Somnambulator
Gawd
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I know most people love high DPI displays, but for FPS games i prefer lower DPI than most. It's the reason I played CS @ 800x600 and 1024x768 on a 21" CRT back in the day and why I opted for a 32" 1080p LCDTV over a 30" 2560x1600 LCD monitor 5 years ago. A higher DPI will always be helpful to me in Windows and when browsing the web, but in an FPS game it means objects (enemies... and their heads) appear smaller. Smaller objects are harder to shoot =)
Well now it's 5 years later and my 32" TV-monitor has seen better days and I want something to last another 5 years. I recently bought a GTX 970 that should be able to handle 1440p at mostly high settings in most games, but I'm afraid of getting a display thats both smaller physically and also has a higher rez. The dilemma:
DPI of my 32" = 69. A 27" 1440 is 109. That's an increase of 50%, which could also be seen as a decrease of 50% in the size objects appear to my eyes. on my 32" in most FPS games an enemy's head at what one could call medium range is the size of a quarter held up to my screen. a 27" 1440p would show that head possibly smaller than a dime. That's a massive change and would require significant adjustment, and I will probably not be as good =(
i do play less FPS games of late, mostly Insurgency with some BF3/4 thrown in, with most of my time going to GTA (with a 100+ hour Witcher 3 hiatus), but i'm still afraid of the change.
has anyone gone from 32"+ 1080 to 27" 1440p? Is a newer, better display (and with G-sync) worth the higher DPI and less-accurate FPS play?
Are there any 30"+ G-sync displays on the horizon? I'm more than willing to get a 32" 1440p g-sync, cost permitting.
Well now it's 5 years later and my 32" TV-monitor has seen better days and I want something to last another 5 years. I recently bought a GTX 970 that should be able to handle 1440p at mostly high settings in most games, but I'm afraid of getting a display thats both smaller physically and also has a higher rez. The dilemma:
- I've ran a 32" display for over 5 years. anything smaller, even 27", will hurt
- significantly smaller size display + significantly higher rez = significantly*2 higher DPI
- I hear great things about G-Sync and think i want that in my life
DPI of my 32" = 69. A 27" 1440 is 109. That's an increase of 50%, which could also be seen as a decrease of 50% in the size objects appear to my eyes. on my 32" in most FPS games an enemy's head at what one could call medium range is the size of a quarter held up to my screen. a 27" 1440p would show that head possibly smaller than a dime. That's a massive change and would require significant adjustment, and I will probably not be as good =(
i do play less FPS games of late, mostly Insurgency with some BF3/4 thrown in, with most of my time going to GTA (with a 100+ hour Witcher 3 hiatus), but i'm still afraid of the change.
has anyone gone from 32"+ 1080 to 27" 1440p? Is a newer, better display (and with G-sync) worth the higher DPI and less-accurate FPS play?
Are there any 30"+ G-sync displays on the horizon? I'm more than willing to get a 32" 1440p g-sync, cost permitting.
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