Ah right, so basically when I'm seeing 60fps on my PC it can't be true. Gotcha.
I won't pretend I don't see drops but it is pretty solid.
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How bad is upscaling to 4k on PC?
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Ah right, so basically when I'm seeing 60fps on my PC it can't be true. Gotcha.
I won't pretend I don't see drops but it is pretty solid.
SeeNoWeevil
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It's still a million miles from 4K60. Which is exactly my point. 1080p-1440p is *currently* the sweet spot for demanding games on a 980Ti/1070.
You need to look at benchmarks for the 1070
SeeNoWeevil
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I don't need to, I have a 980Ti.
Agree completely. There are some that will hit 4k60 but they are usually 60fps games on console too.
This. If the title is meant to be run at 60fps, then 4K/60 is way more achievable of course unless you lower settings on more demanding games.
And I'll go a step further and say the vast majority of games look better at 4k/medium than 1440p/maxed out. It's sad that many people are misusing their GPU power to play their games maxed out at a low resolution like 1440p just so they can say they are maxing out their games and thus feel better about themselves.
LostDonkey
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We'll I have a 1070 and I set my desktop resolution to 3840x2160 and let GFE optimise. Guess what...60fps.
Sure some games have to have settings turned down but they still look fantastic and you never said it had to be 4k60 ultra.
Games like Forza Horizon 3 have to be capped at 30 because I don't believe there's a card out there that can hold 60fps, even at 1080p that game still drops.
With some games it's tough to drop the settings. For example in Rise of the Tomb Raider you can see that the AO, detail and shadow settings make a fairly big difference in image quality but it's hard to judge how much of a difference it would make in movement.
I would rather pick higher resolution than higher antialiasing settings though.
Lashley
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How? I never use Geforce unless I update my drivers, and I really should
LostDonkey
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Just make sure your install folder is selected in GFE and it will add the game's to the list if they have a Geforce profile, click optimise and it's done. You can set it to performance or quality, i.e higher frames or eye candy. Let it know what resolution you want to aim for and it will set it up for you based on Nvidia data.
You can even set it to optimise automatically so that when you install a game it does it straight away and the profiles get updated on a regular basis so any changes in options will be applied for you. It really is very simple. You can always change things in game after as well to see what you can get away with but I find the settings it does are usually spot on.
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
Awesome, thanks
jabberwocker
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Yeah I think most people here are right on for advising a 1440 at that size(28 inches). 1/2 the power needed and will look great.
SeeNoWeevil
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Except your example is total crap. I've just ran the Tomb Raider benchmark, and even the absolute lowest settings (which look like crap btw, way worse than console) can't even maintain 60fps at 4K. It's not just a case of 'don't max it out and you'll be fine'. You just won't get 4K60 a lot of the time. End of story. Unless of course you're advocating 4K30? Now that really is high-end gpu misuse.
On a 980Ti/1070, RotTR, your choices are
1080p, solid 60 with most settings at max and FXAA
1440p, 60 with dips, very high settings
4K, solid 30 with most settings at max
4K, a wobbly 50-60 on the lowest settings looking horrible with lots of pop-in
Total no-brainer.
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Complete opposite for me, 1080 looks soft, blurry and just kinda nasty on my screen.
SeeNoWeevil
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It all depends on the scaler.
ISee
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Of course, but I can't choose the scaler on PC...
43" 4K Sony X800D owner here, and 1080p/1440p Witcher 3 at Ultra (maybe some things dialed down at 1440p) will quickly make you forget that it's not 4K native, especially with the better framerate. Native 4K is indeed great when your system can push it, or the game is simple/old enough where it doesn't affect performance. I have a 980 Ti FTW and would rather play the most recent and demanding games at 1080p so that I can get as close to a 60fps lock as possible, but then I also like the look of, say, Forza Horizon 3 at 4K30. Just depends IMO.
Therein lies the problem. The fact that Nvidia or AMD hasn't even bothered to add nearest-neighbour interpolation boggles my mind.
I mean, you can already access lancoz upscaling through Nvidia Inspector, so it's not like they're totally oblivious to the problem.
Gpu abuse to run at 30fps? I'm perfectly happy to play certain types of games (like tomb raider) at 30fps.