DSR vs Native Resolution

[Gostop]

In the market for another monitor, thinking about buying Acers 1080p G sync 27" and using DSR. 

 

Is there any difference gaming wise as far as visuals vs native resolution? If so, should I hold out until 4k?

[CatCloud]

In the market for another monitor, thinking about buying Acers 1080p G sync 27" and using DSR. 

 

Is there any difference gaming wise as far as visuals vs native resolution? If so, should I hold out until 4k?

Out of experiance not all games support DSR, i´ve notice some cases where the game suddenly behaves like if its in Windowed mode (still in Fullscreen) and covers up two monitors (4k in this case).

IMO downsampling or native Res is better.

 

only two resolution that i use is 1440 and 4k, the other options are pointless/ useless.

[Altecice]

DSR is just another name for Multisampling... meaning textures are blown up layered on top of one another and downsampled again to your native res. If you want 4K then wait for it as DSR wont give you the same results playing at 1080p.

[UnbendingNose]

In the market for another monitor, thinking about buying Acers 1080p G sync 27" and using DSR.

Is there any difference gaming wise as far as visuals vs native resolution? If so, should I hold out until 4k?

DSR is essentially anti-aliasing. Its just very intensive AA because it takes the whole image as a sample. So the answer to your question is a 27" monitor at 1080p will probably look pretty bad and DSR won't really help. Stay under 23" at 1080p. 27" is for the 1440p boys.

[UnbendingNose]

DSR is essentially anti-aliasing. Its just very intensive AA. So the answer to your question is a 27" monitor at 1080p will probably look pretty bad and DSR won't really help. Stay under 23" at 1080p. 27" is for the 1440p boys.

[typographie]

Is there any difference gaming wise as far as visuals vs native resolution? If so, should I hold out until 4k?

 

If you want 4K, you need a 4K monitor. As they said, DSR amounts to very effective, very expensive antialiasing. It will not even remotely replicate the experience of a real 4K display.

[xxrandyxx]

If you want 4K, you need a 4K monitor. As they said, DSR amounts to very effective, very expensive antialiasing. It will not even remotely replicate the experience of a real 4K display.

4k DSR = Native 4k. From My experience, I bought samsung 4k UD28D590. Compared with my s27B350H using 4k DSR. Same performance hit and same quality. Compared it side by side with taking pictures with EVGA precision. Even took phone pictures. 99% the same if not 100%. A couple things to notice, when i take phone pictures, I can clearly see the 1080p pixels compare to 4k. however with human eyes with a very close range the quality of the images are the same. the color on that monitor is a bit better than mine. I think it's because of the 10 bit color and 1 billion colors as advertised.

 

I returned the 4k monitor because i think the color reproduction alone isnt' worth 550$... I'll rather upgrade my GPU and buy a 4k monitor later when it becomes mainstream or better utilization.

[Guest Strangerbob]

Since the upcoming acer z35 is a 35" 2560x1080 144hz monitor, the only way to have that look less pixelated is to use DSR@5120x2160 to make it look close to what native 3440x1440 would look like, as there is no alternative.

 

If there was a 3440x1440@144hz, then THAT would obviously look better. But there isnt.

Your 1080p144hz has a 1440p144hz alternative for example, and an IPS one even that costs as much as the TN one.