PC OEM MSI addresses the PlayStation 5's 1440p woes with "console mode" scaling on supported monitors

[Redaktion]

The lack of a native 1440p mode on the PlayStation 5 has created issues for owners of 1440p displays. MSI announced an innovative "fix" on some of its monitors, allowing certain 1440p monitors to accept the PlayStation 5's 4K signal and downsample.

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[t4n0n]

What a mess...

So PS5 renders natively in 1440p, then upscales to 4K, only for the monitor to then downscale from 4K to 1440p.

You couldn't make this stuff up  >:(

PC master race forever

[Lin Baden]

What a mess...

So PS5 renders natively in 1440p, then upscales to 4K, only for the monitor to then downscale from 4K to 1440p.

You couldn't make this stuff up  >:(

PC master race forever

What did you expect from a 400$ - 500$ console? To play games on UHD res at 60fps on high graphics settings without doing some workarounds? Even the 4K 120Fps branding on the box is totally misleading. Some might think that the PS5 is able to play games at 4K (well, UHD) @120fps with near max graphics settings. There will probably be some exceptions (less demanding games) that could be run at UHD 120fps with near max graphics or mixed low,medium,max.

[t4n0n]

What a mess...

So PS5 renders natively in 1440p, then upscales to 4K, only for the monitor to then downscale from 4K to 1440p.

You couldn't make this stuff up  >:(

PC master race forever

What did you expect from a 400$ - 500$ console? To play games on UHD res at 60fps on high graphics settings without doing some workarounds? Even the 4K 120Fps branding on the box is totally misleading. Some might think that the PS5 is able to play games at 4K (well, UHD) @120fps with near max graphics settings. There will probably be some exceptions (less demanding games) that could be run at UHD 120fps with near max graphics or mixed low,medium,max.

I expected nothing...I'm not going to be buying it. I have no interest in consoles, having not owned one since the Xbox 360/PS3 days.

I just think this whole attempt to play up "4K high refresh gaming on a console", when the latest $1499 flagship graphics cards can't achieve that is just laughable; even more so when it precludes outputting at a lower display resolution, when the games are natively rendered at sub-UHD in the first place!

That emoji was meant to be a laughing face, by the way, not an angry face - in case you mistook the tone of my comment.

[Alexey]

Not new, Samsung already does it with their monitors. That's why I bought one of their 1440p 144hz for PC and PS4 a while ago. But it's nice to see more of the brands to implement this.