Difference between 1080p and 2k?

[Eminemfan1337]

Since I can't find any real videos or pictures showing the difference in games, Maybe you could help? Also, I've heard you can get 2k on 1080p monitors or maybe vice versa. Im not great at remembering things.. Is this true?
Thanks for any help.

 

[k1114]

2k refers to horizontal and 1080p is technically 2k as it's rounding (1920x1080). You could also be referring to 2560x1440 or 2560x1600 so you need to clarify which exactly you are talking about. You can't get a higher res on a monitor. These sizes are physical number of pixels and you can't magically create what is not there. So a 1080p monitor cannot show 1440p. You can show 1080p on 1440p but it's going to be scaled and blurry unless you don't scale the image. 1440p is a decent step up. It's like going from 720p to 1080p. But it depends more on monitor size. If it's 27" or bigger, I suggest 1440p or higher res. 24" is about highest I go with 1080p. This is sitting up close like a normal pc because sitting farther away also matters.

 

[Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163]

A higher resolution means less visible aliasing in games. All of this is irrelevant for normal desktop usage/applications, as rendered game frames are different than desktop use. Those who mention resolution, and size and can instantly judge whether or not you can see pixels, are either hawks, or sit a foot away from the screen. Across the room, other than screen real estate, 1080 and 2.5k are going to appear the same, provided the panels used are identical specs, which is never the case, and thus creates a lot of confusion and misinformation. Manufacturers have stopped improving 1080 panels for a while now, to make the jump to higher resolution a lot more obvious, this is especially true for UHD.

 

[k1114]

Aliasing is just as visible with the same pixel pitch.

 

[Eminemfan1337]

I meant the resolution, I can't really find comparisons of the two.

 

[k1114]

You have to be more specific on what resolution. 2k doesn't refer to a single resolution like 1080p.

 

[Eminemfan1337]

I got mixed up, I meant like 2k textures.

 

[k1114]

But how do you know if the texture is 2k? And you can get higher res textures on screen because they are being scaled or shown at an angle. Also a single 2k texture could cover an entire character and be low res but you can have multiple textures on a single character because of how it's uv wrapped. If you want to see texture quality differences, go look at low texture detail vs high. This is just changing texture res.

 

[determinologyz]

2k refers to horizontal and 1080p is technically 2k as it's rounding (1920x1080). You could also be referring to 2560x1440 or 2560x1600 so you need to clarify which exactly you are talking about. You can't get a higher res on a monitor. These sizes are physical number of pixels and you can't magically create what is not there. So a 1080p monitor cannot show 1440p. You can show 1080p on 1440p but it's going to be scaled and blurry unless you don't scale the image. 1440p is a decent step up. It's like going from 720p to 1080p. But it depends more on monitor size. If it's 27" or bigger, I suggest 1440p or higher res. 24" is about highest I go with 1080p. This is sitting up close like a normal pc because sitting farther away also matters.

Agreed on this and i think the exact same way with resolution and ppi...23" 24" 1080p and 27" 1440p and honestly 4k can be thrown in there to but really you can go up to 32" and still be ok and even a bit higher but yea most def