Is 1080p slowly becoming history?
  •  Stepos Venzny   ( @SteposVenzny@beehaw.org ) English
    10•1 year ago

    I’ve got a 1080p monitor and a 4k TV in my house and have used my computer plugged into each. The TV is also better for a lot of non-resolution reasons so sometimes I’ll want to move it there for those factors but in terms of displaying the 4k visuals, I honestly don’t think it makes a difference for me at all. Rendering the image at 4k internally has all sorts of benefits for the graphics but displaying that internally 4k image on the 1080 monitor retains all those benefits so I don’t see any point in buying a higher-definition monitor.

    But the thing is, I never even wanted 4k on the TV at all. I didn’t want it to be smart, either. I just wanted good-looking colors and it became impossible to find a TV that put the effort into what I cared about that didn’t come with the other features. So I suspect that when I do ever replace my monitor, it’s probably also going to strong-arm me into having a higher resolution that I don’t actually want. And I can’t help but assume this is a big portion of what’s leading to these survey results.

    •  fryman   ( @fryman@programming.dev ) English
      1•1 year ago

      I have a 2070 super with dual 1440 monitors. Spider-Man remastered runs at 90fps, high settings, with ray tracing so I’m not sure what this article is getting at with how only the newest high end video cards match consoles.

      I often use my second monitor but just from a practical perspective, it doesn’t need to be all that nice. You may consider just upgrading your main monitor. Though, like you mentioned, an ultra wide might be a good choice.

  •  thingsiplay   ( @thingsiplay@beehaw.org ) English
    6•1 year ago

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    It’s mainly because of the 720p resolution, that is common for handheld PCs. For Linux devices its even bigger change, for 800 x 1280 and 1280 x 800 together got almost 14% bump. Other resolutions for any platform didn’t change drastically.

    Windows: 1280 x 720 2.19% (+1.93%)

  •  tburkhol   ( @tburkhol@beehaw.org ) English
    4•1 year ago

    I went from 1080 to 1440 back when I got an rtx 1060, and the extra real estate is nice. I’m not ready to shell out for a video card that would consistently keep up with 4k. If you’re not playing on the living room TV, I suspect the benefit - to gaming - of the higher resolution is minimal. 27-30" 2560x1440 monitor at arm’s length makes pixels about 1 minute of arc, which is about the limit of normal visual acuity.