Forced 1440p on my 1080p monitor

[DStruct]

Had the temptation to purchase a new monitor, my friend has all the top hardware inside his rig and he has the ASUS ROG SWIFT PG278QR monitor so I can assume that thats up there too.

I recently stumbled across the AMD control panel settings though that lets you force higher than supported resolutions on your monitor, Virtual Super Resolution and GPU Scaling.

I am now running my monitor successfully in 2560x1440 @ 100hz

My monitor is the Acer GD245HQ 24" 120hz
GPU is R9 290 as well.

My questions are:

Am I really at that resolution or what exactly is going on?
If I am, is this any different to if I was actually using a 1440p monitor?
If no or not really much different, then is it actually worth it spending £500 for a new monitor?

Thanks

 

[atomicWAR]

it's rendering your games at 1440P then downsampling the image to 1080P so its not really 1440P your getting but it does help your image quality all the same. A native 1440P monitor will look better then a 1080P one even when rendered @1440P then downsampled.

It is worth the extra cash for 1440P native monitor yes!

 

[DStruct]

Damnit I was hoping you said no haha

 

[DStruct]

Would doing what I am doing cause higher GPU temps because the GPU is working even harder?

 

[atomicWAR]

yes it will as it increases the load on your GPU since rendering at 1440P is more taxing then 1080P.

 

[kaiteck]

You arent on that 1440p resolution. It's just your pc is tricking its gpu that the monitor is 1440p so it outputs 1440p signal to your monitor. Your monitor would then downsample it to 1080p so that it can output image since the maximum real resolution your monitor can output is 1080p.

Basically, the viewing experience will still be way better if you use an actual 1440p monitor.

Whether its worth spending the extra money on 1440p monitor, is difficult to say as everyone's opinion is different. But from my experience with my 1440p screen, all I can say is there IS difference. It was worth it. And I only spent S$330 for it. It will only strain your gpu when you play intensive game in 1440p. Other than that, web browsing, watching video, playing league of legends in 1440p etc, are no issues.

 

[DStruct]

yeah well im turning it off anyway, dont notice much difference in graphics anyway.. maybe my eyes are bad but i dont, so im just getting lower FPS and a hotter GPU for nothing. reached 95degrees playing world of warcraft earlier so yeah, off it goes.

Going to invest in a new monitor, thinking the Acer 27" IPS 165hz predator but the future is putting me off... 4K is here still currently brand new so ofcourse everything is overpriced but paying £600 for a monitor now when next year or two I might be wanting a 4K of the same specs..... do any of you experience this debate?

 

[kaiteck]

yeah well im turning it off anyway, dont notice much difference in graphics anyway.. maybe my eyes are bad but i dont, so im just getting lower FPS and a hotter GPU for nothing. reached 95degrees playing world of warcraft earlier so yeah, off it goes.

Going to invest in a new monitor, thinking the Acer 27" IPS 165hz predator but the future is putting me off... 4K is here still currently brand new so ofcourse everything is overpriced but paying £600 for a monitor now when next year or two I might be wanting a 4K of the same specs..... do any of you experience this debate?

Personally i wouldn't go for 4k coz certain old programs are going to have dpi issue..