What Resolution is best for Flying and SA ?

[JG1_Wittmann]

I have a 4k   32"  monitor.   I run  it at 3840 X 2160 I believe,  I  have same res selected in my  settings for IL2BOS,   and I find it very difficult to spot aircraft  at anything other than very close range.  Has anyone else experienced this ?   Would it be better to run this game at 1080P  while flying ?  

[greywulf]

It totally depends on your system (video card,cpu, memory,monitor etc.) Usually flight sims should be toned down from 3840x2160 unless you have a good set up. Just to ask if it will work on a 4k monitor @ 3840x2160 without the other information is really a shot in the dark with no real answer possible.

[FTC_Riksen]

2 hours ago, WaNTRD said:

I have a 4k   32"  monitor.   I run  it at 3840 X 2160 I believe,  I  have same res selected in my  settings for IL2BOS,   and I find it very difficult to spot aircraft  at anything other than very close range.  Has anyone else experienced this ?   Would it be better to run this game at 1080P  while flying ?  

 

Running on 1080p will improve for sure. It has for me at least.

[JG1_Wittmann]

Thnx Riksen,   I thought I'd give it a shot, made a world of difference in spotting AC  at any kind of distance not on top of you.   It's too bad  that the ability to run at 4K  and spot AC at a distance  is so poor, or nearly impossible for so many   I watched someone do a video  showing this problem in DCS,  and it's the same, the distance at 2 K/1440P  res is  like 1/3 of what you can spot a plane/pixel at.   

[1PL-Husar-1Esk]

Enough big screen , I use 34 inch @3440x1440 and can spot contacts fine.

[FTC_Riksen]

7 hours ago, WaNTRD said:

Thnx Riksen,   I thought I'd give it a shot, made a world of difference in spotting AC  at any kind of distance not on top of you.   It's too bad  that the ability to run at 4K  and spot AC at a distance  is so poor, or nearly impossible for so many   I watched someone do a video  showing this problem in DCS,  and it's the same, the distance at 2 K/1440P  res is  like 1/3 of what you can spot a plane/pixel at.   

 

Yeah. I'm also in a 4k TV (65') and it gets better when I decrease the resolution to 1080p instead. Some have better luck and keep the native resolution but, atleast for me, if I do so, it makes it considerably harder to spot.

[JG1_Wittmann]

7 hours ago, 307_Tomcat said:

Enough big screen , I use 34 inch @3440x1440 and can spot contacts fine.

That's 2K resolution, not 4, correct ?   I can sometimes spot, but have definitely noticed a big improvement  in spotting at longer distances at 1080 P 

 

[1.JaVA_KEBEN]

32 inch 1440x 2560 AOC monitor Q3279WG5B ..works fine with the 1080gtx 

 

Edited October 25, 2019 by 1.JaVA_KEBEN

[JG1_Wittmann]

3 hours ago, 1.JaVA_KEBEN said:

32 inch 1440x 2560 AOC monitor Q3279WG5B ..works fine with the 1080gtx 

 

Again, that's 2K  not 4K   ,  the game has a selection to select 4K textures but does that matter if you are not running at 4K res ?   1080P  seems to allow spotting at farther distance in game, at least for me and some others I have heard.