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Posted: 5/3/2024 11:06:08 PM EDT
Awhile back a power outage killed my computer monitors. As a replacement I’ve been thinking of upgrading to 4k. Would there be any issues doing this? I’ve never done anything 4k. Basically I use one monitor for just about everything and one just has my desktop up all the time.
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Posted: 5/3/2024 11:08:44 PM EDT
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Best thing you can do is go 4K.
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Posted: 5/3/2024 11:08:48 PM EDT
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System specs? What output types do you have on your PC (HDMI, DisplayPort?)?????
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Posted: 5/3/2024 11:14:16 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Grendel-OK]
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4K monitors are 4 times the resolution of a full HD monitor. Two of them would be 8 times that.
Need a serious video card and fast CPU to run that much without lag or artifacts. |
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Posted: 5/3/2024 11:19:30 PM EDT
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I have 4 LG 32UD60 4K monitors and I’ve been very happy with them.
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Posted: 5/3/2024 11:21:27 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rat_Patrol: System specs? What output types do you have on your PC (HDMI, DisplayPort?)????? AMD 5800X, 64gb ram, video card is a Nvidia 2060 with 2 HDMI and 1 Displayport. |
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Posted: 5/3/2024 11:24:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Grendel-OK: 4K monitors are 4 times the resolution of a full HD monitor. Two of them would be 8 times that. Need a serious video card and fast CPU to run that much without lag or artifacts.  57" and 2 32" on a 4090. Look like the dude from the old Maxell ads. |
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Posted: 5/3/2024 11:26:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RV8guy: AMD 5800X, 64gb ram, video card is a Nvidia 2060 with 2 HDMI and 1 Displayport. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RV8guy: Originally Posted By Rat_Patrol: System specs? What output types do you have on your PC (HDMI, DisplayPort?)????? AMD 5800X, 64gb ram, video card is a Nvidia 2060 with 2 HDMI and 1 Displayport. You will probably want to update the graphics card to a 30 series. |
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Posted: 5/3/2024 11:41:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RV8guy: AMD 5800X, 64gb ram, video card is a Nvidia 2060 with 2 HDMI and 1 Displayport. Your sure it isn't 2 display port? Anyway, assuming 2 display ports, your system will be fine. Gaming will likely have to run 1080p. |
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Posted: 5/3/2024 11:54:09 PM EDT
[Last Edit: MilHouse-556]
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For everyday use (not gaming) that gpu will power two 4k monitors just fine.
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Posted: 5/4/2024 12:02:56 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RV8guy: AMD 5800X, 64gb ram, video card is a Nvidia 2060 with 2 HDMI and 1 Displayport. Assuming you plan on gaming, I would consider 1440p unless you plan on upgrading your GPU. I really wanted to upgrade to 4k but it wasn’t possible on a 3060ti at 165hz with a consistent 60fps with newer games. I visited a Microcenter to compare 4k and 1440p monitors. I didn’t find the difference to be vastly different. |
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Posted: 5/4/2024 12:10:15 AM EDT
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I did dual 1440p 27" monitors. Everything I read said 1440p was a big upgrade over 1080p at this monitor size and that 4k was a minor upgrade over 1440p for the pixel density @ 27". No complaints with my decision.
I also have a 5800x but my gpu is a 3080. I get close to maxing out my 144hz monitors with this setup on pretty much every game. Some over some just under. With current monitor options I would probably have 165hz monitors which some of my games would take advantage of. |
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Posted: 5/4/2024 12:10:29 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By deschutes541: Assuming you plan on gaming, I would consider 1440p unless you plan on upgrading your GPU. I really wanted to upgrade to 4k but it wasn't possible on a 3060ti at 165hz with a consistent 60fps with newer games. I visited a Microcenter to compare 4k and 1440p monitors. I didn't find the difference to be vastly different. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By deschutes541: Originally Posted By RV8guy: AMD 5800X, 64gb ram, video card is a Nvidia 2060 with 2 HDMI and 1 Displayport. Assuming you plan on gaming, I would consider 1440p unless you plan on upgrading your GPU. I really wanted to upgrade to 4k but it wasn't possible on a 3060ti at 165hz with a consistent 60fps with newer games. I visited a Microcenter to compare 4k and 1440p monitors. I didn't find the difference to be vastly different. It's more about the pixel density than the resolution. I am on a 27" LG OLED at 1440p 240hz and its a very happy middle ground between density and performance. LG is coming out with a 32" OLED 4k 240hz I plan to upgrade to later this year. 1440p is fine around this size. Any bigger like the 32" and 4k is needed to retain good text clarity. |
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Posted: 5/4/2024 12:13:13 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RV8guy: AMD 5800X, 64gb ram, video card is a Nvidia 2060 with 2 HDMI and 1 Displayport. You'll be fine as long as you're not gaming. I ran 2 4K monitors with an i5-3570 and a Radeon HD 7850 from 2012 with no problems. |
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Posted: 5/4/2024 12:15:02 AM EDT
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I just went 34" 1440p ultra wide on my home rig. Basically a 27" 2k with 4" extra on each side. It's nice.
