Any issues with apps with a 5K monitor I should be aware of?

Rich Parry wrote on 1/20/2025, 1:54 PM

Years ago, when 4K monitors started to appear, some apps or icons didn’t scale properly resulting in icons or text difficult to read. I never had a 4K monitor, so this information in based on what I read. It’s now time to replace my 15 year old 2K monitors, I’m planning on purchasing a 5K monitor. Any issues with apps with a 5K monitor that I should be aware of?

Thanks in advance,

Rich

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Rich in San Diego, CA

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john_dennis wrote on 1/20/2025, 2:17 PM

Without font scaling I have trouble seeing text and objects on a monitor with dot pitch less than 0.26 mm. That's why I chose a 2560x1440 31.5" monitor. Visit this site to determine what dot pitch you are buying with a 5K monitor. Pixels Per Inch PPI Calculator

Font scaling exposes you to potential programming issues that otherwise wouldn't exist. I avoid it for my editing machine. I scale 125% on my email machine.

Rich Parry wrote on 1/20/2025, 4:31 PM

Thanks John, I'm looking at this monitor, ASUS lists PPI as 218 which agrees with your PPI calculator. Pixel Pitch : 0.116mm.

https://www.asus.com/us/displays-desktops/monitors/proart/proart-display-5k-pa27jcv/techspec/

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CPU Intel i9-13900K Raptor Lake

Heat Sink Noctua  NH-D15 chromas, Black

MB ASUS ProArt Z790 Creator WiFi

OS Drive Samsung 990 PRO  NVME M.2 SSD 1TB

Data Drive Samsung 870 EVO SATA 4TB

Backup Drive Samsung 870 EVO SATA 4TB

RAM Corsair Vengeance DDR5 64GB

GPU ASUS NVDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

Case Fractal Torrent Black E-ATX

PSU Corsair HX1000i 80 Plus Platinum

OS MicroSoft Windows 11 Pro

Rich in San Diego, CA

john_dennis wrote on 1/20/2025, 5:13 PM

I bought a 27" 2560x1440 ASUS ProArt and returned it because I couldn't see it without running scaling.

200% scaling on your proposed monitor would give you the equivalent of 0.232mm at 2560x1440.

Some people use 13" MacBooks though. Not me.

RogerS wrote on 1/20/2025, 8:27 PM

I prefer my 1440p 27 inch for readability but may be a good bit younger and the screen is close to me as the desk is shallow.

While VEGAS will scale, if you have multiple monitors and one high DPI and one not it won't look right on all in my experience.