4k or 1440 for me?

[maddogchen]

Need to replace my 23 inch 1080 monitor as its not doing so well. I have a second Dell 20 inch ultra 1600x1200 thats doing pretty good even though its 5+ years old.

Will it look odd to pair the 20 inch dell with a 27 inch 4k monitor? Or would it be better to pair it with a 27 inch 1440 monitor? I'm thinking of going IPS since I only game (RPG games) 10% of the time. Mostly I work or watch videos.

My biggest concern is when I move programs from one screen to the other. Will I have issues with the scaling? I figure I need to upgrade to Windows 10 from 7 first.

With a 4k monitor, I can still game in 1440 or 1080 right?


Thanks

 

[DigDog]

depends on your GPU ... you haven't told us what you have.

 

[maddogchen]

If i do get the 4k I'm going for a 980ti. Currently have a R9-270

 

[DigDog]

well, i would keep the 270 and go 1440, or at most a r9 290 / 970. to save money.
since you dont play fast games (shooters, racers) you won't benefit as much from higher refresh rates. and 1440 is easy to drive. i dont have 4k but many here do, and they say that a single card struggles at that resolution.

i'm not against spending money, but 4k will be a thing of the next GPU cycle, not this one.

 

[CakeMonster]

If you work and game, I'd consider 30" 1600p. More vertical resolution is very valuable for work, and the bigger size is a nice bonus when gaming. You also avoid the non-native resolution scaling that 4K will force you to do in most games. For video, 1600p is also fine with tiny black bars but still slightly larger video image than 27" 1440p.

I've run all kinds of different monitors together and I've never been bothered much about different scaling/size/resolution.

 

[maddogchen]

Thanks I'll try to look for a 30 inch 1600p or a 27 inch 1440 then.