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3k screens on gaming laptops

I've been seeing a lot of 3k screens on laptops recently... Even a few 4k screens. Specifically i've been looking at Aorus and MSI.

I'm sure that when not gaming browsing the internet at 3k is awesome. However, are these resolutions sustainable when gaming. I know that can't be when playing very high intensity games. But what about less intensive games such as LoL or World of Tanks. I play those games sometimes and was wondering if I could play them on high settings at 3k.

Also, how does switching resolutions work when going from web browsing to gaming? Can you make the adjustment quickly or is it a slow process?

Also, if you were to lower the resolution to 1080p on a 3k laptop screen, wouldn't the picture be duistorted because of not using the max resolution possible?

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WoW, LoL, WoT, CS:GO and such games should run good at that resolution.

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WoW, LoL, WoT, CS:GO and such games should run good at that resolution.

So for example if I maxxed out all their setting at 3k would I be getting 60+ fps on all those titles you think???

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So for example if I maxxed out all their setting at 3k would I be getting 60+ fps on all those titles you think???

Depends what GPU is in the laptop

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those games probably run fine at 3k, as those laptop usually have gpus no lower than a 870m/970m which are very capable. also if you run windows at 1080p on a 3k screen there will be interpolation, and distortion.

 

Also the resolution in games are independent from the resolution of windows, so you can run windows at 3k, and when you start up a game set to run at something lower like 900p, then it will switch instantly.

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those games probably run fine at 3k, as those laptop usually have gpus no lower than a 870m/970m which are very capable. also if you run windows at 1080p on a 3k screen there will be interpolation, and distortion.

 

Also the resolution in games are independent from the resolution of windows, so you can run windows at 3k, and when you start up a game set to run at something lower like 900p, then it will switch instantly.

Ok so basically I could run Tanks at 3k at like 60+ fps.

But what happens if I want to play DayZ, or the witcher 3 or something like that. I would obviously have to lower to 1080p. How bad would the distortion be?

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Ok so basically I could run Tanks at 3k at like 60+ fps.

But what happens if I want to play DayZ, or the witcher 3 or something like that. I would obviously have to lower to 1080p. How bad would the distortion be?

DayZ cant maintain 60FPS at any PC. Same goes for Arma.

Witcher 3... not on max settings should be doable to go for 60 FPS.

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DayZ cant maintain 60FPS at any PC. Same goes for Arma.

Witcher 3... not on max settings should be doable to go for 60 FPS.

Yeah i understand this but what about the distortion. How bad would it be? And also if I lowered the setting how many fps? Would it be playable?

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I just don't want to be locked out of playing games at 1080p because if interpolation and distortion.

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Ok so basically I could run Tanks at 3k at like 60+ fps.

But what happens if I want to play DayZ, or the witcher 3 or something like that. I would obviously have to lower to 1080p. How bad would the distortion be?

It wont be too bad, just some noticeable aliasing. At the distances I use my laptop at, the interpolation caused by running at 1080p isnt too bad.

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I just don't want to be locked out of playing games at 1080p because if interpolation and distortion.

 

The interpolation is quite decent actually, should be barely noticable

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