You also lose integer scaling if you need to run a game at common resolutions below 1080p. (720p/800p, etc.)
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Mango@lemmy.world 4 months agoWhy not 1080p?
xcjs@programming.dev 4 months ago
Mango@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Eli5?
Is it because 1 to .75 gets weird when it’s a pixel?
xcjs@programming.dev 4 months ago
Yeah - the operating system (or perhaps the display hardware itself, not sure) has to stretch each software pixel to a fractional amount of larger hardware pixels. In the case of upscaling 720p to 1080p, each 720p software pixel has to stretch to 1.33 hardware pixels. This forces blending to occur, which makes the image less sharp.
The worst part of this in my opinion is reading text.
PiratePanPan@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
Increased battery drain for diminishing returns. From the distance and screen size, it wouldn’t be that noticeable, but the performance drops would be.
Mango@lemmy.world 4 months ago
As someone with a 4k OLED phone and a Steam Deck OLED, the difference pretty well screams at me. I don’t mind it so much though. It’s still pretty damn nice!