Quick Monitor Question

[MoridinUK]

Hey all,

My pc is bottlednecked in two places the CPU and my monitor. The CPU I'm dealing with elsewhere but I want to understand more about my monitor.

It's a 75hz native 2560x1440 supports freesync. (AOC Q3279VWFD8)

So I'm running a Sapphire Radeon 6800 XT as I figured much more than that would be a waste as the monitor would bottle neck it.

So my question is maybe silly. I still run games in the native 2560x1440 resolution but I wonder if my gpu would have an easier time of it at 1080? I just can't find a straight answer about whether running the monitor below it's native resolution will reduce performance or not?

 

[ZeppoJeff]

I guess lock your fps to 75 and see if you have a better time?

 

[hornetstinger]

Hey all,

My pc is bottlednecked in two places the CPU and my monitor. The CPU I'm dealing with elsewhere but I want to understand more about my monitor.

It's a 75hz native 2560x1440 supports freesync. (AOC Q3279VWFD8)

So I'm running a Sapphire Radeon 6800 XT as I figured much more than that would be a waste as the monitor would bottle neck it.

So my question is maybe silly. I still run games in the native 2560x1440 resolution but I wonder if my gpu would have an easier time of it at 1080? I just can't find a straight answer about whether running the monitor below it's native resolution will reduce performance or not?

Running lower than native looks bad. If you're getting way above 75fps with vsync/freesync off, set higher graphics setting for that game and then enable freesync