price but you also have to deal with mediocre color and terrible contrast ratios.
My eyesight must not be that great, as not even full 4k is that much of a difference to me honestly. I mean, it is somewhat crisper but not to the level that the jump from SD to HD was.
That's because going from SD to HD is 6x the pixels. That isn't a fair comparison at all of course. And I guarantee if you go and toggle between 4k and 1080p on a game that supports native 4k, you will notice.
Yeah, sticking to 1080p is just cheating yourself if you like eye candy. I don't think you can resolve all the texture detail you're getting this gen at that resolution.
I mean, I do notice it but it's not as night and day as 480p looked like crap while 1080p looks good enough to me. It's just going from good to better in this case and I'd be ready to give up the extra pixels for 60fps next gen without thinking... But it most likely won't be an option, sadly,
This thread is kinda convincing me to finally take the plunge and update my monitor but.... man, 1440p/144hz monitor seem crazy expensive?
Like, I looked this one up:
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Like, I looked this one up:
And it's $800 CAD
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Every time I watch these guys they always say something straight up wrong.
that might be why I said almost....
point is, its totally noticable... cause its 77% sharper as you said yourself
Sure, but not worth the frames for it imo. Used one for about one and a half year, ended up getting rid of it and getting a 1080p 144hz instead for half the price, best decision i ever made in a good while.
Looking at the price...uhm no. Almost cost as much as my C8 55" LG OLED TV 2 years ago lol
