RSewell

Hmm okay, I guess I misunderstood the reason this isn't being done. I thought that 240 frames of 4K was too much data for a monitor to process (let alone the gpu) and to transfer with current cable standards. So the true reason is that when you have a higher pixel density the more likely they are to malfunction when switching at higher speeds?

I'm currently in the market for a new monitor to get higher resolution and refresh rate out of my games. It seems that 1440p and 144Hz is about the sweet spot since I'm running a 1080p60Hz monitor right now. I was just thinking, is it impossible to have say a 4K60Hz monitor downscale to 1440p144Hz which could also downscale to 1080p240Hz? I guess this wouldn't really be down-scaling since roughly the same amount of pixels are hitting the screen per second, but couldn't this be done by putting a 240Hz switcher into the monitor and when you upscale to higher resolutions, maybe built into the firmware of the monitor, the switcher would lower its frequency to the respected resolution? This came to mind because there's some games that a higher fps will be beneficial and other games where I want to bask in the glory of 4K.