Quick Question: Optimal Res?

[DroneSmelter]

Hey, I just need to get some info from someone who knows about this stuff more than me, so, if I get a 260x for my budget build, will it be able to run most modern games at 1440p with medium-high settings or will it be too much and I should get a more conservative 1080p monitor? Thanks in advance!

[ShadowCaptain]

Hey, I just need to get some info from someone who knows about this stuff more than me, so, if I get a 260x for my budget build, will it be able to run most modern games at 1440p with medium-high settings or will it be too much and I should get a more conservative 1080p monitor? Thanks in advance!

 

100% stick to 1080p

 

HOWEVER

 

most 1440p screens can run games in 1080p perfectly well with no/little loss of quality, so that could be an option

[dragoon20005]

260X and 1440P dont mix

 

 

1080P will be ok for the 260X but only med textures

[TheTiger]

Hey, I just need to get some info from someone who knows about this stuff more than me, so, if I get a 260x for my budget build, will it be able to run most modern games at 1440p with medium-high settings or will it be too much and I should get a more conservative 1080p monitor? Thanks in advance!

It will run most games @1440p @high settings...

...at the fps-rate of a potate.

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Free-sync spotted.

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Well if you dont mind FPS I'l go for a nice Max settings max resolution

 

1080p. especially considering prices.

 

A good 60hz 1080p 100-200$

[Art Vandelay]

most 1440p screens can run games in 1080p perfectly well with no/little loss of quality, so that could be an option

Depends on the game. Counter Strike: GO looks like garbage on any resolution that is scaled. Everything gets really blurry.

[ShadowCaptain]

Depends on the game. Counter Strike: GO looks like garbage on any resolution that is scaled. Everything gets really blurry.

 

Hmm I have not really had that experience on my monitor

[Art Vandelay]

Hmm I have not really had that experience on my monitor

Everything looks great at 1920x1080 and 1440x1080, but when I drop down to 1280x960 there's a layer of blur on top of everything. Probably due to the post processing. 

 

If you want to see an extreme example, turn it down to 640x480. It looks horrendous compares to CSS at 640x480.

 

I'd post a screenshot for reference, but I'm not sure how to actually capture what it looks like to me in a screenshot.

 

edit: I figured out that I can do it with shadowplay

640x480

1280x960

1440x1080

[ShadowCaptain]

Everything looks great at 1920x1080 and 1440x1080, but when I drop down to 1280x960 there's a layer of blur on top of everything. Probably due to the post processing. 

 

If you want to see an extreme example, turn it down to 640x480. It looks horrendous compares to CSS at 640x480.

 

I'd post a screenshot for reference, but I'm not sure how to actually capture what it looks like to me in a screenshot.

 

Yeah I would not drop that low

 

I just meant 1080p looks decent on a 1440p display

 

on 1080p sceens I find they do not scale well below native res, maybe to 1440x900 but nothing lower

[Art Vandelay]

Yeah I would not drop that low

 

I just meant 1080p looks decent on a 1440p display

 

on 1080p sceens I find they do not scale well below native res, maybe to 1440x900 but nothing lower

I'm just saying everything looks weird in some games, like CS:GO for example. Everything just has this strange dark haze over it. It's just most evident at 640x480.

 

Edit: the pictures I posted don't make it as obvious as it is ingame, largely because it resized them, but it's pretty evident in game.

[ShadowCaptain]

I'm just saying everything looks weird in some games, like CS:GO for example. Everything just has this strange dark haze over it. It's just most evident at 640x480.

 

That is some extreme scaling that I would literally never dream of 

[TheProfosist]

100% stick to 1080p

HOWEVER

most 1440p screens can run games in 1080p perfectly well with no/little loss of quality, so that could be an option

Completely disagree after having been forced to run this for the last week or so at least.

Depends on the game. Counter Strike: GO looks like garbage on any resolution that is scaled. Everything gets really blurry.

I agree

[Art Vandelay]

That is some extreme scaling that I would literally never dream of 

1280x960 still has the strange dark haze over everything.

 

Don't quote me on this, but if you run it at 1080p unscaled, meaning black bars around the sides as well as the top and bottom, it might look fine.

[ShadowCaptain]

Completely disagree after having been forced to run this for the last week or so at least.

I agree

 

Really? I can provide photographic evidence haha

[TheProfosist]

Really? I can provide photographic evidence haha

Look at my rig i have two in my setup and as ive been finishing up my anthrax build ive had to switch to a 460 which doeant support 1440p over hdmi. Everything is big and blurry and looks like crap.

[ShadowCaptain]

Look at my rig i have two in my setup and as ive been finishing up my anthrax build ive had to switch to a 460 which doeant support 1440p over hdmi. Everything is big and blurry and looks like crap.

 

It does on the desktop, but it looks pretty much exactly the same as a 1080p 27" display (which I had before this)

 

TFT Central even says the same in the interpolation section in their reviews

 

All I am saying is the OP could run in 1440p for desktop tasks and games that support it, and drop down to 1080p in games that run slow

[coen113]

Free-sync spotted.

theres nothing free about Free-sync

[TheProfosist]

It does on the desktop, but it looks pretty much exactly the same as a 1080p 27" display (which I had before this)

 

TFT Central even says the same in the interpolation section in their reviews

 

All I am saying is the OP could run in 1440p for desktop tasks and games that support it, and drop down to 1080p in games that run slow

It looks more pixely

[ShadowCaptain]

It looks more pixely

 

That it does, but what I mean is that it is no worse (or barely worse) than a native 27" 1080p display running at 1080p and in games it is not THAT bad, though not perfect

 

Monitors last a lot longer than most peoples graphics cards, so a monitor investment now with a few downsides would be a smart future investment for if the OP updates his rig to something more powerful in a year or 2

[Santa_Dwarf]

If you're planning on buying a 1440p monitor + 260x, you need to be punched in the throat. Get a 1080p monitor with a better R9.

If you already have a 1440p monitor, and you're forced to buy either a 260x or worse, (wait for it)

Save up until you can buy a 290/x.

[TheProfosist]

That it does, but what I mean is that it is no worse (or barely worse) than a native 27" 1080p display running at 1080p and in games it is not THAT bad, though not perfect

 

Monitors last a lot longer than most peoples graphics cards, so a monitor investment now with a few downsides would be a smart future investment for if the OP updates his rig to something more powerful in a year or 2

It worse than 1080p on 23in native or 1440p on 27in native and even 1080p on 27in native. I can tell you right now my PA279Q looks like shit compared to normal.

[Misanthrope]

Actually 720p would make the games run a lot faster on that card and it's a good scaling to 1440p since it's exactly double so I'd suggest that route since a higher resolution desktop is still preferable.

 

That being said price comes into mind as well: you can just get dual 1080ps for less than the price of most 1440p monitors so that would make a lot more sense.

[SeriouslyMikey]

1080p for me. 

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theres nothing free about Free-sync

Except for the Bios Update the company must run I think it's pretty free. Perhaps you could elude me if I am wrong.