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Line_080889
2 years ago

Re: Monitor recommendations

@puzzlezaddict 

Thank you for your response :-)
The laptops screen itself is broken, so right now i am using our LG 55" OLED tv as screen, but i am to far away from the tv, to see smaller objects.

I started with looking at 4K monitors because i want clear/detailed images, but became uncertain if i would actually get that resolution with an older computer sending the content to the monitor itself.
I checked last night in screen settings on the computer, and the highest resolution i can choose is 2560x1400, but then all shown content on the screen became tiny.
I am aware that the refeshrate on the LG monitor is high, but a lot of the 4K monitors i looked at, had 60hz which i know is in the low end.
My laptop can go up to 144 hz, but i noticed when tried to change to resolution 2560x1400 in game instead of screen settings, the hz then lowered to 60 hz. But again for example the "manage worlds" page became smaller than usual on the high resolution.
I live in Denmark, and the 2 stores i went to only had 27" screens, but i think i might prefer 32" simply because i "only" build in sims, so i am often focused on a certain area of the screen, and i would like it to be as big as possible, but i know many would say it is to big?

I was planning on looking more in stores, but my worry was, that i would find a monitor that i think shows great images, and then come home and it then would look bad, because my computer is old and doesn't send out 4K quality pictures.
(Sorry i'm trying my best to explain in english haha)

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  • jpkarlsen's avatar
    jpkarlsen
    Hero (Retired)
    2 years ago

    @Line_080889 

    A 32" monitor that is running at 2560x1440 doesn't show any more than a 27" monitor at the same resolution. It just show everything bigger. If you really want a big monitor I would recommend a 34" running 4K but it appears your pc can't handle that. Try looking at 28" instead. Since you mainly build a high refresh rate wont mean much for you. Both Elgiganten and Power has many monitors on display that you can look at. If you want help with anything just ask.

  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    Hero+
    2 years ago

    @Line_080889  Your laptop's graphics card can render images in 4k or higher, and it can generate as high a refresh rate as it can keep up with.  There's no theoretical limit here other than what's built into software.  The problem is the actual workload of running Sims 4 in 4k.  The game is not particularly heavy by current standards, but the sheer number of pixels on a 4k screen means a high workload.  The more demanding it is to render a single frame, the fewer frames per second the graphics card can render.

    The limits you're seeing, both resolution and refresh rate, are from the monitor and TV, not from the graphics card.  Windows will only offer you settings that the monitor currently in use can support, regardless of the graphics card's capabilities.

    The other limitation to consider is the connection between the laptop and monitor, for example DisplayPort or HDMI.  The generation matters here: HDMI 2.0 can handle more data than 1.4, which translates to a higher limit on resolution and refresh rate.  To find out what your laptop uses, I'd need the exact model.

  • Line_080889's avatar
    Line_080889
    2 years ago
    @jpkarlsen

    I went to a Power store today, and they had both 27" and 32", and im still torn between the two. I think i will try and find something that resembles the sizes and try i out on my desk. 

     

    My plan is to eventually upgrade my computer as well, so i'm thinking of choosing a 4K monitor with 120-144 hz, so i don't have to change monitor, when i get a new computer.

    Do you think that's a good idea?

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