Swapping From 4K to 1440p - The Pros Were Right!

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[daniil]

Idk man, I want 4k as my next monitor. I have seen 4k at my friends house and I can’t unsee it, so crisp and clear, detailed image is what I liked ❤️

[tmright]

I like 1440P because you can crank up all the settings most of the time. And when you have headroom left, you can even (in most cases) supersample the resolution with DSR.

[stephenhood]

Id rather have 1440p/Ultra/High FPS than 4k, low-mid and 60 FPS. I can see why some would want 4k though, especially as DLSS continues to advance. I love the really nice visuals, but just don't think 4k is worth giving up the smoothness of high FPS gaming. Plus the cost of trying to get playable framerates at 4k is very high. 1440p looks good enough for me, especially after gaming at 1080p for so long. I am an old school gamer and can still remember what my Atari 2600 and Intellivision setups looked like. Once the cost of 4k gaming comes down, and 4k FPS gets higher then I will move on from 1440p, but until then I'm very happy with my setup.

[biggranny]

I went from 4k 60hz with a subpar TN panel to a much more color accurate and faster 1440p 165hz, and I'll take high refresh rate over resolution everyday, even though 4k was incredibly sharp. (Both are about the same size monitors).

1080p on high end systems creates a huge CPU bottleneck, so I think 1440p is a good balance.

[alexgontijo]

1440P for shooters is definitively the sweet spot. Warzone and Battlefield here.

[mjtan]

If your eyes are just a few feet away from the monitor, you just need a 27 inch monitor or smaller. For 1440p gaming, the maximum size is 27 inches. If you go bigger, then you need 4k.

It really depends on your setup and how far your eyes are from the monitor.

[cyphercal]

1440p all the way! Going from 60hz refresh at 1080p to 1440p 165hz was such an awesome jump.

Plus if you pair it with a Gsync monitor it is butter smooth.

[Angry-_-Asian]

I went from a ultrawide 3440x1440 oled to a 4K/240hz oled and don’t think I’ll drop to a lower resolution. The sharpness and higher ppi of 4K is just incredible.

[JVL-LIFE]

I love 4k, but I switched back to 1440p. The constant chase for the best GPU was too draining lol

[datriaxsondor]

4K OLED here, 120Hz, which is reasonble to drive. Wouldn't give it up for higher refresh at lower resolution.

All comes down to each person, and what they prefer. Some people want response time, some people want fidelity.

Not everyone cares about online shooters.

[Unl]

I mostly watch videos, or play fighting games which are based around 60 FPS, or play single player games.

For that reason, I chose to go with a 32" LG Ergo 880UN, which is a 4K HDR300, 60 Hz display with 95% (98%?) DCI-P3 coverage. 0 regrets. Very very happy with my decision. Especially since this monitor has the LG ergo monitor arm.

Casually play online FPSs, and even then I have a laptop with 240 Hz screen if i really want a smooth competitive advantage, but I hardly play FPSs.

[darkbleezy]

I believe the professionals play on 1080p

[nickshaffer]

I went from 1080 to 1440p to 4k and yes 1440p is great but man 4k is so crisp and clean and in game its better. For me I'm more of a solo player and prefer single player games so 4k 60+ is perfect for me I try 1440 again recently and couldn't stay with it

[stevelo]

Swapped from 32 inch 4K to 32 inch 1440p for gaming. 4k is sharper but 1440p isn’t that far behind, however ‘60fps vs 100fps is Huge.’ Honestly, budget gaming PC 1080p, mid-high range 1440p, only gamer with highest budget should go for 4k gaming.

[kaas]

Not everybody plays competitive games. I play mostly single-player games and I prefer 4k so crisp and detailed graphics on a huge monitor is my goal and I don't need 240hz (can't say I can have it :D). The answer to "What to buy?" always comes from an answer to "What do you need?". You should align your choice with your personal preferences and requirements, there is no universal solution for everybody.

[YoloVibs]

As somebody who recently upgraded from a five year old ultra wide where I was split the screen between YouTube any other other half being gaming to now a 42 inch C3 4K monitor! I’ve recently been debating going back to a smaller 1440p screen for this exact reason!

[TristinDL]

"Clapping these 12 year olds" Dr. Disrespect would be proud

[Mortlock]

The human eye at 20:20 Acuity has a focal point resolution somewhere around 420~ Megapixels for whatever we are specifically looking at at any time. So you will definitely notice differences between 1080p and 4K.

As you said in the video, it’s MUCH more resource friendly to push 1440p instead of 4K so it might be possibly going on here is a reduction in overall Input Delay.

Input Delay/ Input Lag is how long it takes for any action/change to physically show up onto your display. So pushing the game through 1440p should theoretically improve your experience:

I say theoretically because a proper 4k monitor has an input delay of 8ms or less vs 4-5ms for a 1440p; so your improvements will not come from the monitor. However, your system should theoretically process 1440 faster than 4k giving you not only more frames but lower input delay; 44.4% lower input delay if I’m looking at the numbers correctly. This could be significant or completely negligible depending on how finely tuned your machine is so it might be worth looking at.

A PC player has several tools to SERIOUSLY tune their rig for maximum performance. A Console is considered to already be pre-performance-tuned but with no access to tools, we can’t really tell.

Hope this information helps

[SupplyNinja]

Ive been PC gaming at 4k, 165hz for like 3 years now. I honestly cant understand what people (non competition players) are waiting for.

[rody]

My 4080 super will last a lot longer at 1440p. I get to crank up the settings, even on the games that are difficult to renderwith ray tracing occasionally and still get high frame rates. On consoles, there's a great argument for 1440p as well because a lot of open world games render closer to 1440p on performance modes than 4k, so you'll always have a sharp image with the 1440p monitor.