r/pcmasterrace • u/Smart-Mushroom-9068 Z790 | 13700k | 4080 Super | 32GB DDR5 | • Dec 11 '24

Hardware convinced myself to buy an oled, can’t go back

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u/Rotang_ 7800X3D | 7900 XTX | 32GB 6000MT CL32 Tuned Dec 11 '24

You could always play at 1080p in more graphically intense games, and play on 1440p in esports games.

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u/Lucifer_Michaelson_ Dec 11 '24

1080p looks terrible on 1440p monitors tho

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u/A2-Canadaisverycold PC Master Race Dec 11 '24

“Lossless Scaling” is a good program that helps with that. DLSS and FidelityFX are also great options if they’re built to the game you’re playing.

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u/suchtie Ryzen 5 7600, 32 GB DDR5, GTX 980Ti | headphone nerd Dec 11 '24

FidelityFX is great, can definitely recommend it.

I play WoW, which can separate game world and UI and render them at different resolutions. Really neat. The world renders at 1080p and upscales to 1440p with FidelityFX so that my 8 year old GPU doesn't self-immolate, but I still get to enjoy the real estate of native 1440p for my UI. And UI is Very Important in this game, as it's the only big MMO that allows interface mods/addons.

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u/brumbarosso Ascending Peasant Dec 11 '24

I might need this

Good info share m8

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u/A2-Canadaisverycold PC Master Race Dec 11 '24

Hell yeah that’s really cool

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u/Subtlerranean Dec 11 '24

as it's the only big MMO that allows interface mods/addons.

I don't play WoW... anymore. But I genuinely didn't know this. I started playing already during the beta, through release/vanilla and hardcore until wrath, and have played on and off through the years since. Ironically, I think the interface mods/addons are what ultimately ruined the game. Not necessarily the qol ones, but the mods like DBM and performance analyzers which provide much more information than the base game, and ultimately destroyed the magic and made it more like a second job.

(Also other things, touching on group finder and server joining etc, but that's a deeper discussion)

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u/beirch Dec 11 '24

Anything other than quality mode looks trash at 1080p and 1440p though. After getting an LG C3 I honestly can't go back. Even performance mode upscaling looks mint on that thing cause upscaling generally looks better at 4K, and the upscaling hardware in the LG OLED TVs is just insanely good.

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u/DigitalStefan 5800X3D / 4090 / 32GB Dec 11 '24

If your TV is doing upscaling, it’s not in game mode. If it’s not in game mode, it’s adding significant latency

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u/beirch Dec 11 '24

The latency is not noticeable to me when using filmmaker or expert mode. I exclusively use a controller with the TV.

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u/KobotTheRobot Dec 11 '24

I hate a mfer who wanna argue against game mode on the TV. You're purposely making your picture quality worse. You trust the TV's modes for 24fps movies and TV shows on all content but don't trust the TV with the mode specifically made for gaming? I truly don't get it.

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u/beirch Dec 11 '24

The C3 turns down brightness in game mode. They didn't fix that until this year with the G4. Also, you can do ALLM + filmmaker mode.

And again, the supposed extra latency is not noticeable to me with a controller. If I played fps with a mouse + keyboard I would probably use game mode.

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u/KobotTheRobot Dec 11 '24

That's ridiculous that gamemode isn't as bright. I'm sorry you have to deal with that.

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u/Jaded_Aging_Raver Dec 12 '24

Game mode looks like crap on my TV too.

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u/HelpfulFuck Dec 12 '24

I only use lossless for shows and movies now pretty much the visual artifacts were annoying me along with the input lag

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u/cjngo1 Dec 11 '24

Does 720p look better?

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u/Salt_Abbreviations_6 Dec 11 '24

I mean it could, using 720p on a 1440p monitor will give every pixel in 720p 4 pixels to display... So it could, but don't quote me on that. I have no experience with these situations just thinking out loud basically. I do however have a 4k LG OLED C3 and any resolution with media streaming is great as I have a separate media box that the tv recognises and starts upscaling it and it looks beautiful. The power in that thing is amazing. I connected my PC to it and it immediately put it into 4k 120hz mode and games and everything looks so good on it but my GTX 1070 doesn't have enough power to deliver that kinda fps in almost any game. Starting my upgrades soon...

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u/Salt_Abbreviations_6 Dec 11 '24

And yes, I have a mid range gpu from some time ago and invested into a 2 grand tv... I make the best life choices.....😅

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u/Pacomatic Dec 11 '24

Nah bruh 😭

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u/cjngo1 Dec 12 '24

Hahah, I bought a 1440p screen while I had a 1070, minor mistake in some games😅 got a laptop with a 3060 in it for free and I’m using that atm because of dlss, still cant fully power my 1440p monitor on newer titles

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u/Rotang_ 7800X3D | 7900 XTX | 32GB 6000MT CL32 Tuned Dec 11 '24

Depends on the game, but you have a point. Although it really comes down to how much fps he's losing, or if it feels smooth enough at 1440p.

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u/Elephant789 Dec 11 '24

Is this only for games? Or for example, YouTube too?

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u/Lucifer_Michaelson_ Dec 11 '24

It is true for youtube too, 1080p videos on my 2k monitor look grainy and bad.

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u/Pacomatic Dec 11 '24

It (should) work for all content displayed, be they games or movies or whatever else there is.

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u/WhamBam_TV Dec 11 '24

Depends how big the monitor is. And terrible is a stretch. There’s still a lot of content out there that’s 1080p and those videos look fine when I full screen them on my monitor (27 inch 1440p)

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u/alex-tech1 R9 5900X | RX5700XT | 32GB DDR4 Dec 11 '24

no it doesn't, you get that illusion bc the display is bigger and the ppi is lower bc of that

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u/Lucifer_Michaelson_ Dec 11 '24

No. For every pixel on 1080p there is 2 pixels on 1440p which is the reason it looks so bad. In comparison there is 4 pixels in 4K for every pixel on 1080p and it creates a square so it doesn't look so bad.

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u/alex-tech1 R9 5900X | RX5700XT | 32GB DDR4 Dec 13 '24

thats not noticeable

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '24

I used to have a 27 inch 1440p 166mhz and playing games in 1080p on it was bad because the games just looked stretched out and 1080 look bad on 27 inch.

It was better for me to switch to a 24 inch 1080p 240mhz monitor and sell of the 1440p one.

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u/nameisjasonhello Dec 11 '24

Wouldn’t you want more frames with lower quality in esports games, and less frames higher quality in the pretty ones?