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• 1440p (typical for ultrawide) for is a sweet spot for gaming. It's the highest resolution that works well with current generation of GPUs. In 4K gaming is har

by pornel 7y ago

• 1440p (typical for ultrawide) for is a sweet spot for gaming. It's the highest resolution that works well with current generation of GPUs. In 4K gaming is hard, because most 4K monitors don't support high or variable refresh rates, so if the GPU isn't strong enough to consistently hit 60fps at 4K, it'll have to drop all the way to choppy 30hz. • 4K for text. It really makes a huge difference. If you work with code, and don't care about color reproduction and black levels, then there are very cheap 4K monitors.

mcv 7y ago
> "4K for text." Absolutely. I just bought a 4K laptop (also OLED) and I can't believe how incredibly readable very small text is. It's almost unreal how good this looks.
- AndreFvchs 7y ago
  Please share the model, thanks.
  - Trias11 7y ago
    MSI GT76 TITAN (128GB RAM) with 17.3" 4K/UHD and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 / 8GB Screen is at 3840x2160 I use it to render high res panoramic images. But I know - it not exactly everyone's go to laptop...
  - mcv 7y ago
    It's a Thinkpad X1 Extreme, with 4K OLED. The primary downside of the screen is that it's rather shiny and reflective in the wrong light. That apparently comes with non-matte screens. In the right light, it's the best screen I've ever seen.
ryanmccullagh 7y ago
I wasn't able to find the specs, but do you know if the MacBook Pro is a 4K monitor? Reason I ask is, I notice how amazing the text is on this laptop.
- Matthias247 7y ago
  You can find the resolution online. It depends on whether it's a 13" or 15" model. It is less than 4k, but has a higher DPI then 4k desktop screens. The only thing which gets as sharp are the 5k 27" screens - that's likely why Apple decided to make them.
- pornel 7y ago
  It is. Apple calls it "Retina". Whether a monitor looks really crisp depends on a combination of number of pixels, screen size and viewing distance. For 4K monitors the typical size is 27" to get the "retina" quality at normal desk viewing distance.
- perilunar 7y ago
  Not quite. More like 3K. The 15.4" MacBook Pros are 2880×1800, and the 13.3" are 2560×1600 px.

by pornel 7y ago

mcv 7y ago

> "4K for text." Absolutely. I just bought a 4K laptop (also OLED) and I can't believe how incredibly readable very small text is. It's almost unreal how good this looks.

AndreFvchs 7y ago
Please share the model, thanks.
- Trias11 7y ago
  MSI GT76 TITAN (128GB RAM) with 17.3" 4K/UHD and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 / 8GB Screen is at 3840x2160 I use it to render high res panoramic images. But I know - it not exactly everyone's go to laptop...
- mcv 7y ago
  It's a Thinkpad X1 Extreme, with 4K OLED. The primary downside of the screen is that it's rather shiny and reflective in the wrong light. That apparently comes with non-matte screens. In the right light, it's the best screen I've ever seen.

ryanmccullagh 7y ago

I wasn't able to find the specs, but do you know if the MacBook Pro is a 4K monitor? Reason I ask is, I notice how amazing the text is on this laptop.

Matthias247 7y ago
You can find the resolution online. It depends on whether it's a 13" or 15" model. It is less than 4k, but has a higher DPI then 4k desktop screens. The only thing which gets as sharp are the 5k 27" screens - that's likely why Apple decided to make them.
pornel 7y ago
It is. Apple calls it "Retina". Whether a monitor looks really crisp depends on a combination of number of pixels, screen size and viewing distance. For 4K monitors the typical size is 27" to get the "retina" quality at normal desk viewing distance.
perilunar 7y ago
Not quite. More like 3K. The 15.4" MacBook Pros are 2880×1800, and the 13.3" are 2560×1600 px.