1080p vs 1440p vs 4K Gaming Monitors - My Experience

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I've tested the best of the best. Here are my current thoughts on 1080p vs 1440p vs 4K gaming monitors.

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[BoBBaBoN]

This kind of video reminds me of way back then I cant afford a high end pc with 144hz monitor. Now that I finally bought rigs that I wanted, I dont have the time, friends, same energy & skills I had back then. Now all I do is watch videos and casually play games (like stardew valley and such).

Edit 1 : I would like to take this opportunity to remind all of you young & old gamers out there who’s currently are having a great time with your friend to cherish the moments of you all playing together. We don’t know how long we could play together.

[tyraelhermosa]

Keep in mind: 4K is very demanding for newer titles, but older titles from a few years ago and older can often run at 4K and well over 100 fps on a moderate-to-powerful machine, and they look phenomenal. As someone playing his way through a massive backlog, I can attest to this ;)

[DanielNyberg]

can we have an update video on this topic for 2023.

[Rei-internet-fox]

I bought a 1080p 144Hz monitor late last year. I was originally planning on 1440p 144Hz but the jump in price between 1080p and 1440p was so big that it didn't make financial sense to buy 1440p yet. I figured I can save my money now, wait until I can get a newer GPU then buy the new 1440p monitor alongside, and keep this 1080p one as a secondary monitor.

[Yuu_Touko]

I've been using a 1440p 144 Hz panel for the last 1.5 years. Now, when i have a 3080, it's really something.
A nice sweetspot overall.

[Ricky-olng]

Your Thumbnails are always so FCKN GOOD MAN

[Legitti]

I bought Asus TUF VG259QM 1080p 280hz on Black Friday and love it.

[Arundidoo]

Christ you're almost uploading daily, take it easy my dude, don't want you to burn out

[Darkhalo]

I'm so glad I bought a 1440p 165hz IPS panel. It was very much worth the money. Much sharper than 1080p, much less performance cost than 4k. High resolution and high framerates. It's the most optimal resolution to game at right now. The sweet spot in my opinion

[Noah-Lach]

I think the main benefit of a 4K display comes outside games. People always talk about how negligible the difference is in-game (which is mostly true) forgetting how much time we spend browsing and reading text, or using productivity applications with complex UIs, all of which look undeniably better on a HiDPI display.

[Dreoni_]

8:33 THIS I got a 1440p display and for productivity work the difference is massive compared to 1080p

[RJTamm]

It's very hard for me to go back down to 1440p from 4k. I tried an Ultragear 1440p/144hz and I absolutely love the high refresh rate, but since I've been working from home and also use my monitor for my PS5, it's a difficult compromise to make when the 4k monitor is just more comfortable for not-gaming.

[Nathaniel_Peterson]

I bought a Dell S2417DG monitor almost 5 years ago and it has aged beautifully. It's 24", 1440p, 165Hz, and supports G-sync. There are almost zero 1440p monitors available today with pixel density that high, and it creates very crisp images because the small pixels have a natural anti-aliasing effect. I've said for years that 1440p gaming is the sweet spot in terms of real estate and performance. Even high-end video cards struggle to render 4K at high frame rates, especially with ray tracing enabled. The viability of 4K gaming has struggled to gain footing because even though GPUs have increased in performance over the years, the complexity of the graphical effects added to new titles has likewise increased.

[joshyazg]

already knew the answer, but still watched the video. good video for someone looking at newer displays for the first time.

[hanmetalworks]

i just discovered this channel - the production quality is sick. this guy is like mkbhd but he actually knows a thing or two about PCs

[henrifpv]

I have 5950x and 6900xt. I've been using 1440p 165hz monitor and changed it to 4k 144hz monitor. But I really do feel the lower FPS and the resolution itself did not blow my mind so I think I'm going to return the 4k monitor. It was not that kind of wow effect that I wanted versus the lost fps. I think I just need to wait OLED monitors to blow my mind, now 4k OLED monitor would be something to consider. I have 4k OLED TV and that is really something different than these IPS panels.

[Toots_McPoopins]

Well done video. Great detailed info at 5:38 . Finding your own personal sweet spot for your use case is so important. I know this is a gaming monitor video, but based on the recent uptick in VR market growth I think people also need to consider how that affects their equipment purchase needs. For example I am quite happy with my GTX 1080 ti for standard gaming at 1440p ( 4:11 Still hanging on!... out of necessity because of, ya know, scalpers) BUT I am really holding out for a reasonably priced RTX 3080 for VR purposes, and won't mind that it's a bit overpowered for my 1440p monitor.

[lapis]

Such a phenomenal channel, you deserve all the praise you get!

[aestheticgamer]

Waited for this one for a long time...
1440p would be the pick over anything

[Wafflenobs]

27" 1440p w/144hz refresh is my personal sweet spot. Love it, 4k is nice but you need high end hardware to make use of it. 1440 can be run on older hardware easy enough now :)