How high can I go, how high can I go....

Qbert

Qbert

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Hey, I decided to push my pc even further. I'm now running most of my games at 3200x1800, with just a very few handful at 2560x1440. At these resolutions, I'm still getting 60+ fps in most games, and in some, 50-60 (not bad).

My question is....my 27" monitor is 1080p. Do I run the risk of killing my monitor by upscaling games to higher resolutions than my monitor's native res? God, I hope not. After running games at these resolutions, it's really hard to go back to 1080p. As much as these resolutions make even next gen consoles look blurry, I don't even want to go back to 1080p.
 
Your monitor will not project a video stream with a higher resolution than 1080P. If you are doing it, it's because of the new SSAA-esque technology added to recent drivers by Nvidia or AMD. Therefore, in reality you are running your games in 1080P with a really taxing AA solution.
 
team56th said:
Your monitor will not project a video stream with a higher resolution than 1080P. If you are doing it, it's because of the new SSAA-esque technology added to recent drivers by Nvidia or AMD. Therefore, in reality you are running your games in 1080P with a really taxing AA solution.
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Yeah, I fully understand that my monitor isn't really displaying a higher res image. I know that. But the taxing AA effect really makes the games look that much more better, even moreso than using the standard AA options.

My question is, does doing this have any ill effect on the monitor?
 
Qbert said:
Yeah, I fully understand that my monitor isn't really displaying a higher res image. I know that. But the taxing AA effect really makes the games look that much more better, even moreso than using the standard AA options.

My question is, does doing this have any ill effect on the monitor?
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NO. Someone might correct me, but AFAIK, it's called super-sampling. You render an image at a higher resolution, and then downsample it, which makes the image look better than an image simply rendered at a target resolution. It is no more harmful than MSAA or FXAA, which do not hurt your monitor at all. It is just really taxing to GPU usage is all.
 
Ok, then I should be ok. My main concern was damage to monitor, but if monitor is not affected, then I should be good.
 
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My understanding of your original post is that you are essentially downsizing and no that will not damage your monitor.
 
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