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Hey all,
Been a while since I've done this so might be a bit of a challenge. Essentially I have a rather old system that I'm not looking to upgrade as it serves it's purpose, except for my even more ancient monitor - a HP LP3065 which to save searching is a 30" with a resolution of 2560x1600. Love the real estate the monitor gives me, unfortunately it's huge as far as space it takes up on my desk, showing it's age a little and the brightness isn't really up to scratch anymore.
In my mind I'd like something along the lines of a 34" curved monitor (not ruling out a flat one), however I'm unsure if my graphics card will be "enough" - I have an old XFX r9 290. Saying that, I'm not doing anything graphics intensive, at the moment I'm playing Valheim, I don't have any other new games as my steam library is full of old stuff I've bought in sales and never got round to playing, Witcher 3 is probably the next newest game I own. I also however use the monitor for work, hence the need for a decent size and brightness. This is also where I start wondering if it's worth a change at all and if I'll be benefitting from doing this.
Anyway, definite requirements are -
Comparable resolution in something that's not going to take up half my desk - wall mounting is an option.
Connection for both pc and work laptop (hp elitebook 840 g3) - if it had more to allow me to hook up my ps4/xbox one that would be handy but not essential.
Have been looking at monitors around the £500 mark, like the Philips 346B1C. If it's worth paying more I'll certainly consider it though.
Would be nice if it had a built in KVM switch to save me on some wires.
Any thoughts?
Been a while since I've done this so might be a bit of a challenge. Essentially I have a rather old system that I'm not looking to upgrade as it serves it's purpose, except for my even more ancient monitor - a HP LP3065 which to save searching is a 30" with a resolution of 2560x1600. Love the real estate the monitor gives me, unfortunately it's huge as far as space it takes up on my desk, showing it's age a little and the brightness isn't really up to scratch anymore.
In my mind I'd like something along the lines of a 34" curved monitor (not ruling out a flat one), however I'm unsure if my graphics card will be "enough" - I have an old XFX r9 290. Saying that, I'm not doing anything graphics intensive, at the moment I'm playing Valheim, I don't have any other new games as my steam library is full of old stuff I've bought in sales and never got round to playing, Witcher 3 is probably the next newest game I own. I also however use the monitor for work, hence the need for a decent size and brightness. This is also where I start wondering if it's worth a change at all and if I'll be benefitting from doing this.
Anyway, definite requirements are -
Comparable resolution in something that's not going to take up half my desk - wall mounting is an option.
Connection for both pc and work laptop (hp elitebook 840 g3) - if it had more to allow me to hook up my ps4/xbox one that would be handy but not essential.
Have been looking at monitors around the £500 mark, like the Philips 346B1C. If it's worth paying more I'll certainly consider it though.
Would be nice if it had a built in KVM switch to save me on some wires.
Any thoughts?
