Monitor response and refresh rates for work and casual gaming

JonoB

JonoB

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I'm looking to get a new 32" 4K monitor. I'm upgrading from dual 24" 1080p monitors that are ancient.

The monitor will mostly be used for work (90%) - I'm a software engineer working on a Macbook Pro. Gaming (10%) is factorio and BG3. Maybe flight sims. No more FPS or anything like that.

Having a crystal clear display is critical for me (I love Retina on my Macbook)

One of the monitors (Dell Ultrasharp U3223QE) that I have my eye on has a 60hz refresh rate and 5-8ms response time. Is this something that will cause me issues with my casual gaming? The one thing that I did enjoy with my old 24" monitors is that they had 1ms (supposed?) response times. I have no idea if I will even notice going to 8ms?

The other option is that I go for Gigabyte 32" M32UC

Or perhaps there are other options that I should consider - happy to take any advice.
 
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Some form of adaptive sync makes 60Hz panels much more acceptable even for casual gaming - otherwise you are making a trade between noticeable latency with V-Sync or noticeable tearing without V-Sync. Pixel and overall display latency will be a bit subjective for what anyone will be happy with.

Personally I'd try and get at least a 100Hz panel even for work as the additional responsiveness over 60Hz is nice even in desktop stuff. For casual gaming stuff like 144Hz isn't really needed - but 100-120Hz will make everything nicer.
 
Personally I'd go for a 27-28" monitor if you want to prioritise text sharpness. At 32" the PPI will be lower meaning text will be less sharp. Gigabyte M28U would be my recommendation.
 
A rabbit hole as described but unintended by Rroff. Reality is depends how much you want to spend, and "ancient" compared to anything half decent now will see miles of QoL improvement anyway. Smoother cursors is less of an improvement vs better mouse to begin with, to give some idea..

I can't recommend any, but 32" for work vs dual smaller screens i'm not sure is the best setup. Multiple screens is hard to beat imo. Though desk size, seating distance, posture, etc all play a part.
 
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