1920x1080 monitor capable of 1440p??

[AreFlame]

Hey everyone. So a couple hours ago i looked through my amd catalyst software and changing some settings for the resolution. it said i could enable more resolutions so i tried it out. I went ingame in Killing Floor 2 and i could do 2560x1440 and even 3200x1800. I thought this wasnt possible since my 24inch monitor is only supported up to 1920x1080@75hz.
Any ideas why i could do this? Would i damage the monitor if i force that resolution? i had no issues whatsoever when i played, i also noticed a big difference in detailing.

 

[turkey3_scratch]

This is normal. you can choose a higher resolution than your monitor, the image will simply be downscaled to your monitor. This will not damage your monitor, as a monitor uses a microprocessor to downscale the image, whereas about a decade and a half ago, on ancient monitors, I have heard too high of a resolution could possibly cause some damage. But it will absolutely not with today's monitors that make use of processors to adjust the image properly to its size.

 

[lothdk]

You probably stumbled upon VSR (Virtual Super Resolution) in Catalyst, you can read about it here.

VSR allows games to render at higher resolutions (up to 4K; see the ‘Virtual Super Resolution Support’ table, below) and then rescales them down to a lower native display resolution. Using this, you can get quality that rivals up to 4K, even on a 1080p display while playing your favorite games.

 

[AreFlame]

Thanks for the help! 🙂