2560x1440

What You Need to Know about Monitors with a Resolution of 2560x1440

A 2560x1440 monitor, also commonly known by the shorthand 1440p, describes a standard type of display resolution. Whether you're gaming or working, a 2560x1440 monitor delivers extra screen space and a highly detailed, immersive image. Many affordable options are available on eBay.

When choosing between different monitors on eBay, you should consider the following specs:

• Screen size - To benefit from the extra detail of a 1440p monitor, you will likely want a monitor that is at least 24 inches diagonally.
• Refresh rate - The refresh rate determines how many times every second, as measured in hertz, the monitor updates its image. A higher refresh rate generally results in a smoother image, especially when there is fast motion on the screen. A standard monitor has a 60 Hz refresh rate, but some gaming monitors go up to 120 Hz, 144 Hz, or 240 Hz as well.
• Response time - The response time determines how quickly the pixels can change from light to dark or from one color to another. It is measured in milliseconds. As the pixels are highly responsive, a lower response rate generally translates into less image lag.
• Screen technology - Since the majority of the monitors on the market are LCDs, there are generally three types of LCD screens: twisted nematic, in-plane switching, and vertical alignment. Twisted nematic screens tend to have a good response time but less color accuracy and smaller viewing angles. IPS panels are the exact opposite, while vertical alignment panels occupy a sort of middle ground.

2560x1440 is a display resolution in which the number of horizontal pixels appear as a proportion to the number of vertical pixels. If you multiply them together, you get a total pixel count of nearly 3.7 million. This allows the monitor to display even more detail than would otherwise be possible. For monitors especially, 1440p is the next most common display resolution after 1080p. A 2560x1440 monitor has an aspect ratio of 16:9, which is the most common ratio in movie theaters, home television, and monitors.

FreeSync and G-Sync are two similar types of technologies that sync the monitor's refresh rate together with the frame rate of the computer. This helps to eliminate annoying effects such as screen tearing and stuttering that can occur when the two are misaligned. This frequently happens in action games. The primary difference between them is that FreeSync is an AMD technology, whereas G-Sync is an Nvidia technology. Make sure that your graphics card matches one of these developers. For instance, FreeSync is only available on AMD graphics cards.