Best monitor for game development and game art?

[Oblivion2500]

@ZacD

1440p is not 2k. If anything, 1080p is 2k since 2160p is 4k. I haven’t used a 4k monitor for game development so I don’t really have an opinion on the resolution experience.

I’d personally only go for 10-bit color if you’re developing a HDR game, but at that point, I’d also suggest using a good HDR TV instead of a gaming monitor for testing. Support for HDR within Windows and various applications still kinda sucks. HDR doesn’t matter at all for game development outside of shipping an HDR title.

For color accuracy, just get a color calibrating tool and recalibrate your monitor every 6 months. Either IPS monitor should be more than good enough once calibrated.

For refresh rate, if you’re making an FPS, sure go for high refresh if it’s not going to cost you much extra. But for most other games, I’d stick to 60 fps to mimick most players experience. High refresh is nice, but an optional perk.

I think 2K is 1440p and 4K is 2160p. If you go on any monitor website or Newegg and click on 2K, it will give you 2560 x 1440. 4K is 3840 x 2160. It’s based off the horizontal resolution not vertical.

That’s actually a good idea. A lot of HDR monitors and Windows sucks when it comes to 10-bit support and HDR. I have thought about getting a new HDTV since my Sony 1080p HDTV is an LCD and 10 years old. I think I’m going to go with the high refresh rate 1440p monitor since it will be more reasonable for my graphics card which is 1070.