Which 4k 30"+ monitor for 80% photography 20% gaming?

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Hi guys,

I would like to get a good 4k monitor, mainly for photography (I am starting to do play with studio work so colour reproduction is extremely important), but also for some gaming as and when needed (I will likely downscale to 1440p for that as I doubt my laptop GTX 1070 will do much 4k action).

So, in summary, please kindly help me to spec me a monitor that is:
  • 30"+.
  • 4k resolution.
  • 100% or greater sRGB/Adobe RGB coverage for photography colour accuracy.
  • Gaming friendly 4k 60p... G-sync "nice to have".
  • As future-proof as it gets, I don't want to upgrade again for a few years.
  • Budget: ~£1000 (flexible for the right screen).
Cheers,

Rich. :)
 
100% of Adobe RGB is specialist kit and expensive and I've yet to see it combined with over 60hz. Gamers won't pay for the gamut, and professionals don't need g-sync, so you'll kind of have to choose one or the other.

This Dell screen supports 99% Adobe RGB: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/dell...-led-4k-monitor-midnight-black-mo-085-de.html And is currently on discount to your max budget. I've yet to find a badly made Dell :)

Of course, be aware that downscaling to 1440p will make for fuzzy graphics due to the pixel scaling. If you're serious about both colours and gaming, you may be better served with 2 monitors :)
 
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eddiew said:
100% of Adobe RGB is specialist kit and expensive and I've yet to see it combined with over 60hz. Gamers won't pay for the gamut, and professionals don't need g-sync, so you'll kind of have to choose one or the other.

This Dell screen supports 99% Adobe RGB: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/dell...-led-4k-monitor-midnight-black-mo-085-de.html And is currently on discount to your max budget. I've yet to find a badly made Dell :)

Of course, be aware that downscaling to 1440p will make for fuzzy graphics due to the pixel scaling. If you're serious about both colours and gaming, you may be better served with 2 monitors :)
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Hi eddie. As I stated in the opening post and title it is for 20% gaming and G-sync is only a "nice to have"... so clearly not so 'serious' about gaming on it and photography is the obvious priority. I shall take a look at the Dell.

Any other suggestions also appreciated. :)
 
Hi there,

ASUS PA329Q 32" 4K/UHD 3840x2160 IPS HDMI Eye Care ProArt Monitor Price ~$1,200

32-inch 4K UHD (3840 x 2160) resolution display with DisplayPort 1.2, mini-DisplayPort 1.2 and 4x HDMI 2.0 inputs
100% Rec.709 & 99.5% Adobe RGB true color reproduction, factory precalibrated for outstanding color accuracy (DeltaE<2). Supports DIC-P3 and Rec. 2020 color standards
ASUS ProArt Calibration technology with 14-bit look-up table (LUT) and uniformity compensation capability
Compatible with major hardware calibrators such as X-rite i1 Display Pro and Datacolor Spyder 5 series, with ability to save color parameter profiles directly to the monitor (accessible via hotkey)
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or

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or

HP Spectre 32-inch 4k Studio Display LED-lit Monitor

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Better really to focus onto those monitors made for image quality.

There aren't even many 4K FreeSync monitors and that handfull appears to be sRGB models.
This recently released LG might be only wide gamut model:
http://www.lg.com/us/monitors/lg-32UK950-W-4k-uhd-led-monitor
Not sure if it's basically Adobe RGB monitor, but they just tell that as coverage of DCI P3 gamut which reaches farther to red:
https://www.electronicproducts.com/...ctronics/Displays/fapo_3M01_may2013-LoRes.png

Would be lot easier if monitor makers showed gamut with such image instead of some arbitrary percentage of something which doesn't actually tell gamut accurately.


If you're into FPS games input lag would be another thing.
There aren't thorough reviews of Dell UP3216Q so don't know if they now have 4K capable processing circuiry with low lag.
Older UP3124 had rather average input lag:
http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/dell_up3214q.htm#lag
Myself have that U3014.
So going to have lots of troubles in deciding least bad compromise if needing to update monitor...

For all the marketing hype about this and that monitor situation seems rather disappointing.
 
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