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Originally Posted by superseiyan
Re-upping this for 2020.
I'm debating between sticking with my current 24" 1440p vs upgrading to a 27" 4K monitor for the 4k visuals vs upgrading to a 4K monitor but still running it at 1440p.
Hardware: 6GB VRAM graphics card; AMD Ryzen 5 6 core CPU; 32 GB RAM.
Usage: Casual but regular video editing on photoshop; side-by-side taks; virtual desktop/remote work. No games. I sit 20-26 inches away from the computer.
A couple of questions:
1. At this distance, can one tell the difference between 1440p and 4k?
2. For those that have worked on both, is a 27" monitor a noticeable difference from 24"?
3. How much more demanding on RAM and the harddware is keeping the display at 4K?
4. For my usage, does refresh rate matter?
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1. Yes, mostly in 4K photo or video work though.
2. Yes.
3. Variable. Obviously for gaming it's hugely more demanding but you don't game. A Raspberry Pi (sub $100 SoC less powerful than many cell phones) has no issue with 4K playback. Working with 4K video content is much more demanding. Of course you can work with 4K video content on a 1080p monitor, just without all the pixels being displayed, the same way very high end stuff is often done in 5K or 8K on 4K monitors.
4. Not really. Refresh rate and response time are more for gaming. 90 or 120 hz are nearly imperceptible, rapidly scrolling on websites it is but how often do you do that. Response times matter a bit more but it's a trade off. More relevant would be sRGB, aRGB coverage and delta E(color accuracy) than response time even if that means a slower monitor. I wouldn't spend a ton of money for casual use. Consumer monitors are quite good nowadays so it's very hard to justify the cost.
Rather than running at non-native resolution, I would use Windows scaling. Don't count on getting much more usable real estate going from 24 to 27 though as you won't. You'll probably use 150 percent scaling which will give a 4K 27 the same usable screen real estate as a 1440 27. Mostly a value question. 1440p 27" is a nice sweet spot. 4K at 27 with 150 percent scaling will be a bit sharper but won't get you anymore screen real estate. Obviously If you intend on doing 4K photo or video work there's a benefit there but 4K @ 150 percent versus 2K @ 100 percent I'd probably save the money and not go 4K.
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