Impossible to read text at 4k in games

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I got a better video card that can handle 4k resolutions but honestly I can't read s**t at 4k on a 43" tv sitting about 7 or 8 feet away. If I got closer I wouldn't be able to fit the whole screen in my field of view, id have to turn my head to look around the screen. How does anyone play video games at 4k and still be able to read text? Even at 2k resolutions s**t is hard to read.

Theoretically, it's up to each individual game and it's developers as to whether or not they're going to have this problem. Supporting 4K is one thing. Supporting it PROPERLY is a whole other matter, and I suspect that more than a few developers arent doing that.

I remember a very similar problem awhile back when TVs started to increase in resolution... I *think* this was around the 360 era? Some games did exactly what you're talking about, they'd technically work, but the text would be nearly unreadable because nobody had bothered to fix the UI (and often, they wouldnt GET fixed anytime soon). I seem to remember the original Dead Rising having this very issue. Er... I think.

Anyway, obviously AAA games are most likely to support 4K, BUT, they're also the most greedy/lazy, so you cant really expect quality from them at all times... you can sure expect screwups though. If they get enough complaints though, they'll fix it... maybe.

For whatever game it is you're having trouble with, go to that individual game's site/forum/support section, whatever, and ask around about it. You might be able to find a workaround. At the very least you can add to any complaints that might be there to encourage them to not suck.


That all being said, I've never understood the point of 4k myself. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but... isnt it impossible for the human eye to even detect resolution changes past a certain point? It seems like 4k is well past that point.

I wouldn't really count on it. Steam is the the face of PC gaming and even they can't be bothered to make their interface scale to higher resolutions. And with Japan only having discovered Steam's or the PC platform's existence recently, you can continue to count on a lot of games only being scaled to 1080p.

You'll likely have to rely on mods. I remember few instances of really needing them; only Dragon Age Origins comes to mind as a particularly egregious offender on this issue, and older 2D games where the entire game assets just got smaller the higher resolution you went.

Steam might have a DPI scaling setting for the client but I don't think that would apply in games except maybe in 'big picture' mode, if they still have that. You can also always downscale your display temporarily.

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