1440p and 4K resolution

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What starts to become the bottleneck at these resolutions please ? Or maybe I should ask what piece of hardware is stressed the most at these resolutions ?

During gaming of course.
 
Not really sure PSU....unless you mean you need to add another GPU?

GPU is gonna be your bottleneck. After that CPU then RAM.

What system are you running?
 
Your case fan. It definitely becomes a bottleneck at those kinds of resolution. Also your video cables can get really, really hot. Recommend running them through a bucket of ice before they reach the monitor to prevent bottlenecks.

:p

Seriously though dude, you need to provide some real info as to what you have or are looking at first. Without context of where you are at or wanting to go, there's no real way to offer any real advice as to what may or may not be a bottleneck. High res gaming generally stresses a GPU the most, followed by the CPU as a close second, but if you have an ancient CPU and a modern GPU, it could easily be the other way around.

And not owning/using a 4K monitor can really bottleneck your 4K gaming experience as well. :D
 
I would say 2k or 1440p even 2-5th gen should have not much improvement. But for 4k yes may be a little more say 15 percent after 7th gen . As the bandwidth is more for 4k and pci-e 3.0 is good to have though the difference is very neglible for short game play test but it will see some hang or freeze over period of time.

psu is not a big deal. But gpu load and cpu load with ram is hammered a lot as all 4 component is heavily tossed.
 
With few exceptions games are always GPU-bound at 4K. At 2560x1440, it really depends on the game, but a beefier video card will usually still have a bigger impact on performance than a CPU. A better CPU will improve minimum framerate and smooth out frame times regardless of the resolution.
 
4K looks nice but from the distance its hard to tell the difference from 2k

1080p to 2k is a big amazing jump also depends on monitor size ppi pixels per inch.

When i booted up Shadows of mordor with that romantic scene at the start it looked amazing on my Dell 2k
 
Comixbooks said:
4K looks nice but from the distance its hard to tell the difference from 2k

1080p to 2k is a big amazing jump also depends on monitor size ppi pixels per inch.

When i booted up Shadows of mordor with that romantic scene at the start it looked amazing on my Dell 2k
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Um...2k is horizontal resolution, 1080p is vertical. So 1080p (1920x1080) is almost identical to 2k horizontal (2048x1080). 4k is a huge jump in pixels (4x), but the difference between 1080p and 2k is negligible. It does depend on screen - for example a 1080p dlp projector that has large pixels and very small inter pixel gap where you sit 10' away from the screen gains very little by going to 4k. A 40" pentile screen that you sit 2' from is a little different as the (sub) pixels are smaller with a larger gap between them making it easier to see. If you can't see the pixels, the main gain is in reduced aliasing and texture moire, which you can achieve on a lower res screen with super sampling and other AA techniques. I use a 3440x1440 res screen (super wide LG) and at my usual 2' distance from the screen, I can't see the pixels. But, if I lean in ~6", I can start to pick them up. In this case, since my normal distance from the screen I can't see the pixels, there's little to gain by going to a higher res screen vs. upping (SS) AA and keeping the existing screen as my eyes can't pick up the extra res but can see the moire and aliasing if not filtered.
 
Comixbooks said:
4K looks nice but from the distance its hard to tell the difference from 2k

1080p to 2k is a big amazing jump also depends on monitor size ppi pixels per inch.

When i booted up Shadows of mordor with that romantic scene at the start it looked amazing on my Dell 2k
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I used to say that. Then I got a 4k TV. There's just no going back.
 
Comixbooks said:
4K looks nice but from the distance its hard to tell the difference from 2k

1080p to 2k is a big amazing jump also depends on monitor size ppi pixels per inch.

When i booted up Shadows of mordor with that romantic scene at the start it looked amazing on my Dell 2k
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I have both 27" 2k and 27" 5k monitor. The difference in between for day to day work is a day and night differences.

In gaming, it really depends on which game you play, but most game you going to see huge difference in between (if it scale right that is).
Games that did it right will show a clear advantage of crazy clear sharpness. It's quite enjoyable. Though some game UI doesn't scale properly......
Possible side is I can downscale back to 2k perfectly, since 5K is exactly double the width and height of 2560x1440 to 5120x2880.

Most people think 2k is enough for 27", and that is what I thought until I got a 27" 5K. I would not go back anything even less than that. Hell even 4K.
 
Comixbooks said:
4K looks nice but from the distance its hard to tell the difference from 2k

1080p to 2k is a big amazing jump also depends on monitor size ppi pixels per inch.

When i booted up Shadows of mordor with that romantic scene at the start it looked amazing on my Dell 2k
Click to expand...
1080p and 2k are the same thing.
 
assuming you have 16gb memory, your GPU will be the bottleneck as long as you have somewhat relevant a few years old I5 or I7. I am not sure about I3 CPUs.
 
If you really have to start a thread asking such a question then I am guessing your entire pc is probably a bottleneck...:pompous:
 
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