A crop of software technologies (image sharpeners, upscalers, and supersamplers) from both AMD and Nvidia have hit the market recently. Gaming at 4K resolution isn't strictly about your hardware nowadays. If you don't have such a card, gaming at 4K is going to demand compromises and may not be worth the splurge. These elite cards include models like Nvidia's GeForce RTX 3080, GeForce RTX 3090, and GeForce RTX 2080, as well as AMD's Radeon RX 6800 and RX 6700 series-all commanding steep prices. (And if you're turning down the detail settings to make a game run better at 4K, that defeats much of the point of 4K in the first place.) Right now, only a handful of high-end graphics cards can reliably drive a 4K display with leading game titles at top image-quality settings. While gorgeous to look at, playing modern games at 4K resolution takes a ton of graphics horsepower to get above 60 frames per second (fps), today's generally acknowledged minimum for serious gamers. (See our picks for the best TVs, now uniformly 4K models.) That's because many 4K TV sets aren't beholden to the same standards that 4K monitors are, such as the need for boosted refresh rates (for gaming models), elite or specialized color accuracy (for content creators), or low input lag. To 4K or Not to 4K: That's the Gamer's Dilemmaįor starters, if you want a really big 4K monitor solely for home-entertainment purposes that don't center on PC gaming, a 4K TV would likely be a cheaper option. All these panels remain premium choices, but they're becoming increasingly common on desks at work, at home, and in gamers' frag dens.īut before we get too deep into details, we should help you answer a key question: Is a 4K monitor right for you in the first place? Depending on what you do most with your monitor, and where you'll place it, the extra money you'd pay versus a lower-resolution display may not be necessary. Some other resolutions with approximately 4,000 pixels across-most commonly 4,096 by 2,160-are also considered 4K. That's four times as many as a full HD or 1,920-by-1,080-pixel panel-and that's a lot of pixels. The vast majority of 4K monitors have 16:9 aspect ratios with a native resolution of 3,840 by 2,160 pixels (horizontal by vertical). Ready to buy a 4K monitor? Let's define 4K first.
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