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Question

4k or 1080p laptop resolution

Sep 2, 2017 8:17PM PDT

I trying to figure if I should go for a 4k laptop or just stick with a
1080p laptop. I just use my laptop for daily use like browsing, watching internet video and sometime for gaming. What should I go for?

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Opinion
Sep 2, 2017 9:43PM PDT

Go with the 1080p.
4k takes way too much video power for gaming.

You would need to have both monitors side by side while looking at the same image to see a difference.
That's assuming you have good eyesight.

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Gaming at 4K
Sep 2, 2017 9:46PM PDT

Is currently possible with the highest tier GPU which is the 1080 GPU. So far, in the mobile systems I've seen you have to set the video to 1080 and let an upscale take place to get lower class GPUs to play games.

I'm going to defer to prior discussions and not supply priors for this round. It's kinda well done.