Guild Wars 2

My husband recently surprised me by getting me a 27" 4K Resolution monitor because I had been talking about wanting to upgrade from my 23" 1080p monitor that I have had for over 2.5 years.

Being super excited, I plugged in the monitor and started gaming only to find that the UI (at the largest setting) at 3840 × 2160 is still so small I can barely read or make out any information. So I plugged my 23" screen back in and still play on that (Sadly) but have a duel monitor setup.

I would love to see more options for the UI to fit at higher resolutions, yet still remain legible and useful. Possibly a UI size slide bar.

Attached image is at the 3840×2160 4K with the UI at the largest possible setting. Note the map is barely legible while at it’s max size, (useless to see nodes), the chat is hard to read unless you have time to squint and read, and when your inventory is open, it’s hard to make out text on pop-up info windows.

You aren’t the first nor will you be the last to mention this.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/4K-monitor
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/support/4k-resolution-interface-size
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/support/4k-Resolution-Support
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/support/4k-Resolution-Needs-Bigger-User-Interface
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/4k-Resoliton-Vs-Standard-1080p
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/support/4K-MONITOR-disappointed
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/support/4k-resolution-help-please
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/game/gw2/4K-Friendly
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/support/4k-game-pc
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/support/4k-Small-UI

and those are page one of Google’s results from the forum for “4K”.

I do wonder if the resolution is the problem or the size of the monitor.

I have a 32" running at 2560×1440 and I don’t have any problem with my UI (which is set to normal size):
https://i.imgur.com/n5JDcZA.jpg

I also wonder, how many FPS are left when playing on 3840×2160, depending on GPU

It’s completely resolution based. The UI takes up a certain amount of pixels, not a certain percentage of the screen for whatever reason

The UI is definitely smaller but still usable at 1440P (although I found it kind of uncomfortable until I got used to it), but 4k is a different beast

Thanks behellagh. I tried looking for other posts using the forum search and nothing came up and wondered if I was the only one. lol. (I knew I couldn’t be).

Yes, it does eat up some of the gpu, however it gets better if you uncap your cores. and running with 2x GTX 780ti, it’s not much of an issue.

@Behellagh After reading some of those other threads, I’m just going to say wow. It’s crazy to see how some people get about it. “Feelings of entitlement” is exactly what they have. I’m not necessarily HARDCORE, but my husband knows I enjoy gaming and he wanted to contribute to my vice so he dropped some hard earned money for my enjoyment. (the monitor and a second gtx 980ti).

Thank you for all that you do here in the forums and answering people’s tech related questions. Getting an answer from someone is a lot better than waiting forever for an official word. So Thanks for all you do! =D

I have a nice 4k TV that is capable of 4K @ 60Hz, I play at 1440p because of this. Funny enough, at 1440 with Normal interface it is absolutely perfect. Hopefully they will disconnect the Interface from the Resolution, but I know that does take a lot of work on the back end.

I have AOC 28"4K monitor and Sapphire Nitro R9 Fury card. Game is runnig smooth on ultra but UI is very small with larger settings.(none AA and char limit medium)
I have one question, does GW support AMD Freesync? I got little tearring on freesync range(33-62hz), i have on grimoson software fps limit to 60.

Always thought adaptive sync technologies were independent to the game, as in not needing a feature built into the game to support them.

Behellagh.1468:

Always thought adaptive sync technologies were independent to the game, as in not needing a feature built into the game to support them.

Yeah, if your monitor and GPU support it you’re good to go