1440p monitor downscale to 1080p?

[taeyeoniee]

So I recently bought a Dell S2716DG 27 inch monitor. It runs on 1440p and 144hz. The problem is I only have a GTX 1060 and about 8gb of ram. I have a 6600k processor. I wanna game on my new monitor but I might have to downscale to 1080p to get the best frames. I read that if I downscale on a 1440p monitor to 1080p the images will be awful and make my eyes bleed and it essentially will look worse that if I run the game on a native 1080p monitor. My friend told me it should be fine since it is a 27inch and the pixels will be better. My question is should I return the monitor and get a 1080p 144hz monitor instead or will it look the same. Or should I just stick it out with the monitor and run games on 1440p but with low settings for everything because the 1060 can probably only handle that....

 

[velocityg4]

The majority of games will run fine at high to max settings on your system at 2560x1440 and hit 60+ FPS. Some may need some of the settings cranked down to medium. Some detail settings have little performance impact and can be left maxed out. Personally, I think it would look better turning down other settings a little rather than using a scaled resolution.

Since you already have the system and the monitor. Why don't you try it out? Then you can see and judge for yourself.

Just consider that people typically keep a monitor for six to ten years. While you'll probably replace your video card in the next one to three years. I'd keep the higher end monitor. So, you aren't stuck with a lower quality monitor than you wanted.

 

[taeyeoniee]

The majority of games will run fine at high to max settings on your system at 2560x1440 and hit 60+ FPS. Some may need some of the settings cranked down to medium. Some detail settings have little performance impact and can be left maxed out. Personally, I think it would look better turning down other settings a little rather than using a scaled resolution.

Since you already have the system and the monitor. Why don't you try it out? Then you can see and judge for yourself.

Just consider that people typically keep a monitor for six to ten years. While you'll probably replace your video card in the next one to three years. I'd keep the higher end monitor. So, you aren't stuck with a lower quality monitor than you wanted.

I should be get the monitor today and test it out. However I was told by everyone that the 1060 6gb will make all my games run on low settings at best and make everything look like a potato if I wanted to game on 1440p and told me that the 1060 6gb is basically an old GPU and cant keep up getting 60fps on high settings on a 1440p.... So i guess I will find out today. You think the gpu can handle going medium-high ish settings on 1440p getting around 60-75fps? The gsync should help right?

 

[King_V]

If it is a gsync-capable monitor, especially if the low-high range of refresh is wider, then it will definitely help for smooth playability.

Running native resolution almost always allows for a sharper image than downscaling, but, downscaling, especially when a game has a lot of movement/action sometimes is almost unnoticeable, depending on the monitor, game, etc.

 

[Eximo]

Depends on the games you play. Something like the latest battlefield or call of duty is going to be a struggle if you leave everything on ultra. But you can drop a few settings down and recover a lot of FPS. Typically you would drop AA and AF and leave the resolution alone, might drop shadow detail as well.

Older titles and less demanding titles and you should get the most out of it.

Nothing wrong with over buying on a monitor. You'll have that longer then your GPU.

 

[velocityg4]

The GTX 1060 is a good GPU. The majority of benchmarks show 60+ FPS at 2560x1440 on the majority of current titles at max settings. A few of them are in the 40 FPS range. But they should pick up to 60+ FPS if the settings are dropped a little.

Heck. I have a GTX 970 and have played a few games fine on a triple screen 1920x1080 setup. Three of those monitors is a lot more pixels to push than a single 2560x1440 display.