So, I have a new monitor and the new UI fit almost perfect without having to make adjustments and everything looks exact same. However, I am very sensitive to things like FPS and DPI. Something just does not feel right, I am not sure if I am not sitting at the right distance from my monitor? I feel like I can’t see my health bar or cooldowns and the UI scale is all different/screwed up. The problem is, its basically the same when I record video, but everything just looks smaller. I tried sitting closer to the monitor, but then the health bars in the top left corner are too far away.
I’ve played 20,000 hours on 1080P 72dpi, so having such a minor change feels really bad. I also have done web design at 72dpi with about 5,000 hours on that. Even though its such a small change, its reeking havoc on my game play.
What can anyone recommend? Do I just install a cheap 1080p 72dpi monitor I have laying around and return this? Or?
Also in the future what do I do, because 1080p is not the answer, I have a feeling 240hz 4k will be monumental to get used to as the DPI on those are crazy.
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So you went to a smaller screen and things look too small?
Larger screen by .5", same resolution, just higher dpi. Just feels smaller because the dpi is too high. Have to sit a lot closer, scale ui differently etc. Not a good experience.
That makes no sense. A 72 DPI 1080p is ~30.5" diagonal, and a 92 DPI 1080p monitor is ~24" diagonal.
What I think is going on here is you’re rendering 1080p output onto a 1440p display, which doesn’t evenly match up (scale is 4/3) and is obviously going to look weird.
The new monitor was 1080p 90 DPI and 24.5".
The old monitor is 24" 1080p and 72dpi - much better and have thousands of hours at this dpi/size. The new monitor would not fit comfortably between my other 2 monitors. One) 1200x1920[portrait] 72dpi and two) 1080p 72dpi. Also ran the old monitor in portrait temporarily during this time, so 4 monitors. I had to sit too close or too far away with the new monitor. If I sat at the right distance, I could not see my health bars at the top and the other 2 monitors were too close. I spent hours trying to find the right positions and I just could not do. I gave up and returned it.
Sticking with 1080p 72dpi family for WoW for probably eternity. I am too scared to try to purchase a 43" 4k 144hz 102dpi oled monitor or a 32" 240hz 4k 138dpi oled monitor, and then have to return it because it would take months to adjust. I literally have 20,000 wow hours on 1 character, and 5000 web design hours at 72 dpi 1080p. I also have multiple characters lol. Adjusting to a new monitor is not fun. I love my 1080p 72dpi monitors. Even in school and when not playing WoW or not doing web design I used 72dpi. Even as a 5-7 year old child in the early 90s, I used 72dpi on CRTs because my parents owned a print shop. All those monitors were typically 17-27". Changing DPI and screen size sucks, especially when the surrounding monitors are also 72dpi and same resolution. I would have to replace every single monitor, as different dpi does not fit nicely next to the others. Especially on WoW and for productivity. Every 1080p monitor now days for gaming is 90dpi+. You only get 72dpi if you go professional series, even then, they are making them at 100+dpi now. I think if I do a new monitor for wow, I have to replace every single monitor and pray for the best, spend months adjusting. Sounds like hell.