Should I replace my perfetly working 1080p 144hz monitor with a 1440p display?

[Felexiia]

Is the upgrade really worth it?

I heard the performance is 1.7x worse than on 1080p.

Is a 1440p 27inch IPS/ VA the way to go? Or should I stick to 1080p because the performance hit is really not worth it?

My system:

5600X
16GB 3600mhz RAM
RTX 3070

[Rin]

What are your expectations? Any upgrade is valid if you have expectations.
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gpu-hierarchy,4388.html is handy if you aren't sure about hardware. You can also make a custom resolution via DSR and try it out that way before you buy. https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3587/~/how-to-enable-dynamic-super-resolution-in-games. You can even try out 4K if you want.

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

RTX 3070 is decent enough to run 1440p. Up to you, good 1440p IPS panels are pretty cheap these days. Would stay away from VA panels.

[Felexiia]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Rin:

What are your expectations? Any upgrade is valid if you have expectations.
https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gpu-hierarchy,4388.html is handy if you aren't sure about hardware. You can also make a custom resolution via DSR and try it out that way before you buy. https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3587/~/how-to-enable-dynamic-super-resolution-in-games. You can even try out 4K if you want.

Interesting, will make sure to try.

[Missing Spartan]

For years I ran a 27" 1080p 60hz monitor. Then a couple of years back I upgraded to an IPS 1440p 144hz monitor, double the hz was nice but I saw a very visual improvement on game visual quality. if your display is 24" I really wouldn't bother but if your running 27" then the upgrade to 1440 is very visable and worth it.

Basicaly I could very easily see pixels on my 27" 1080 display on my 1440 its alot harder from my viewing distance.

sorry if its rambally

[nullable]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย V:

Is the upgrade really worth it?

I heard the performance is 1.7x worse than on 1080p.

Well I don't know if it's 1.7 worse exactly. But 1440p is 70% more pixels and that's more work for the GPU to do. Not trying to play semantics or anything. It's not like you don't get anything for the increased pixels. Games look pretty nice at 1440p.

But I also gotta say as someone who games on both it's not like going down to 1080p is a big loss or let down.

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย V:

Is a 1440p 27inch IPS/ VA the way to go? Or should I stick to 1080p because the performance hit is really not worth it?

My system:

5600X
16GB 3600mhz RAM
RTX 3070

I haven't had any issues or complaints doing 1440p for the last 6 years. Granted you don't want to be running garbage hardware, which you're not. It may necessitate upgrades more often to maintain the performance you want though.

1080p is perfectly fine in its own right and the upside is because it's a lot fewer pixels you could probably run hardware a bit longer without upgrading.

So there's some trade offs. If you want to be using that 3070 in 2028 then 1080p is a little more realistic. If you're always going to upgrade as needed, then sure 1440p is pretty nice.

[Felexiia]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย nullable:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย V:

Is the upgrade really worth it?

I heard the performance is 1.7x worse than on 1080p.

Well I don't know if it's 1.7 worse exactly. But 1440p is 70% more pixels and that's more work for the GPU to do. Not trying to play semantics or anything. It's not like you don't get anything for the increased pixels. Games look pretty nice at 1440p.

But I also gotta say as someone who games on both it's not like going down to 1080p is a big loss or let down.

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย V:

Is a 1440p 27inch IPS/ VA the way to go? Or should I stick to 1080p because the performance hit is really not worth it?

My system:

5600X
16GB 3600mhz RAM
RTX 3070

I haven't had any issues or complaints doing 1440p for the last 6 years. Granted you don't want to be running garbage hardware, which you're not. It may necessitate upgrades more often to maintain the performance you want though.

1080p is perfectly fine in its own right and the upside is because it's a lot fewer pixels you could probably run hardware a bit longer without upgrading.

So there's some trade offs. If you want to be using that 3070 in 2028 then 1080p is a little more realistic. If you're always going to upgrade as needed, then sure 1440p is pretty nice.

Thanks a lot, this was very insightful

[Karumati]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย V:

Is the upgrade really worth it?

I heard the performance is 1.7x worse than on 1080p.

Is a 1440p 27inch IPS/ VA the way to go? Or should I stick to 1080p because the performance hit is really not worth it?

My system:

5600X
16GB 3600mhz RAM
RTX 3070

oled would be better.

[nullable]

oled is nice, my next monitor will probably be oled. But a high quality IPS screen still looks good too. I mean the nice thing about living in the future is the upgrades are nice, but the current stuff is nice too so you can't really go wrong either way.

Sometimes the improvements are just text book diminishing returns. It is an improvement but nothing to break your neck over.

[matt]

It takes a good PC to run games at high resolutions, but upscaling is a thing now. I very much prefer large monitors, and I can't imagine going back. If you never edit photographs or videos, don't multitask much, and care more about performance in competitive FPS games than beautiful scenes in RPGs, I guess a lot of the benefits would be lost on you.

[_I_]

high res just take more gpu
high fps take more cpu and gpu

1440p60 is less on cpu and gpu than 1080p144hz (if they can keep up with 144fps)

if its over 100hz, make sure it supports gsync/freesync so it will limit the refresh rate to what the gpu can output

[Talby]

Why get rid of the old monitor? Use the new one for older games, and the old monitor for new games, simple as sliding your keyboard and mouse to one side of the desk...

[76561199652807642]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย matt:

It takes a good PC to run games at high resolutions, but upscaling is a thing now. I very much prefer large monitors, and I can't imagine going back. If you never edit photographs or videos, don't multitask much, and care more about performance in competitive FPS games than beautiful scenes in RPGs, I guess a lot of the benefits would be lost on you.

But upscaling kinda sucks. Will probably get better though. About the performance hit, you can think like "my gpu could do it" but you can also think "right now my gpu can do it at 65% load". I don't want it to be at max all the time. And the buffer I have now for future games would be gone.

[_I_]

any form of scaling blurs the image, or parts of it

again, if he is able go run games at 1080p 144+fps, it will run them at 1440p 60+ fps and not need any scaling

[skOsH♥]

I'm considering getting an upgrade from my current 34" display to a 39" display.

Both are 1440p

I don't notice much, if any pixelation at 34" 1440p. Especially microq oled

I kind of want that LG 39" 240Hz 1440p. I'd much rather have a smoother gameplay experience and slightly less visual fidelity. Much better on the eyes, plus if I watch at a distance for most other content (I would also use this as a TV b/c why not).

It would fit my desk

I don't do much gaming anymore. I don't usually have the time. If anything, I have time to watch random lazy episodes of tv shows I've already seen, in order to fall asleep between work shifts.

[Tiberius]

No