I was rocking a 4k 27 at work but some stuff was just too tiny for me sometimes, so when it crapped out, I went 27" 2k. Happy so far  Attached File |
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Posted: 5/4/2024 12:35:43 AM EDT
[Last Edit: GlutealCleft]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Grendel-OK: 4K monitors are 4 times the resolution of a full HD monitor. Two of them would be 8 times that. Need a serious video card and fast CPU to run that much without lag or artifacts. You'd be surprised just how little video card it takes for desktop stuff at 4k. Now gaming at 4k... that's an entirely different matter. OP, whether 4k is beneficial to you depends on several things. In general, if you ever look at your monitor and say either "I wish I could make the text even smaller to fit more on the screen" or "Wow, on this big display, I can see the pixels instead of smooth lines", then 4k is for you. Most of the time, 27" or thereabouts is when it starts making more sense to go 4k if you have average to above-average visual acuity. If your eyes aren't great, then it doesn't usually make sense until about 32" or above. |
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Posted: 5/4/2024 12:39:08 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GlutealCleft: You'd be surprised just how little video card it takes for desktop stuff at 4k. Now gaming at 4k... that's an entirely different matter. |
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Posted: 5/4/2024 12:42:18 AM EDT
[Last Edit: GlutealCleft]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By odiedodi: Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought modern integrated graphics can handle 4k output. Outside of games, obviously, but I thought they were at the point that even 4k video wasn't an issue. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By odiedodi: Originally Posted By GlutealCleft: You'd be surprised just how little video card it takes for desktop stuff at 4k. Now gaming at 4k... that's an entirely different matter. Yes, no, maybe. It's complicated. In theory, integrated graphics can do 4k output, sure. And in theory, if your video source, video codec, and drivers all match and support the hardware acceleration that the integrated graphics uses, then it works fine. But it's also not unusual to run into videos that don't match the magic combos needed for hardware acceleration to work, etc.. So sometimes, integrated video does fine on 4k. Sometimes, it doesn't, and I've run into one situation running 2x4k on integrated graphics where certain combinations would overload the video card to where it would hit 100% GPU usage, and even the mouse would get jumpy. On a discrete card, I've never had it get bogged down like that under any desktop situation (games, again, are different). That's even with not-terribly-high-end discretes. Originally Posted By fike: Originally Posted By RV8guy: Originally Posted By Rat_Patrol: System specs? What output types do you have on your PC (HDMI, DisplayPort?)????? AMD 5800X, 64gb ram, video card is a Nvidia 2060 with 2 HDMI and 1 Displayport. You will probably want to update the graphics card to a 30 series. I'd try the 2060 as it is. I have one machine running a 1080 that does 2x4k butter-smooth. |
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Posted: 5/4/2024 12:42:27 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By fike: Best thing you can do is go 4K. Yeah this. You don't realize how great it is until you try it. Prices have come way down as well. If your video card can drive dual 4k then do it. |
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Posted: 5/4/2024 12:50:08 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By fike: You will probably want to update the graphics card to a 30 series. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By fike: Originally Posted By RV8guy: Originally Posted By Rat_Patrol: System specs? What output types do you have on your PC (HDMI, DisplayPort?)????? AMD 5800X, 64gb ram, video card is a Nvidia 2060 with 2 HDMI and 1 Displayport. You will probably want to update the graphics card to a 30 series. Pfft. I run a couple of 32" 4k monitors off a 1080ti. I'm not playing Crysis or anything, but for browsing, streaming 4k movies and playing Div2 it works fine. |
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Posted: 5/4/2024 1:09:27 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By D_J: Pfft. I run a couple of 32" 4k monitors off a 1080ti. I'm not playing Crysis or anything, but for browsing, streaming 4k movies and playing Div2 it works fine. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By D_J: Originally Posted By fike: Originally Posted By RV8guy: Originally Posted By Rat_Patrol: System specs? What output types do you have on your PC (HDMI, DisplayPort?)????? AMD 5800X, 64gb ram, video card is a Nvidia 2060 with 2 HDMI and 1 Displayport. You will probably want to update the graphics card to a 30 series. Pfft. I run a couple of 32" 4k monitors off a 1080ti. I'm not playing Crysis or anything, but for browsing, streaming 4k movies and playing Div2 it works fine.  Depends on the workflow/requirements. I’m not a gamer, but a 1080 would be begging for a safe word. |
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Posted: 5/4/2024 1:42:44 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By fike: Depends on the workflow/requirements. I’m not a gamer, but a 1080 would be begging for a safe word. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By fike: Originally Posted By D_J: Originally Posted By fike: Originally Posted By RV8guy: Originally Posted By Rat_Patrol: System specs? What output types do you have on your PC (HDMI, DisplayPort?)????? AMD 5800X, 64gb ram, video card is a Nvidia 2060 with 2 HDMI and 1 Displayport. You will probably want to update the graphics card to a 30 series. Pfft. I run a couple of 32" 4k monitors off a 1080ti. I'm not playing Crysis or anything, but for browsing, streaming 4k movies and playing Div2 it works fine. Depends on the workflow/requirements. I’m not a gamer, but a 1080 would be begging for a safe word. Yeah, I don't do anything super intensive, but I can get 60 fps at 4k on full screen in Div2. I don't do much gaming any more, and most are online where bandwidth/response time is generally the limiter. |
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