Comment I really like 5k... (Score 1) 49
I've been running one (an old HP Z27q that requires dual DP connections to drive it) for about eight years. I bought it used, since they were pretty rare and expensive at the time. It came with a couple of dead pixels, but they're so small they just look like a piece of dust. Even knowing they're there, I really have to hunt to find them.
Honestly, I think 5k (2880p @ 27") is the sweet spot for productivity. It lets you run at a 200% scale factor (so an effective 1440p resolution), but all your text is really crisp. And at 200%, any non-DPI-aware applications just get pixel-doubled, so they don't look too weird. (This is less an issue now than it was eight years ago, but I still run lots of old-school Win32 applications.) I really wish this resolution was more prevalent, and therefore cheaper, since I'd like to have a couple of these at the office.
For gaming, I *typically* run at 2880p, if the game allows (some don't). I've got an RTX 4090, which helps, but I can usually hit 60fps at high settings. The more modern the game, the more likely I'll have to back the settings off a little.
I'm not a 'twitch' gamer, though, so YMMV. I've got a huge backlog of games on Steam to get through---plus XBox Game Pass---so I often play the oldies (e.g., 3-5 years old) with maxxed-out settings. In the rare case where a game doesn't perform well enough at 2880p with settings that look acceptable, I can drop it to 1440p without scaling issues.
My biggest issue is really remote-desktop scenarios. It takes a lot of bandwidth to push around that many pixels. Back during Covid/WFH, I dropped my resolution to 1440p just so I had less latency for my day-to-day work.
