1080p on 1440p Monitor

[sillycar91]

So I was planning on upgrading to a 1440p monitor soon, mostly due to productivity reasons, however, I also game a fair bit on the side. Currently I have my laptop hooked up to a 1080p monitor. My laptop is an Alienware m17x R4 with an AMD HD 7970m graphics card. I was wondering if it was at all possible to run 1440p with my computer (I am fine with not using AA and such) and if it isn't able to, how would it be to play games at 1080p instead of the native 1440p?

[Virtual01]

You should be able to run 1440p on a fair amount of (older) games, but I wouldn't count on running any modern AAA titles without turning down the settings considerably.

 

As for as how it looks, it depends on the game. Games with low polygon counts and low quality textures look pretty good. Games with a lot of polygons and nice textures look much more blurry.

[Sakkura]

I'd rather run at 1440p with lower settings than 1080p on a 1440p monitor. Interpolation makes the whole image a bit blurred.

[ShadowCaptain]

So I was planning on upgrading to a 1440p monitor soon, mostly due to productivity reasons, however, I also game a fair bit on the side. Currently I have my laptop hooked up to a 1080p monitor. My laptop is an Alienware m17x R4 with an AMD HD 7970m graphics card. I was wondering if it was at all possible to run 1440p with my computer (I am fine with not using AA and such) and if it isn't able to, how would it be to play games at 1080p instead of the native 1440p?

 

You can, some games dont look great, but some do look fine being 1080p on a 1440p display

 

you can always run at lower settings, you should handle mediumish settings for all but the most demanding games

[MegaDave91]

Interpolation will cause the image to not be as sharp as it otherwise would at native resolution.

[JaeDee884]

if you gotta lower it you'd be better off going 720p it'll be less blurry

[ShadowCaptain]

if you gotta lower it you'd be better off going 720p it'll be less blurry

 

Whut?

 

 

 

Honestly 1080p is not that bad on a 1440p display, ive done it plenty of times and even shown photographic evidence on this forum that it is not as bad as people say

Some monitors handle interpolation extremely well with only a slight loss in sharpness 

[Accursed Entity]

I prefer to lower the settings than to set it at 1080p... so clean at 1440p.

 

if you gotta lower it you'd be better off going 720p it'll be less blurry

 

lolwut

[MegaDave91]

 

 

lolwut

It's a multiple of 1440p.

[TheGamingBarrel]

It's a multiple of 1440p.

The same way 1080P on 4K would look "better" than 1440.

[MegaDave91]

The same way 1080P on 4K would look "better" than 1440.

I'm simply stating the facts.

[Humbug]

720p may look better, with high settings

Or 1440p with lower settings

Personally I would stick to those two resolutions. It's not a CRT monitor which easily adjusts to odd resolutions

[sillycar91]

Thank you everyone for the fast response. Very helpful.

[outofmyheadyo]

For gaming, its 144Hz or gtfo and 1080p 144hz monitors are cheaper.

[DEDRICK]

If you play 1080p in Windowed mode it will look flawless but the second you upscale to fullscreen it will look like shit(for the reasons everyone has already stated)