It could be, but there's a very important caveat. The HDMI output from many computers with HDMI and Displayport/Thunderbolt are limited to 1920x1280 over the HD

It could be, but there's a very important caveat. The HDMI output from many computers with HDMI and Displayport/Thunderbolt are limited to 1920x1280 over the HDMI output. If you look on eBay for QHD (2560x1440) monitors, the ones that include a Displayport input are about $100 more than the ones with only HDMI, because they can be used by so many more computers.