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What will my performance by if I get a 4k tv
My laptop is an Alienware 17 r5 i9 laptop and it has a GTX 1080 graphics card with 8gb vram. The laptop screen is 1080p 60hz. I am connecting the laptop to an 1080p 60hz tv by hdmi. I play games on 60 fps.
My tv is very old and I want to buy a new tv. Most of the tvs these days are 4k tvs so I am considering buying a new tv which is 4k 120hz and I want to connect it to my tv by hdmi. I know that to play games on 4k 120fps I need an hdmi 2.1. I don't have that and I have an hdmi 2.0. Thus that means that I cant get both 120 fps and 4k and I can only get one of them like 1080p 120fps or 4k 60fps. Playing games on 4k is a bit much for my graphics card so I want to play games on 1080p.
I should be able to set the tv resolution and refresh rate from the display settings in Windows. I will set it to 1080p 120hz. If I do that then will I be able to get 120 fps in games? I am getting mixed opinions. Some people are telling me that I can and others telling me that I can't because my graphics card is too old. I know that it's old but that doesn't mean that it's crap.
I rarely play very demanding games like Control. I mostly play turn based\action jrpg games and point and click adventure games.