Monitor with adaptable refresh rate

[RSewell]

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.

[Snipergod87]

Yes  it is impossible, the panel refresh rate the same same across all resolutions of the panel.

 

This was different with CRT's but LCD panels are very different.

[RSewell]

13 hours ago, Snipergod87 said:

Yes  it is impossible, the panel refresh rate the same same across all resolutions of the panel.

 

This was different with CRT's but LCD panels are very different.

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? 

[Glenwing]

2 hours ago, RSewell said:

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? 

It is not just about transmission. When you lower the resolution, the number of physical pixels on the screen stays the same, the controller still has to issue individual commands to change each of those pixels, it can only do that so fast, and lowering the resolution of the transmitted image doesn't change that.

[LyondellBasell]

On 3/13/2019 at 7:39 PM, RSewell said:

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.

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