1440P vs 1080P - Stop Gaming WRONG in 2025! ⚠️ It’s Faster AND Better!

Are you still gaming at 1080P in 2025? I came across some surprising results that made me seriously question why more gamers haven’t adopted higher resolutions like 1440P. It might be time to rethink your setup! With advancements in upscaling technologies like Nvidia DLSS, AMD FSR, and even Intel XeSS, gaming at 1440P is now more accessible than ever-even on older GPUs like the RTX 2080. In this video, I break down recent benchmarks, gameplay comparisons, and industry trends that show why 1440P is becoming the sweet spot for PC gaming. I look at the evolution of gaming monitors, pricing trends, and the impact of new technologies on performance and image quality. We’ll also touch on how advancements in hardware and game development have made higher resolutions far more accessible-even on budget or older GPUs. Whether you're looking for sharper visuals, smoother performance, or better value from your gaming monitor, this video covers everything you need to know!
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[@pf100andahalf]

A gpu playable at 1080p can be a lot cheaper than one that can handle 1440p. It's not the monitor price, it's the gpu price.

[@grimreaperplayz5740]

It's both way a 1440p monitor is 1.5x the 1080p but the GPU is like 3x the price of a 1080p card

[@mancoantoniogaming]

Exactly, this is exactly the reason I downgraded from 27 inch 1440p 75 hz to a 24 inch 1080p 180 hz and it's a game changer. I get the clarity of vision and all, but I bought my 2080 super last year for around 200 USD (i live in Chile) and this monitor downgrade automatically put like 5 years more on this GPU, If I could upgrade to say a 3080 ti and a 144hz 4k monitor sure I would (an a CPU that doesn't bottleneck) but for that price I can actually build 2 PCs and give one to my friend to have someone to play with 🤣🤣🤣

[@ogaimon3380]

it's whole pc,people who spend more on monitor and gpu will also spend more on motherboard pc case keyboard mouse probably their whole set up

[@Ahmad_Itani]

😂😂😂​@@mancoantoniogaming

[@butmunchass]

Although there are other reasons for 1440p other than gaming such as watching some movies in 2K which is 1440p. KZbin often times has resolution above 1080P for example.

[@blueeyednick]

i will never move on from 1080p. gpu market is garbage.

[@Cpt.Teemo996]

Yeah, techtubers keep pushing for 1440P contribute to the problem as much as Nvidia

[@griffin1366]

Agreed. I'm not paying $2,000+ AUD for an RTX 5080

[@Blaczek297]

@@griffin1366 you don't need to have rtx 5080 to play in 1440p. My gtx 1650 can handle it (maybe not perfectly) but I want to say that gaming in 1440p is getting so cheap now and only thing that you need is 250-300 dollar gfx card + 1440p monitor

[@Falcon-gl8ll]

Stop these L takes 🤣, you can literally run a 3060 on 1440P dude stop hardstucking on a tiny monitor size with FHD, it's becoming ancient at this point. 1440P 144hz monitors are becoming affordable and close to the FHD ones and with a negligible performance hit compared to the lack of detail on 1080P. In the 50 series even a 5060 at $250 will run everything on 1440P with 0 problems except for VRAM, 5070 at $550 would be perfect. If you wanna stay in your comfort zone then stay but don't pull others with you because a month ago I was on 1080P believing gullible things like this but when I upgraded to 4k recently I regret everything and now I want to re-play all the games I love because of the amount of details and sharpness I've been missing out on. There's literally no logic in staying on 1080P except if you just flat don't give a shit about improving your experience.

[@blueeyednick]

@Falcon-gl8ll i dont care about your shitty ass take

[@BastyTHz]

not every game have upscaling, not every dev put enough effort to make their game support upscaling. not to say about optimization.

[@mintgaming9198]

1080p isn't going anywhere. Its not actually more accessible to game at 1440p for most FPS gamers especially those with constrained budgets. The absolute majority of people have hardware 2 or more generations old and that's indisputable. You can play at 1440p with a 2080 Ti but its a vastly inferior experience, even with upscaling. You're better off upscaling from 720p to 1080p. 1080p will still be the leading monitor resolution for the next 5-10 years.

[@GoldHeartDragon]

Upscaling from 720p to 1080p looks awful I can't believe someone would suggest that. At least in 1440p you're upscaling from 1080p. DLSS quality looks fine in 1440p

[@mintgaming9198]

@@GoldHeartDragon You have in a single comment, showed me you have a fundamental lack of understanding of how DLSS' upscaling works. Congratulations. I'll educate you. It depends on what your scaling rate is set to. Say for example you are using performance DLSS settings to 1440p. So 50% usually. At 50% scaling, you're going from 1280×720 to 1440p. Please know what you're talking about before you comment something. Edit: Oh, and I would add that Performance also looks excellent in 1440p on DLSS 4.

[@gorillagroddgaming]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@mintgaming9198You have in a single comment, showed me a fun- ACK!

[@GoldHeartDragon]

@@mintgaming9198 I do know what I'm talking about. You're just putting words in my mouth. I know the quality setting is at least 66% of native (while some games like wukong let you decide the scaling). DLSS 4 is mult gen not upscaling, please know what you're talking about.

[@ZackSNetwork]

1080p is garbage in 2025.

