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Are there any monitors that have a resolution somewhere between 1440 and 4k? I want more pixels than 1440p, but don't necessarily want to go to 4k and have to scale everything... I've tried looking and there doesn't seem to be much if anything.

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I'm not sure if you're on a Mac, but I've found the scaling to be a non-issue on my 27" 4K monitor. There are various 'use as' resolution options untied to the actual display resolution (basically: make the UI appear as though I'm running at this lower res, but with higher dpi). For me running 4k with 'use as' set to 1440p is perfect.

2560x1440 (QHD) ~3.69MP 100%

3440x1440 (UWQHD) ~4.95MP 134.38%

3840x1600 ("UWQHD+") ~6.14MP 166.67%

3840x2160 (4K UHD) ~8.29MP 225%

You either get more screens, an ultrawide, or a 4K screen and try software scaling lower.

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