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When will COH2 get 4k monitor resolution support?

5 Feb 2015, 20:54 PM
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I just pieced together a new PC last month, because the old one was, well a notch above a toaster for running this game. I really wanted to play COH2 on 4k resolution, one of the main reasons I built a new PC and bought a 4k monitor as COH2 is one of my most played games, that and Skyrim. I got COH2, and turned the resolution up to the max, and the game is seemingly not built for it at all, but still a 1920x1080 game. My minimap was the size of a half dollar and utterly useless, my mouse cursor looked like a fat period on a text document and was difficult to use for selecting units and issuing commands, and the HUD was incredibly tiny to where I had to lean up close to the monitor to see what it was saying, I never thought a 28" monitor would ever be "too small" but COH2 on 4k resolution proved me wrong. I know it's not an issue with my graphical computing power as I got two GTX 970's working in tandem so it should be able to run COH2 on a 4k resolution even at 60fps. Is Relic going to offer 4k support for this game or am I SOL until COH3 or something?

My Skyrim, which is an older game than COH2 supports my 4k resolution and even takes advantage of it with much more graphically detailed textures, so what's the deal with coh2?

At this point I feel gipped by Relic and their software. I spend all that money, bought $750 in GPU's to make sure I could run it at a decent FPS, and a new $500 4k monitor to play one of my favorite games on 4k resolution and it doesn't even support it.
5 Feb 2015, 21:20 PM
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So You bought new PC to play CoH2 in 4K but you did not check if CoH2 is supported with 4K? :D
5 Feb 2015, 21:20 PM
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CoH2 doesn't support SLI either.
5 Feb 2015, 21:28 PM
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5 Feb 2015, 21:40 PM
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What kind of PC could handle the game on highest graphic with 1080... let alone 4K.

PS: Isn't the SLI support nVidia's fault? I had to do a lot of adjustments to be able to run the game with SLI.
5 Feb 2015, 21:47 PM
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Relic used rendering techniques that nVidia's SLI drivers don't support. So it's Relic's fault for using non-standard rendering techniques and nVidia's fault for not supporting them. However, I seem to remember from a comment somewhere that Relic was aware that their techniques weren't supported and were essentially gambling that nVidia would support them eventually, which they haven't done yet.
5 Feb 2015, 21:52 PM
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jump backJump back to quoted post5 Feb 2015, 21:40 PMRMMLz
What kind of PC could handle the game on highest graphic with 1080... let alone 4K.

PS: Isn't the SLI support nVidia's fault? I had to do a lot of adjustments to be able to run the game with SLI.


mine does at 2560x1440 actually. well, baring AA and anisotropic.
5 Feb 2015, 21:55 PM
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5 Feb 2015, 22:00 PM
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PSA: dont buy 4k monitors or tvs. NOTHING supports it. no games, no software, no youtube videos, no tv shows, no dvds. nothing...

maybe in 3-5 years it might be worth considering.

btw OP.. you spent more on your video card then i spent on my entire computer 0_0 i hope atleast you can play lag free on the max settings that coh2 supports...
5 Feb 2015, 22:19 PM
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mine does at 2560x1440 actually. well, baring AA and anisotropic.


GUess I might try that setting. It's one notch below 4k, I haven't tried it yet, I was afraid I'd have similar problems when I cranked up the resolution to 4k.

Skyrim supports 4k, and it's freaking beautiful.
5 Feb 2015, 22:20 PM
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At 15FPS?

not unless there is a shit ton of splats and particles (like 8 smokes on top of railway or a blizzard). i must admit that i'm not very sensitive to fps though, i use to play l4d at 20fps with no issues.

PSA: dont buy 4k monitors or tvs. NOTHING supports it. no games, no software, no youtube videos, no tv shows, no dvds. nothing...


there are actually a handful of youtube videos in 4k. they're all by 4k tv manufactures though :3
5 Feb 2015, 22:41 PM
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5 Feb 2015, 22:56 PM
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I had the same problem but I decided in the end to play it at 1080p on a 28" monitor. I sacrifice clarity (a bit) for still a decent resolution.

I agree that support for 4K is almost non-existent especially in Windows 7 software.

For others interested in buying cheap 4K monitors be careful of the advertising. I got a ViewSonic on boxing day and really got screwed as it's 30fps at 4K.
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