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whm1974 wrote:Thank a lot Pville_Piper, now you have gotten me to drool over a over getting a new 43" 4K display and a new GPU as well when I was just perfectly happy with my current 30" 1600p and GTX 970 setup.
LostCat wrote:whm1974 wrote:Thank a lot Pville_Piper, now you have gotten me to drool over a over getting a new 43" 4K display and a new GPU as well when I was just perfectly happy with my current 30" 1600p and GTX 970 setup.
Heh I just got a 43" 4K and the vidcard situation right now is so stupid I can't be bothered. I hope Vega is cheaper than I expect it to be.
DPete27 wrote:To me, doing two windows side by side (edge-snap windows to half screen width typically) is much easier than arranging 4 equal size windows on a monitor.
tu2thepoo wrote:DPete27 wrote:To me, doing two windows side by side (edge-snap windows to half screen width typically) is much easier than arranging 4 equal size windows on a monitor.
This isn't quite the same as 4 equal-width windows, but if you're using Windows 10 you can snap a window to a corner and it'll automatically resize to 1/4 of the screen. E.g. if you snap to the top-left corner, Microsoft Word will take up the top-left quadrant. I've only had issues if the program uses non-standard window composing or defines a fixed minimum size (Citrix Receiver, Handbrake)..
tu2thepoo wrote:Course, upgrading to Win10 means you also get to enjoy forced automatic restarts - and for some reason my computer will wake from hibernation the middle of the night to look for windows updates. That's fun.
Pville_Piper wrote:tu2thepoo wrote:Course, upgrading to Win10 means you also get to enjoy forced automatic restarts - and for some reason my computer will wake from hibernation the middle of the night to look for windows updates. That's fun.
Both my laptop and desktop are Win10 and I've never had that issue. But then, I rarely use hibernation. With SSD, what's the point?
Waco wrote:It's a great way to get a bunch of write cycles on your SSD.
Waco wrote:1) I have my 40" 4K screen wall mounted and my view is centered on the middle of the screen. It's not too bad, but it is "looking up" for the top edge.
2) Flat. Don't really miss it not being curved.
3) I sit pretty close - just as close as I'd have a smaller monitor. Seems like a waste to have a big screen just to sit further away.
cheesyking wrote:Waco wrote:1) I have my 40" 4K screen wall mounted and my view is centered on the middle of the screen. It's not too bad, but it is "looking up" for the top edge.
2) Flat. Don't really miss it not being curved.
3) I sit pretty close - just as close as I'd have a smaller monitor. Seems like a waste to have a big screen just to sit further away.
What's it like to actually use? I've been imagining myself pretty much never using maximised windows and using the top edge of the screen to put all the stuff I need open to refer to (chat, email, terminal windows tailing logs, file manager windows etc). Do you feel good about your investment?
Kretschmer wrote:I picked up an X34 and it's insane for productivity (think 3 program windows side-by-side or one huuuuuuge Excel sheet). Just be aware that these screens are slower than their smaller gaming counterparts and require serious horsepower to game at 100FPS (even my 1080Ti isn't enough for some games).
Vhalidictes wrote:Kretschmer wrote:I picked up an X34 and it's insane for productivity (think 3 program windows side-by-side or one huuuuuuge Excel sheet). Just be aware that these screens are slower than their smaller gaming counterparts and require serious horsepower to game at 100FPS (even my 1080Ti isn't enough for some games).
Couldn't you game full-screen at 1080P without too much blurring? It should be an exact 4->1 interpolation.
Waco wrote:Yes, but I'd much rather drop details and run high-res than drop to 1080p. It's pretty hard to go back to regular 1920x1080 once you've gamed at 3840x2160.