4K monitor running 1080p

[ruban71]

My 24" monitor needs to be replaced due to a growing crack across the screen caused during a house move. I want a bigger monitor anyway so now is the time to change.

I'm looking at the Asus PB287Q 4K as a replacement. It's not cheap but the price difference is not so great compared to the better 28" 1080p monitors. My question is will I have any issues running windows or games at 1080p on a 4k monitor? My hardware wont allow me to game at 4k at the moment and it is unlikely I will bother (unless you count the kids on minecraft).

 

[Nuckles_56]

It will be just fine to run at 1080p on the 4k monitor, seeing as it scales perfectly

 

[juanrdp]

Usually you get a very blurred image when using lower resolution in a TFT pannel than the native one.

You will not have any issue, but probably will get a worse image quality on the 4K monitor than in a 1080p one till you will be able to use the 4K resolution.

How much it will be worse depends on the monitor extrapolation harware i suppose.

 

[KalTorak]

The PB28Q supports 3840 x 2160 which is exactly double in each dimension meaning 1 pixel at 1080p will simply be 4 pixels on the screen. It should be ok.