[@roys.1889]

I feel like this is a first world problem way of looking at things. I live in SEA and there are a lot of people who game in SEA. Right now, 1440p monitors regardless of refresh rate consistently cost over $180 American, and the really good ones go for nearly $350. In a place where the minimum wage is about $200-$250, that is way above the price range of most people gaming here. Some good 1080p 100-165 hz monitors meanwhile go for $100-$130 which are much easier to stomach. I think that's why 1080p is still up there.

[@PurpleRupees]

$200 a week? In the U.S. minimum wage is given as an hourly number so when it's not specified I don't know. I'd like to be more educated about other countries.

[@maxwell6533]

@@PurpleRupees holy moly, in russia minimum wage is 200 usd a MONTH

[@roys.1889]

@@PurpleRupees no, not in a week, a month.

[@PurpleRupees]

@@roys.1889 thank you for clarification. It really puts things into perspective for me.

[@TaksobieDan]

My answer to why use 1080p is - I have perfectly fine working 3 1080p monitors, why should I buy a 1440p one or more if I have perfectly working 1080p ones?

[@liberteus]

The answer is simple: my son's desk is already encumbered with a 24" 1080p 165hz screen, and moving up to 1440p means a 27". They're HUGE and he just doesnt have the room on his desk. his gpu is a 6600xt with a 12400 cpu. No need to burden his hardware with 1440p either.

[@Psychx_]

Just FYI, AOC has some good and cheap 24'' 1440p 165HZ adaptive sync capable displays (48-165Hz with LFC and no flickering). The increase in DPI and resolution is very noticable. I don't play the latest "AAA" titles though.

[@liberteus]

@@Psychx_ i know, not distributed in north america though. they're pretty cheap too, I'd love to grab one high pixel density must look good.

[@Fdzzaigl]

Exactly, I got a 1080p monitor 6 years ago and it's still going super strong. At the distance I'm sitting from the screen it fills nearly my entire view. Sure a 1440p might be that little bit more filling and wide and perhaps more detailed. But why do away with something I'm personally already really happy with and then have to search for better hardware to push FPS? The added gain in gaming experience is just not that big, especially if you like to replay older titles like me.

[@LinMyintMyatKyaw-r6m]

Me on 720p :

[@MrGeesikser]

As someone who just upgraded from 1080P 144 Hz to an Asus XG27ACDNG (27'' 2K 360Hz QD-OLED) i can only say it's the best HW investition in my life, by far.

[@M8Hundreds]

same monitor here!! its an insane monior

[@christophermullins7163]

Good for you. Only thing better is gaming on a 55 inch 4k144 oled. A $2000 device. I have 4k 144 Samsung but the image quality is a mediocre 4k. Probably prefer a great 2k instead but the monitor was less than $300 2 years ago so I jumped on it.

[@MrGeesikser]

@@christophermullins7163 Depends on table, viewing lenght. I don't even want more than 27'' for a desktop, 4K for this resolution is nonsense. + i play CS and a lot fast-paced competitive games, which cannot be played on 4K or bigger screens, can but not on top level.

[@borgirlol]

Let me guess u will now tell us u see a difference at 144Hz and 360 Hz right ? 😂

[@christophermullins7163]

@@borgirlol I see the difference in 144 and 165. You live in your perspective. You're assuming that you understand how other people see gaming monitors. You cant see it but other can. Yes, I most certainly can see that difference. I played on a 1080 144hz overclockable to 165. It would often default back to 144 and I would have to enable 165 again. Because of this.. i had 20 blind tests where I would play and then realized it isn't what it usually is.. go back and check and sure enough I was always right. When it was already 165.. I knew. And really.. it isn't even about having great eyes. High speed motion shows up(to me) as a cascading frames stacked on top of each other. I am not even claiming that I was ever good enough at fps games to benefit from more than 144 but I could easily tell that the distance between the cascaded images was less when the high hz was enabled. 144 to 165 is 15%. People overclock CPUs and GPUs for 5 % performance. The difference is quite large actually. Probably harder to tell between 240 and 360 but I bet I could do it.

[@gordonpg3d929]

Never looked at a 1080p monitor and said/ thought, "it ain't clear, bring me more pixels"

[@KrishabBashyal]

Likely have not seen a 1440p panel then.

[@zimfiend]

@@KrishabBashyalI have, 1080p is better. I have a 3070

[@zimfiend]

@@KrishabBashyalreturned my 1440p monitor because it looked trash. Stop being a shill

[@Bsc8]

@@zimfiend wise choice, i have rx6750xt with 144Hz 1080p fast ips from LG. It's beatiful and smooth and i can play _(edit) native_ maxed only with the raw power of my gpu.

[@KrishabBashyal]

@@zimfiend you either need to get your eyes checked out or you bought a shit 1440p panel

[@Goremachine]

1080p over 2k means more frames which translates to lower input lag and more effective strobing/bfi.

