Alienware Gamer ALX
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i played on a 5k too, but it counts as a 4k here
Have you actually played on a 4k screen ?
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NeverBackDown
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No. Don't plan to either for years
Alienware Gamer ALX
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wow, crap!
my main gaming rig is 1080p but i have 4k and 5k screens too. they re not crap to me
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JeffThePanda
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4K Gsync is the only way to go from here forward 
NeverBackDown
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4K Gsync is the only way to go from here forward
I'd rather have a OLED full HDR10 34inch Ultrawide at 3440x1440 at 60hz than any 4k Gsync/freesync crap tbh.
It doesn't make a difference, may as well enjoy the colors^_^
AlienALX
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I had 4k Gsync. It's only been a few months that you could have played games on it properly (Titan XP).
It's an epic waste of GPU grunt for the higher res. You don't gain any detail it just smooths things out a bit but the price you pay for it power wise needed from a GPU is just ridiculous.
So yeah, a bit of a morbid curiosity really. Sold my 4k monitor and got a 1440p monitor, much better.
Plus of course most games are not *really* 4k so they simply upscale so they don't look any better.
It's an epic waste of GPU grunt for the higher res. You don't gain any detail it just smooths things out a bit but the price you pay for it power wise needed from a GPU is just ridiculous.
So yeah, a bit of a morbid curiosity really. Sold my 4k monitor and got a 1440p monitor, much better.
Plus of course most games are not *really* 4k so they simply upscale so they don't look any better.
AngryGoldfish
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2560x1440p or 3440x1440p is the way to go in my opinion. I can't myself upgrading any time soon. Maybe if I had the money I'd wait until 4k/120Hz becomes available and buy two Titan XP's and use that setup just for gaming and a 3440x1440p for every day usage, but that's not happening so I'm happy with what I've got.
AlienALX
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Most GPUs/monitors allow you to increase the res to 4k any way. So if you really wanted to see what it looks like you can, without wasting £1500 on GPUs and a monitor.
Alienware Gamer ALX
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i like to play old games on a small hires screen, they look great
othertomperson
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OLED oversaturates colours and suffers burn-in when images are static for too long (evidenced by news tickers burnt into pub TVs, and menus burnt into Samsung phones). Not desirable for PC use with menu bars and taskbars static for so long.
My next monitor will be the ROG Swift PG27UQ. 27" 4K 144Hz HDR Gsync Quantum Dot IPS, the specs alone read like a wet dream.
Two and a bit years ago I moved onto the Asus PB287Q which is a 4K 60hz display and I wouldn't ever go to a lower resolution from this.
NeverBackDown
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You must not have seen a modern OLED in person. I actually share an OLED TV with someone else. The colors are unreal. Watch Star Wars. You'll soon come to love the amazing blacks and enjoy the movie 10x more. And no, the burn in thing doesn't really happen as much as people think it did during prototype stages and very early models.
If anything, HDR content oversaturates colors. No true HDR TV is available yet.
Either way, my wishlist stays the same.
othertomperson
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Yes. The reason you think it looks great is because the the colours are oversaturated. It's an old trick brick and mortar electronics stores have used to sell TVs for a long time because it tricks people into thinking it looks good. And subjectively it does, but it's not accurate.
You're missing the point with the burn in. It doesn't matter for a TV because the image is constantly in motion. For a PC monitor it's inadequate. The taskbar is always static, the clock is always static, the close/minimise/maximise icons are always static, most applications have toolbars in the same locations, most games have the same HUDs in the same places. OLED is not a well suited technology for a PC.
Also I'm aware that you can't get HDR monitors yet? Like I said my next monitor will be the ROG Swift PG27UQ, meaning I will get it in the future when it becomes available.
I mean it sounds like you went into this without understanding what resolution actually is? Without additional texture resolution, all monitor resolution does is reduce the size of the pixels, and so reduces aliasing. If you do have the high res textures, though, and have particle effects the additional detail is there. That said, if you only have a 1440p display a Titan X is a complete waste of money. You should have got a 1080 for around half the price.
Your last point is completely wrong for PC. Games will render at whatever resolution you set them to. The PS4 Pro uses checkerboard upscaling to appear 4K because it isn't powerful enough, but PC games running at 4K are 4K native.
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