IS it time for a new monitor
I recently upgraded my onboard graphics to an MSI GeForce GTX 150 4GB card for my DELL Inspiron 3670 My monitror is a 23" Dell SP2903w: resolution-2048 x 1152 at 60 Hz, contrast ratio- 80,000:1; The CPU is 3.20 gigahertz Intel Core i7-8700 and I have 16GB RAM. I don't game. Photoediting is the most intensive thing I do (I am not a professional phtographer. The monitor is 10 years old and has served me well. I'm wondering about upgrading my monitor with no real sense of urgency. Am I missing out on something that a larger monitor or higher resolution could offer, or should I just leave well enough alone. In fact as I'm writing this, I'm leaning toward the latter, but I wanted to get others opinions. Thanks!
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A 4K monitor will display almost 3 times as many pixels as your current monitor. If you zoom in to edit your images, you'll fit a lot more of the image on a 4K than on your current monitor. I find that very useful.
Suppose you're working on 24MP images. Zoomed to 100%, your current monitor will only 2.3MP, about 1/10 of the image. A 4K monitor displays 6.6MP, about 1/4 of your image. The new monitor would likely be larger , which is a benefit. You can shrink menu/control areas in the app, leaving more room for the image.
It's also likely that a newer monitor could have truer colors and a wider color gamut than your older one, but those are specs you's have to research.
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I wonder if my computer hardware would be up to the task
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I can't answer myself, but maybe this article will help.
There was a good post this morning in the On1 Facebook page by Vinny Giannino about this exact subject, but I don't see a way to link to it.
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I found the facebook posting. What is IPS?
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IPS is in-plane switching. IPS panels provide better color accuracy and viewing angles.
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Is there any way to figure out how small font type will look on a 4k monitor of a particular size? I know that higher resolution means smaller font which is compensated for by a larger screen.
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Yes, go to your local Best Buy or other store that sells them and take a look. It doesn't need to be the monitor you're interested in, it's the resolution and look of the text that matters.
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Windows offers a setting to change the size of fonts and other GUI objects within the display settings for hi resolution displays, using the Scaling option. (I thought I remembered a setting that was specific to fonts as well, but maybe that was in Windows 7.)
Some applications also have options for font adjustment, but I don't see one in PR.
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Photo Raw doesn't actually work well with the scaling option. When users complain that the text doesn't look right, the fix is to reset that option.
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I really recommend a 27 inch, 4K monitor. Since 2019 I’m using BenQ SW271, it is a value for money 4K solution designed for photographic use. It works pretty well with PR. Eizo monitor are also very good but they are more expensive.
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Thanks for the comments gentlemen. It's a bit of a drive to my nearest Best Buy but I will definitely get an eyes-on before I buy
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