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This. Also depends on how well your monitor handles 4k vs upscaled 1080p, and your own personal preference for frame rate. For some 45fps is painful, others handle 30 just fine.Depends on the game.
To me, framerate wins every time. At least if you're forced to choose.
Here's a fun trick, though - you can often have the best of both worlds. Many games these days have an resolution render % slider available. That allows you to set your resolution to 4K with max details, and then dial down the render % until you can pull 60fps. With my GTX1080, that's usually between 65-70%...which is still quite a bit better than just sticking with 1080p. It's usually in the 1440p range.
Not every game has that setting, but most major releases from the last few years do.
Does 1440p look that much better than 1080p? Is it worth the cost of a new monitor?
I appreciate the advice. I think I will stay with the high frame rate 1080p on ultra settings for games.
If I get a 4K TV I will just use it as a TV, not a monitor.
high frame rate is just so irreplacably great for gaming.
As long as I can sustain 60FPS I'm fine. I've had 144Hz 2560x1440 monitors in the past and didn't much care for the lack of screen real estate. I'd much rather have a larger display that's limited to 60Hz with better contrasts, HDR, etc. I do miss G-Sync, but I've tried going to something that was 3440x1440 @ 100Hz and couldn't make it a single day.
Wow, see I felt that anything over 1440p at 27" for example, was completely overkill for how close I sit to my monitor. I have really enjoyed the 1440p life for a while, and recently upgraded to 165hz and its really amazing. Some games are stuck at 60fps though, but otherwise its just buttery goodness.
Thanks for the replies.
I'm currently using a Samsung 32" 1080p TV at 60hz for a monitor. It's also my main TV. My 980ti has no problem keeping everything at 60fps on ultra settings at 1080p.
I want to upgrade to a 50" 4K TV. The benchmarks I've ran show my system doing 35fps to 55fps at 4K on medium settings. While not great, it would be playable.
I just don't want the visuals to look like crap.