Is downsampling harmfull for hardware?

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I just tried for the first time downsampling,and for some games the result is amazing. But i'm afraid that doing this too much can affect my hardware.Can it be possible?

Thanks!

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atb85

The effects are the same of running at a higher resolution. If you keep your temperatures under control, I can't see why you should have problems.

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atb85

If you are still worried about it, you can try monitoring hardware load, temperatures and the final image, comparing downsampling via drivers, regular high-value Anti-Aliasing and (when available) a game's own supersampling/ubersampling.

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Tatarul

Thank you! I forgot to check my temps, thanks for reminding me that. They are good ,so except this,there shouldn't be any problem,right?

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atb85

Not that I can see. After all you're just rendering at a higher resolution, then scaling your image back at the monitor's native one.
Performance will be lower (but could still be "enough" for a good gaming experience) and workload higher (again: if temps are fine, no worries).

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Tatarul

You're welcome! I don't think it can but i wanted to make sure

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