Image quality or graphics. Which is more important? (Poll)

[LegitHyperbole]

Pemalite said:

LegitHyperbole said:

You game at a PC though, up real close. If you gamed on console at a distance I believe you would see things differently, like literally see things differently. Try gaming bavk 4 feet from your monitor and see how little that 1440p makes over 1080p.

I game on everything, I own everything.

I have a large computer monitor.. Not a small 27" or mid-sized 32". - So at 4 feet there is still a large discernible difference between 1440P and 1080P.
On my TV in the living room, I too can also see a massive difference between 1440P and 1080P.

1440P is just a superior resolution.

Don't take me as someone who is naive when it comes to gaming on other platforms, this is primarily a console gaming website, so obviously that is one of the draw cards of me being a part of this community.

SvennoJ said:

However would you choose 1080p with ray traced lighting/shadows over 1440p with baked lighting/shadows?
1080p with PBR or 1440p with flat lighting?

We're not talking about dressing up turds, a turd would look even worse in 1440p :p

I would choose 1440P every single time... Especially with HDR and double especially if I get to run at 144hz or more.

Idk how. I still far exceed 20/20 vision and I got out a measuring tape from my 50 inch and used the PS5 menus as the perfect example of detail. If you're saying you notice a clear difference at 4 feet, you're lying to yourself. Between 3 and 4 feet is where it melts away and doesn't matter very much. Between 4 and 5 feet it matters basically to the point of nothing. At my usual 10 feet back there is zero difference. It's like having a 1440p phone, I had a 6 inch 1440p phone for about 2 years and I "upgraded" to a 1080p phone at 5.2 inches which most phones are now and for good reason and that looked clearer and sharper or at the very least no more sharper than the waste of battery power 1440p was and to that point 60fps vs 120fps is a noticeable difference if you're paying attention but it really matters not for daily use, only when you put your intent on it and switch between the two will you actually notice it, perhaps that is what you are doing. Switching between the two in the settings and having your attention on the difference make it feel like it's a bigger difference than it is.

I would suggest you get someone to randomise the settings while you're not looking, go no closer than 4 feet from your large monitor and see if you can see the difference in an unbiased controlled manner and after a few attempts you'll see that you are guessing. 

Edit: I will admit, there is a slight difference to rounded edges, looking at some big blocky text and the roundness of the lettering is apparent but it's not enough to notice if I wasn't switching back and forth between 1080p and 2160p going out of my way to check.

Last edited by LegitHyperbole - on 29 March 2025