2560x1440 ?

[rbk35]

What is the importance of this res. when most users do not have monitors that will support it? It seems most benchmarks and reviews for graphic cards are based on this resoulution and unless your using a 30" monitor you can't use it anyway.

 

[Throckmorton]

It's important because some users do have monitors that support that res. I bet in a few years we all will.

 

[RavenSEAL]

It's important because there are people that spend 2k a year on GPUs and have a six way display on quad SLI GTX 580s. That's why!

 

[Lonyo]

30" 2560x1600 monitors are super expensive still, 2560x1440 monitors are marginally cheaper. There are only two single-monitor resolutions above 1920x1200/1080, and that's one of them, and they are both close.

Sites test it to show 27/30" monitor users what performance is like at that res. Just because not everyone has a supporting monitor doesn't mean much, especially when you are talking about up to $500 graphics cards.

Most websites do multiple resolutions, including the more common ones like 1680x1050 and 1920x1200/1080.
2560x???? pushes cards to their limit, which is also what people want to see.
I don't know where your "most benchmarks are based on this" idea comes from when websites cover multiple resolutions, and that's just one of them.
Don't care about the results at that res? Then ignore them and focus on the relevant results at lower resolutions.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

30" 2560x1600 monitors are super expensive still, 2560x1440 monitors are marginally cheaper. There are only two single-monitor resolutions above 1920x1200/1080, and that's one of them, and they are both close.

Sites test it to show 27/30" monitor users what performance is like at that res. Just because not everyone has a supporting monitor doesn't mean much, especially when you are talking about up to $500 graphics cards.

Most websites do multiple resolutions, including the more common ones like 1680x1050 and 1920x1200/1080.
2560x???? pushes cards to their limit, which is also what people want to see.
I don't know where your "most benchmarks are based on this" idea comes from when websites cover multiple resolutions, and that's just one of them.
Don't care about the results at that res? Then ignore them and focus on the relevant results at lower resolutions.

I have a 2048X1152 Dell monitor so there are 3 res above 1920X1200.

 

[Lonyo]

I have a 2048X1152 Dell monitor so there are 3 res above 1920X1200.

That's pretty much the same number of pixels as 1920x1200, so not really (2.4% more pixels).