What Kind of 1440p Experience Will I Get With These Specs?

Posted by Endless_Aspire@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 18 comments

Hi, my current spec is as follows, my display only manages Full HD so I am thinking of upgrading to experience 1440p in gaming.

Ryzen 5 5600X

16GB DDR4

RTX 3070 8GB

I can currently play most of my games maxed out and am getting around 80FPS. How much of a hit can I expect on the FPS front if I try go to 1440p?

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CtrlAltDesolate@reddit

It'll be fine. Ran 5600x + 3060ti until August at 1440p on a 165fps monitor.

Most games capped the 165fps on a mix of medium and high settings.

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Endless_Aspire@reddit (OP)

Cool, do you think the trade off from moving from full HD to 1440p is worth the trade off in having some settings slightly lower?

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CtrlAltDesolate@reddit

Personal preference.

I'd rather play at med/high 1440p, than 1080p ultra all day.

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I have a similar setup but with the 5800x3d, I get 60-144fps, but you won't be maxing out settings on AAA games anymore. There isn't a single game that I want to play that I can't at a satisfying visual fidelity and frame rate.

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Endless_Aspire@reddit (OP)

Cool, do you think the trade off from moving from full HD to 1440p is worth the trade off in having some settings slightly lower?

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niallmul97@reddit

In my case at least, yes 100%. I use my PC for work, for content consumption, for gaming. 1440p makes a night and day difference in every single thing you do with your PC. In my experience games at medium/high settings on 1440p look a hell of a lot better than maxed out games at 1080p. The only games that you can't really push out at max are newer AAA titles that tend to push the 3070s vram tbh.

In any case for just about any game you can look up the "optimal settings". These are basically settings that are the performance: visuals sweet-spot. In my experience these are nearly indistinguishable from maxed settings (ignoring rt) and dial back on all the fluff that just tanks frames.

Unless you absolutely HAVE to have everything maxed and you must play every single brand new AAA title at launch, then switching to 1440p will be a game changer imo.

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Endless_Aspire@reddit (OP)

Cool, thanks for the detailed reply, definitely need to try it now!

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