Techtubers 4k benchmarks

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There is something about the benchmarks thats EVERY techtuber does which annoys me a lot. In 4k, why are they turning on MSAA? It is only useful in lower resolutions, where there's lower pixel density, resulting in jagged edges. at 4k, you don't NEED MSAA at all! Not even FXAA in most games!! It's a huge fps hog and surely people would like to see 4k benchmarks with practical settings.
Man I restrained myself from buying a 4k monitor for so long because the benmarks said that my 290x was not enough. Well I did buy one and with some compromises on settings like AA and Post processing effects I can game in 4k with 40 fps in most demanding games. 60+fps in graphically mid range games.

What's your card and do you game in 4k? What settings do you turn off and what's you FPS like?

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MSAA with 4k is absolutely retarded to use, use nothing or other types of AA that don't impact the FPS.

I'm using a 34 inch 3440x1440 display and I use amd's MLAA, no impact in performance but removes jaggies, it isn't better than MSAA but with high res like this it is hard to tell the difference.
And honestly the extra FPS is well worth it, if I can even tell the difference between the two in terms of IQ.

I think the issue with a lot of techtubers when it comes down to what settings to run is they hardly play the games, and don't know a lot about the stuff they're reviewing.

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