Looking for a new monitor

TiCoyote

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I currently have this display:
Acer X223W 22 Widescreen LCD Monitor - 1680x1050, 2500:1, 5ms, DVI, VGA, (Refurbished) at TigerDirect.com

And this GPU:
Acer X223W 22 Widescreen LCD Monitor - 1680x1050, 2500:1, 5ms, DVI, VGA, (Refurbished) at TigerDirect.com

I mostly use my PC for photo editing. I do professional photography part-time on the side.

Everything works fine, and the display is a solid workhorse. But...

My wife has an iMac, with a 24" 1920x1080 display, and everything just looks sharper and cripser and brighter. Then we went to Best Buy, and I saw the new 5k retina display.

So now I'm looking for advice on a new display. I checked into 4k displays a bit, but from what I understand, they're difficult to read, and they're buggy, and the technology just isn't there yet.

So I'm thinking about this, or something like it:
ASUS PB Series PB278Q 27" 5ms (GTG) WQHD HDMI Widescreen LED Monitor 300 cd/m2 80,000,000:1 Built-in Speakers - Newegg.com

So my questions are:
1. Will an IPS display with 2560x1440 be a noticeable improvement from my TN 1680x1050
2. Is Asus the way to go?
3. Will I need a new GPU?

Thank you!
 
The GPU link is missing.

1. Yes. Mainly because IPS has broader accurate color viewing angles than TN does.
2. No. But your budget may not allow any other choice.
3. Maybe. Can your GPU do OpenGL, Shading, and handle 3D editing?

What editing applications(s) do you use?
Adobe recommends using a display wide color gamut (16-bit) display. The 2 Asus displays you linked to are 8-bit (16.7 million colors), not wide color gamut displays.
Decent IPS wide gamut image editing displays start at about $1000. Pro quality image editing displays are generally $5000 and up.
 
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