To what extent does resolution affect gaming performance and FPS?

[gamingwoop]

Hypothetically, if I get 60fps on a monitor with 2,000,000pixels, would I get 30fps on a monitor with 4,000,000pixels? I assume it's not that simple or black & white.

The monitor I have at the moment is 1080p (2,073,600pixels), and I get 50 - 70fps on most games. I'm wondering on a few aspect ratios and resolutions for a new monitor and can't work out which will be too much for my GPU (290x).

I've had too many differing opinions on whether a 290x can run at 1440p or 3440x1440p so if there's some kind of golden equation that calculates approx FPS for each resolution that would be great and much easier to work out for me.

thanks

 

[bootcher]

There is no such thing, because games are very different from eachother. One game you will get 100 fps no problem, the other you barely can manage 30 fps. At 1440p the 290x will be able to run most games at high settings and get 60 fps, if paired with a good cpu.

 

[makkara]

Did a test in crysis 3 with gtx 780
1440p = 69 fps
1080p = 103 fps

When i switched to 1440p i just stopped using AA in games and got almost the same fps than before.

 

[gamingwoop]

There is no such thing, because games are very different from eachother. One game you will get 100 fps no problem, the other you barely can manage 30 fps. At 1440p the 290x will be able to run most games at high settings and get 60 fps, if paired with a good cpu.

My CPU is i5-4460.

I'm also wondering about 21:9 3440x1440 resolution monitors - if I can get 60fps at standard 1440p then I should get at least 40fps ?

 

[MarkW]

You are on the right track. Every pixel takes time to generate. And the more you need, the slower the video card can pump out a frame.

1920*1080*60=
3440*1440*60=

Do the math...

As for a magic FPS number, no. Every game is different, and your video card has to do what the games programmers tell it to do. Your options are to run lower resolution and/or lower the settings.

 

[gamingwoop]

Did a test in crysis 3 with gtx 780
1440p = 69 fps
1080p = 103 fps

Thanks, I didn't think it would be exactly half.
Also what graphics settings were you on??

 

[gamingwoop]

Did a test in crysis 3 with gtx 780
1440p = 69 fps
1080p = 103 fps

Thanks, I didn't think it would be exactly half.
Also what graphics settings were you on??

 

[gamingwoop]

You are on the right track. Every pixel takes time to generate. And the more you need, the slower the video card can pump out a frame.

1920*1080*60=
3440*1440*60=

Do the math...

As for a magic FPS number, no. Every game is different, and your video card has to do what the games programmers tell it to do. Your options are to run lower resolution and/or lower the settings.

I know i know I get that every game is different. What I'm trying to find out is that in the exact same circumstances - same game, same PC, same settings etc - but with double the pixels, is it half the FPS...it seems no one has ever really tried this..

 

[madmatt30]

standard 1440p = 3,686,400 pixels
standard 1080p = 2,073,600 pixels

so youre looking pretty much 60% performance at the higher resolution

as someone said above at 1440p aa is not needed (if at all you can drop to a lower performance hitting setting)

in this way you can most likely hit 80+% of the fps at 1440p as you would at 1080p


ultra widescreen 3440x1440 has a pixel count of 4953600 & will bring most single card setups to their knees unless you drop graphics quality a LOT

 

[makkara]

Did a test in crysis 3 with gtx 780
1440p = 69 fps
1080p = 103 fps

Thanks, I didn't think it would be exactly half.
Also what graphics settings were you on??

AA = off
Texture resolution = Very high
Game effects = Very high
Objects = Very high
Particles = Very high
Post processing = Very high
Shading = High
Shadows = High
Water = High
Anisotropic filtering =16X
Motion blur = Disabled
Lens flares = No

 

[MarkW]

I too have a 21:9 monitor, but a year ago, when I got mine, there were no 34 inch models out there. So I got the biggest that existed then, which was a 29 inch model.

Even if you have to get a stronger video card, do what you need to do to get the 21:9 format monitor. You will never regret it.

 

[gamingwoop]

Did a test in crysis 3 with gtx 780
1440p = 69 fps
1080p = 103 fps

Thanks, I didn't think it would be exactly half.
Also what graphics settings were you on??

AA = off
Texture resolution = Very high
Game effects = Very high
Objects = Very high
Particles = Very high
Post processing = Very high
Shading = High
Shadows = High
Water = High
Anisotropic filtering =16X
Motion blur = Disabled
Lens flares = No

Thats pretty impressive !

 

[gamingwoop]

standard 1440p = 3,686,400 pixels
standard 1080p = 2,073,600 pixels

so youre looking pretty much 60% performance at the higher resolution

as someone said above at 1440p aa is not needed (if at all you can drop to a lower performance hitting setting)

in this way you can most likely hit 80+% of the fps at 1440p as you would at 1080p


ultra widescreen 3440x1440 has a pixel count of 4953600 & will bring most single card setups to their knees unless you drop graphics quality a LOT

That's what I fear, because I really want the 34in 3440x1440 monitor for multitasking/graphics work/editing etc as well as gaming.

I could always in some games drop down to 2560x1080. Would 1080p maxed out settings look better or worse than 1440p medium settings?

 

[gamingwoop]

I too have a 21:9 monitor, but a year ago, when I got mine, there were no 34 inch models out there. So I got the biggest that existed then, which was a 29 inch model.

Even if you have to get a stronger video card, do what you need to do to get the 21:9 format monitor. You will never regret it.

This is what I've been thinking, they look absolutely amazing!

Do you find the 29in too small? It is still an option for me. There's also a 1080p 34in which I'm considering, but I suspect the pixel density will be too low..

 

[Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163]

Grab a 2560x1080 widescreen, they are fantastic and you're missing out!

 

[MarkW]

This is what I've been thinking, they look absolutely amazing!

Do you find the 29in too small? It is still an option for me. There's also a 1080p 34in which I'm considering, but I suspect the pixel density will be too low..

They are amazing. Most (if not all) of these 21:9 monitors use IPS panels, which are just extremely vibrant.

As for small, I am 55 years old. My eyes are not what they used to be. I can see this one fine, thanks to glasses, but I do wish I had a 34 inch version. And I have said that if someone would come out with a 39 inch or 40 inch version, that I would save up my pennies for awhile to get one.

I run mine off of a GTX 770 4GB card. There are times, like any video card runs into, where things slow down some. But I am not into GTA or first person shooters. Witcher is more along the lines I prefer, but I have not gotten it yet. I play World of Warcraft quite a bit, and there are definitely some events, especially when raiding, where my frame rates on Ultra drop off quickly. So I used the second set of settings that WoW has for raids, to setup a mix of High and Medium settings for raids, and since I limit the game to 60 FPS, it just purrs along for me.

The resolution my monitor runs at is 2560x1080. The biggest draw for me to the 34 inch 21:9 monitors is the 1440 vertical resolution.

Pixel density for me is awesome. I have absolutely no complaints along those lines.