Why does my resolution look good in some games/bad in others?

[stoph9003]

First of all, my setup:

-Computer

Motherboard: Asus M4A89GTD Pro USB 3.0
GPU: Asus Turbo GTX 1060
Current CPU: AMD Phenom x6 ii 1055t
RAM: 8gb
OS: Windows 7 64bit

-Monitor
Xstar 27" 1080p 144H 1ms

I need to figure this out before I spend anymore money. Some games, the resolution looks incredibly smooth with no jagged lines (ex. Skyrim SE, Far Cry 3), and in other games the resolution just looks absolutely terrible, no matter what resolution I set it to. I could be running some games in 4K DSR and they will still have jagged lines that I know are not being cause by a lack of AA, seeing as how I always use AA in whatever game I'm playing. The games I'm mainly having issues with the resolution are Elite Dangerous, GTA V, Mechwarrior Online, The Witcher 3. And several others. I understand these are all newer games than the previously listed, so I'm sure that has something to do with it. But I don't know, what do ya'll think? Do I need to get a new monitor? Or do I upgrade my graphics capabilities?

 

[aylafan]

The resolution is terrible on some games because you are using 1920x1080 resolution on a 27 inch monitor. The pixels are much bigger and more noticeable than say a 23-24 inch monitor. Most people would say a 2560x1440 resolution is perfect for a 27 inch monitor.

It doesn't matter if you change your resolution higher on a 1080p monitor because 1920x1080 is physically the max for it; going beyond that will not benefit you and could actually make things more blurry (since it's down-scaling). It's a hardware limitation.