Downscale vs native?

[Usman Sajid]

Is 1920x1080 on 720p better or 720p on 720p. Note that it is a Sony 32 inch TV.

i game on it and want to know if there is any difference

 

[13thmonkey]

don't go larger than native, smaller than and upscaling is OK, but not downscaling.

 

[Mouldread]

The native resolution is always better looking than anything else.

If a display's native resolution is 1920 p and you play on 720 p it will look worse than a display that has a native resolution of 720 p and you play on 720 p. Always try to play on the native resolution if possible.

 

[oxiide]

Is 1920x1080 on 720p better or 720p on 720p. Note that it is a Sony 32 inch TV.

i game on it and want to know if there is any difference

Your display's pixels are part of its hardware and therefore you will not improve the image enormously by running it at 1080p. You may notice aliased edges in games to be less apparent; actually you're mimicking an anti-aliasing technique that some games offer called Supersampling.

I would say that if you can run your games at 1080p and still meet your target framerate (probably 60 FPS), then go for it. If you struggle with framerates at all, it should be the first thing to turn down.

 

[Usman Sajid]

I have a GTX 750 ti and struggle 1080p Ultra 60fps , but on 720p Ultra 60fps is possible. I have Core i5 2400 upto 3.4Ghz.

So is it bad to have 720p on 32inch? Or is it ok?

 

[Mouldread]

I personally would prefer lowering some game settings and keeping the resolution to the native one rather than playing on Ultra and having to use lower resolution than the native one.

 

[Usman Sajid]

Native is 720p.

 

[13thmonkey]

so if native is 720p, probably 1368x768 then this is what you should use. that will be less pressure than 1080p

 

[Usman Sajid]

Ok but how good it will be if I replace my32inch 720p with 1080p . Distance is above 6 feet.

 

[Mouldread]

I still don't know if you are using your TV to play games on your PC or some console. If it's your PC then don't bother with TVs. Even a cheap 1080p PC monitor would look better than a 32" TV. But it's up to you.

 

[oxiide]

I have a GTX 750 ti and struggle 1080p Ultra 60fps , but on 720p Ultra 60fps is possible. I have Core i5 2400 upto 3.4Ghz.

So is it bad to have 720p on 32inch? Or is it ok?

1080p @ 32 inches will look better, and 1080p @ 24 inches (such as a real computer monitor) will look even better than that. The more pixels you have in a smaller space, the better the image quality is because individual pixels get harder to see. That's why a 1080p, 5 inch smartphone has such nice picture quality.

But is 720p @ 32 inches "okay?" Anything is okay if you're happy with it.

 

[13thmonkey]

I have a GTX 750 ti and struggle 1080p Ultra 60fps , but on 720p Ultra 60fps is possible. I have Core i5 2400 upto 3.4Ghz.

So is it bad to have 720p on 32inch? Or is it ok?

1080p @ 32 inches will look better, and 1080p @ 24 inches (such as a real computer monitor) will look even better than that. The more pixels you have in a smaller space, the better the image quality is because individual pixels get harder to see. That's why a 1080p, 5 inch smartphone has such nice picture quality.

But is 720p @ 32 inches "okay?" Anything is okay if you're happy with it.

This of course all native resolutions.