Anyone have 32" 4K?

[Tweak155]

So small background... I have a 40" 4K monitor and not thrilled with 4K gaming performance (although the games do look amazing, just not great FPS).

I tried dropping the resolution to 2560x1440 which definitely increases performance, but it just doesn't look nearly as good. I tried pulling my 27" 1440p back in and now I don't like how small the screen is, even though it looks sharp and good performance.

Considering buying a 32" 4K to play at 2560x1440 until GPUs catch up... I'm thinking my 40" only looks crappy at 2560x1440 because of how big the screen is, it's probably not just because it is a non native resolution, right?

Thanks for any input.

 

[alcoholbob]

Bit of advice for 32" 4K.

Buy the single fastest GPU you can afford. Overclock it as much as you dare. Now...

Turn off AA.
Turn shadows to medium or low.
Turn down post-processing to low.
Turn off features with minimal visual improvements like:
*Chromatic Aberration
*Vignettes
*PhysX
*Ambient Occlusion
*Motion Blur
Turn textures to maximum.

Now it looks 95% as good as max with double the performance.

 

[tential]

Play at 4K. I can get games to run on my R9 290 at 4K. Just turn down whatever you need to in order to get it to run at an acceptable framerate. The improvement in sharpness at 4K is worth it.

 

[Fire&Blood]

What others said, stay in native resolution and compromise image quality.
There is no going back once you upgrade to a better resolution.

Which GPU do you use now? A card to handle 4K is still a while away yet to play while you wait, you do need a temporary decent card. Because of the few 34"+ sized panels are of the LG panel variety, I'm assuming your monitor supports (may require a firmware update) Freesync. If you don't own an AMD card, consider one. I have yet to observe G-Sync in action but a friend uses Freesync, IMO it's worth considering the feature should the fury x work out for you.

I think the best option would be to buy a new 1070, followed by buying a used fury x followed by buying a used 980TI.

Hat's off to you if you can make a lesser card work but IMO, a $400 investment is necessary to make the wait for better cards durable. You are stuck between a rock and a hard place right now. On one hand, you don't want to overspend and still fail to achieve uncompromised settings at native resolution, on the other, you need good performance to make less compromises to achieve targeted frame rate.

If Freesync "kicks in early" on your monitor, and the fury x can keep you in the ideal frame rate range, it may turn out to be a better option, otherwise I would buy the 1070 and as you put it, wait for the GPU's to catch up.

 

[Tweak155]

I actually already have a tactic that helps for now. I create custom resolutions. Right now I will play on 3840x1440 which gives me an ultrawide look that I really like, however I only have a 970 right now to push it.

2560x1440 would still cut out 50% of the pixels giving me even more performance. My monitor does not have any *sync technology. I got a great deal on the monitor though so I could give it a shot... I might just upgrade my card to push the 3840x1440, but also considering getting a 32" 4K as the smaller screen size would make the full resolution look even sharper when I can finally push it, but allow me to stick with a lower end card for now if it looks good in 2560x1440.

 

[4K_shmoorK]

I really like my 32" 2560x1440. Pixel density is pretty great, albeit, not ultra dense. 1440 is worlds easier to run than 3840x1440. I usually play about 2-3 feet back though. I notice myself moving my head during desktop usage from time to time. 32" or 32" ultrawide would probably be the biggest display I would recommend for a monitor. To me, 40"+ is too big.

Then again, I really want to experience that 37.5" ultrawide coming from LG.

I've had my eye on the XB321HK but its waaay too expensive for what you get (32" 4K IPS G-Sync)

 

[Tweak155]

I really like my 32" 2560x1440. Pixel density is pretty great, albeit, not ultra dense. 1440 is worlds easier to run than 3840x1440. I usually play about 2-3 feet back though. I notice myself moving my head during desktop usage from time to time. 32" or 32" ultrawide would probably be the biggest display I would recommend for a monitor. To me, 40"+ is too big.

Then again, I really want to experience that 37.5" ultrawide coming from LG.

I've had my eye on the XB321HK but its waaay too expensive for what you get (32" 4K IPS G-Sync)

Yeah 40" took a little getting used to, but putting it in ultrawide really helped. It looks really good too. I think 32" would be the perfect size which is why I ask about that size specifically.