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Gaming with a 2560x1440 monitor

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First post, by Hater Depot

Posted on 2012-11-06, 03:55

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I'm strongly considering getting a Dell XPS 27, which has a 2560x1440 screen. I'm wondering, though, how this would work with games or movies played in lower resolutions. If I view a movie or play a game in 1920x1080, will it appear letterboxed/pillarboxed, or scaled? Would the scaling create noticeable distortion? Are these silly questions? 😕

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Reply 1 of 6, by leileilol

Posted on 2012-11-06, 04:00

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Most games these days are console ports that are designed for 1280x720 or less. At worst you'll notice bilinear filtered pixels on UI elements intended for those inferior things, or a bit of lack in vertex precision.

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Reply 2 of 6, by Davros

Posted on 2012-11-06, 17:58

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Hater Depot wrote:

If I view a movie or play a game in 1920x1080, will it appear letterboxed/pillarboxed, or scaled?

you can choose

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Reply 3 of 6, by Jorpho

Posted on 2012-11-06, 19:21

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Your hardware (CPU, hard drive, and video card) also has to be up to displaying stuff at 2560x1440 at an adequate frame rate.

Reply 4 of 6, by Hater Depot

Posted on 2012-11-08, 04:37

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Thanks guys, I think I will get it... kind of curious how much smaller a centered 1920x1080 image will appear though.

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Reply 5 of 6, by VileR

Posted on 2012-11-08, 04:49

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Dell seems to call this resolution "WQHD".... whoever gave us such superior acronyms as WQSXGA, WHUXGA and WOOGABOOGA must be sleeping on the job.

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Reply 6 of 6, by Joey_sw

Posted on 2012-11-08, 05:50

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why not 1440(p/i) ? or "Double 720p" ?

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