New monitor help please

[Michka]

Building a new computer to run archicad 27 is there a particular type of screen I should avoid? I can't decide between a wide screen or an ultra wide screen? I'd love anything over 34inch. Ideally I would love to be able to use the 1 large screen with a few windows open one always being archicad and then email or a web browser open.

is there a preferred resolution for archicad 

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated

Thankyou

[Barry Kelly]

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@Michka wrote:

is there a preferred resolution for archicad 

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In my opinion, low resolution.

It seems to me people buy big hi-res screens and when they run Archicad, the icons are so small they can't see them.

So the first thing they doo is increase the screen display scaling in the system settings.

This defeats the purpose of having a hi-res monitor if you ask me.

Archicad seems not to like system display scaling very much, especially if it is not done in multiples of 100%.

But maybe that is just my experience.

I am running a laptop with 2 x 24" monitors, both running at 1920 x 1080 resolution (they can go much higher).

As they are 2 separates screens, I could have them set at different resolutions, but as i mainly use Archicad on both, I don't.

If I open my laptop screen as well that gives me a third screen that I can have at another resolution.

In my opinion, I prefer 2 or more screens rather than one large one.

Barry.

[Lingwisyer]

If the purpose is about having emails or other documents open at the same time on the side, it would be better to just use a second monitor. I would suggest getting a good large 16:9, then having a cheaper 9:16 on the side.

Ling.

[Michka]

Thankyou for your reply, do you think this will work?

https://api.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/samsung-odyssey-g5-32-qhd-165hz-1ms-gaming-monitor...

[Lingwisyer]

I would recommend a monitor with an IPS panel if it is primarily for work such as any of the Dell Ultrasharps.