30" Korean 2560x1600 IPS Monitors

I'm probably buying a 27" version of the crossover off ebay for $360. To me the big downside to buying these moitors is they have awesome panels but very shitty hardware driving them. These things can not scale at all from what I've read. Other than 640x480 (who would want that) if you are running at anything other than the native resolution it flat out won't display. If you plan on gaming, you better make sure the games you run can run at 2560x1600 at a decent frame rate because you won't be able to scale back to anything else.

Quote from joeyrindone : I'm probably buying a 27" version of the crossover off ebay for $360. To me the big downside to buying these moitors is they have awesome panels but very shitty hardware driving them. These things can not scale at all from what I've read. Other than 640x480 (who would want that) if you are running at anything other than the native resolution it flat out won't display. If you plan on gaming, you better make sure the games you run can run at 2560x1600 at a decent frame rate because you won't be able to scale back to anything else.

Yeah, at least the 2560x1440 ones can output 720p also

Quote from joeyrindone : I'm probably buying a 27" version of the crossover off ebay for $360. To me the big downside to buying these moitors is they have awesome panels but very shitty hardware driving them. These things can not scale at all from what I've read. Other than 640x480 (who would want that) if you are running at anything other than the native resolution it flat out won't display. If you plan on gaming, you better make sure the games you run can run at 2560x1600 at a decent frame rate because you won't be able to scale back to anything else.

you can always just make your video card scale instead of using the monitor.

and 2560x1440 isn't that much less than 2560x1600 (if you have hardware to push the 27", your computer should be good enough for the 30")

Do monitors STILL not come in anything greater than 60hz? My laptop had like 70Hz in the 90s and since then it seems tehy've all dropped to 60hz. That is simply shit since even the TVs nowadays are standard 120hz and above. What gives man? I spend 10 hours a day staring at a screen and my eyes feel like they are bleeding by quitting time most nights. Do I need to just dump the desktop altogether and get a nice laptop to resolve this issue? Someone please advise because Im not gettin it. Thank you all for your time.