27-32" Monitor for Casual Gaming/Photo Editing around $300

Reggg on 17/06/2024 - 15:52

Hi Everyone,
Looking for a new monitor for my current setup, I casually game and it's usually just flight sim so Refresh rate isn't a massive dealbreaker (would rather better visuals than refresh rate, however something around 100Hz would be nice), I used to own a ROG PG278Q that broke on me and really liked the stand it had but I also have enough room to get an even bigger monitor (hence the 32" option). I have scoured ozbargain a bit and seen these 2 monitors:
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/849779
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/850183
However I can't seem to find many reviews on the Dell however it looks pretty good and I love the adjustable stand, and the Samsung, while bigger, seems to have not the best reviews.
Just wondering if anyone knew any other great monitors or deals or had any inptut on those 2 I linked

Thanks!

Computing Computer Peripheral LCD Monitor

Comments

  • sumyungguy on 17/06/2024 - 16:14

    Samsung 32-inch 4K $309(jw.com.au)

    • Reggg on 17/06/2024 - 17:07

      This monitor looks great thanks!
      Just wondering, if I wanted to run it at 1440p or even 1080p rather than 4K would it still look ok without any issues?

      • sumyungguy on 17/06/2024 - 17:11

        Sure, I run my 5K (iMac) and 4K (Dell) at 2560 x 1440. Everything is too small in 4K.

        • askbargain on 17/06/2024 - 17:35
          +1

          Doing that means scaling image issues.

          • sumyungguy on 17/06/2024 - 17:44

            @askbargain: I only have 27-inch so can't comment on 32. Do you see issues running your 32-inch 4K at 1440p?

      • MichelleMaBelle on 18/06/2024 - 11:19

        If you run at 1080p on a 4K monitor, then you can turn on the Integer Scaling mode in your graphics card control panel and it will look exactly the same as it would on a 1080p monitor without issues. 4K is 3840x2160 which is exactly twice as wide and twice as tall as 1920x1080, so Integer Scaling just turns each pixel into a 2x2 pixel block of the same color, so it becomes identical to a 1080p screen.

        Running in 1440p, the image has to be scaled from 2560x1440 to 3840x2160, which generally looks blurry. It is up to you whether the blurry 1440p result is preferable to the crisper but more pixelly 1080p integer scale, probably depends on the game.

        You can also run the game in 4K using DLSS (Nvidia) or FSR (AMD+Nvidia) if your graphics card supports it. These are modes where the game initially renders at a lower resolution like 1080p, then performs some special magic to essentially make an informed guess as to what it would look like rendered at 4K and displays that, which usually works much better than scaling a finished image up because the process has access to more of the game rendering data. Microsoft Flight Simulator supports this so it's definitely something to try.

        • Reggg on 18/06/2024 - 14:28

          thanks for that insight! I have an RTX 2060 so I believe it can do DLSS, so essentially would using a 4K monitor look fine if I'm using 4K for all my browsing, editing, video watching etc. And then each game is a case by case basis on whether to use DLSS, scale it down or run it at 4K?

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