Random Hardware topics

[Colif]

About an hour ago I noticed I could get

for about $600 less than normal right now, but I am resisting as I had already said tonight I didn't want to buy anything this fortnight. I can't really afford it so I will ignore the special. And hope one like it shows up when I am in the market.

I also don't have space for a second monitor and there really isn't anything wrong with mine, so no need to replace it

And just maybe my next monitor won't be Samsung - most of them have been. The LG I have now is the 1st non Samsung Monitor I have had in 25 years.

Other things on my shopping list before I get a monitor.
Spent enough on computers this year... looks at sig

 

[Kaamos_Llama]

I've wanted a second screen for a while but my partner doesnt have enough room on my desk for it. Definitely staying clear of 4K though for now, nice as it would be I dont have the kind of moneu for a GPU to power it in the games Id like to play on it.

Sometimes it would be nicer to have a dedicated room but its also nice to be in the same room with the family, I probably wouldnt play as many games if I had to go to a different room.

The Steam Deck is pretty nice for that too, but its not good for strategy games and isometric RPGs, and I like to be able to play anything if I want to.

 

[neogunhero]

How well does downscaling a game to 1080p while using a 1440p monitor look? I'm wondering, if you had a 1440p monitor that can run most games at that resolution, but you fire up a more demanding game, dropping it down to 1080p could help with performance, but I wonder how image quality would look while using a higher res screen. Will it be blurry or stretched out?

 

[Colif]

I would suggest watching a you tube video showing what ii looks like but I can't find any - so many wrong results telling me what to buy instead... I hate you tube sometimes.

use upscaling instead. it looks better.

I hate shorts but its only choice

I want other things before I get a screen... it was just tempting for a little bit until sanity prevailed. Hopefully forgot about it by morning.

Current monitor bought same year as I got last PC, so it wouldn't be the 1st time. See what is around in a few months time, Xmas might be a better time.

 

[Kaamos_Llama]

How well does downscaling a game to 1080p while using a 1440p monitor look? I'm wondering, if you had a 1440p monitor that can run most games at that resolution, but you fire up a more demanding game, dropping it down to 1080p could help with performance, but I wonder how image quality would look while using a higher res screen. Will it be blurry or stretched out?

I think it looks very blurry and I can see it instantly when an indie game defaults to 1080p. It might depend on how different monitor models handle things, and Ive heard some people say it looks fine over the years so depends on they eyes in question too.

Like Colif said, you'd get the exact same effect by using DLSS, it will render the game at 1080p or lower and then upscale it to 2560x1440 and improve the image to look much better than if you just changed the resolution.