1080p gaming on a 1440p monitor

[Simon_49]

How bad will 1080p gaming look on a 1440p monitor ? (compared to native 1080p monitor)

 

[CelicaGT]

It looks pretty awful on mine, it's not a direct downscale like 4k so you get terrible jaggies.

 

[BadBoyGreek]

Depends on what 1440p models you're comparing to 1080p ones. Theoretically, on a "good" 1440p monitor, gaming at 1080p should look every bit as good, if not better than on a 1080p monitor.

 

[Hlsgsz]

Horrible. Gaming in not native resolution on LCDs is a no-go. There are few exceptions, like 1080p on a 3840x2160 display, as that is literally twice the pixels in with and height and equates to each pixel in the 1080p image being displayed on 4 full pixels in a 2x2 suqare on teh display.

 

[Hlsgsz]

Depends on what 1440p models you're comparing to 1080p ones. Theoretically, on a "good" 1440p monitor, gaming at 1080p should look every bit as good, if not better than on a 1080p monitor.

No. Native will always trumpnon-native if you are talking similar quality displays.

 

[CelicaGT]

Depends on what 1440p models you're comparing to 1080p ones. Theoretically, on a "good" 1440p monitor, gaming at 1080p should look every bit as good, if not better than on a 1080p monitor.

With the exceptions of resolutions that are exact doubling of horizontal and vertical, downscaling will always look like shite. On LCD's native resolution will always look the best. If you want to use a 1440 monitor especially you will need the GPU to push it, or be able to push enough AA to make it look Ok. 4k can downscale nicely as you simple take 4 4k pixels to make 1 1080 pixel. 1440 the math doesn't pan out sadly.

 

[Simon_49]

Well, guess I won't be getting a 1440p monitor then. Thank you guys for your answers !

 

[BadBoyGreek]

Point I was trying to make was that it "can" look good on a good 1440p monitor. For example, My Asus PG278Q at 1080p, IMO, looks and performs better than it did on my last gaming monitor, which was a 1080p HP Pavilion that was no slouch itself. But then you get into the other side of the debate... if you were to purchase a high end 1440p monitor like that with a high price tag, then it doesn't make sense to use it at 1080p from a financial perspective.

Overall, it's agreed that native resolution results in the best overall quality. But there are definitely monitors above 1080p that can look good at that setting.

 

[Hlsgsz]

Well, guess I won't be getting a 1440p monitor then. Thank you guys for your answers !

Well, you can get one and play in 720p(see above 1080p on 4k logic) )
JK.
You;re welcome!