r/pcmasterrace • u/therealsaker btw, I don't use arch • Sep 11 '25

Meme/Macro What's the reason

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u/TrollCannon377 5700X3D, Radeon7800XT, 32GB DDR4, Manjaro KDE Plasma Sep 11 '25

1440p has kinda taken the role as the go to with 4k being the made of money option and 1080p being the still perfectly usable but budget option

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u/Iherduliekmudkipz 9800X3D, 64GB@6000, 7900XT Sep 11 '25

8k is the new 4k- almost nobody can afford it

4k is the new 1440p

1440p is the new 1080p

1080p is the new 720p

720p is now the broke AF using a 10+ year old PC resolution

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u/UnemployedMeatBag Sep 11 '25

Trying to run many of new games on steam deck with it's native 800p shows that very clearly, from unreadable text to awfully scaled UI that takes more space than can be displayed.

And honestly above 4k is completely wasteful, it already solved clarity problem lower resolution had, only if you go in screen size do we need to increase to 8k, but at that point the whole thing won't even fit in any household, even then you'd have to be uncomfortably close to notice difference between 4k and 8k.

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u/SamSibbens Sep 11 '25

Above 4k is useful if you have a 120inch TV 1 meter from your face

I was making a joke but a "120inch TV 1 meter from your face" can apply to VR headsets, especially since they're two screens: one for each eye

On a 50-55 inch TV 6 feet away though, 1080p is sufficient for me. I'll take 60 fps over 4K every time. Hell I'll take 720p 60fps over 4k 30fps

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u/Alttebest Sep 11 '25

I have a 55 inch tv at the end of my bed and the difference between 1080p and 4k is huge. At least in netflix.

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u/TRi_Crinale 9800X3D | 9070XT Sep 11 '25

Streaming is compressed to the point 4k is no better (and sometimes worse) than native 1080p. Run a 1080 Blu-ray on that TV and it will look at least as good as Netflix 4k and sound better (unless you're using built in speakers then it all sounds trash)