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1080/1440p Gaming on a 4k monitor?

Marothgar
By Marothgar
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I recently fell in love with the Samsung 590d 4k monitor and as I usually spend my time content producing (Premiere/AE/C4D) I think its the right monitor for me. However, I do enjoy gaming in my downtime and the 60hz refresh will do me fine (My current monitor is 59hz) my MSI GTX770 just wont handle 4k gaming so I want to know what the experience is like gaming @1080p on a 4k display? I know that running far below a monitors resolution isn't great, but I hope it will do. Thanks!

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Ive been told that 4k downscales to 1080p pretty well but not 1440p

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You may find benefits in a 21-9 monitor if you haven't looked at them already

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Thst dude with the 1080p monitor is tagged more than i can count lol.

It'ss gonna be alright in 1080p but idk in 1440p :|

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1080p will translate well onto a "UHD 4k" 3840x2160 display, but not as well on a "True 4k" 4096 x 2160 display

 

the UHD displays have exactly 4x the pixels so it will translate well.

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1080p Scales perfectly on that monitor. You can try 1440p but it'll be interpolated so it might not look as sharp as 1080p.

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