Spec me a pair of monitors :)

Randall8686 · 26 Dec 2017 at 21:56

Firstly Happy Xmas everyone,

So I have just changed my entire setup, I now have a home office due to taking a new job working from home.

I need a pair of monitors I can work on all day and also game. They will be driven by a 980ti.

I would like 27” ish.
1440p ideally definitely not 1080p open to 4K but will game at 1440 most the time.
A high ish refresh rate 100hz+

I had a dell 27 with gsync before and it was great but is gsync still the way forward? Seems it makes the monitors mighty expensive.

I will be honest it’s going to see a lot more work than gaming. (Just general office work)

Now budget. I don’t really have one. In an ideal world £600 for a pair but will go to £800 a pair if worth it. I can spend more but would just rather not unless there is a really good reason too.

Thanks in advance

Randall8686 · 27 Dec 2017 at 19:04

Or ultrawide? just been looking at these. Whats the disadvantages?

Randall8686 · 27 Dec 2017 at 21:34

hornetstinger said:
Much higher resolution- more demanding on GPU's
Great for widescreen movies, not so with 4:3 TV shows and 16:9 TV shows, as you'll get black borders on L/R
Huge- and will need to get a big screen. 29" UW is tiny, vertically.
May need curved because at that size, edges of the screen will be at a sharp angle, so a TN flat ultra wide 34" will be pretty bad on the sides with the colour shift. IPS and VA will help here, but curved will help, so even a TN 34" UW should be be good colour on the edges (if TN UW exist which I'm not sure they do)
Not all games support it, and older ones won't. May need to fiddle with config

ok this sounds like it could get painful then, Maybe stick with a pair of 27" ish monitors.

Randall8686 · 29 Dec 2017 at 00:46

NirK said:
I would get ultrawide every time over a pair of 27" monitors, its much better. Unless it is 99% NOT gaming that you plan to use it for.

80% work 20% gaming