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Franpadi
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5 minutes ago, Franpadi said:

Is 4k at low setting better than 1080p at high?

Depends on your viewing distance and monitor size. If you have a larger monitor or are closer to it, a higher resolution is better.

 

Personally 1080p is perfectly fine. One day, I'll get a 1440p monitor but there's not a huge difference in my opinion.

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Low graphics just means shit quality textures, doesn't matter if you render that at 4K or 1080p..

 

1080p High > 4K Low

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2 minutes ago, Franpadi said:

Is 4k at low setting better than 1080p at high?

 

Do older games(pre 4k) run at 4k, or will they just be the same( like instead of one red pixel there would be 4?)

 

Will a low end graphics card be able to at least play a video at 4k?

depends on your screen size

 

it might be noticeable sharper (i may be wrong)

 

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Textures will look better on 1080 high but edges and general geometry might be better in 4k. I doubt that a card would be able to hit comparable Framerate in 4k and 1080 if you just dial down to low settings base on the fact of 4 times the pixel count. 

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