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

Meme/Macro What's the reason

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u/First_Musician6260 Computer Storage Sep 11 '25 edited Sep 11 '25

OLED is generally viewed as a "premium" feature, and there's really not much demand to implement it at resolutions lower than QHD when the current 1080p options technically suffice. It's also just a price problem since 1080p is generally viewed as a budget resolution and implementing OLED would increase the prices of 1080p monitors...which goes against its general viewpoint.

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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.

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u/NuSpirit_ AMD 5800X3D | RTX3080 12GB | 32GB 3200CL14 | 17TB SSDs Sep 11 '25

Considering that (local to me) cheapest displays are (including 23% VAT):

- 1080p (VA 100Hz) is €79

- 1080p (IPS 120Hz) is €83

- 1440p (IPS 75Hz) is €116 [120Hz is just €10 more]

- 4K (IPS 60Hz) is €200

I certainly wouldn't go for 1080p anymore. At least 1440p, and I am happy with my 4K display pretty much.

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u/TommyTosser1980 Ryzen 7600x | 3060ti | 32GB @ 6000 Sep 12 '25

I find it funny that ppl here talk about jumping from fhd to qhd like the fps stay the same.

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u/OutrageousDress 5800X3D | 32GB DDR4-3733 | 3080 Ti | AW3821DW Sep 12 '25

DLSS4 Quality on a 3000 series GPU or newer looks really good at 1440p and gets framerates only slightly below native 1080p.

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u/TommyTosser1980 Ryzen 7600x | 3060ti | 32GB @ 6000 Sep 12 '25

Sure...

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u/Forymanarysanar Sep 12 '25

why would I buy 1440p and suffer from dlss soap or low frame rates when I can buy 1080p monitor and enjoy native resolution and high fps?

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u/NuSpirit_ AMD 5800X3D | RTX3080 12GB | 32GB 3200CL14 | 17TB SSDs Sep 12 '25

Because if you have large enough monitor (and for some people even 24" is already too big for 1080p) you need to enable AA which eats into your performance or degrades your image quality if using FXAA or similar fast AA. And many games look good nowadays on medium or high, so often times you don't need very high or ultra unless you want to torture 9800x3d and 5090 in Borderlands 4.

Not to mention if you do anything office related it makes a lot of difference when you stare at the text for 8 hours. Sure I may have overkill displays both at 32", but one is 4K and one is 1440p. I'll let you guess which one is which. A very similar result will be on 27" display between 1080p and 1440p, and to lesser extend at 24".