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So it's okay right  :)

Yes, because basically what's happening is your GPU is making a 4K image, and your monitor is displaying a 1080p image, so no harm to your monitor will be done because as far as the monitor knows it's getting a 1080p image so it's displaying a 1080p image, it just makes your GPU render the image at 4K and then down-scaling it. 

 

I've never done it myself cause 1440p is already good enough for me, and my 280 does struggle with it in some games when maxed out.

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I wouldn't bother trying.

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So I have 1920 x 1080p if I upscaled it for the 4k resolution will it harm my monitor ( I just want to test the performance of my GPU on suck resolution and I do know that the image will be unclear )   

Desktop: Intel Core i5 2380P (2400 w/o iGPU), MSI H61, 8GB RAM, 256GB SP610, 500GB WD Blue, HIS R9 280, Antec TruePower Classic 550W, Inwin MANA 134, QNIX QX2710, CM QuickFire Rapid, Logitech G402

 

Laptop: Toshiba Satellite L40D, AMD A6-6310, 6GB RAM, 500GB HDD, Radeon R4 Graphics, 14" 1366x768

 

 

Phone: iPhone 6 Space Gray 64GB, T-Mobile $60/mo 3GB plan

 

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So it's okay right  :)

Yes, because basically what's happening is your GPU is making a 4K image, and your monitor is displaying a 1080p image, so no harm to your monitor will be done because as far as the monitor knows it's getting a 1080p image so it's displaying a 1080p image, it just makes your GPU render the image at 4K and then down-scaling it. 

 

I've never done it myself cause 1440p is already good enough for me, and my 280 does struggle with it in some games when maxed out.

Desktop: Intel Core i5 2380P (2400 w/o iGPU), MSI H61, 8GB RAM, 256GB SP610, 500GB WD Blue, HIS R9 280, Antec TruePower Classic 550W, Inwin MANA 134, QNIX QX2710, CM QuickFire Rapid, Logitech G402

 

Laptop: Toshiba Satellite L40D, AMD A6-6310, 6GB RAM, 500GB HDD, Radeon R4 Graphics, 14" 1366x768

 

 

Phone: iPhone 6 Space Gray 64GB, T-Mobile $60/mo 3GB plan

 

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