Anyone else jump to 2560x1440?

I recently purchased a QNIX monitor.

(sorry for bad image quality, used vita for screen shot)

I decided I didn't want the 3 monitor set up anymore and wanted to go to a single bigger monitor. At $329 on newegg, this is a good deal. Shipping says free 3 - 5 days. It shipped overnight for me. I've managed to get it to 120Hz as well. I'll get better pics later, and with it set up.

But just wondering if anyone else made the jump recently and could tell me how they like it.

In case anyone is wondering which monitor, its this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA4JH1NB1871

I can't speak to the quality of that particular monitor, but I've had 1440p for years and I love it. I actually did both 1440p and triple display. Only caveat there is 1440p is a significant perf jump from 1080p.

-Byshop

I made the move to 1440p when the ROG Swift was released. You get a nice jump in resolution over 1080p and still get very good performance, unlike 4K. I find I rarely need to use AA in games at 1440p. The jaggies are minimal. Overall, I am very happy with the Swifty and I have no desire to jump to 4K right now.

Yes, and I love it. Haven't got a gaming QHD screen, though. Will get either the ROG Swift or BenQ'a XL2730Z, if it's any good, when I have the GPU power (or more importantly, the VRAM) to properly game at 2560x1440.

I'm waiting for the BenQ 2730z to go 1440p, or I may wait, I'm happy at 1200p now.

Purchased my 1440P monitor 9 months ago on sale for $300, not looking back @ 1080P.

Have had an Asus pb278q for over a year and I love it. Screen tearing can be an issue, so I usually have to induce triple buffering and such, but other then that it's great. I've had to stop playing modern games at that resolution though, as I just can't pull the performance out of my Gtx 7704gb with these, horribly codded and optimized games to hold it above 30fps at that res. Usually I hover at around 45, hoping directx12 fixes that for me later down the line. But ya I wont go back to 1080p, It's only up in resolution from here on out.

You should SLI the 770 4GB (cheap). It will be good for a while as long as 60 fps is your target. That 4GB VRAM is screaming for SLI.

Ya was the original plan just too poor too right now :(

jumped to 144hz instead, I can already downsample to great effect

@kitty said:

I recently purchased a QNIX monitor.

(sorry for bad image quality, used vita for screen shot)

I decided I didn't want the 3 monitor set up anymore and wanted to go to a single bigger monitor. At $329 on newegg, this is a good deal. Shipping says free 3 - 5 days. It shipped overnight for me. I've managed to get it to 120Hz as well. I'll get better pics later, and with it set up.

But just wondering if anyone else made the jump recently and could tell me how they like it.

In case anyone is wondering which monitor, its this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA4JH1NB1871

I've got the same Qnix monitor except mine is not the multi version and instead only does dvi. I bought it for 240USD last year.

Using 2 970s while gaming at 1440p but I will probably refund them because of Nvidia lying about their vRAM.

I would love to setup a triple monitor display - sadly I don't have the space for it; My current monitor is starting to show some near future death syndrome - so yeah I'm thinking about 27' 1440p monitor soon.

EDIT: NVM, I see that buying an actuall 27' 1440p monitor will be as twice as pricy compared to buying 21' x3 monitors with 1080p.

Actually thinking about the triple 21' monitor setup; My MSI 280X got this compatibility:

• DVI Connectors

  DL-DVI-I x1

  Max Resolution:2560 x 1600 @60 Hz

• HDMI Connectors

  1 (version 1.4a)

  Max Resolution: 3840x2160 @30 Hz

  4096x2160 @24 Hz

• Mini DisplayPort

  2 (version 1.2)

  Max Resolution: 4096x2160 @ 50 Hz

• Maximum DisplaysUp to 6 displays with the use of a DP MST Hub

So in other words since I've never done this before, would I need 3 monitors with mini display ports? or I can do something differently?

27" Qnix 2560 X 1440 - $220

I jumped from 1920*1200 to 3440*1440. Meaning that in loads of games I play at 2560*1440.

