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After my comment in the Radeon 295 X2 review about old games for the 4K resolution test, I dug out a few to test myself in 2K resolution (27in 2K [2560x1440] Korean screen...not 4K).

Anyway, if would like to see, here are four screenshots each of each game tested:
NOTE: All games are using the "max" settings within the game, no other post setting was applied.

Doom 3 (with a few lighting mods, and .ini edit for 2K):
http://i.imgur.com/tWzbsQR.png
http://i.imgur.com/HHzmi3i.png
http://i.imgur.com/dg9fGYa.png
http://i.imgur.com/A7mi6ah.png

Quake II (.ini edit for 2K with OpenGL):
http://i.imgur.com/CMTHq7R.png
http://i.imgur.com/UIWEap3.png
http://i.imgur.com/JBr5irX.png
http://i.imgur.com/QajDZPz.png

Half-Life (the original goldsrc version):
http://i.imgur.com/L3JpS1p.png
http://i.imgur.com/sQ0KVbr.png
http://i.imgur.com/t6KGpRp.png
http://i.imgur.com/sEIcP6A.png

And for kicks, Mario Kart 64 in 2K emulation (with 16AF, 8X AA):
http://i.imgur.com/0a9nCiP.png
http://i.imgur.com/1NL4xBB.png
http://i.imgur.com/tYDsVew.png
http://i.imgur.com/R4GjPqg.png

I tried Red Alert 2, but FRAPS did not like the game, and the game would run at a mind numbing 4 fps. For a game that has a built in resolution cap of 1024x768, 2560x1440 is just a little high for their engine to draw the screen. So, no to Red Alert 2.

I'll try to get more pics of games later on.

Nice work! You might want to correct your nomenclature though. 2K is 1080p. What you have here is 1440p.

I have a 4K display at work. Ran OpenArena on it. It is not as impressive as one might expect. FPS games at 4K really needs better textures to shine.

AOE HD on the other hand is amazing at 4K.

Doom 3 is old? Didn't that come out, like, yesterday?

TwistedKestrel wrote:

Doom 3 is old? Didn't that come out, like, yesterday?

Summer 2004. It's been more time since Doom 3 came out than the gap between Doom and Doom 3.

Oh the hours spent in Quake II w/ Lithium mod gibbing people!

protip: use nglide for games that support glide, but not hd resolutions. Nglide can render up to your screen res. Also, some old games like starsiege don't work right in opengl, but the effects work fine using nglide.

that 2nd HL pic is missing a computer desk, or black mesa invented hoverkeyboards

SoM wrote:

that 2nd HL pic is missing a computer desk, or black mesa invented hoverkeyboards

the white bar out to it is meant to be a keyboard tray. Got things like that around our office here... no hover required.

Concupiscence wrote:

TwistedKestrel wrote:

Doom 3 is old? Didn't that come out, like, yesterday?

Summer 2004. It's been more time since Doom 3 came out than the gap between Doom and Doom 3.

You calling me old?

Arvald wrote:

SoM wrote:

that 2nd HL pic is missing a computer desk, or black mesa invented hoverkeyboards

the white bar out to it is meant to be a keyboard tray. Got things like that around our office here... no hover required.

ah yes you're right, had to check youtube and all is good, my bad :/