Upscaling or WQHD Panel. Downsides of Scaling Resolution?

[SadiNine]

Hey Guys,

 

right now i'm looking for a Monitor, and as a reference game i play i take COD: Warzone (others would be League of Legends, Rocketleague, Borderlands 3 and more)

 

My Specs currently allow for 144 Frames in most Games i play at highest or high settings.

 

What i'm looking for: -Very Low input lag

                                 -144 Hz Refreshrate

                                 -IPS Panel

                                 -Good Brightness, but does'nt have to be next level HDR

                                 -Low response time

...Now there is one thing that makes this difficult for me to decide: WQHD or ingame scaling option? I play COD Warzone at 1080p but using 100% scaling. This makes the image way clearer and its very noticable. It's almost like 4k (theoretically).

 

But what's the catch? Do i go for another 1080p Monitor just with 144hz and then simply scale up the resolution?(Ingame or with my Virtual Resolution Scaling option on my AMD Software) Or do i go for a 4k Monitor with 144hz and leave the ingame scaling at standard?

What are the Downsides of scaling? Do i lose more performance by scaling than by just using sraight up 4k? Is there extra processing power needed for that, that lower my frames or have an impact on any of my monitor buying criteria?

 

TL:DR.. Is it worth spending alot more on a 4k Monitor when i can just use a Full HD one and scale it up with ingame settings to 4k resolution?

[jj9987]

Scaling up will never be as good as pure 4k, simply because of difference in PPI. But that effect depends on from how far you are looking at your screen and how large is the screen (diagonal).

 

1080p 144Hz and 4k 144Hz are very different, are you sure you have the hardware to run that? Maybe a middleground of 1440p 144Hz?

[Mateyyy]

If you're looking for 144Hz I'd stick to 1080p or go for 1440p at most. 4K is 4 times as many pixels at 1080p, so while it might run well at that resolution, there's no guarantee that you'll have too great of an experience at 4K, and 144FPS is pretty much out of the window.

 

[SadiNine]

Yea, i've looked at alot of options in terms of resolutions an such, but still.. does scaling take more processing power than just picking your resolution? And what are the visual drawbacks comparing scaled 1440p vs real 1440p for example? My Game looks great with scaling.. i'm sad i don't have another Monitor to compare right now..

[jj9987]

14 minutes ago, SadiNine said:

Yea, i've looked at alot of options in terms of resolutions an such, but still.. does scaling take more processing power than just picking your resolution? And what are the visual drawbacks comparing scaled 1440p vs real 1440p for example? My Game looks great with scaling.. i'm sad i don't have another Monitor to compare right now..

It does take more GPU power. Scaling means using different resolution textures from your actual resolution. 100% scaling means exactly the same resolution. Anything higher means higher resolution textures.