[NoOne]

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Text size shouldn't be a problem sitting at a desk for either of those monitors.

refresh rate (144mhz) really doesn't matter for ootp, so getting a 144mhz screen won't have any effect. imo the higher refresh rates are e-peens except in very specific situations... very little media (movies, tv etc) will take advantage of it. 3d games can use it, but 144fps is a bit overkill and likely to burn out your gpu in no time. save money and get a larger / lower refresh rate with equal or better resolution - imo. (rare health concerns may prefer a higher refresh rate, too)

relative to movies and TV the boosted refresh rate you see in LCDs isn't to be better than before... it's due to the crappy limitations of an LCD's response time. that tech was made for wristwatches, not TVs... lcd is junk for video without additional effort and processing - which modern lcd monitors do have, don't get me wrong... realtive to computers and games, this is something that can cause delay between what you do and what you see on teh screen - i.e you move the mose and 1/10th of second later it moves on the screen. the less post-processing the better of what is sent to the screen. * turn off all those silly "video enhancer" featurs like mpeg noise reduction and such. those have very specific uses and everyday use is not one of them.

another option:
get a wireless keyboard and mouse. put pc behind your main tv out of sight. connect it to your large tv and sit back on your couch. = save money on new screen.

The 1080p can run at a lower reso, so you won't be hamstrung if the text is too small - between the 2 monitors you listed...
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old response:

my pc is connected to a 59" plasma. so, you're okay. it's more about resolution relative to screen size. as long as you can read it easily, you're good to go.

larger reso - smaller text... some don't get that. think of dots per square inch and how they change... if the text is Xdpi, then a larger reso means they take up less space on the screen. * think similar to zooming out on google maps.

1080p is the 1080p regardless of screen size... also, regardless of what your computer's output reso is, the display you have always shows in native resolution... the screen merely scales the signal to fit the panel.

e.g. even though watch a 480 non interlaced video, it is displayed as 1080p on my panel... it's still 480 quality, of course. possibly even worse quality due to upscaling. otherwise you'd have 4 black bars sorrounding the video. (assuming the bars were not encoded with the video to begin wih (waste of kbps), at which point it wouldn't technically be a 480 non-interlaced video)

so, best quality will be sending the native resolution to the display... if it's 1080p, use that. if you need larger text, don't fret about changing the resolution. tthis game isn't about graphics anyway and won't notice much if at all different.