[@mdmoore1984]

Im on 1440p with my 6950xt but I keep my son at 1080p because I feel his 6750xt wouldn't be a good gaming card at 1440p

[@Blaczek297]

rx 6750xt is neat for 1440p, but that only depends what games your son plays on it and on what graphics settings

[@mdmoore1984]

@@Blaczek297 maybe when it originally came out but not anymore

[@JamesSmith-sw3nk]

I have theories why 1080p displays are still popular: 1. 1080p displays are DIRT CHEAP on Amazon, like $99 for a 1080 tv. A new tv for $99, anyone 40+ would have thought that to be impossible at one point in their younger life. 2. There are now a lot of older gamers, 1/5 pc gamers are Gen X and we are starting to get old. While I predominately game on my 4k large screen tv, my monitor that I use at my home desk and sometimes game on was a 28" Asus 4k monitor. It was starting to get harder to read articles etc for me and turning down the resolution makes images & word pixelated. Turning up the font size in the browser breaks some websites. I just got a new Asus 32" 1080 170hz monitor and it's like I have new eyes. Text is MUCH easier to see and the extra real-estate helps too. Just my 2 cents.

[@csh9853]

I have a 32" lg 1080 monitor and I love it.

[@s.h.5726]

On the 28" monitor you could change the windows scale to something like 125%. 4k would be nasty small I would think. I use an old Samsung 32" tv at work with 1080p and wish it was still on the market to buy.

[@GoldHeartDragon]

It just sounds like you never changed the monitor scaling

[@JamesSmith-sw3nk]

@@GoldHeartDragon I did. 1080p was "pixelated" on the 4k monitor.

[@GoldHeartDragon]

@@JamesSmith-sw3nk that's not what I said. I said scaling not resolution. It's the setting RIGHT ABOVE resolution. If you change the scaling to 150% or higher everything will look bigger without changing resolution.

[@nbrown5907]

Well we have to take your word that it is so much sharper, watching it at 1080P I cannot tell the difference on my 4k tv lol.

[@manh-haimuller6027]

1080p isn't dead at ALL! As long as 1080p resolution is available many, MANY will more than satisfied with it! The numbers are slowly declining for 1080p players but there are players enjoying it! Dead my ass! It's also dumb to NOT allow lower resolution since the companies will be cutting themselves off of many potential customers! No way that shit is happening!

[@knock090]

Because 1080p is functionally "good enough" opposed to 720p which does not look nearly as good today. 1080p does not look BAD unless you have something like a 4k panel then I imagine your opinion is likely different

[@guille92h]

Or a big tv/monitor, on a 43" 1080p looks bad, that's why TV manufacturers only sell 43 and up TV so the people only can see TVs that look much better on 4k, at 27" monitor over 1080p only makes for graphic designers and things like that that need higher resolutions like 1440p or 4k

[@griffin1366]

There's a theory that game devs are in it with hardware makers to make 1080p look as bad as possible. Go back and play a game from 2012 and it's crystal clear but any modern game with forced TAA, it's blurry af.

[@zerobalance4027]

​@griffin1366 TAA looks atrocious in every resolution aside from 4k maybe. I genuinely prefer DLSS Qualtiy to TAA in almost any game that it's in

[@guille92h]

@@griffin1366 i don't about that but many people thinks that because there's 4k 27" monitors means those are better for gaming than 1080p 27" but in reality those for profesionals that need 4k for some type of fine detail work.

[@griffin1366]

I was an early adopter of 1440p in 2015. Went back to 1080p back in 2018, more so because I found I much preferred 24" displays. There are no good 1440p 24" displays. So I'll stick with 1080p.

[@Blaczek297]

you've tried any 27" 1440p display? For my tasks this is perfect

[@griffin1366]

@ Yes, the 2015 display was 27".

[@haroldasusus4684]

The golden rule is always this. What are your favorite games? What gpu and monitor do you want/need to run it native? THEN use upscaling to get more mileage. Don’t buy cards based on upscaling and frame gen yet. The tech is not there but the marketing is trying to fool you.

[@Psychx_]

1080p is in for a massive comeback with games requiring a 6700XT or better to render at 540p native res these days.

[@astrea555]

Steam never detects my 4K oled tv because it's usually off when the survey pops up..

[@mkatakm]

Are you trying to make a controversial video?

[@rossmclaughlin7158]

Most people are happy with 1080p average monitor size is 27 in n at that size 1080p is fine

[@ginebro1930]

Then there's the blind people like me playing on a 40¨ but 1080p cause i can't see better res.

[@zerobalance4027]

​@ginebro1930 how can you not see it? Have you never experienced more than 1080p before?

[@Blaczek297]

@@zerobalance4027 most likely, difference is noticeable

[@zerobalance4027]

@@Blaczek297 exactly it's a massive difference

[@Ninnuam999]

All my games still work at 1080p with my GTX 970

[@Blaczek297]

did you consider to buy something newer?

[@Bsc8]

My msi gaming oc has become a trophy: exposed in my shelf forever cause i played on it for 9 years and even if it's still working and i have a card that it's 5x faster now, i can't sell my most loved gpu of all time. It's also the gpu that made me open my eyes on ngreedia: they started the "vram castration 2 years planned obsolecence" with the gtx970 and they kept doing that with all the cards that came after, so i moved to AMD forever now :)

[@rambo9199]

Always funny how people speak of higher resolutions that "should" be mandatory resolutions as if the monitors are cheap..... more affordable than it used to mean does not mean ACTUALLY affordable.... just less expensive than it used to be.

[@spyrolancer]

I chose 1080p because it will always have more frames than 1440p and that makes my OCD happy

[@Blaczek297]

1440p isn't that much demanding as some people say... fps drop can be -20% to -30% depending on game or vram buffer. 1440p is a lot sharper and cheap right now

[@Fk8td]

I don’t think a lot of people even have a “low end” graphics card at $500 because a 5070 is $500. I think a lot of people have a cheaper graphics card than that and that’s why you see a dominant 1080 P along with most people play shooters and shooters they want high frame rates.

