can I go 4k on a 1080p monitor

[poggwea]

I'm confused wit dis.

[SMURG]

Really hope this is a troll post :\

[GuideMe002]

yes you can if you have 900series NVIDIA CARD

[Jade]

 wat. You can downscale, if that's what you're asking...

[connorpiper]

You can run a game in 4K and then downscale to 1080p. But there is really no point in doing that unless it is an older game and you have a Nvidia 600+ series GPU.

 

Just run at 1080p and you will no longer be confused. 

[MDBT]

I'm also confused with this....

 

Perhaps you could elaborate?

[Swndlr]

u wot

why would a panel with 1920x1080 pixels be able to run at a resolution of 2160p....

unless youre trying to say something about DSR, thats something else though

[CoolaxGaming]

yes you can if you have 900series NVIDIA CARD

And an AMD 290x, 290 or 285

[TechFnatic]

No you cannot, hence the difference between 4k and 1080p. That's why there is such a hype over 4k monitors

[Prastupok]

To answer the question: No, you can't run 3840x2160 on a 1080p panel.

As said, you can simulate 4K by running dynamic super resolution, or whatever AMD calls theirs. It's not the same as native 4K though.

[Oberon.Smite]

No, you can't unless you upscale. If you're just trolling, then have this:

 

 

Thanks for filling up the LTT servers.

[Oberon.Smite]

And an AMD 290x, 290 or 285

I dunno why not 280/280x. Is it because of the architecture?

[CoolaxGaming]

I dunno why not 280/280x. Is it because of the architecture?

Yeah. If I remember correctly the 280x and all before it are rebrands of the 7xxx series

[poggwea]

Guys I am asking if I can run 4k resolution on a 1920x1080 monitor. Because I see special 4k TVs I'm sorry if its dumb just I don't know a lot about monitors

[Prastupok]

Guys I am asking if I can run 4k resolution on a 1920x1080 monitor. Because I see special 4k TVs I'm sorry if its dumb just I don't know a lot about monitors

 

 

Read:

To answer the question: No, you can't run 3840x2160 on a 1080p panel.

As said, you can simulate 4K by running dynamic super resolution, or whatever AMD calls theirs. It's not the same as native 4K though.

[poggwea]

Thanks techfnatic and prast.

[Enderman]

nope

you need a 4k monitor/tv to see in 4k

[hitsu1]

I heard the human eye can't.........

 

On a more serious note I do understand some of the confusion about 4k. They changed the resolution naming system from the vertical resolution to the horizontal resolution and rounded up. The actual resolution is 3840X2160. Using this newer naming scheme your 1080p monitor (1920X1080) is a 2k display and 1440p (2560X1440) is a 3k display.

 

For all of these you can scale down (and in some cases poorly) but you cannot scale up.

[chutia]

-4k means 3840 x 2160 pixels resolution, ie about 4000 pixels wide

-1080p means 1920x1080 pixels resolution, ie 1080 pixels high

 

Completed retarded but ya one uses the height and one uses the width to describe resolution. Probably to confuse unwitting consumers.

 

Edit: @hitsu1 beat me to it! dang

[hitsu1]

@chutia great minds think alike.

[MDBT]

Except that 1080p is not 2k, and 3840x2160 isn't 4k.  2k and 4k are wider aspect ratio resolutions and refer to a specific type of encoding.  2k is 2048x1080 and 4k is 4096x2160.

 

The tv makers and media are the source of the "4k" term being used incorrectly.  They correctly assumed we, the ignorant public, would not notice and would find the term "4k" more appealing than the correct names so they adopted it despite the inconsistencies.  The proper term for 3840x2160 is either Ultra HD or Quad Ultra HD or simply 2160p.