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spoon daddy
Aug 11, 2004
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What are the best options for IPS 4k monitors under $1000? Any in the under $600 range?

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spoon daddy
Aug 11, 2004
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Apologies for the mobile link but if I am not looking for overclocking(on a mac) how does this stack up against the korean 1440s? The biggest thing that jumps out is dual link dvi or hdmi are my only real choices.

http://www.monoprice.com/mobile/product/details/13808

spoon daddy
Aug 11, 2004
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Zorilla posted:

If you're on a Mac, you're going to want a monitor with DisplayPort (unless you're on an older Mac Pro or Hackintosh and have a discrete graphics card with dual link DVI). Without it, the best you'll be able to do is 1920x1200@60Hz. While HDMI 2.0 can go higher, I doubt that monitor or your Mac support anything newer than 1.3.

Thanks! I figured that would be the case. I guess I'll try to hunt down a 1440 monitor with displayport during the sales this weekend.

spoon daddy
Aug 11, 2004
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A few pages ago but holy poo poo, I never knew this. Thanks! this is awesome

spoon daddy
Aug 11, 2004
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I've been looking for a 4k monitor I can use with my mac primarily for programming. Am I going to much better than https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=0JC-000D-005B0 for $300?

Note: With it being a 27", I don't plan on actually using it in raw 4k mode, just retina mode.

spoon daddy
Aug 11, 2004
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Atomizer posted:


This part of your post, however, is pretty :psyduck: :

:thunk:

Thanks and on retina mode, I mean I wont be using it strictly as a 4k monitor, with retina mode you get different steps of resolution, I'll probably use it at 3008 x 1692 or 3360 x 1890 resolution. I need it for programming and 27" true 4k is too small for me.

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spoon daddy
Aug 11, 2004
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dissss posted:

I'm using a similar LG model and it works fairly well overall.

The backlight on mine is fairly even but it never gets very black so it isn't perfect for movies or gaming in the dark. With the Windows FCU something messed up the gamma but that's easy to fix (and won't be an issue on OSX anyway). Also the stand sucks, you'll probably want to budget for a proper one.

Thanks, pulled the trigger on it! Thanks for the tip on the stand, I'll pickup an arm mount for it.

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