I regret going 1440p

Lankoss

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I bought a 1440p 144HZ monitor a couple of years ago from OCUK. For the first year or so I loved it, but after the novelty of it wore off I can't help but wonder if i made the wrong choice. Gaming at 1440p is becoming more and more expensive, especially if your like me and want to run at high refresh rates consistently over 100fps. The last two months I have been looking at building a new PC as mine is showing its age now, but I keep coming unstuck when I look at what GPU to get. Seeing as SLI is all but dead now, I pretty much have to go with either a 2080/2080ti or possibly the new AMD VII in order to guarantee high fps at 1440p, and they are all so bloody expensive. I am seriously debating going back to 1080p so I can play at 144hz and not get my pants down.

Am I mad, or does anyone else feel the same way?
 
Depends if you're chasing Ultra settings in brand new games, I always buy second hand GPU's to keep the cost of upgrading down.

My 1080 is serving me well at 3440x1440.
 
ThaReaperGuy said:
Depends if you're chasing Ultra settings in brand new games, I always buy second hand GPU's to keep the cost of upgrading down.

My 1080 is serving me well at 3440x1440.
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Pretty much the main reason I bought a gaming PC in the first place and got rid of my console was to play games at Ultra settings and have truly great graphics for a change. IMO at least, playing at lower graphic settings just ruins the experience, its obviously not the case for everyone and I don't blame them. Dropping down to 1080p and getting a used 1080ti will hopefully mean I can max everything out on any title and not have to worry about my fps dropping much under the 100fps mark.
 
Lankoss said:
Pretty much the main reason I bought a gaming PC in the first place and got rid of my console was to play games at Ultra settings and have truly great graphics for a change. IMO at least, playing at lower graphic settings just ruins the experience, its obviously not the case for everyone and I don't blame them. Dropping down to 1080p and getting a used 1080ti will hopefully mean I can max everything out on any title and not have to worry about my fps dropping much under the 100fps mark.
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I have an RTX 2080Ti and use my 4k OLED screen for gaming. Max refresh rate is 60hz

I also have an Xbox One X

On PC I can play Forza Horizon 4 at "extreme" settings at locked 60fps

I can also play it on Xbox One X at locked 30fps

Now, the frame rate is an obvious difference. But the graphics? Honestly I barely notice the difference and the Xbox One X preset is some mix of medium and high with 4x MSAA

Moral of the story is, graphics aren't everything and chasing 'ultra' is a costly excercise that is a bit pointless.
 
PC's have pretty much always been a money pit if you want to stay fairly "current". Seems to becoming worse these days with insane GPU costs.
 
Lankoss said:
Pretty much the main reason I bought a gaming PC in the first place and got rid of my console was to play games at Ultra settings and have truly great graphics for a change. IMO at least, playing at lower graphic settings just ruins the experience, its obviously not the case for everyone and I don't blame them. Dropping down to 1080p and getting a used 1080ti will hopefully mean I can max everything out on any title and not have to worry about my fps dropping much under the 100fps mark.
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This is why it's an expensive hobby unfortunately, unless I'm playing something competitive having 60fps/hz is fine for most games so I don't pursue it, my screen is 100hz.
I prefer 3440x1440p > 144hz/100hz, but if you want a piece of everything you're going to have to pay the price!

I compromise on some games though, dropping shadows to medium or AA down to x2 for example, worth remembering that graphics aren't everything, most games look great even when you drop down from ultra to high.
 
I recently moved to 1440p @ 165hz, I've been impressed with how my 980ti is coping so far. Being 100+ fps has been easy so far, I don't stick everything to ultra though. G-sync has been fantastic too.
 
I find that the biggest win is going to higher resolutions. In fact, I’d say resolution > quality presets

For instance, 4K medium will look better than 1080p high, so I wouldn’t downgrade from 1440p personally.
 
Maybe I’m missing something but can’t you just game at 1080p on your 1440p monitor for those games that you can’t max out?...Works on my laptop and therefore allows higher settings and greater fps.
 
MoRT489 said:
Maybe I’m missing something but can’t you just game at 1080p on your 1440p monitor?...Works on my laptop and therefore allows higher settings and greater fps.
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It looks really bad on a 1440p monitor though, native res is always best
 
new boy said:
It looks really bad on a 1440p monitor though, native res is always best
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I generally stood by this but I've been pretty satisfied lately with my LG TV - 4K when i want looks, and it can do 1080p@120Hz pretty nicely for action. Grew up on consoles so always been happier gaming from a sofa :)

I definitely understand the pain of experiencing the higher settings though. It's hard to go back once you go quality!
 
LuckyBenski said:
I generally stood by this but I've been pretty satisfied lately with my LG TV - 4K when i want looks, and it can do 1080p@120Hz pretty nicely for action. Grew up on consoles so always been happier gaming from a sofa :)

I definitely understand the pain of experiencing the higher settings though. It's hard to go back once you go quality!
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4k to 1080p I have never tried personally, but its exactly 4:1 so it could scale perfectly, where 1440p to 1080p doesnt, 1440p to 720p would fit 4:1 though.
 
new boy said:
4k to 1080p I have never tried personally, but its exactly 4:1 so it could scale perfectly, where 1440p to 1080p doesnt, 1440p to 720p would fit 4:1 though.
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Could, but almost no devices have the capability to do that. That said, TVs are designed to accommodate and upscale lots of different content formats whereas monitors basically shove pixels out blindly. Maybe that helps. The trade-off is things like input lag.
 
LuckyBenski said:
Could, but almost no devices have the capability to do that. That said, TVs are designed to accommodate and upscale lots of different content formats whereas monitors basically shove pixels out blindly. Maybe that helps. The trade-off is things like input lag.
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I Know they don't actually do it, but I would still expect it to fit better even if its not perfect 1:4 pixel mapping.
 
Lankoss said:
I bought a 1440p 144HZ monitor a couple of years ago from OCUK. For the first year or so I loved it, but after the novelty of it wore off I can't help but wonder if i made the wrong choice. Gaming at 1440p is becoming more and more expensive, especially if your like me and want to run at high refresh rates consistently over 100fps. The last two months I have been looking at building a new PC as mine is showing its age now, but I keep coming unstuck when I look at what GPU to get. Seeing as SLI is all but dead now, I pretty much have to go with either a 2080/2080ti or possibly the new AMD VII in order to guarantee high fps at 1440p, and they are all so bloody expensive. I am seriously debating going back to 1080p so I can play at 144hz and not get my pants down.

Am I mad, or does anyone else feel the same way?
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GSYNC 1440p 165hz, nom sayin'? I feel every tear that I shed when I get brutalised by a more skilled player.
 
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