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I am currently running a dual monitor setup one being 1920x1080 and the other 2560x1440. I'm running windows due to work, but I may be getting some upgrades soon that would let me dual boot or run windows in a vm more easily. I may be gifted a 5700XT to replace my GTX 1070 some more RAM and more storage.

Currently I am using nvidia's DSR to fake 1440p on the 1080p monitor to keep things consistent when moving between the two screens.

When I start using Linux again (I've been stuck with windows for a few years) I'd like to keep that fake 1440 or a visual equivalent to it.

Long story short, any advise on how to get this type of experience using either nvidia and/or AMD GPUs?

I am currently running a dual monitor setup one being 1920x1080 and the other 2560x1440. I'm running windows due to work, but I may be getting some upgrades soon that would let me dual boot or run windows in a vm more easily. I may be gifted a 5700XT to replace my GTX 1070 some more RAM and more storage. Currently I am using nvidia's DSR to fake 1440p on the 1080p monitor to keep things consistent when moving between the two screens. When I start using Linux again (I've been stuck with windows for a few years) I'd like to keep that fake 1440 or a visual equivalent to it. Long story short, any advise on how to get this type of experience using either nvidia and/or AMD GPUs?

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Well, after some research it basically comes down to use Wayland or fiddle-fuck with Xrandr.

KDE on Wayland supposedly makes this easy. Otherwise you need to tinker with X config settings. KDE (discuss.kde.org)

Gnome seems to need Wayland or registry hacks, how very windows of them. gnome (askubuntu.com)

I am sure there are other ways based on DE but I'll probably just hand tweek the xorg.conf (wiki.archlinux.org) just like the good ol' days unless Wayland is the better option for my eventual setup.

Seems kind of dumb to answer my own post but, it seems it had some attention so it'd be a shame to not share any info I'd learned.

Now to grab some distros and fuck about.