should I get this 27" $200 IPS 1080p from Macrocenter?

[soccerballtux]

http://www.microcenter.com/product/431471/27MP35HQ_27_1080p_IPS_LED_Monitor

Ten eighty p bothers me. I like 16:10.

My P-MVA panel (Soyo Topaz S) power supply went bad. Maybe this is a good excuse to upgrade hmm...

 

[postmortemIA]

It is not an upgrade. Text is going to be bigger, and that's it. 16:10 is rare these days, comes in 24" 1200P or 30" 1600P.

The upgrade would be these 27" 1440P displays, you can get decent one for about $400.

I am in a similar boat, my old Dell 27" 1200P has dark spot that is getting bigger. So logical solution is to get more pixels, not less...

 

[Ramses]

I have a 27" LG ips 1080p, I fully admit I'm not monitor-picky apparently, but have been pretty happy with it. I got 1080p specifically for the larger size, txt isn't as crisp as it could be but it's not crazy bad. Least on mine. Seems to game well enough, no crazy ghosting or such and an always supported 1080p native is nice. I strongly suspect there is better out there now, but it might not be two hundred bucks. 27ea63 is mine I believe.

 

[tynopik]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824236331

24" 1920x1200 $238 - $20 rebate

 

[soccerballtux]

It is not an upgrade. Text is going to be bigger, and that's it. 16:10 is rare these days, comes in 24" 1200P or 30" 1600P.

The upgrade would be these 27" 1440P displays, you can get decent one for about $400.

I am in a similar boat, my old Dell 27" 1200P has dark spot that is getting bigger. So logical solution is to get more pixels, not less...

that's what I was thinking, and I don't want 4k either for the GPU cost or for it to inevitably be re-scaled the current size destroying efficiency

 

[soccerballtux]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824236331

24" 1920x1200 $238 - $20 rebate

oh dear you're making it hard to wait for the capacitor package I have coming in the mail!!!!

 

[soccerballtux]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824236331

24" 1920x1200 $238 - $20 rebate

crap

 

[Meghan54]

crap

Really, esp. considering it's now $209.99 after $20 MIR.

 

[ShintaiDK]

The upgrade would be these 27" 1440P displays, you can get decent one for about $400.

^^ This.

I feel 1920*1080/1200 in 27" is more for sight imparied people. Or people sitting relatively far away. Its just big chunky pixels.

For me:
23"-24" = 1080/1200
27"-28" = 1440/1600
28"-32" = 2160

 

[soccerballtux]

Microcenter has this Acer 27" 2560x1440 for $350-- ?

http://www.microcenter.com/product/433165/K272HUL_bmiidp_27_Widescreen_LCD_Monitor

if it were this or one of those korean ones that you can overclock to 90hz...?