Help choosing a monitor

[mpperrusquia]

Hey, I need help choosing a new monitor. I'm torn between the http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824005700&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Large+Format+Displays-_-N82E16824005700&gclid=CjwKEAjw6IauBRCJ3KPXkNro1BoSJAAhXxpy5MYXOAARRRzQsNbfwsU49T9M2djwUn8kJOnLh1ezbRoC4p_w_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds and this http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-28-Inch-Definition-Monitor-U28D590D/dp/B00IEZGWI2 I'd like to know which one is technically better and which one offers more actual real-estate. I'm not sure about the Samsung 4k monitor because I'm not sure if my GTX 780 6gb and i7-4770k can push the 4k resolution. If i get the 4k monitor and run some stuff at 1080p will it look blurrier then running it on a native 1080p monitor?

 

[davidarad02]

Hey, I need help choosing a new monitor. I'm torn between the http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824005700&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Large+Format+Displays-_-N82E16824005700&gclid=CjwKEAjw6IauBRCJ3KPXkNro1BoSJAAhXxpy5MYXOAARRRzQsNbfwsU49T9M2djwUn8kJOnLh1ezbRoC4p_w_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds and this http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-28-Inch-Definition-Monitor-U28D590D/dp/B00IEZGWI2 I'd like to know which one is technically better and which one offers more actual real-estate. I'm not sure about the Samsung 4k monitor because I'm not sure if my GTX 780 6gb and i7-4770k can push the 4k resolution. If i get the 4k monitor and run some stuff at 1080p will it look blurrier then running it on a native 1080p monitor?

if you want to game, get the ultrawide monitor. a GTX 780 cant handle a 4k monitor on its own.

 

[DevillEars]

You don't list your primary usage-type (gaming/movies/office/etc), so its difficult to recommend one or the other apart from supporting the comment from davidarad02 above.

Taking your specific questions:

a) Technically better? My personal preference is for an IPS panel (LG) over a TN panel (Samsung) for non-gaming applications due to better colour reproduction and wider viewing angle (less off-axis colour shift). For gaming, the 1ms response time of the Samsung would - in other circumstances - be better than the 5ms of the LG. Having said that - and as pointed out above - a single GTX780 is not going to cope well with a 4K monitor and will battle to achieve any acceptable frame rate.

b) Display real estate: The answer here would depend on whether you are looking image-level real estate of physical panel size. For image-level real estate, the 4K 28" Samsung offers 3840 x 2160 = just over 8 megapixels against the LGs 2560 x 1080 = just over 2.5 megapixels. For panel area real-estate, the LG offers around 45 sq in panel area while the Samsung offers around 40 sq in. (NB: that impressive-sounding 8 megapixels is what the poor GTX780 battles to handle).

c) Running a 4K monitor at 1920x1080: This is a bit like buying a Ferrari and attaching a caravan to it... You can do it, but it does not do anything for either the Ferrari or the caravan. (The only justification for this is if you plan to upgrade from a GTX780 to some GPU setup better equipped to handle 4K). The 4K running at 1080p won't look any better/worse than the LG at 1080p (apart from IPS vs TN comments above) but the comments about image size real estate above are invalidated (1920 x 1080 = around 2 megapixels).

I'm not sure if that helps (or causes more confusion.... )

Dave