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On 9/22/2014 4:33 PM, Ross Ridge wrote:
> In article <lvptu6$v10$1...@dont-email.me>, DMP  <nom...@nodomain.com> wrote:
>> A friend of mine is getting rid of his gaming stuff and I have a shot at
>> getting a Samsung UHD monitor for cheap. My graphics card a GeForce
>> GTX770, so as I look at specs, I don't see the card as an issue. Present
>> monitor a Sammy 244T that I've been happy with for many years.
> If by UHD you mean 3840x2160, the so called "4K" resolution, then I'd
> pass on it.  I'm not sure any video card is up to displaying modern
> games at that resolution without having to turn down the effects.
> Also unless the monitor is huge, you're going to need UI scaling keep
> things readable in a lot of games. You'd need the new monitor to be
> about 46" to keep things the same size of the 24" you have now.
>
> If it's only 2560x1440 then your graphics card can probably hold up,
> but I still would probably give it as pass.  You also probably won't
> need UI scaling, it only needs to be 30" to keep things the same size.
> I'd be concerned with how well games support that resolution.  It should
> be fine with anything recent, but I play a lot of older games, and going
> from 1920x1600 to 2560x1440 would only increase the number of games
> that I can't play at the native resolution of my montitor.  If you're
> mainly playing the latest FPS shooters that shouldn't be a problem,
> but then you're graphics card is more likely to be an issue in that case.
>
> 					Ross Ridge
>


FWIW, here's something I found while doing research....I did not know 
there was such a thing as a display port as opposed to HDMI. Nvidia says 
their 600 & 700 will do 4K. As for the other issues you raised, I don't 
see that in the article but I will do some more reading.

https://developer.nvidia.com/4k-ultra-high-resolution-development