What resolution should I pick: 1440p or 4K with RTX 4070?

[BenjaminD]

I’m trying to decide between a 1440p and a 4K monitor for my new setup, but I’m worried my RTX 4070 won’t handle the higher resolution well in newer games. I see people hitting high frame rates at 1440p, but I’m not sure if pushing for that extra pixel density is worth the performance hit.

[Ethan.W]

I did 1440p with my RTX 4070 for a while. In most new games I was sitting around the 100–140 fps ballpark on high settings, and DLSS gave me extra headroom when I did push to 4K.

[Penelope61]

I tried 4K on the same setup and yes the frames could dip, but enabling DLSS or using balanced presets usually kept things smooth enough for me to enjoy the visuals.

[AlexanderXM]

Is the real bottleneck maybe not the pixels but other parts like CPU speed or RAM? I kept wondering if my worries were overblown.

[Elizabeth_G]

I also found the jump in desktop clarity was nice, but I kept hitting eye fatigue after long sessions, so I hesitated to go bigger again.