[@pav1u]

5070 is not 500

[@getdrinking]

A 5070 is $500……………….. lmao.

[@Punched0]

@@pav1u It's 550

[@mintgaming9198]

Ye, the sheer majority, more than any other demographic of gamers, have a gpu 2 or more generations old. That's just facts.

[@RARF29]

This guy really think the 5070 will cost 500 hahaha, 700+ at least.

[@ginebro1930]

Comparing Native to DLSS is like comparing oranges to tuna...

[@zerobalance4027]

DLSS Often looks better than Native in most games with bad TAA implementation, especially with the new DLSS 4 Transformer model. Either way, Dlss Quality gets you 1080p FPS at higher than 1080p resolution

[@griffin1366]

@@zerobalance4027 As a TAA and DLSS hater.. I have to admit that DLSS 3 on TAA games looked much better, even at 1080p.

[@Slixbrah]

@@zerobalance4027 AA off looks better than any TAA

[@zerobalance4027]

@@Slixbrah only in 4k maybe

[@kumaSOevl]

We all want 1440p but the gpus are too rare and expensive

[@kangerer8886]

Not with amds launch of 9000 cards that set to be affordable 1440p cards and they’ll come with 16gbs, they’re not going to cost anywhere near the 5070ti and performance leaks from a reputable leaker showed with recent drivers the 9070xt bears a 4080 by 3 percent in multiple games tested, and the 9070 is competing well against the 4070 ti super and 4070 ti, they also revealed these gpus are actually going to be able to go toe toe with the 5070 and 5070 TI since these cards don’t have drastic improvements as the 5080 was underwhelming on launch and disappointed many

[@thephilvz]

I often downscale my games to 1080p just to silence my GPU.

[@FOTON_FOREVER]

Undervolt that thing and problem solved :)

[@Blaczek297]

just lock fps mate, trust me it works

[@___Robin___]

buying a 1080p monitor in 2025 still makes MORE sense than a 1440p monitor here's why. - 1080p monitors come in smaller form factors like 20-24'' meanwhile it's hard getting a 1440p monitor under 27''. I find 27 inch too big for a screen that is a right up to your face - 1080p is the universal standard for windows file manager, the desktop environment and any browser. Using 1440p and 4k often comes with scaling issues and makes the UI harder to utilize. - native content is better on 1080p. Most if not almost all anime and TV series are in 720p and 1080p and there is zero benefit having 50% more pixels waste energy. - You mention that a RTX 2080 can be enough for 1440p gaming yet you use DLSS to upscale. Not to mention that that card is still 500 USD new. - Most people rather pay half the price for a 1080p monitor, pay around 100-150 USD for a video card and build a budget system. Forget about comfortable 1440p gaming for under 1000 USD. - I rather game at 1080p than upscaled 1440p with more latency, artifacts and ghosting. HRR 1080p is vastly better than 60 fps 1440p. I'm not disagreeing with 1440p being viable for gamers nowadays and the increased pixel density is noticeable, but people just prefer higher refresh rates and cheaper systems. Heck a lot of gamers can't even reach 60 on 1080p.

[@PracticalPcGuide]

you know you could do a better response video by using those points? also, i have never seen blueray movies in 1440p format.

[@griffin1366]

@@PracticalPcGuide 1440p isn't a native format. It's an inbetween resolution of 1080p and 4K, just like 900p was with 720p and 1080p. Nothing was ever scaled to 900p either.

[@PracticalPcGuide]

@@griffin1366 > 720p x 2 = 1440p > 1080p x 2 = 4K Also, XBOXone used to output at 900p

[@griffin1366]

@ Yes but 1440p isn't supported by any media other than KZbin. Everything has to either upscale or downscale and it's not 1:1 unless it's 720p or like 6K resolution, of which 720p is bad and 6K has no media.

[@Blaczek297]

I can say that you're wrong... you don't need 1000 USD to play 1440p confortably, check some radeon gpus like rx 7700 xt or 7800 xt. They aren't that much expensive like nvidia ones and can give you great 1440p experience, that res isn't that much expensive as you think it is... it's slowly becoming a standard resolution for gaming because how accessible it becomes. Nobody forces you to buy huge 1440p monitor, 27 inches in most cases are perfect for visual fidelity and even paired with even weaker gpus from that I said it can get the job done. Just avoid newest games like indiana or alan wake and you will be good.

[@RaydeusMX]

The premise is idiotic to begin with since it really depends on the way you use the monitor and whether or not you are comfortable moving your head around while using the pc. For instance in my case after all lot of testing during the bug I found that 24" 1080p was the best resolution/size for the way I use my pc. I sit around 60cm away from the monitor (around 2') and at that distance I barely ever notice the individual pixels, which is the best for clarity for me. I tested monitors in 1080p, 1440p and 4K at different sizes, from 49" and 24" and 24" was by far the most comfortable for me to be able to look at the entirety of the screen without having to move my head around too much. Which may not be an issue if you don't use your pc for long, but becomes a big issue if you tend to spend a long time looking at the monitor. Also, you could argue 24" 1440p would work better in that case, but after testing I didn't notice any difference between the two due to the ppi going beyond what I could reliably perceive, so there was no reason for me to go with 1440p when I could choose a higher frame rate instead.

