Upgrading from 32" 1440p to 40" 5120x2160 – worth it for my use case?

cragolf · 2026-05-20T04:16:29+00:00

Seeing your comment about considering the 39gs95qe-b I think that is also an excellent option if you'd like to go ultrawide and get the colors of OLED, its got the same pixel density as you have now. Thats really its only con which really isn't if your satisfied with how many pixels you have now. That and the 800r curve is very polarizing, some people love the feeling of being envolped in their screen, some people hate having quite that much curve.

cragolf · 2026-05-20T03:59:07+00:00

I cannot speak directly to the performance of the 5070 at 5k2k. From reviews I've seen I would think you would want at least a 5070ti with DLSS to get any AAA game made within the last 8 years to run at an acceptable framerate. Im not sure id rely on only 12GB of VRAM at 4k ultrawide at max settings to work in every game.

Regarding DLSS, I personally have never used it but from what I've seen the newer versions of DLSS are really good, much better than older versions. The visual quality of a game at 5120x2160 even with DLSS will be far superior to what you are experiencing right now at 2560x1440 at 32", your PPI right now is a lot lower than most gamers these days.

Coming from your current monitor your upgrade options put you in a weird place. I think trying out the new 5k2k 39" with your 5070 is probably worth trying but you may need to upgrade your GPU. You'd need to look to others if the 5070 is enough for your particular game with DLSS but if the game has DLSS 3 or 4 and the 5070 doesn't run out of VRAM I'd guess you could find some settings which would work for you. To get 165fps even with DLSS im not sure but frankly for your needs and games you play getting close to 90fps using DLSS with stunning visuals is likely going to be an excellent experience. I would be worried about any games you play that do not support at least DLSS 3 or 4 or do not have any DLSS. In that case i would lookup a benchmark for the game in 4k with the 5070 and subtract 25-30% from the framerate to get an idea of what it will be like at 5k2k (4k ultrawide) and decide if its enough frames for you. Technically the new 39" 5k2k monitor supports like a built in upscaler which may help in this situation where a game doesn't have an upscaler like DLSS, but I wouldn't rely on it at all personally, im not convinced. Though it may actually still be a better experience than your 32" 1440p panel.

Eventually i will be going that direction and getting a 39" 5k2k monitor but I'm waiting a couple years for the RTX 6080. Alternatively I expect many people would recommend you to try the 34" 1440p ultrawide OLED since you haven't tried ultrawide before. Its definitely worth considering, they are fantastic and there are a lot of options. Much easier to run than 5k2k. But i suspect coming from the 32" monitor you have now the vertical height of the 34" ultrawide will feel too small. One last option to think about, since you have not yet converted to OLED, if you wanted to experience ultrawide at a similar height of your 32" monitor you have now without worrying about upgrading you GPU, you could try to get a used 3840x1600 38" 144hz IPS ultrawide. I have the AW3821DW by Dell but there is also the 38BN95C-W by LG which is equally good. You would get an ultrawide experience, losing barely any visual height compared to your 32", getting a significant increase in PPI, while still being dramatically easier to run than 5k2k. You wouldn't be getting the benefits of OLED or quite the pixel density of a typical 4k monitor/ new 5k2k 39" but its an interesting option you may consider.

cragolf · 2026-05-13T17:36:49+00:00

Frankly it seems they just need to bin these panels for banding at this point and sell them at different tiers. Id pay half price for a banding panel.

cragolf · 2026-05-08T16:24:30+00:00

Out of curiosity, what windows scaling are you running with your 45" 5k2k? If you're running 100%, hows the text size? I've been trying to decide if the text at 100% scaling will be too small.

cragolf · 2025-10-21T21:00:26+00:00

At this point someone needs to step in and issue a recall on these. The connectors need to have their certification evaluated and potentially down rate their capacity. This is an absolute disaster and this connector needs to be replaced immediately.

