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Tim Drake
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Okay so I have a 1080p 144Hz monitor and I am planning on adding another 970 at some point but I am trying to figure out if buying a new display (1440p or 4K) or to just use DSR all the time.

Pros of DSR: I get to keep 144Hz and can even do 144Hz 4K

Pros of Native: may look better but idk

Basically I am trying to find out if spending £200-£400 just to get native quality is a good idea, can someone explain the visual difference?

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DSR isn't going to do anything super special.

 

If you want to keep 144hz, keep your 144hz monitor.

I am basically asking if native is a substantial difference over DSR as DSR still looks really nice.

 

If native looks a lot nicer I might save for a Korean panel and overclock it.

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If it's not broke don't fix it

Jk I'd say go for 4k because I've heard that dsr only makes minor differences to details.

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If it's not broke don't fix it

Jk I'd say go for 4k because I've heard that dsr only makes minor differences to details.

Might go for a Korean panel then if enough people back up your point.

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A 1080p panel has 1080 vertical pixels. DSR doesn't change this. More pixels is always going to look nicer to look at. I have used DSR at 1080p and honestly it caused more problems than it made impovements so i turned it off.

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A 1080p panel has 1080 vertical pixels. DSR doesn't change this. More pixels is always going to look nicer to look at. I have used DSR at 1080p and honestly it caused more problems than it made impovements so i turned it off.

Well it actually looks pretty nice on most older games to be fair.

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DSR is just a fancy name for anti-aliasing.

Could you vouch for this?

 

 

Getting a gsync monitor will improve your gaming xp way more than adding a second video card.

I suggest:

Acer z35 - 35inch, VA, 2560x1080, 144hz, gsync
or
Acer x34 - 34inch, IPS, 3440x1440, 100hz, gsync
 
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Ultrawide isn't really my thing, but high-refresh rate is noticeable to me. Combined with G-SYNC I might tend to agree with that.

Yeah but I kind of want higher quality so idk which to go for

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