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Hezkezl t1_iwbumkd wrote

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I’ve got a 12700K, 32 gigs of DDR5 RAM, a 3090 TI, and a 32 inch Samsung Odyssey Neo G7 monitor that can do 4K at 165 Hz.

The only thing that lets me tell the difference between 1440p and 4k is how high my FPS counter is in games. Beyond that, sitting at a normal distance away from the monitor it’s completely impossible for me to see the difference between 4k and 1440p. Now, at 1080p? Yeah, I can see a difference… But with 1440p at 32”? Nope. Identical.

Unless I scoot forward to be about 2 feet away from the monitor and I do a quick comparison as I switch between resolutions, then I can maybe tell a little bit of something… But with a moving image aka a game that’s being actively played? There is no way.

There’s been numerous tests by people to see if they can tell the difference, and it’s pretty much a crapshoot. Most recent one I can think of is LTT with an 8K monitor trying to see if their staff can tell if it’s native 8K or 4K that’s being upscaled to 8K, and the majority of them had no idea which was which even after being told which one they were seeing. The only way that some of them could slightly tell was with the obviously lower FPS.

Don’t confuse 1080p with 8K, which seems to be what your post is getting at. A 1080p image upscaled to 8K on a native 8K monitor would definitely look different than an 8K image… But that doesn’t mean 8K is worth it or is something to aim for or anything else. 1440p is perfectly fine.

EDIT: I'm 20", 27", and 45" away from my monitor depending on if I'm leaning forward, sitting normally, or leaning back.

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joomla00 t1_iwbw7kz wrote

How far away are you sitting? I have a 27" 4k monitor about 3' away. I can def tell the difference going from 1080-1440-4k. It could be a non native rez scaling issue. I was hoping there wouldn't be a diff so I can get more fps, but it always looked a little bit off at 1440, and crisp at 4k. But this was with a slower rpgish type game so a lot of still background, talking heads.

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Hezkezl t1_iwbweuy wrote

It should be about 3 feet away. I’ll measure it in about eight hours or so after I wake up, just turned my computer off for the night and I’m on mobile right now.

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joomla00 t1_iwbz0nf wrote

No worries mate

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Hezkezl t1_iwc6hdm wrote

Went and measured just now, I'm about 27 inches away from my screen sitting normally, 45 inches when leaning back and about 20 inches leaning in.

I've legitimately never noticed a difference in any of those positions. Maybe I need better glasses if you swear you can tell a difference on your 27" one from about 36 inches away? I’m only in my 30s so if you were significantly younger than that or if you don’t need glasses and that might be why lol

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