P3D Monitor Upgrade Question

[Starlifter60 83]

Hello all, 

I've been using the same 27" monitor for years now having kept it around for FSX, FSX Steam and finally P3D. I'm pretty happy with the performance of my fairly modest generic online-built system but I would like to get a bigger monitor just because I want a bigger picture. Something like a 32". I'm wondering, given the specs below, if a bigger monitor will impede the performance I'm getting now. Nothing fancy, just a bigger screen.

Here's my system (all generic) 60Hz

27" generic monitor, 60Hz with  1920 x 1080 resolution
i7 7700@3.6GHz
MSI B250M Bazooka mobo (no overclocking allowed!)
GTX 1070 w/8 GB
16GB RAM 
Windows 10 Home 64 bit.

I fly ORBX and a lot of Carenado stuff with ASN weather and AIG AI. Again, pretty modest system but I'm ok with the fps by dialing back shadows and unchecking dynamic lighting, etc... Mid 20s for the most part, can't complain.

Would a bigger monitor cause a performance loss or does it matter?

Thanks
Brian

 

 

 

[Skywolf 992]

Bigger monitor will not impede performance.  It is the resolution which makes the difference.  You can have 75inch monitor with 1080p resolution and performance will be the same as a 32 inch monitor with 1080p resolution (1920x1080).

Now if you want to see more on the screen then you need higher resolution and that does affect the performance.  For example my resolution is 3840x2160 (4K).  That is 4 times the resolution of 1080p; it pushes the card much harder

 

 

Edited July 26, 2019 by Skywolf

[Alistair Logie 22]

I bought a 34" 21:9 monitor a few months back. The resolution is 2560 x 1080 and to me it feels a bit more immersive than a 16:9 1920 x 1080 monitor simply because of the wider view. 

[Bob Scott 7,745]

The answer is a little different for FSX vs P3D...P3D leverages DX11 to push a lot of the graphics workload to the GPU, and your 8GB 2070 can feed a mid-size (30-34") 1440p monitor very well without impacting the CPU too much.

FSX, on the other hand, does a lot of its graphics work in the CPU, so if you're still running FSX along with P3D, increasing the resolution above HD (1920x1080) will hit that stock-clocked 7700 pretty hard, and you will see a noticeable loss in performance.

So for FSX, I'd stick with what you've got.  For P3D, something like a 31 inch 2560x1440 monitor would be a nice step up without hammering the system.

Regards from a former Norton Starlizard driver,