I don't live in the US, sadly I only have to choose between Samsung, LG and Dell - all of em' are about 750$, taxes and all that crap.

Wanna know how much Asus ROG cost here? 1200$

That's ridiculous.. Samsung, LG and Dell are already expensive as it is.

UHD TV master race

@kitty: Went from 1920x1080 + 1280x1024 to 3x2560x1440 will never go back, thinking of getting a fourth 2560x1440 monitor.

They're all the same model, asus pb278q, got em for 399 each.

Been there since 2013 at 120hz and never looked back, we both have a Qnix man!!!

Wow. Gaming on one or all three?

You can do a 3 monitor set up. Though I'm not entirely sure you can do it without the display port on the R series. My 7870's required a display port. Which I payed $42 for one and now it just sits here lol.
I used displayport, HDMI, and DVI-D to HDMI.

I'm not sure if it was one of my monitors, but one would screen tear sometimes.

It certainly has the viewing angles, my only IPS monitor had that. I don't believe this is a IPS though. :P

Here is my log.

I went from 1440x900 to 1920x1080, then from there to 5760x1080 and now to 2560x1440.
5760x1080 should put out more pixels than 1440p. So this is a step back in pixels, but better imo.

Nice. I don't want to look back actually lol. But I'm going to keep my HP 2311x, I love that monitor.

Well technically I have gone through 1650*1050 to 1920*1080. Then to 1920*1080 + 1920*1200, and now I got 3440*1440 + 1920*1200 and I wonder if I should hook up the 1920*1080 again as well. :P

lol no.

i can attest that SLI 770 4gb cannot 60FPS games that have come out in the last 2 months. dying light- nope, dragon age inquisition- nope, evolve- nope.... that isnt going to change going forward.

hell, SLI 970s cant even maintain 60FPS on DAI all the time.

Can you adjust brightness?

It's PLS, which is pretty close (the Asus Rog Swift, specifically). I have it side by side with IPS monitors and the viewing angles are good but not quite as good as IPS. Much better than TN, though.

-Byshop

And you had 3 exact same monitors? it is important to prevent compatibility issues or should I say refresh delays / screen tearings

I'd really like to get one of those 30" plus monitors that are extra wide but can't really justify spending the money when my current one is pretty decent still...

actually what I would really really like is one of the curved ones but there is no way i'm spending more than a grand on a monitor.

I think for the 7970/280x it works like this, first two can be dvi/hdmi then the 3rd and after needs to go through mini dp out. Get a active dp to dvi converter if the monitor doesn't have display port.

i used a Dell 27inch 1440p monitor for a while but it had god awful antiglare screen and a lot of motion blur, so i actually stopped using it competely.

Im now using an lg IPS 27 1080p monitor the last couple years and i love it. Its so much easier on my eyes. I'll probably jump back in 1440p territory when 120-144hz IPS monitors start becoming available, till then just doing fine with my 1080p one.

Am still on 1600*900.

Yeah I'm using a 32" BenQ 1440p bl3200pt. Just looks flat out gorgeous and the extra size over my old 27" 1080p screen really makes a difference.

I'd definitely be wary about GPU power though. Doesn't have the demands of 4k obviously but it still requires some serious grunt for GPU heavy games. If you don't have a strong card you'll be dialling back settings to achieve the native res. If I had a less capable GPU I'd definitely stick to 1080p to get the most out of that personally.

I use a 22" 1080p and a 20" 1600x900. I'd really like to get a 1440p monitor but they're so expensive. I keep seeing 4k screens for not much more.

Been using nvid's DSR for some games. Works pretty well on my native 1080p monitor.

Yes.

3440 x 1440p @ 21:9 = pure gaming bliss.

I'm never going back to 16:9

(Just switched from the Asus MX299Q to the LG 34UC97)

That should tide me for a while until a stable and decently priced 21:9 4k monitor comes out)

Sorry for the late response. No they weren't the same monitors. Actually all three where different. But only one monitor had that issue. The next time I try something like that i will get three of the same ones. Might try it with 1440p dunno yet. :P