UHD for desktop/move use, but scale down to HD for gaming?

Scougar · 27 Nov 2015 at 16:24

So I am one of those people that really don't want to be spending thousands on gfx cards just to play games at UHD levels at present. What I would like to do is have a UHD desktop but then have the games run in FHD. Now as it's exactly 4x less, it 'should' in theory not look too bad.

Does anyone actually do this, and how does it look? I'm thinking of getting something like the Vizio M43-C1 UHD TV to use as a monitor/TV and will be sitting arms length from the screen for monitor use (I value my eyes, and a 40" screen in FHD res for at that distance is awful for desktop.)

Scougar · 27 Nov 2015 at 17:08

All I'm after is to know if 1080p (FHD) on a 4K screen looks ok?

Scougar · 27 Nov 2015 at 20:29

Interesting. I'll have to look at this more .

I did see The Vizio M43-C1 for $399 and the super cheap ($279!!) Sceptre U438CV-UMC http://sceptre.com/overview-372.html

Curious on the Sceptre for that price.

Scougar · 28 Nov 2015 at 23:59

primary use would be as a monitor tbh, and I definitely want 4:4:4 if I can get it (via HDMI 2.0), as I don't want soft text and edges to things, I like the pin sharp.

Very tempted as it's now $259!

EDIT: I went and reserved one just in case. I have two days to decide.

EDIT2: And if I get this, I'll be needed that DP to HDMI 2.0 adapter!

Scougar · 30 Nov 2015 at 22:53

Decided to cancel my order as an initial report from Sceptre is that it only does 4:2:0 at 4k 60hz. This may turn out to be different if there is a pc mode that disables hdcp to free up bandwidth.

Scougar · 30 Nov 2015 at 23:41

Quartz said:
This depends upon the physical size of the monitor. Running 1080p on my 28" 4K monitor isn't too bad, but I can detect the 2x2 pixel blocks. I wouldn't want to game at 1080p on any larger monitor at my normal viewing distance.

I am currently using a 40 Inch TV (1080p) and it is uncomfortable to use as a screen. Too much moving around really and the distance it is at. Would be fine if say 5 feet away though.

Scougar · 2 Dec 2015 at 02:36

Well... learned something about 4K tv's. Not all TV's are actually the UHD standard and are effectively 3K's (kinda). Some of the cheaper TV's use a white subpixel instead of the full RGB setup, so the white shares a pixel. This brings a whole host of problems.

I am very surprised these UHD tv's are even allowed to be sold as 4K/UHD given that they don't actually show the full colour range across every pixel as they claim.