Is it smart to replace my 32" 4K monitor with a 27" 1440p monitor?

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I already had the 4K monitor, and while it’s a beautiful monitor, my PC can’t actually run the game very well on it. I have to use 65% render scaling for it to run at 30 fps. Of course it doesn’t look very crisp at 65% on a 4K monitor.

I am now thinking to sell it second hand and buy a 27" 1440p monitor. I’d still run it at probably 90% render scaling, but still I think this will look much crisper? But I will lose money, so it has to be worth it.

What do you guys recommend?

i7 12700H
RTX 3060
16 gb RAM.

PS: I don’t have money to buy a new PC unfortunately. I am actually using a gaming laptop now (on a cooling pad), that I already had. Please don’t hate. But so I can’t replace any of its components.

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I changed from a 28 4k to a 32 2k and wouldn’t go back. I’ve a 3080 and 32gb ram on a 12700.

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Thanks for letting me know! Would you say that the 32" is worth it over a 27" even if you lose some crispiness?

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I don’t understand your loss of crispiness.

I ran a GTX 1660 TI on a i9-9900K at 4k on a
65 inch screen and it had a perfect display.

Display screen size does not matter.
The displays’ specs do matter.

It is best to run it at its native resolution.

I would think the lack of crispiness would come from your GPU.

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I didn’t loose crispness as far as I could tell. This is the one I bought (although I’m in the UK and I bought it in the Uk)

The performance was much better than with the 4K and I’m really happy with it, but its personal preference.

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An alternative to other people’s suggestions is to look for your local E-waste recycler or just ask large campuses.

My old workplace had dozens of good but now “old” monitors in great sizes and settings that you could probably choose from on the cheap. You could probably get a good PC that way too. Might be a hassle but in your case why not?

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No hate here as in OZ buying a new PC at the higher level specs sets you back over $5K AUD.

I do ask though, why do you have to maintain 30fps…I have an I7-7700K/GTX1080TI/32G ram so not even considered bottom mid-level today and run at 4K on a 43" LG with reasonably high settings. I don’t really worry about frame rates which I think range between 18-25fps in heavy environs/PMDG type aircraft etc… I don’t think I have the ability to notice between 24fps or 30fps but smoothness is easy to spot. I could afford a I9/4090/64gig ram and would probably max everything out in the settings but I don’t sim enough and rather spent it on G1000 panels and higher end peripherals.

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I am the same. Doesn’t bother me while flying the CJ4.
Smooth flight.

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Before my upgrade, I used my 39 inch 4K with a 8700K and a 1080ti. I didn’t have all the settings on high, but it ran well. I could even get acceptable VR with this setup.

I would experiment with better settings before buying another monitor, as what you are suggesting as the solution doesn’t seem right to me.

You can get in the trap of thinking that MSFS is a scenery program over a flight simulator. I suppose we can all have different needs, but my thoughts are that I have MSFS for the challenge to fly better, and the scenery is nice, but secondary.

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A 27" screen has a 13.2" height. With a 1440 vertical pixel count, that’s ~109 pixels per inch.

A 32" screen has a 15.7" height. With a 2160 vertical pixel count, that’s ~138 pixels per inch.

So going from a 32" 4K to a 27" 1440 will actually get you fewer pixels per inch, meaning you’ll give up a small amount of clarity. I’m currently running a 32" Samsung 4K monitor, and I’ve never had better video than I do right now.

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Try setting your vsync on and reducing down your screen refresh rate so both are the same - 30fps/30Hz refresh rate.

Edit: also, you can set your screen resolution in the sim to 1440p. No need to render scale 65%. Your TV will upscale it to 4k so no extra work is needed from your gpu. Modern 4k tvs do a great job at 4k AI upscaling.

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Your examples compared:
27" 2K screen @ 109 pixels/inch
32" 4K screen @ 138 pixels / inch

A 27" 4K screen will have 163 pixels / inch.

I have a 65 inch 4 K TV that has a 32 inch height
with 67.5 pixels per inch.

With my face 12 inches from the screen, I can’t see any pixels.
But to see the whole screen, I have to turn my head
right, left, up & down.

But, I sit 7 feet from the screen and only use my eyes to scan the whole screen.

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No - I went from 27 in 1080 to ASUS 31.5 in 4K, and get 35-55 fps (complex scenery) with mostly ULTRA - I79700k and RTX 2070 Sup - using DLSS perf AND DLDSR 2.25 … (render scaling 100) …