--- title: "4K gaming stopped feeling like a luxury once I ditched my 1440p monitor" url: https://daily.dev/posts/4k-gaming-stopped-feeling-like-a-luxury-once-i-ditched-my-1440p-monitor-itfdeojek source_url: https://www.xda-developers.com/completely-ditched-1440p-for-4k-never-going-back type: article source: "XDA Developers" published: 2026-06-14T23:01:01.001Z updated: 2026-06-14T23:01:22.758Z tags: ["gaming", "gpu"] reading_time: 4 upvotes: 1 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 4K gaming stopped feeling like a luxury once I ditched my 1440p monitor **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 4 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A personal account of switching from 1440p to 4K gaming, arguing that 4K has become accessible enough to justify the upgrade. Covers pixel count differences between resolutions, the role of screen size and PPI, and how upscaling technologies like DLSS and FSR (particularly newer versions) have made 4K gaming viable on mid-to-high-end GPUs like the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT. The author shares their journey from 1440p to 4K and back, ultimately settling on 4K with an MSI MPG 321URXW monitor. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [4K gaming isn't elusive anymore, provided you stop optimizing for the wrong thing](https://daily.dev/posts/4k-gaming-isn-t-elusive-anymore-provided-you-stop-optimizing-for-the-wrong-thing-btyoet8de) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [I used to prefer gaming at 1440p, but DLSS 4.5 changed that](https://daily.dev/posts/i-used-to-prefer-gaming-at-1440p-but-dlss-4-5-changed-that-fleak5ldg) · XDA Developers · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Moving to 4K taught me which monitor specs actually matter](https://daily.dev/posts/moving-to-4k-taught-me-which-monitor-specs-actually-matter-lwbdzwhjt) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [The single best PC upgrade I made wasn't a new CPU or GPU](https://daily.dev/posts/the-single-best-pc-upgrade-i-made-wasn-t-a-new-cpu-or-gpu-ig08bdpmb) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [I switched to a 240Hz OLED, and I can't go back to LCD for anything](https://daily.dev/posts/i-switched-to-a-240hz-oled-and-i-can-t-go-back-to-lcd-for-anything-vzoppdxrc) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#gaming](https://daily.dev/tags/gaming), [#gpu](https://daily.dev/tags/gpu) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/4k-gaming-stopped-feeling-like-a-luxury-once-i-ditched-my-1440p-monitor-itfdeojek)