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After going to 1440p, I cannot use 1080p monitors for programming as the text is too blurry.

Honestly I don't see the need of 2160p on a monitor, it usually just causes display issues and it's a performance drain.

For gaming/everyday use, 2k w/ a high refresh rate is the sweet spot imo.

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Eventually I want to go to 4k but price was a non-starter for me. I wanted 3 monitors and I was able to grab 3x2k (1440p) screens on black Friday last year for around $200/ea. I have them arranged in a "Tie-fighter" orientation (1 horizontal in the middle and 2 vertical on the sides) with an older 1080p screen above the center monitor (it's just for security cams/monitoring).

I split the 2 vertical monitors into 3rds (top, middle, bottom) and I have keyboard shortcuts to move/resize windows as well as snap every window to it's designated space. I have been extremely happy with this setup so far.

4K is affordable if you're fine with a basic screen. I got a 32 inch 4K monitor (ET322QK) for $290 on a previous black Friday.

I use a 32" monitor at 4K with 1x scaling. It is a productivity booster for me. More horizontal space is just much nicer to host debug sessions and jump between code sections. At the same time (of debugging), I can tile web browser to the other side and either do some lookups, or run a Jupyter notebook.

It has been years since I gamed regularly but my brother and I were probably some of the best at a particular FPS. It has to be about 15+ years ago. When we played in the physical presence of others we noticed that we were some of the only ones to turn the display settings way down while keeping resolution the maximum. Probably 800x600 or 1280x1024 in those days. The game ran smoother, and the less complex textures made movement standout.

People are playing CS:Global Offensive because its a smoother, less complex texture compared to other modern games (ie: Overwatch).

I'd dare say that the "serious" FPS players stick to Counterstrike, and other easier-to-render games with 200+ FPS. (even if the monitor doesn't support it, the higher FPS results in smoother gameplay and fewer hiccups).

There's of course a huge casual crowd playing Overwatch, PUBG and Fortnite. But CS tournaments remain a thing to this day.

Was it quake by any chance?

Quake(world) and Quake III Arena matches were often frantic twitchfests between blurry, nearly flat textured models :)

No, but in 2002/3 we would play Quake during our CCNA classes every now and again instead of class work. The hardware was old so it was the original quake.

I played a lot of MOHAA[0].

[0] -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medal_of_Honor:_Allied_Assault

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