1440P MONITOR WITH MAC PRO 5.1 720P

But only Microsoft is really treating its hardware with the same PC attitude. Sony and Microsoft released the PS4 Pro and the Xbox One X with better specs, and games started adopting PC-inspired 'Performance' and 'Graphics Quality' settings that prioritized resolution or framerate. The Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 run on extremely similar hardware, and as we've talked about before, they're more similar to PCs than any previous console generation. Instead, this oversight shows how differently Sony and Microsoft treat their high-end hardware and the kinds of players (and use cases) they support.

1440P MONITOR WITH MAC PRO 5.1 720P

There's no hardware reason Sony couldn't easily support 1440p when the PlayStation 5 does support other now little-used resolutions like 720p and 1080i. Over HDMI 2.1, the PlayStation 5 can output a 4K, 120Hz signal to a TV. The monitor has to upscale that 1080p signal to its native resolution, which feels like a ridiculous and unnecessary hit to picture quality for a $400 device released in 2020. When I plugged Sony's new console into my current 1440p monitor, a 144Hz Asus model, it defaulted to outputting at 1080p60. Seven years later, it's ridiculous Sony's PlayStation 5 can't output a 1440p video signal. At 1440p, playing games at 100+ fps is now reasonably easy for powerful graphics cards.

In the last seven years, the 1440p monitor has gone from a high-end PC gaming luxury to an ideal midpoint between cheap 1080p displays and expensive 4K. I bought my first 1440p monitor in 2013, the same year the PlayStation 4 was released. The PlayStation 5's missing 1440p support is a huge bummer The PlayStation 5's missing 1440p support is a huge bummer

1440p monitor with mac pro 5.1