RuanuLaw
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Thank you for the info.It is...
I have a 4K 65" TV myself, I love the damn thing.. but.. for gaming, my ASUS ROG SWIFT PG348Q literally SHITS on anything else I've seen.. The 100hz display makes gaming look like butter, and the GTX 1080 can drive most games at/near 100fps.
By comparison, using my PC on my TV looks great but.. I'd much rather get the ultra-wide aspect ratio and 100hz display.
Also, while 4k is much better than 1440p; you've gotta understand that I'm talking specifically about ULTRAWIDE 1440p..
By comparison:
720p = 0.92Mpx
1080p = 2.07Mpx
16:9 1440p = 3.69Mpx
UltraWide 1440p = 4.95Mpx
UHD (4k) = 8.29Mpx
So while UltraWide 1440p is only 60% of the pixel resolution, the screen is pushing out 100 hertz / frames per second. So if you compare that to 4k over DP that's 66% more complete frames and that doesn't even get into the fact that most TVs don't actually refresh at their rated speed. And if you're doing 4k over HDMI and not using HDMI 2.0, that's 100hz/fps vs 30hz/fps so now you're at 3.3x more frames per second (max refresh).
So the point here is that there are tradeoffs.. Do you go for maximum pixel resolution (4k UHD), or do you go for maximum refresh rate (1080p/1440p @ 16:9 w/144hz+?)? Personally, I chose the happy medium between the two with the added bonus of being ultrawide 21:9.
I honestly would never go back to using another kind of monitor for home use. I'm far more productive with one wider monitor vs two discrete monitors, and gaming is a fucking joy on this thing..
Just my two cents.
p.s.
Keep in mind, everything I just said is only about COMPUTER USE; i.e., gaming and productivity (like writing code, working with excel docs, etc).
I would never want to watch a movie on this monitor rather than using my TV. Some people do, but, IMHO, TVs are far better suited for such a purpose.
I would use it only for gaming and VR stuff. that would be the extent of it.
BTW, this is my TV, https://www.vizio.com/m65c1.html.
Under the Specs sheet, it lists the "Effective Refresh Rate" as 240hz.
Is that bs, or irrelevant to this topic?
Im sure u can tell that I have limited knowledge on this stuff, but from my understandin:
240hz > 144hz
4K > 1440p.
What am I missing?