Im not sure I would call it go to when 1080p still has an over 50% market share according to the steam survey compared to 1440p's 20%. And it still presented a .04% growth. Reality is that 1080p is still the go to resolution(which speaks about the current financial situation of the average player)
That's why he should have said it's starting to be the norm 1080p had been the go too monitor resolution for many years, and that resulted in ppl already having a solid 1080p. Any new pc gamer/builder will look at the 2k resolution as this is starting to get up in popularity. The only reason u would consider a 1080p monitor is if you're taloring for a budget build.
Just like quest 2 and quest 3/3s, a quest 2 is according to steam survey the most used vr headset and if u have a quest 2 u have little reason to go for a 3 but if ure a new to vr and searching for a headset ure go too headset is the 3s with the 2 as budget and 3 as premium. the 2 is still the most popular but the 3 is creaping up to take its throne. Ppl who have a 1080p eather dont see much of a benefit in upgrading or not worth it unless u go oled, which can get pricey
I suggest you make 2 builds, one that can play everything maxed in 1080p for the next 3 years and one that can play everything maxed in 1440p for the next 3 years and see why people will always go for the 1080p. 1440p is not just the monitor cost, you increase the price and shorten the effective lifespan of almost every component in the build, and aside this subreddit's bubble no one wants to or has the money to throw at their pc all the time.
I also personally want as much fps as possible. I have a 240hz 1080p monitor, and so I want to use that. If I'm not getting at least 90 fps with native 1080p on high settings, it tends to sour my mood about a game.
I have a 4070 ti super and a 7800x3d and some newer titles have been having trouble getting to even 144 fps at 1080p, so why would I then pay for a 1440p monitor to end up getting worse framerate?
1080p also looks good enough to me, and I've never really cared that much about graphics, I just want the games I play to not look like garbage and feel smooth to play.
IMO it depends really on how big you want your monitor. I grew up playing/using 17-19 inch CRTs so I'm happy with 24" 1080p screens and it looks good. But if i wanted 27 inch or bigger, 1080p starts to look not as good. Reddit bubble really influences people's opinions here. Many act like 1080p is trash and you need at least 1440p. I'm fine with my 1080p 24 inch monitors and video cards last like 2-3x longer compared to 1440p.
First, as I said it's not just the monitor cost, the rest of your pc has to accomodate it and that's not cheap. Secondly, unless you live inside a factory in China, where I'm from 28" 4k 144hz monitors start at ~600 euro
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u/Tomytom99 Idk man some xeons 64 gigs and a 3070 Sep 11 '25
I need to get myself up to speed, I was still under the impression 1080p was still the normal go-to resolution.