[@gametestinglab8861]

24” 1080p will look similar as 32” 1440p. First person shooters will want 24” for better peripheral vision and easier to achieve higher fps. Isn’t only about price of the monitor. Can you guess why pro FPS players use 24” 1080p monitor 360hz or 480hz? Do you think they doing because they’re cheap and don’t know that 1440p are cheap enough now and they can afford one or might be another reason? What do you think?

[@AidanCristall]

can someone explain, as the title suggests, how 1440p is faster and better?

[@alanokii3362]

Any relative competitive player would rather have a cheaper 1080p 280hz screen than a 1440p 165hz screen

[@re_nforce]

With the advent of OLED, theres less of a desire for people to upgrade to a 1440p non oled monitor. Personally, i regret buying my 1440p VA monitor bc going from that to an oled was more noticable than going from 1080-1440

[@sanji663]

1080p always scales best in every program optimized or not 1440p /4k does not

[@alilokhd4638]

Consoles were doooomed when they tried to shift from 1080p to 4k. They'rent capable of handling 1440p with AAA titles. And nvidia chose to make 8gb vram gpu's and make everything calculated on the fly instead of giving more vram for game devs. So any dev needs to use "calculate on the fly" from nvidia. Amd looked at that and followed nvidia with worse strategies but cheaper prices. Plz read about nvidia SDK and strategies so you can get the full picture. I am just highlighting here.

[@Chrisspru]

1080p is not dead. on 24-26 inch screens its pixel density at common desk based viewing distance is high enough to create optical smoothness. on larger screens, it is lacking though. 1080p is also wildly accessible for the entry market up to medium specs modern pc's with high or beast pc's with top tier framerates. the only big issue with 1080p is many modern games using sub resolution rendering, bad taa and build in upscaling instead of more effective but more fine tuning requiring rendering techniques. the shitty non native& blured modern rendering looks especialy ass on 1080p displays, and looks like 1080p on 1440p and up. dldsr downsampling of these games on 1080p makes them look like proper 1080p is supposed too. or using lossless scaling 1:1 as an image cleanup tool. makes the 1080p of modern smudge fest games look as sharp, detailed and smooth as on the better anti aliased and cleaner rendered older titles

[@Corrupted]

Steam hardware data is always giving very different info than you might be expecting due to many countries with horrible tech pricing or bad wages

[@Bojcha76]

I like how canadians think their prices are same everywhere on earth.

[@billytk1225]

Doesn't mean they killed it, or it's dead.... What a dumb statement to make! Unsub from this fool if you had subbed. Waste of time.

[@zushikatetomotoshift1575]

DLSS at 1440p makes it at 1080p. DLSS at 4k makes it at 1440p. To get a 1440p for DLSS is not a good idea when you are knee capping it.

[@gorillagroddgaming]

1440p DLSS quality looks better than native 1080p

[@zushikatetomotoshift1575]

@gorillagroddgaming Joke is on you. Many games have issues with DLSS still. Many people still notice it to this day. Might want to get your eyes checked if you say that is untrue.

[@zushikatetomotoshift1575]

@gorillagroddgaming Maybe if you play with controller I agree and slow/ dark games I can agree.

[@guille92h]

​@gorillagroddgaming No it doesn't plus not all games have upscaling, also not all games have 1440p resolution.

[@Bargate]

Yeah it's like buy a 1440p monitor to play games at 1080p anyways or even lower in reality. Of course people are like but if I just played 1080p native at that point.

[@FOTON_FOREVER]

1080P 30-60 fps gamer that gives 0 Fs about graphics, i can play games with all details on Ultra or low/off as long as i have bare minimum of 30 fps, i will enjoy all the same games as everyone else does while having to do cyclical hardware upgrades that can be up to 'DECADE" apart of each other, thus allowing me to afford so much more that i would not be able to if i chased trends that i have 0 needs to have. To prove my point oldest part in my PC is Ryzen 5 1400 overclocked to the limit that i bought in 2017 and it just now is finaly starting to show it's age and require an upgrade after 8 years if use.

[@FilippoCarrux]

Steam has a lot of competitive games and single player games have a smaller player base. In competitive games the best size is 25/24,5" and the best res for this is 1080p or stretched res. So lot of gamers prefer 360hz on 1080p than 165 on 1440p. Also the majority of people tend to have cheap video cards that are not enough for 1440p but they can handle well 1080p. So the answer is under the eyes of everyone

[@kathrynck]

I made the switch to 1440p in 2015. and to 4k in 2023.

[@cz5836]

I game at 1080p and when I upgrade my resolution I'm skipping 1440p and going straight to 4k. And when I upgrade I want a screen big enough to sit far back from, I'm tired of tiring my eyes out sitting so close to a monitor.

[@scarfaceReaper]

1080p is still much relevant, 1440p are becoming the new wow, 4k is still years ahead

[@martinxyz]

Your test methodology is also flawed. You think people had 2080 as what, budget gamers ? NO! 2080 was super expensive card. Most of us could afford 2060, 2070 at best. I bought second hand 1070 just after premiere of 2080 and 2080 Ti. 2000 series were too expensive. I got 3060 Ti AFTER 18 months of waiting because of crypto boom for 580$. You live in a bubble. People are poor. Especially after David19 scam Also i forgot to add, people who have 2080 are rocking Core i7-9700K or even Core i7-8700K at best! I wonder how this CPU work in Space Marine 2 ( hint ---> less then 30FPS! ). Maybe you think they have upgraded their CPU, fine, but if they did, they most likely updated their GPUs also.

