Hermits, how does 2K look on a 4K monitor?

[Twinblade★ 3,898]

Thinking about finally getting a 4K monitor, but I don’t have the hardware for 4K gaming at 60 FPS so I’d still be gaming at 2K.

[TLHBO 2,162]

I wouldn't imagine it's that different to a TV. 2K on a 4ktv looks pretty good. Arkham Knight at 1440p with FSR looked like it was native 4k.

[Remij 4,670]

Looks fine.  And I sincerely doubt there's many games you couldn't run at 4K 60, especially with a couple tweaked settings..

 

And anyway, most new games come with DLSS or FSR

[sugarhigh 519]

4k gaming is a lie

[Twinblade★ 3,898]

I remember playing Crysis at 720p on a 1080p monitor because my pc at the time wasn't that good, and the difference was extremely noticeable. The IQ was terrible, much worse than 720p looks on a 1080p TV. But im sure the distance from the screen plays a role in that.

[Remij 4,670]

5 minutes ago, Twinblade said:

I remember playing Crysis at 720p on a 1080p monitor because my pc at the time wasn't that good, and the difference was extremely noticeable. The IQ was terrible, much worse than 720p looks on a 1080p TV. But im sure the distance from the screen plays a role in that.

That was also before games were using temporal AA and tons of post processing.

 

Now a game at 1440p will mostly look just a bit softer... which is also usually countered by a hint of sharpening.

[TLHBO 2,162]

13 minutes ago, Twinblade said:

I remember playing Crysis at 720p on a 1080p monitor because my pc at the time wasn't that good, and the difference was extremely noticeable. The IQ was terrible, much worse than 720p looks on a 1080p TV. But im sure the distance from the screen plays a role in that.

The lower the res the worse the difference becomes.

 

Like 480p looked like shit on a 720p tv but 1080p is perfectly playable on a 4ktv.

[Substatic 421]

Just tried it. Everything gets slightly blurrier. Not terrible, not great.

 

Probably not too noticeable on lower PPI TV's 48" and over. Quite noticeable on 32" 4K.

 

Edited September 4, 2022 by Substatic

[jehurey 3,228]

The biggest thing is that you run it as a resolution that squarely matches with resolution you are displaying.

 

So run the game at exactly 1920 x 1080 when you display it on a 3840 x 2160 screen.

 

What alot of people still forget, after all these years, is that if the resolutions don't square up exactly right, it affects the visual quality. This is one of the first things people talked about when LCD screens first came into the marketplace.

[Remij 4,670]

12 minutes ago, jehurey said:

The biggest thing is that you run it as a resolution that squarely matches with resolution you are displaying.

 

So run the game at exactly 1920 x 1080 when you display it on a 3840 x 2160 screen.

 

What alot of people still forget, after all these years, is that if the resolutions don't square up exactly right, it affects the visual quality. This is one of the first things people talked about when LCD screens first came into the marketplace.

That's really an old issue at this point.  That's something pixel purists point out because it affects things like 2d pixel art games, and UI elements which can look blurry.  Like I've said, in newer modern games which are constantly adjusting input resolution and aren't fixed at all... games which also use heavy post-processing and have temporal AA or reconstruction generally look a slight bit blurrier.

 

It's hardly an issue.  Sony is even supporting 1440p on the PS5 now.  Nobody in their right mind would take a 1080p resolution over a 1440p resolution when scaled to 4K... unless like I said, it was primarily heavy on pixel art.  1440p will look better every time.