Question about native resolution quality on pc for gaming?

[jeena1]

Hi...

my question is if you take someone who has a 22 inch monitor with 1680 x 1050 native resolution and someone who has 24 inch monitor with 1900 x 1200 resolution. What if the person with 24 inch lowers resolution to 1680 x 1050 for better frame rates. will the person with 22 inch who has that as his natural native resolution look better then the 24 lowering it to the same?

 

[Rayne]

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But to answer this hypothetical question, several factors need to be considered. Are they both running off the same graphics card? [Dual Monitor setup] or are on two separate machines? Differing graphics cards can affect the sharpness and quality of the resolution so it could be hard to tell which runs better even with stretching and compression of pixels after a change in resolution.

In performance, the native resolution of the 22 inch is likely to appear better. While lowering the resolution of the 24 inch to match the 22 inch resolution may help with better frame rates, it doesn't fully [evenly] scale down to that size resulting in compression of certain pixels so you don't get the best quality image.

However, in this case, when scaling down, the ratio is somewhat preserved (ie: at least you're not going from 4:3 to 16:9) so the effect is hardly noticeable and unless you're really anal about graphics, it wouldn't be something to care about.