[@zometthecomet]

My specs are 1080p 240hz 3080 10g and a ryzen 7905x3d! Soooooo I'm happy getting these frames being ALL I care about is high refresh rate gaming as it's clear and fast on my eyes and feels really good to look at!

[@csh9853]

When and if i do move on from 1080p ill jump straight to 4k by then 8k will be a thing. For now im very happy at 1080p and it gives me headroom. Thx but no thx to 1440p.

[@guille92h]

Yeap exactly what i'm planning, 1440p makes not much sense on future proofing seeing that TVs never went to 1440p and a 1440p panel at 1080p looks horrible but my 32" 4k VA tv looks good when i watch something that is on 1080p only, i even compared same video 4K and 1080p on it and 1080p looks almost as good as in a native 1080p panel.

[@garethperks7032]

Because 27" is too damn big, and 24" 1440p high-refresh is either unobtanium or a myth.

[@JabbaTheHutUnboxed1080pBad]

Its soooo stupid these youtubers saying buy 1440p!!!! i dont want a screen bigger than 24.5, cant imagine playing apex legends at 32 inches😂😂, will be a nightmare on mnk. Yeah 1440p is cheap, i can buy 5 right now, but i never will. It's completely waste of time.

[@griffin1366]

These channels aren't for people like you.

[@JabbaTheHutUnboxed1080pBad]

@griffin1366 Exactly! Not subbed and didn't watch the video at all. I understand they don't have lot of content so they come up with rubbish.

[@SteeltechPC]

I think display types are more important than resolution.

[@Pillokun]

There are modern games that will make even gpus like 4090 to get on its knees at 1080p max settings. I myself have gone back from 1440p 170 ips/240 oled to 1080p 390hz and it is so much better. Games look still good and I get better responsivity and easier to run such a monitor. I do wait for 500hz qd-oled though because woled sucks for desktop use when u use darkmode.

[@vlad4062]

Sure, you can use DLSS Resolution and FG, but you are relying on the technology. Not all games will support and work correctly with those features. For instance, I'm experiencing problems with recent Nvidia drivers on 4090. Looks like they were in a rush to lunch the drivers with new tecnologies and have a lot of bugs. Good that I can switch off Frame Gen and still have a decent framerate, but what about the future 5070 owners?

[@ViaScientifica]

1080p will remain relevant until consoles catch up and they can perform at +60fps at 1440p.

[@n1kobg]

Ye they just became a good option n 2022-23 & I agree with your assesment but... I am "technically Inclined" & love 1080p because of the low input lag & performance in general. Also they are cheaper & higher refresh rate. In the recent years the IPS & OLED monitors start getting higher refresh rate (also much more powerful GPUs) but thats still expensive for most people in the World comparatively. You guys in the US, Canada & West Eu think that today prices are cheap but its cheap for you. You're talking to a small % of the people (20% apparently).

[@Mihaylovich]

Monitors can drop in prices, but unless 2k GPU's become affordable, the 1080p will still be king. Also, you can always upscale to 2k on 1080p.

[@guille92h]

Easy answer why 1080p still being dominant because up to 27” for gaming there is very few difference on image quality if the panel of the monitor is good and for anything not gaming in less than 32” the things look too small at 1440p plus having a triple monitor game setup you need 3 same resolution so the price triples then. I’ve bought a 27” 1440p monitor and ended up selling it after some months because I got so tired of it, it even gave me eye strain, also the upscaling excuse is not good, for competitive games is not good and even then most games to me look better at native 1080p high than upscaled 1440p and 4K, I bought another 240hz 1080p 27 for the money I got from the 1440p one, I have 3 240 hz now and I’m much more happy, and going over 27” is not good for me, for me is the perfect size for gaming, bigger I wouldn’t see everything on the screen and also cannot fit bigger monitor on my room.

[@guille92h]

For someone that plays strategy games or single player games that are not very fast paced then of course something like a 34” 1440p or 4K will be better, best thing is allow for what resolution anyone wants, I want 1080p so don’t say 1080p is dead or 1080p is dumb.

[@deckard5pegasus673]

I play Ps2 games on a CRT. looks good. And the games are better than today's.

[@CHiTO316]

Did you notice how 1366x768 had 3% of users compared to the 4% of 1440p? We tend to forget that the world isn't made up for just the US and Europe. Tons of other countries don't have access to 1440p monitors or expensive GPUs so they stick to what is available which is 1080p and old RX570, used 3060 gpus.

[@cemsengul16]

I used to hate 1080p for a few years but with things like path tracing in video games, sometimes I think 1080p native rendering might just be better.

[@Evilatem]

The most popular card on the Steam survey is the 3060 RTX 2080 outperforms RTX 3060 by 10%, just because the 2080 is 7 years old doesn't mean anything if it still out preforms the most popular card on Steam. Try playing Silent Hill 2 remake on a 3060. Maxed out settings without DLSS at 1440p is sub 40FPS WITHOUT Ray Tracing. 1080p with DLSS and maxed out settings is 60-70FPS and lowering some settings gets you to 90-100FPS.

