Question 24 inch vs 27 inch. 1080p or 1440p ?

[mactronix]

I have read through some posts that kind of mention what I am asking but nothing that covers it exactly
I am upgrading from a benq 21.5 1080p monitor.
27 inch 1440p looks to be the obvious upgrade, however I worry that this will result in smaller native onscreen icons which won't get me any thanks from the wife who I think would benefit from me staying at 1080.
What I an struggling with is how bad would a 27 inch 1080p monitor look playing world of warships, my main game or other simple games? I don't play AAA games anymore.
I could compromise and go 24 inch at 1080 I guess.
Does anyone have any opinions or experience regarding my requirements.
It's going to be used on my new PC which is coming soon.
i7-12700, RX 6600 and 32 gb RAM (for those wondering about the ability to drive a 1440p monitor).
Thanks
Mac.

 

[BFG-9000]

It kind of depends on your eyesight and how old you are. Because Windows scales fonts so inconsistently, to avoid eyestrain most people are going to want ~80-90ppi pixel size so the smallest system fonts will still be easily legible--even when things don't magnify properly when fonts are set to 150% size.

Your 21.5" 1080p monitor is 102ppi which is pretty small but OK for young people. 27" 1080p is 82ppi which would even be suitable for elderly people, while 24" 1080p would be ideal at 92ppi. For 1440p, 27" is really small at 109ppi, 30" would be 98ppi (so better than what you have now), and 32" the same ideal 92ppi as 24" 1080p.

This of course assumes you sit at the same distance from the monitor, but you may sit further from a large monitor in which case a lower ppi would be better to maintain readability.

For games, nowadays if you have the extra GPU horsepower DSR or VSR could always be used to render the game at a higher than native resolution, then scaled down in a sort of ordered-grid supersampling to improve image quality. The result is not quite as good as the higher native resolution would be, but better than the lower one.

 

[mactronix]

It kind of depends on your eyesight and how old you are. Because Windows scales fonts so inconsistently, to avoid eyestrain most people are going to want ~80-90ppi pixel size so the smallest system fonts will still be easily legible--even when things don't magnify properly when fonts are set to 150% size.

Your 21.5" 1080p monitor is 102ppi which is pretty small but OK for young people. 27" 1080p is 82ppi which would even be suitable for elderly people, while 24" 1080p would be ideal at 92ppi. For 1440p, 27" is really small at 109ppi, 30" would be 98ppi (so better than what you have now), and 32" the same ideal 92ppi as 24" 1080p.

This of course assumes you sit at the same distance from the monitor, but you may sit further from a large monitor in which case a lower ppi would be better to maintain readability.

For games, nowadays if you have the extra GPU horsepower DSR or VSR could always be used to render the game at a higher than native resolution, then scaled down in a sort of ordered-grid supersampling to improve image quality. The result is not quite as good as the higher native resolution would be, but better than the lower one.

Thank you that is exactly what I was looking for.
I was going around in circles with ppi and size vs resolution.
You have explained it really well.
24 inch 1080 with sone sampling I think.
The Pc will be i7 12 700 with 32 gb Ram and an RX 6600.
I think that should allow for some sampling at 1080.
Thanks again
Mac