Does anyone here game at 2560x1440(1600)?

[moguri]

What kind of setup do you use? How much of a performance hit did you take going from 1920x to 2560? Just curious.

[Deleted]

*raises hand*

I use a 1GB GTX 560 Ti and I noticed around a 0-40% performance hit. Even at 1440p, my 560 Ti runs BF3 with a mix of medium/high/ultra settings around 45-70fps (it ran it at high/ultra around 50-75fps at 1080p). Skyrim runs flawlessly at 60fps flat and WoW didn't see much change, maybe around 1-2fps in raid scenarios (only tested briefly). Mass Effect 3 runs very well at 1440p at max settings as does Heroes of Newerth, Team Fortress 2 and Dirt 2. I have yet to try it with The Witcher 2 or other titles.

[Beasty]

The performance hit varies on game, it pushed games like Crysis to unplayable for me before I got my new system, now I am on a i5 at 4.6ghz 6970 etc, all is well again.

[Deleted]

Yep. I've got a 6970 (Well, a 6950 unlocked to a 6970 + moderate overclock) and the only game it struggles with is BF3. Can run it on a mix of medium/high. Not really had any issues with other games, just max out the settings and they play fine (Crysis 2 is not playable at max settings with dx11+high res texture patch though)

[kailtas]

Can anyone recommend a 27-30 inch 2560x1440 monitor?

[Merie]

I remember leaving 480i consoles on a big ass screen a decade ago and playing PC games in 800x600 and thought "Hey, this looks good!" Than I upgraded my system and started playing in 1024x768 and thought I was really living high in the hog with my gaming. These days there are some circles where I'm ridiculed for gaming in 1920x1080. XD Seriously. There are some boards where gamers will passionately swear anything less than 2560x1600 at a dinky 23" looks HORRIBLE lol... My gosh how standards have changed.

[Acquilae]

Can anyone recommend a 27-30 inch 2560x1440 monitor?

Our work computers use Dell U2711's and they're amazing for what they do. The only downside about them would be the anti-glare coating which is only noticeable if you're mostly looking at black text on white background because the texture makes the text look a little grainy. However I look at graphs on a black background so unless you're spending hours using Word or Excel it won't be noticeable.

[Cyanotical]

i use a Dell U2711 and i love it, i would recommend it, but its considerably more expensive then a 1080 monitor

personally i saw a performance increase coming from 3 spanned 1440x900 monitors, but thats more to do with the lackluster technology and support for spanned displays

[Beasty]

Can anyone recommend a 27-30 inch 2560x1440 monitor?

I use an apple cinema display, though it is pretty expensive and you needs mini display port. Utterly gorgeous though. I would recommend the Dell though on a budget and you may prefer the matte screen, I believe they use the same IPS panel.

[mafao]

I game at*2560x1440 on my iMac. The GPU is the Radeon HD 6970M (similar performance level to 6850). So far, I am rather happy with the performance and I was able to play most modern games at medium/high settings without AA. On my display, you don't really need AA on native res, because the pixel density is already very small, and for me, many games look better at medium settings and native res than high settings and 1080p. It wasn't able to tackle BF3 at native very well, though. Skyrim run very well on almost max settings in native.*

[Asmekiel]

Currently playing on 1920x1200, but that screen recently started acting weird some times. Ticking noises coming from inside and screen flickering.
Once it dies I'm going to get myself a nice Dell U2711

[Asera]

I wish the U2711 was 16:10.

[Cyanotical]

I wish the U2711 was 16:10.

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/p...=baynoteSearch

honestly though, at this resolution i don't think the 16:9 vs 16:10 workspace argument really applies

[Deleted]

honestly though, at this resolution i don't think the 16:9 vs 16:10 workspace argument really applies

I would agree here, and as I use my monitor for gaming as well I actually prefer the 16:9 format over 16:10.

[Asera]

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/p...=baynoteSearch

honestly though, at this resolution i don't think the 16:9 vs 16:10 workspace argument really applies

Personal preference, honestly.

I found my old 22" Samsung monitor @ 1680x1050 the most comfortable ratio to raid with.

Also... I'd get the 30" if it wasn't so bloody expensive...

Although if you're at the price level of the 27, the difference doesn't seem that bad.

[tyanthunder77]

I run on a 30" Samsung LCD. 2560x1600

I have an i5-2500k and an AMD Radeon HD 6850 w/ 2GB of VRAM.