[@Redgfxr]

I don't want to end up buying a 4080 just so I could get the same fps at 1440p than in 1080p

[@diebycore7562]

Upscaling is crap - doesn't work on every game, increases latency input and introduces a lot of blur and artifacts in motion. Who plays games just to make pictures and who wants to puke because of fake frames nausea? Also...the new games with upscaling sell like old troll arse. Over 90% of gamers don't even want to touch them for free, from torrents. All this new tech suck balls...same with new hardware. Insanely expensive wile offering a "maybe/perhaps". Keep your new paper GPU and your "modern" games...I will keep mine and I'll replay older games or try out games that I never played before, wile being happy not selling my kidney to play "The failure of the year".

[@lightsf9771]

The games whoch I play don't support DLSS unfortunately.

[@hardwaretounsi]

People saying they won't jump to 1440p because of gpu, they probably have a gpu that is capable of 1440p but they just don't want to reduce settings. I have an RX 6700 XT, I used to play 1080p ultra now i jumped to 1440p so i had to lower the settings to medium or Digital Foundry optimized setting. You would think it's a side-step or a downgrade but genuinely the difference is huge, 1440p medium looks marginally better than 1080p ultra.

[@quantumdot7393]

You can make the same argument for 4k. Getting a 4k monitor and upscaling from 1080p

[@guille92h]

Of course if you use 1080p on 1440p monitor it will feel horrible as the pixels don’t match

[@knowpai9432]

i use use 1440p dldsr on my 1080p monitor

[@Sixeye_]

I play at 1440p on my 4k tv, which has 1440p/120hz. I have a 5800x with a 7900xt. Some games are good with ultra native 1440p, but do dip down into the 60 and sometimes 40 fps regions. I need to upgrade my CPU to match the GPU, but hardware has become crazy expensive now. I do get some big fps drops with my 5800x, but even a upgrade to a 7600 is about $800. When things get more expensive, people tend to not upgrade, which only hurts the PC gaming industry. 1080p is the best price/performance at the moment. AMD and Intel need to bring their prices down if they want people to buy more of their new hardware. Heaps of people are just sticking with their AM4/1080p system.

[@kangerer8886]

Bought my rx 6800 last year for 350 on sale and it’s a 1440p beast and just bought a used one for my sister for 400, since they’re sold out and no longer being manufactured, these cards should easily hold up for another three to four years for 1440p

[@Rafael96xD]

Ultrawides tend to break easily, be carefull. The bigger the screen, the big change for it to break for whatever reason

[@Rafael96xD]

If anything, dont upgrade to 1440p, upgrade to 3440x1440. UWQHD.

[@CrazySerb]

I have to dislike because there is misinformation about resolution when using DLSS. I still don't get it why is it so hard to learn how DLSS works. It does not magically gives you performance (in fact, it takes good chuck of it), it lowers render resolution, which means, it reduces quality of the image (in case of 1440p, it goes down to like 960p). If developers cared enough for their games not to suck, UE4+ games would have higher quality image than DLSS at lower performance cost if they spend 5-10 minutes configuring TAA and sharpening (2 out of 3 core things DLSS is doing). "TM model" looks good, but that is something every UE4 (especially UE4.19+) game can achieve if you alter game memory and give yourself permissions to use console and change some TAA settings because developers are not doing it. Because developers are not doing their job properly, there is almost no game from current TAA era where I have seen image quality improvement out of the box (means I don't have to change any engine settings) on 1440p monitor over 1080p. Older games (before TAA) and work environment (if scaling is left at 100%) benefit a lot from higher resolutions. Decent gaming 1440p monitors in EU start at about 250 EUR (regular prices), decent 1080p cost under 150. Just because there are cheaper monitors with high refresh rate, it does not mean they can transition colors faster than 60hz panel, which is important for actually getting high refresh experience. While not all colors transition at the same speed (so there should be some improvement over 60hz panel), it still won't matter if you buy VA panel (Samsung G3 for example) that have 25ms+ (40fps-) transition time for darker colors.

[@SensorJunior]

I just swaped to a 1440p, the difference is not as big as people tell. Its almost 2x as many pixels. In a moving picture, you dont see it much. Herz is king though. The more herz, the better

[@tazreanrahman519]

I don't think my GTX 1050Ti can run 1440p resolution

[@XpVersusVista]

"for just 130$" yeah, you've lost me there. Why the f should anyone pay that much when 1080p looks good enough? I thought jurassic park operation genesis looked AMAZING back in the early 2000s, and now I'm supposed to not be happy with 1080p and spend over a hundred dollars to add some unnecessary pixels to that?

[@aceingaming9656]

If you're using 1440p with upscaling on competitive games with 8 and 12GB VRAM good luck on that. If you want to enjoy 1440p get a GPU with 16gb vram minimum at avoid upscaling for competitive games.

[@IAmDarklight81]

Repeat with me: IF YOUR GRAPHICS CARD NEEDS DLSS TO GAME ATE HIGHER RESOLUTIONS THEN YOUR GRAPHICS CARD IS NOT MADE FOR GAMING AT HIGHER RESOLUTIONS! You need at least 60 fps to use upscale and have a somewhat decent performance. And please don’t ever use DLSS Performance or Ultra Performance mode. It’s just shitty. Why even bother having DLSS on 1440p? Just to see where the graphics get messed up with more clarity?

