New Display with old graphics card

SoildSnake

SoildSnake

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I have a Asus P5Q Pro Turbo Motherbaord with an Asus 460 graphics card which according to the website can only support up to 2560/1600 over DVI but would like to use HDMI so that i can get audio. So if i were to buy a new 4K display would that provide me the ability to have it in say 190/1080 or 2560/1600 "correctly" until i upgrade my computer? I tried using different resolutions on my Del monitor which is set to 2048x1125 and its just terrible at any setting other than that. Thanks

http://www.asus.com/Graphics-Cards/ENGTX460_DirectCU2DI1GD5/specifications/
 
You *can* run a screen at lower than its native resolution, assuming that it has an input to match your available outputs (which might not be much on a very old card).

But... it will always look ugly. Probably less ugly on 4k, but it will still be aliased and have scaling artefacts.

My advice would be to pick up a GPU at the same time as the monitor, since PCI-E slot on the motherboard you have is physically/electrically the same as a new one and there's no real reason not to, assuming you've got the power supply to take it :)
 
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u should prob go 1440 x 3440 at it seems to be the sweet spot for gamers atm

gaming in 4k gpu wise aint gonna be in the affordable price range for a long time
 
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Would this be the same issue if i bought a 4K television and connected it to a HDMI 1.0 port thus only 1080P? Thanks
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Depends on the TV. And unfortunately I've never found a comparison of scaling on different screens :/ It is however not correct to assume that a 4k TV will draw 4 pixels to every 1 pixel of 1080p input. Don't rely on it being clean and crisp. They will probably do bilinear interpolation, and that will lead to hazy edges.

Silly question, but do you really want 4k? It takes a metric ton of hardware to power it, and Windows isn't really designed to scale gracefully on high DPI displays. There are however plenty of good 1440p 27" screens that are a comfortable pixel density and don't need such expensive GPUs :) (Asking because you seem to be on a rather old system so I kind of assume your budget isn't lavish.)
 
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I don't exact need a 4K display but i REALLY wont one! And its nice to be a little future proof. Basically my TV blacks out after a few minutes so its either a monitor or a television. I am leaning towards a television and then get full 4K monitor when i get a new system

My GPU is not "that" old; it has HDMI 1.4 i believe so i think i can get 2500/1600 out of the connection
 
Well, it's certainly not my job to dissuade you :) Personally, I've never looked at my 24" 1200p screen and wished it had more pixels, but each to their own ^^

But bear in mind that a GPU for 4k gaming with max details will run you up about £600 at this point in time - and I'm not sure that you'd benefit from 4k with lower details on slower hardware... ^^;
 
1080p on a 4k display is fine
windows scaling is flaky
get a 32incher,

since amd released the 480, previous generation eg 280 290 etc are now going cheap sh.
 
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Windows itself does scale, explorer, the task bar, etc. Your programs, like Office, Photoshop, whatever else you have of the ilk - not so much. It's about the same as using the zoom in your web browser, only for the whole screen.

TLDR, desktop programs in windows tend to have bitmap buttons and they don't scale gracefully. There may also be font scaling issues depending on how the program is rendering text.
 
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