Help with ps5 and monitor

[zRaabe 10]

Hi guys, i bought a ps5 some months ago and i did a huge upgrade on my gaming setup. I am now playing on a ps5 + a 1440p LG ultragear 27'monitor. Ps5's games run very very good, i can even reach 120fps on all new CODs while playing in 1440p (not bad imo) as i chose to not going for 4k monitor as now.

The real issue shows up when i try to play on ps4 games. I just tired only playing on black ops 3 and omg, it looks very shitty, dunno how to correctly translate but it looks very very poor and a little blurry, i mean, it feels like running on 720p. Tired to switch from performance mode to the other but nothing changed.

I am starting to think that there is some kind of uncompatibility between my monitor and ps4 games.

Do anyone is in my stage? Can anyone help me? Thanks

[BlackSquirrell1 2,514]

For me, personally, after I used the PS5 the performance was so seamless and clean on the upgraded or PS5 games was unbelievable.  Playing any of my PS4 games on the PS5 really shows their age.  Your setup sounds really nice, BTW.

[the1andonly654 453]

I'm not sure if PS5 supersamples the image when playing PS4 games. PS4 doesn't support 1440p natively as far as I know, so if PS5 is supersampling only PS5 versions of games, I would guess the image from a PS4 game is being scaled by the monitor and that can look very blurry. Does your monitor have an option to display 1:1 pixel ratio image, as in 1080p with black bars? If so, check a 1080p PS4 game in that mode and in normal mode - if 1:1 looks fine and normal looks blurry, then monitor scaling is the issue, I think. 

 

This is just a guess but that's the only thing that comes to mind. 

[zRaabe 10]

1 hour ago, BlackSquirrell1 said:

For me, personally, after I used the PS5 the performance was so seamless and clean on the upgraded or PS5 games was unbelievable.  Playing any of my PS4 games on the PS5 really shows their age.  Your setup sounds really nice, BTW.

Yeah, the next gen games quality is very good but i sold my ps4 and i have a lot of backlog here and there to play.

 

1 hour ago, the1andonly654 said:

I'm not sure if PS5 supersamples the image when playing PS4 games. PS4 doesn't support 1440p natively as far as I know, so if PS5 is supersampling only PS5 versions of games, I would guess the image from a PS4 game is being scaled by the monitor and that can look very blurry. Does your monitor have an option to display 1:1 pixel ratio image, as in 1080p with black bars? If so, check a 1080p PS4 game in that mode and in normal mode - if 1:1 looks fine and normal looks blurry, then monitor scaling is the issue, I think. 

 

This is just a guess but that's the only thing that comes to mind. 

Well i do not know where to find that. 

I do not think i can setup this, i already tried to change output on ps5 on 1080p and even catchin the 4k signal and downscale it but the Result is always that blurry one.

Do you think i can solve my problems adding +1 fhd 1080p monitor? So i will simply need to unplug one hdmi and plug another when i wanna play ps4 games or ps5. They are quite cheap like a 24/25'.

Btw it is such a shame they did not upgrade all ps4 games into a nextgen-like video quality, i think xbox do it with a lot of games, on My series S i can play fallout 3 (from 2008) in a very good way then on my ps5 i get that on BO3 (2015).

Things and issues like that make me wanna sell all and get a PC.

Sorry if i sound made but i spent a lot of money and Time for get this setup

[zizimonster 5,157]

According to this website, Call of Duty: Black Ops III runs at 4K (checkerboard, not native) and supports supersampling.

[zRaabe 10]

46 minutes ago, zizimonster said:

According to this website, Call of Duty: Black Ops III runs at 4K (checkerboard, not native) and supports supersampling.

Thanks so how is it possible that it looks blurry even if i catch the 4k signal out of ps5 and convert in 1440p via monitor system? (Many 1440p monitor worked that way before sony added the 1440p direct output into the settings) 

I may am a little confused, but i find unacceptable to not be able to play good on a 1440p monitor in 2023 lol

[zizimonster 5,157]

23 minutes ago, zRaabe said:

Thanks so how is it possible that it looks blurry even if i catch the 4k signal out of ps5 and convert in 1440p via monitor system? (Many 1440p monitor worked that way before sony added the 1440p direct output into the settings) 

I may am a little confused, but i find unacceptable to not be able to play good on a 1440p monitor in 2023 lol

I honestly have no idea.

 

I play games on PS4 via a monitor. I've never encountered such issue, however. And I keep my resolution on PS4 settings at Auto.

[the1andonly654 453]

BO3 would still supersample to 1080p I assume, since PS4 didn't support 1440p. Other than checking how it looks without any scaling, I have no idea. I'm pretty sure most monitors have a feature like that these days, especially gaming monitors. Check the manual, look for settings related to display modes, aspect ratio, there should be a choice to display content in original, unscaled resolution.

Have you tried other PS4 games? Or have access to a physical PS4, to see if it changes anything? 

[zRaabe 10]

2 minutes ago, the1andonly654 said:

BO3 would still supersample to 1080p I assume, since PS4 didn't support 1440p. Other than checking how it looks without any scaling, I have no idea. I'm pretty sure most monitors have a feature like that these days, especially gaming monitors. Check the manual, look for settings related to display modes, aspect ratio, there should be a choice to display content in original, unscaled resolution.

Have you tried other PS4 games? Or have access to a physical PS4, to see if it changes anything? 

I think that bo3 runs in 1080 too...

No, i have not tried any other ps4 game yet, will surely do in the next days. And no, i have sold my ps4, so i can not try it again. On my ps4 i used a very old 1080 monitor and that just add to my idea of the running output of bo3.

Thanks to all, will update once i try some other ps4 games.

Btw, On ps5 new CODs, the gameplay is mf good, theres an abyss between 1080p and 1440 tho