I’ve just never thought that the typical design was not adequate. My previous card had 3 fans, my current card has 2 fans, yet, I’ve ordered a bracket, the kind that screws to the card connections on the case versus a pole that rest’s on the bottom of the case because I’ve got a large tower, and I did not see any of the poles that were tall enough. The tallest I saw was about 7.5” long. My card sits about 10” above the base of the case.
When I wiggle my card, it feels nice and snug, but seemed to be sagging slightly. I went with an UpHere GPU Brace, ($15 Amazon) it fit on top of the existing back covers... This is a color picture, lol and I adjusted the end of it down a tad. It looks slightly overjacked in this photo.
The GPU's board has multiple layers and the stress of the weight can result in fractures. Amplify via a rapid heating & cooling process and you have a pretty good failure scenario. Me I'd want the GPU supported at both ends...
It'll play with limits depending on the spec... Most dont have monster PC's so games are designed to run on the average and XPS 17 is likely a touch above so should play most game reasonably well.
Are you saying you'd prefer a vertical pole or you like the one I used? This one definitely raises the far end of the card. I did not o with a pole because I could not find any listed that were tall enough...
I'm saying I'd support the card at both ends. The OG design never envisaged such large & heavy GPU's as we have today.
As is I have a 4k monitor, but set it aside last year, when I was playing one of the AAA games cause my 3070 card at the time was struggling. I upgraded to the 4070, but just kept playing on the 2k monitor and evething on this monitor looks great to me. I was just asking this technical question about what happens if you set the game resolution to 4k, because Geforce Experience keeps suggesting it, when I'm using a 2k monitor. 🤔
I’d assume the game elements would be off screen as the display is smaller than the resolution requested. If it is a DX11 game it should just show a blank screen since those games tend to run full screen exclusive. That mode technically doesn’t exists in DX12.
Nah, it uses super sampling. The game is rendered at 4K then scaled down to 1080p. This gives a sharper, better look than running at native 1080p but obviously comes with a performance cost. GeForce Experience does it by default if it thinks you can and it'll work ok with the game.
Nah, it uses super sampling. The game is rendered at 4K then scaled down to 1080p. This gives a sharper, better look than running at native 1080p but obviously comes with a performance cost. GeForce Experience does it by default if it thinks you can and it'll work ok with the game.
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I will say I have run a game that was showing set to a 4k resolution in Geforce Experience on a 2k monitor, and it looked normal to me. Obviously I need to look at in-game settings and see what they say. 🤔
Yes, Geforce Experience is definitely pushing me to set the game resolution to 4k. So if set to 4k on a 2k monitor, this downscaling would happen automatically? Wouldn't that result in more overhead vs just setting it to 2k? Any thought on advantages of this and how it would look?
To downscale? No, I was not aware of this downscaling and DSR until this conversation developed. I need to look at this, in-game as far as refresh rates. I’m trying to remember where monitor refresh rate settings are (Monitor Settings in the monitor? 😳). As of now, until I learn more, I much prefer my game settings at ultra vs low. That’s the short answer.
I’d have to check, and I don’t feel like digging out the 4k monitor again. I remember at one point DlSS was turned off/not recommended. My impression is that this downsizing scheme is accurate, but I’m not going to do that.
That is quite interesting. My son has a 3060ti but I never installed the geforce experience on his system. Since all he did was play minecraft on it I guess it really wasn't needed.
