Hey, I need to update my monitor and would like some recommendations. The PC I’m using are used both for work and gaming. Should I go for a 2560x1440 or a 1080p monitor if I want to target 120ish refresh rate?

The games I mostly play are Elite Dangerous, Microsoft Flight Simulator as well as BG3 and older titles

The demands I have for the monitor is low latency, high refresh rate, around 27 in size.

HW specs:

Radeon RX 6700

16 GB RAM

Ryzen 5 3600

The RAM and CPU is being upgraded around Christmas.

Thanks a lot in advance

  • snekerpimp@lemmy.world
    5·
    1 year ago

    I recommend a 21:9 ultrawide, in either 1080 or 1440. Elite Dangerous is absolutely immersive on an ultrawide. Used to play ED on a 55 inch tv, but I will not go back to 16:9 after I got my ultrawide for work, which replaced dual monitors. Ultrawides are great for productivity as well, found myself being much more efficient on one long monitor rather than two. Would love to try a 32:9 super ultra wide someday, but they are just too damn expensive. Right now I have just a generic LG 32” 21:9 panel that’s only 60hz and a 6700xt, and play everything from factorio to starfield with no issues. That being said, my kids have a 27in 1080p 16:9 120hz panel, and it’s so buttery smooth, I’m saving up for that 120 refresh rate.

    • Eheran@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 year ago

      How are you so much more efficient on one larger monitor vs. 2 combined? What sort of work benefits so much from such a seemingly irrelevant change?

      • snekerpimp@lemmy.world
        1·
        1 year ago

        I have no clue! It’s just a feeling. I think because of the lack of bezels and since it’s more like 1.75 monitors instead of 2, there is enough screen real estate for multiple windows, but I feel like I don’t have to move my mouse as far to go between them, if that makes any sense.