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I'm looking to do a new build (probably with a 3070/3080 and 5800x in it) and I think the first thing to establish is what resolution of monitor to run. I built my last PC 8 years ago and am on 1080p resolution.

I'll be gaming and doing work on it (office docs and a lot of tabs open in browsers, not production tasks) and I was wondering whether it would be best to look to get 1080p, 2k or 4k monitors? I would want 144hz and probably gsync on it too (not sure how much difference it makes for screen tearing).

Another question is if I went for say a 2k or 4k monitor and then played a game at 1080p, would it make the game image stretched out and less sharp because of upscaling?

Thanks
 
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I play a big mix of games, from some that have really low requirements to more strenuous games and then online multiplayer games like valorant. I would like to play some of the newest games at high settings (like cyberpunk when it's fixed) and others.
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id get 1440p its so much nicer, i play older games as well as aoe 2 etc and its fine
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I'm looking at getting a 27 inch monitor (I sit about 60cm-1m away from my current monitors).

It looks like the concensus is for 1440p. I suppose my slight concern was either with older games that only supported up to 1080p or with watching streams/videos where the resolution is normally 720p/1080p. Would this kind of content look bad/stretched/less sharp etc on a 1440p monitor?

Are there any benefits to staying with 1080p? Thanks!
 
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guest7789 said:
I'm looking at getting a 27 inch monitor (I sit about 60cm-1m away from my current monitors).

It looks like the concensus is for 1440p. I suppose my slight concern was either with older games that only supported up to 1080p or with watching streams/videos where the resolution is normally 720p/1080p. Would this kind of content look bad/stretched/less sharp etc on a 1440p monitor?

Are there any benefits to staying with 1080p? Thanks!
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just higher FPS

what games do you play?
 
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I play a big mix of games, from some that have really low requirements to more strenuous games and then online multiplayer games like valorant. I would like to play some of the newest games at high settings (like cyberpunk when it's fixed) and others.
 
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guest7789 said:
I play a big mix of games, from some that have really low requirements to more strenuous games and then online multiplayer games like valorant. I would like to play some of the newest games at high settings (like cyberpunk when it's fixed) and others.
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id get 1440p its so much nicer, i play older games as well as aoe 2 etc and its fine
 
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Thanks for the help on this. Is it possible to get 1440p 144hz monitors for between £200-£300 each? Would they also come with gsync or is gsync even needed (does it make much of a difference)?

Some suggestions of monitors to get would be great at 27 inch!
 
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guest7789 said:
I'm looking to do a new build (probably with a 3070/3080 and 5800x in it) and I think the first thing to establish is what resolution of monitor to run. I built my last PC 8 years ago and am on 1080p resolution.

I'll be gaming and doing work on it (office docs and a lot of tabs open in browsers, not production tasks) and I was wondering whether it would be best to look to get 1080p, 2k or 4k monitors? I would want 144hz and probably gsync on it too (not sure how much difference it makes for screen tearing).

Another question is if I went for say a 2k or 4k monitor and then played a game at 1080p, would it make the game image stretched out and less sharp because of upscaling?

Thanks
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I, personally, went from 720p directly to 4K UHD.
The difference is mind blowing!
I’ll never go lower than 4K resolution again!
But for gamers, 1440p (2K) is the sweet spot.
 
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