Is it a valid point to switch from a higher resolution to a lower resolution monitor just to be able to play games on ultra

[Gustavo Dutra]

I've for months tried to buy the card i wanted. I've talked a lot in here. But the prices just keeps getting higher and higher.
So i've tho. Why not buy a lower res monitor and just switch ?

I'm really tempted in doing it. But i don't know if this is really worth it.

What do you guys think ?

[Electronics Wizardy]

You got the hardware, why not try it?

 

But ultra vs high and medium is almost always a tiny quality difference, dropping the resolution will make a much bigger image quality difference.

[Shimejii]

Playing on ultra/the highest settings possible has always been one of the most idiotic things imho. Just lower the settings, and adjust from there. Most settings are just eyecandy that hurt performance a ton, others are less. Fine tune it to what you can enjoy most.

[dizmo]

Ultra is meant for the ultimate system. Something people often overlook.

You'd likely be fine playing at High, and a lot of the time most people don't notice a huge difference, if any at all.

As for buying a lower resolution monitor, that's entirely up to you. Personally I'd get the best monitor you can afford, as they usually carry over several builds.

 

58 minutes ago, Shimejii said:

Playing on ultra/the highest settings possible has always been one of the most idiotic things imho. Just lower the settings, and adjust from there. Most settings are just eyecandy that hurt performance a ton, others are less. Fine tune it to what you can enjoy most.

I mean. Eye candy is literally what higher settings are. I don't see it as idiotic, if I'm paying to play a game, I want to get the best experience possible.

[Moonzy]

uhh... i wouldnt do it personally

seeing how you're going for ultra, means visuals matters to you

[mariushm]

Ultra settings are usually just a few percent better than High settings. Just lower from Ultra to High, and then tweak from there.

Some settings like let's say shadow quality, or view distance have a more significant hit on the framerate, so you could tweak those without otherwise visible effects on the image.

 

You can also just lower the game resolution from the game. For example, if your monitor is 1920x1080, you could play the game at 1920x1024 or 1920x800 or 1680x1050 and you'll have some black bars on the sides. Some monitors may auto stretch a lower resolution resulting in a lower image quality but you can work around that from your video card's settings, where you can enable a feature which always keep the resolution to 1920x1080 and just centers the smaller resolution image the game thinks it outputs on the screen.