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What screen resolution do you use?

Laszlo Nagy — Tue, 14 Jan 2014 16:57:46 GMT

Back in 2007 Link started a survey asking about the resolution people use for ArchiCAD:

http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=16436

Almost 7 years have passed and I thought it may be interesting and enlightening to repeat this poll now that available monitor sizes and resolutions have increased dramatically over the last several years.

I have tried to include all kind of resolution variants so please pick the one you have or the one closest. I have not included resolutions with less than 768 vertical pixels as this is the minimum requirement for ArchiCAD. The options at listed in increase of vertical resolution.

If you have several displays, please select the highest resolution you are using.

Of course any other comments are also welcome.

Re: What screen resolution do you use?

Nando Mogollon — Tue, 14 Jan 2014 18:34:23 GMT

Laszlo,
Actually having the option to tell if we're using 1 or 2 or multiple monitors / screens may be useful.

In my case is 2 x (1920 x 1280)

Cheers

Re: What screen resolution do you use?

Laszlo Nagy — Tue, 14 Jan 2014 19:33:42 GMT

That would have to be a separate poll because this is full (10 options is max).
In case of multiple monitors the greatest resolution used should be stated.
But I think people can just state it in a post if they want to communicate it.

Re: What screen resolution do you use?

Anonymous — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 07:52:54 GMT

I have 4 x (1680x1050) monitors in a T configuration, configured for AC like so:

[3D window] [Tools palette | Plan view window] [Sections/Elevations/Layouts]

with the lower monitor showing various palettes:

[Layer Switch | Quick options + Favourites + Trace + SEO+ etc | Navigator, showing Vewports | Organizer, showing Views + Layouts].

I highly recommend it.

It may appear OTT, but with monitors picked up second hand for $40 each, and and extra graphics card, the increase in productivity pays for itself in just a few days.

But, now I'm spolit with that, anything else now just seems like a hassle.

Re: What screen resolution do you use?

Nando Mogollon — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 16:33:17 GMT

I have 4 x (1680x1050) monitors in a T configuration

I'd love to see a picture of that... and see if I can pull some strings at my office.
Regards

Re: What screen resolution do you use?

Link — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 18:09:49 GMT

I'd like to see a photo of it too. Strike a pose, mate!

Cheers,
Link.

Re: What screen resolution do you use?

Laszlo Nagy — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 22:14:29 GMT

Me is interested too.

Re: What screen resolution do you use?

stefan — Mon, 20 Jan 2014 12:26:02 GMT

How do you judge Retina? 1440x900 HiDPI is double the pixel size, but toolbars stay at a visible size.

Re: What screen resolution do you use?

Laszlo Nagy — Tue, 28 Jan 2014 04:50:07 GMT

Just consider the sheer pixel count of the display, not whether the application is optimized to use that resolution.

Re: What screen resolution do you use?

glenn_peters — Sun, 15 Jun 2014 03:59:29 GMT

Two monitors side-by-side at the office for the past 10 years (various resolutions depending on time period), but at home I've just hooked up the new Asus PB287Q 28-inch 4k UHD monitor to my Mac Pro.

Asus lists the resolution at 3840 x 2160 pixels (so-called 4k standard) but when I hooked it up via DisplayPort 1.2 to get 60Hz refresh rate (and made other calibrations), the "About This Mac / Displays" pane states 5120 x 2880 pixels (for 14.75-million total).

Thankfully the most recent OS X updated to 10.9.3 allows for scaling of most text and icons so my aging eyes don't have to squint too often; sitting 60 cm from the screen, the effect is certainly retina-like. Only downside… the PB287 is TN panel rather than an IPS (those 4k monitors are in the $3,000+ range). Maybe in a couple more years?

Re: What screen resolution do you use?

Anonymous — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 20:36:55 GMT

Glen

How is feedback and execution in the 2D window?

I am running a new 12 core Mac Pro with dual D700 cards and a Dell 32" 4K monitor.
I get horrible feedback and execution in the 2D window. The 3D window is beautiful and fast.
If I size down my 2D window to 9"x9" I get decent feedback and execution.

Frustrated.

Re: What screen resolution do you use?

Anonymous — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 10:02:07 GMT

glenn_peters wrote:
PB287Q 28-inch 4k UHD monitor to my Mac Pro.

I'm about to replace my old ViewSonic 1600x1200 display, and I'm in doubt if I should take a QHD IPS (2560x1440) or a UHD TN (3840x2160). The most important doubt is about visibility, because "normal" display aren't great if they work in scaled mode, and QHD has slightly higher dpi than my 20"... now it shouldn't be a great problem, but my eyes don't become young. On the other side, retina scaling seems to be great, making lower resolutions usable, so I guess I can use 2560x1440 or 1920x1080 according to the cases. But I need to be sure that an eventual UHD display allows retina scaling with my MacPro 5,1 with nvidia GTX 680 graphic card.