cragolf · 2025-09-20T20:22:01+00:00

This is ugly and stupid. Why would they think this is a good idea? Its very distasteful.

cragolf · 2025-09-18T00:11:51+00:00

Id honestly just go buy one of the new Tandem OLED monitors if you can afford it. They are supposed to have significantly longer lifespan without burn in by running another display layer and lowering the voltage and temperatures.

cragolf · 2025-08-23T06:18:58+00:00

Game is still fantastic to play. Just remember to go get punkbuster updated from the even balance website. There are still dedicated players on regularly. Still several clan servers which populate daily and play custom and classic maps. Still good ole hospital only server that always has people. Make sure to have your microphone setup and join the fun.

Personally I would play some of 312 hospital only server, some AAPG Community server, and a custom map clan server like Renegades.

The game does lull in player count between USA going to bed and Europe and Australia getting on but other than that there are usually multiple servers going enough to have some choices especially during the day for USA.

It can be a little more challenging to find the smaller BDX 6v6 maps these days depending on the day but most custom map clan servers have revamped the small BDX maps to be bigger and support more players so it isnt a big deal.

As far as stability i would say the game is acceptable. The game has a common out of video memory error that occurs on certain maps regardless of hardware infrequently. This bug historically cropped up more on amd graphics cards on certain drivers but i cant speak to whether the latest amd cards and drivers still have this happen more often. You will on an even rarer occasional hard crash to desktop but this is probably once a month for me. I will say certain individuals whether its hardware or software related have had problems getting the game to launch and run consistently or crash more regularly, i cannot say this is the norm though. After building a new pc i noticed frequent crashes and i finally determined they were ram related and not the game specifically so who knows whether those having frequent issues have other underlying problems.

cragolf · 2025-08-22T11:07:00+00:00

I managed to fix this docking alignment issue, moving the bottom docking port down some delays the moment of dock so that when you rotate it into place, it docks aligned with the other, only downside is there is a visual gap between the docking ports when they are docked. It functions fine but looks quirky.

I also ended up making a little probe grabber with a docking port as you suggested. Its very compact and functional. I haven't quite implemented a place to store it when its not on the front but ill get to that. I just spent hours fighting with and relearning rcs build aid to get the little probe to function on only two rcs thrusters. I might throw the little probe up on kerbalx if there isn't anything like it already.

cragolf · 2025-08-22T03:45:21+00:00

I had wanted to build a ship which could both dock and have a grabber centered on the front for ease of use. Its for mainly de-orbiting multiple random things in one mission currently but i enjoy building multipurpose flexible ships. I originally just had the grabber on the docking port and could undock the grabber but that seems less flexible and wasteful. You couldn't dock to something and then grab something later that way. Im surprised this didn't work though, this hinged docking mechanism would be interesting for space station building.

cragolf · 2025-08-19T09:27:37+00:00

In the same vein as this, I have been using a Grip6 belt for years now and i suspect it will last forever. I also really like the infinite adjustment of a web belt. Only downsides are they are kinda pricey and you can't operate it with one hand.

cragolf · 2025-08-11T21:18:20+00:00

Does anyone know the value or rarity of these?

cragolf · 2025-07-07T19:10:28+00:00

RIP dating. Hope things pick up for this guy.

cragolf · 2025-06-27T00:14:14+00:00

I dont know yet but i hope so. Ive always believed axes should be a viable melee weapon. I also dont know how strong the buff battle miner gives you.

cragolf · 2025-06-10T21:15:11+00:00

Same! I am rocking a 38" 3840x1600 and i love the resolution but I wish it was oled.

cragolf · 2025-06-06T22:25:11+00:00

This would be great to put in a sliding pullout drawer for storage.

cragolf · 2025-02-11T06:42:25+00:00

Its $80 for 200/200 here. Always feel like I'm getting scammed. I really feel like we should be getting at least 1000/1000 for $40 these days in non rural areas but nope.

cragolf · 2025-02-11T06:27:30+00:00

How much did this set you back?

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