[@xOhneWitzx]

Gaming for 20 years now. My 144hz 1080p screen will be switched with a new 1080p oled. Better chance I´ll stop gaming before switching to 1440 or 4k.

[@alchemystn2o]

I went from 1080p UHD TV to 4K OLED TV for gaming. Skipped the 1440p. So, I never experienced that resolution. 😅

[@dannycross3808]

Maybe there is something wrong with my eyes but i can not distinguish a difference between the 2, even in this side by side. My wife has a 1440p monitor, and the only thing i noticed was that the icons on the desktop were smaller compared to my 1080p monitor

[@bjarnis]

It's a pretty huge difference, I have a dual monitor setup so I can run mp games at native 1080p above 200 fps and a 1440p monitor for single player games.

[@Huck99992]

Thats dumb, i got 1440p and RTX 3080 gpu start to struggle if not DLSS i will back to 1080p. Not afford to new crap RTX I bet many people play 1080p and use DLSS Quality :) 1440p it's still expensive.

[@griffin1366]

According to NVIDIA, 80% of people use DLSS. So 80% of those 1440p / 4K users are using DLSS as well.

[@xGotcap]

No.

[@lucienlachence]

1080р and 1440p was already dead for me for many years 😂

[@kangerer8886]

Just bought an asrock 165 hz 1440p for my sisters new pc build for her upgrade and I literally 150 for it on sale after taxes and shipping from Newegg

[@pbshooter100]

Yea as many have said here in the comments your main premise is garbage. It's not the monitor but instead it is the lack of affordable and available GPU's to drive higher resolutions at performance levels required by most gamers. The GPU manufactures, NVIDIA in particular, have abandoned and grifted gamers for years now which is why the large majority of gamers are operating on generations old GPU's. Until the situation changes 1080P is going to continue to be pervasive.

[@CaptainScorpio24]

1440p DLSS quality is the norm nowadays 😊

[@christophermullins7163]

I have gotten so much heat for saying that you leverage the additional pixels of your monitor to allow upscaling to put it the work and give you the best possible image quality even with a slow gpu. This idea of "I don't want to upgrade my monitor because my GPU isn't that strong" is ill informed at best and WRONG imo. Even if for some reason you hate upscaling(dlss is simply nuts quality today) then you'll have better real estate on the desktop apps and your monitor will do a simple upscaling to fit 1080p to a 1440 or 4k screen and it will still look better than 1080p. How is this controversial? Get that res guys. It's always worth it! 4k 144(6950 XT to 4070 TiSuper) for 2years now. Came from 1080p 144(GTX 970 to GTX 1080). 4070 TiSuper is the first new GPU I bought after my 6950 starting to restart by PC after a few months of use. I got fked on that.

[@keitame_aki]

why the title is "esta bien" or im a tripping

[@notmatt5864]

I have 3 24 inch monitors 1080p works fine for me, I see no need to switch.

[@Patrick73787]

With rapidly improving integrated graphics solutions from AMD and Intel, discrete GPUs will soon no longer be needed to run games at native 1080p.

[@Traumatree]

I am surprised by RTX3060 being the top used GPU, when you could get a used 1080Ti for less and have a much better GPU overall.

[@jootai]

It's a crime against humanity to game on 1080p in 2025. Ive been on 4k since 2013. Gtfo.

[@MBBTekV4]

With 1080p monitor can play anything, i wait for one cheap 1080p 24 OLED monitor for upgrade my old 34 ultrawide

[@kuma-bw1we]

Can you recommend some brand and model for 1080p 24" OLED monitor? I would like to buy one.

[@MBBTekV4]

@@kuma-bw1we They don't exist, they just make those stupid 4k that no one can afford to buy

[@kuma-bw1we]

@ gg...

[@griffin1366]

@@kuma-bw1we The sad part is that 24" OLED is super easy to make but they are milking TN / IPS still.

[@kuma-bw1we]

@ 1080p 24" OLED monitor, I want one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! do you know when they will make it?

[@kBond-ld9lo]

ill tell you. I'm running 2 27 inch 1080p monitors running my 7900xtx and a 5800x3d for my cpu lol.

[@matheusc972]

I have a 180hz 1080 IPS 24" , and in Red Dead 2 and other games i can see aliasing, and if i use TAA the image gets blury , and even using DLSS quality to remove them , its no 100% perfect , so the only solution is going to a 27" 1440p monitor.

[@TheUnusualNetwork]

so I got three monitors recently, all 1080p, one i gifted to a friend, ain't no way I'm paying 200e for one, especially when I'm running with a 3060, id much rather mod and make the games look better than have that bit of extra resolution, nd before someone asks, yup played games at 1440p and 4k, but I still find no reason for it personally

[@Llabenlump]

Im still playing in 1280x1024, because im used to it.

[@Silvershadowz-g7p]

People might be playing at 1080p still because most gaming laptops are 1080p and they are a large portion of the market. Also, with the economy the way it is right now, most do not have much disposable income to spend on expensive PC parts.

[@ginebro1930]

Im on a 3090 and 5800x3D, still gaming on 1080p since my monitor is 40¨ but supports that res, my eyes can't see if i go for a 4k mon with only 27¨.