Looking for a 27-in high res Display

[BooGamer]

Hi all,

I'm building a new PC and need a recommendation for the Display. I've been using Mac for so long, I'm building a new PC for gaming now. I'm most probably will get a GTX 680 with 2GB RAM, but I need a nice display to not waste it.


1.) Since I'm so used to iMac, I don't want anything less than 27-in 2560 x 1440 display with LED back-lit.

2.) Last PC I had, it used a DVI (dual-linked) port. What do PC use now?



Thanks all.

 

[zdbc13]

Dell ultrasharps are good. I believe HP and Samsung have equivalents. If you want an especially good deal, there are 27" IPS 2560x1440 monitors for about $300 on ebay. DVI is the most common but some use HDMI and displayport.

 

[wanderer11]

1.)Microcenter has a great deal:$400 for a 27" 2560x1440 Auria. I got one and love it.
2.)dual link dvi or display port is needed for 2560x1440. dp carries sound and video, dvi only carries video.

 

[revro]

hp zr2740w is better in games than dell u2711 or u2713 tough those are also fine displays on other things

best
revro

 

[simon12]

I got one of the cheap Korean ones from Ebay and its great, they have the same screen as the apple ones the only risk is if you need to return it.

 

[BooGamer]

What if the display card comes with a mini-DisplayPort? Will I be able to use Apple's Cinema Display? It seems the price between hp zr2740w and Apple's are very close.

Also, I do I like Samsung's display, they have very good panels. Anyone got one?

I also have a very good HDMI cable, is HDMI better than DisplayPort? Is it capable of outputing 2560 x 1440? If I want to use it, both Monitor and Display Card need to support HDMI obviously?



Thanks guys for your comments.

 

[MauveCloud]

I also have a very good HDMI cable, is HDMI better than DisplayPort? Is it capable of outputing 2560 x 1440? If I want to use it, both Monitor and Display Card need to support HDMI obviously?

According to Wikipedia, the HDMI 1.3 specification includes support for 2560x1600 at 75hz and 24 bits per pixel. However, many 2560x1600 and 2560x1440 monitors only support up to 1920x1080 via HDMI (if they even have an HDMI input), and video cards may have similar limitations - there is one Asus monitor (the PB278Q) known to support 2560x1440 over HDMI, and it mentions that ATI/AMD cards since the HD 5000 series support HDMI 1.3, but it's not clear whether that includes the higher resolutions. I don't know whether a GTX 680 would support that resolution over HDMI. DisplayPort and Dual-link DVI are more certain to support 2560x1440 resolution.