4k VS 1440p for gaming

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since the asus rog swift is nearly 700 pounds and the new acer 4k is 500

Im wondering what the pros and cons for each side is.


From what people tell me ......

4k is gorgeous but you need a descent setup and some thing about things being small or the mouse shooting about the screen.


1440 a lot say it is the happy medium


so any advice is appreciated?
 
You have essentially said it all already. :p

Another advantage to 4K I can think of, is that it is exactly 4x 1080P, so 1080P resolutions display really well, because each pixel is a whole 4 pixels. With 1440P, you either run at 1440P or downscale to 1080P and things look a bit fuzzy.
 
Acme said:
You have essentially said it all already. :p

Another advantage to 4K I can think of, is that it is exactly 4x 1080P, so 1080P resolutions display really well, because each pixel is a whole 4 pixels. With 1440P, you either run at 1440P or downscale to 1080P and things look a bit fuzzy.
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or a 720p signal, by the same token, would scale 4:1 :p

but yes it wouldn't be quite as crisp, however, it still looks beautiful from 4'-6' away (I have a DGM 1440p), if you're watching videos or playing games with a pad.

running 2GB 670s, stock clocks in SLI I haven't found a game I can't play yet, although I'm not usually too fast on the latest releases, and I don't mind dropping a few settings if needed.

my friend has a single 780, which gets about 75% of the performance of my setup, so I'd think adding another 780 would be fine, I think it's mainly the 2GB vram holding me back
 
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Acme said:
You have essentially said it all already. :p

Another advantage to 4K I can think of, is that it is exactly 4x 1080P, so 1080P resolutions display really well, because each pixel is a whole 4 pixels. With 1440P, you either run at 1440P or downscale to 1080P and things look a bit fuzzy.
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The interpolation process, at least on the current 28" models, does not work that way in practice. The sharpness is not comparable to a native 1920 x 1080 display. To the OP and anybody else interested I'd highly recommend reading the U28D590D review and accompanying 'UHD experience' article on my website.
 
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A lot of that is way to technical for me lol im not afraid to admit it, so since your deal with monitor would you recommend either 4k or 1440p for gaming using the two monitors I mentioned PCM2?
 
If you can afford £700 for a monitor go for the swift, if you cant then you won't loose any sleep going 4k. I just got one, best upgrade I have bought in a long time.

You'll need a fair bit of power to game at 1440 with nice FPS, believe it or not 4k doesnt take much more. Everything will be 4k in 2 years time, 1080/1440 will be dated.
 
scotsdragon said:
A lot of that is way to technical for me lol im not afraid to admit it, so since your deal with monitor would you recommend either 4k or 1440p for gaming using the two monitors I mentioned PCM2?
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It is really quite subjective. But from my experience '4K' is a developing technology in its early stages. It's something that will get better with time, when the software and graphics hardware catches up properly. When that does happen there will be a broader choice of '4K' monitors available and they will likely perform better in some areas than the Acer.

The ROG Swift on the other hand is something that the software is completely ready for. And although running the 2560 x 1440 resolution at high frame rates is very demanding I still feel some higher end GPUs can make a good go of it - depends on the settings you want to use and games you play really. There is still good headroom in that monitor if you don't have a super-powerful multi-GPU setup as well.
 
PCM2 said:
It is really quite subjective. But from my experience '4K' is a developing technology in its early stages. It's something that will get better with time, when the software and graphics hardware catches up properly. When that does happen there will be a broader choice of '4K' monitors available and they will likely perform better in some areas than the Acer.

The ROG Swift on the other hand is something that the software is completely ready for. And although running the 2560 x 1440 resolution at high frame rates is very demanding I still feel some higher end GPUs can make a good go of it - depends on the settings you want to use and games you play really. There is still good headroom in that monitor if you don't have a super-powerful multi-GPU setup as well.
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Couldn't put it better myself.
 
Or you could spend half the money the ROG Swift PG278Q costs, for instance on an AOC Q2770PQU.

And in 1-2 years buy a 4k monitor for probably the same money (sub £400) and have a better 4k experience.
 
You are comparing 2 completely different screens as far as features go. With the rog, you aren't paying for the resolution, you are paying for gsync + 144hz + the resolution.

If you are happy to go 60hz, then why not compare the 4K screens to a more reasonably priced 1440p screen or even a 21:9?
 
Jeps said:
You are comparing 2 completely different screens as far as features go. With the rog, you aren't paying for the resolution, you are paying for gsync + 144hz + the resolution.

If you are happy to go 60hz, then why not compare the 4K screens to a more reasonably priced 1440p screen or even a 21:9?
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Exactly, the only comparison that can be made to the swift is a 1080p gsync monitor
 
PCM2 said:
The interpolation process, at least on the current 28" models, does not work that way in practice. The sharpness is not comparable to a native 1920 x 1080 display. To the OP and anybody else interested I'd highly recommend reading the U28D590D review and accompanying 'UHD experience' article on my website.
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On the AOC its pretty close to a 1920x1080 display when downscaled to that resolution, very slight softness to the image (which can be offset with clear vision but that then distorts the reproduction of the image in other ways) but all pixels are represented correctly with no boundary issues or whatever the technical term is so all text is displayed with uniform line width, etc.
 
Well I asked the same question

I have just upgraded to a 780 ti .
I went for the rog as I read reviews at the 140 hz was going to be better.
I have a 4 k Samsung tv. That I bought 4 months ago and still waiting to watch something in 4k.
 
Rroff said:
On the AOC its pretty close to a 1920x1080 display when downscaled to that resolution, very slight softness to the image (which can be offset with clear vision but that then distorts the reproduction of the image in other ways) but all pixels are represented correctly with no boundary issues or whatever the technical term is so all text is displayed with uniform line width, etc.
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That's interesting to hear. Their q2770Pqu has one of the most impressive interpolation processes used on a monitor for displaying 1920 x 1080. I haven't seen the AOC in action but from experiences and talking to others about the Samsung and ASUS it's poor on those models.
 
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