1080p Ultra settings or 1440p Medium settings?

[gamingwoop]

1080p Ultra/maxed out graphics settings or 1440p Medium-High graphics settings?
Which looks better?

 

[The Day Dreamer]

If your monitor supports 1440p then that else 1080p.

 

[pasow]

depends on how close to the display you are and the size of it.
with higher resolution comes a smother image, where AA is less important, and everything is better defined.
at the lower resolutions you will need more AA in order to get a smooth image and everything is less defined.

now if your display is 1440p, i would stick to its native resolution and reduce the eye candy till you hit a frame rate you like. that will almost always look better than up scaling 1080p. (i hate blurry things)

 

[gamingwoop]

If your monitor supports 1440p then that else 1080p.

Well this is to help decide whether to buy a 1080p or 1440p monitor...

 

[gamingwoop]

depends on how close to the display you are and the size of it.
with higher resolution comes a smother image, where AA is less important, and everything is better defined.
at the lower resolutions you will need more AA in order to get a smooth image and everything is less defined.

now if your display is 1440p, i would stick to its native resolution and reduce the eye candy till you hit a frame rate you like. that will almost always look better than up scaling 1080p. (i hate blurry things)

Ok well 29in 1080p or 27in 1440p...my GPU may not handle 1440p on ultra, but it will handle 1080p on ultra.

 

[sz0ty0l4]

increasing the resolution is more like a " trend " than anything what really matters. you can play diablo 2 in 4k surround , but it won't actually look any better than on 720p. resolution itself won't make any game look better.

Increasing the resolution has a huge effect on the detail of objects in the distance. but of course if you play on medium, then the distannce scaling is too low to make any effect, because the distanced objects are not rendered in high enough quality to take advantage of 4k /1440p res, so it's kinda pointless.

My personal opinion is pretty simple. The best gameplay experience can be achieved on a stable 60 fps with ultra or maxed out graphical settings on 1080p.
This is achievable in most games with a single gtx 980.

I will only move to higher resolutions when gpus will be capable of achieving a stable 60+ fps on maxed settings on a SINGLE GPU card. I guess this will happen when the new nvidia flagship pascal architecture card hits the market in 1 year or so.

conclusion:
aim for 1080p ultra max detail, that will be the best experience both graphically and gameplay wise.

 

[pasow]

depends on how close to the display you are and the size of it.
with higher resolution comes a smother image, where AA is less important, and everything is better defined.
at the lower resolutions you will need more AA in order to get a smooth image and everything is less defined.

now if your display is 1440p, i would stick to its native resolution and reduce the eye candy till you hit a frame rate you like. that will almost always look better than up scaling 1080p. (i hate blurry things)

Ok well 29in 1080p or 27in 1440p...my GPU may not handle 1440p on ultra, but it will handle 1080p on ultra.

if you have the R9 290x that is listed on your profile, you can handily play games at good frame rates at 1440p with maxed settings. you will dip below 60fps from time to time, but the majority will be at 60 or higher.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/shadow-of-mordor-performance,3996-4.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-r9-290x-hawaii-review,3650-16.html


if your buying your monitor purely for gaming, i recommend looking in to a FreeSync monitor or a high refresh rate one (in which case, aim for 1080p to avoid the price premium and it will be easier to drive). they will have better motion tracking than a 60Hz display.

 

[gamingwoop]

depends on how close to the display you are and the size of it.
with higher resolution comes a smother image, where AA is less important, and everything is better defined.
at the lower resolutions you will need more AA in order to get a smooth image and everything is less defined.

now if your display is 1440p, i would stick to its native resolution and reduce the eye candy till you hit a frame rate you like. that will almost always look better than up scaling 1080p. (i hate blurry things)

Ok well 29in 1080p or 27in 1440p...my GPU may not handle 1440p on ultra, but it will handle 1080p on ultra.

if you have the R9 290x that is listed on your profile, you can handily play games at good frame rates at 1440p with maxed settings. you will dip below 60fps from time to time, but the majority will be at 60 or higher.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/shadow-of-mordor-performance,3996-4.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-r9-290x-hawaii-review,3650-16.html


if your buying your monitor purely for gaming, i recommend looking in to a FreeSync monitor or a high refresh rate one (in which case, aim for 1080p to avoid the price premium and it will be easier to drive). they will have better motion tracking than a 60Hz display.

Well it seems I'm only just getting 50+ fps on my current 1080p monitor...so I'm not sure if I want to risk 1440p. I think a 21:9 1080p monitor is what I'll end up getting - 60hz with FreeSync as well. Although I'm only a casual gamer.

 

[gamingwoop]

increasing the resolution is more like a " trend " than anything what really matters. you can play diablo 2 in 4k surround , but it won't actually look any better than on 720p. resolution itself won't make any game look better.

Increasing the resolution has a huge effect on the detail of objects in the distance. but of course if you play on medium, then the distannce scaling is too low to make any effect, because the distanced objects are not rendered in high enough quality to take advantage of 4k /1440p res, so it's kinda pointless.

My personal opinion is pretty simple. The best gameplay experience can be achieved on a stable 60 fps with ultra or maxed out graphical settings on 1080p.
This is achievable in most games with a single gtx 980.

I will only move to higher resolutions when gpus will be capable of achieving a stable 60+ fps on maxed settings on a SINGLE GPU card. I guess this will happen when the new nvidia flagship pascal architecture card hits the market in 1 year or so.

conclusion:
aim for 1080p ultra max detail, that will be the best experience both graphically and gameplay wise.

Thank you! This is the opinion what all my research has gradually been concluding towards. Maybe in the future I'll upgrade GPU then think about massive 1440p monitors!