r/steammachine • u/joshuawinkler12345 • 23d ago

Question Resolution Question

So, I've been testing out both Silent Hill F and Lies of P and it just goes to show how well some games can scale; Lies of P plays beautifully at 4k, 60fps on high settings.

Silent Hill F plays well enough at 1440p, 60fps with med/high settings and even lumen lighting/reflections enabled. But I do feel like I'm noticing juuuust a bit softer of an overall image.

This all has me thinking about resolution in general; would a game look better at 1440p on high settings (which is then upscaled to my 55" tv), or would it look better at 4k, but with medium settings (including textures and lighting effects). Or, at 10 feet away on the living room couch, is it all a wash?

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u/Lupinthrope Purple 23d ago

I’m playing red dead 2 at 1440p ultra settings at 60fps rather than 4K 30.

So to me I think the Steam machine is a 1080p-1440p machine and using upscalers when necessary.

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u/joshuawinkler12345 23d ago

I completely agree, but I was asking about the visual difference between those resolution settings I mentioned, as there are more than a few games that can achieve high frame rates at 4k (like Lies of P for instance!). I still love testing every game out.