Throughout our performance tests and subjective use, the Dell UltraSharp UP3214Q monitor performed admirably well on all counts, and it's very well built. If you’re looking for a 4K monitor for work or pleasure, it's really one of the best ones out there, no questions about that. If you can afford it, just close your eyes and buy it.
While someone with a more powerful GPU (or multiple GPUs) would be able to work around this, the more important problem we faced was with regards to the way 4K is handled by Windows 8.1, the software on your PC and your GPU drivers. Firstly, you need a DisplayPort 1.2 ready GPU and cable if you want to have your display running at 60Hz (otherwise it defaults to 30Hz, which is painful). Secondly, almost every time your PC goes to sleep, half the panel doesn’t wake up and you’ll either be stuck with half the panel at one resolution and the other half at another, or half the panel switched off and the other, on (an artefact of the 4K manufacturing process).
Either way, it’s mighty frustrating to use a PC like that, especially if you have to spend a couple of minutes resetting your monitor every time your PC goes to sleep. The troubles don’t end here. Considering that most apps are designed for 1080p at most, font and graphics scaling doesn’t happen properly on a lot of third-party apps including uTorrent and even Chrome (till update 36).
Obviously, all the above “issues” are software issues that will be ironed out over time, but at the moment, these issues are a little frustrating to deal with when they pop up. That said, when it comes to doing real work, the true joy of a 4K display needs to be experienced to be believed.
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