Is anyone playing DDO with resolutions above 1920x1080?

I was considering getting a 50ish inch 4k resolution TV.

Does DDO support resolutions over 1920x1080?

Please share your experience with 4k ddo.  Resolution/settings/refresh rate etc... etc...

It does support higher resolutions.
Like Pook, I run a 3 monitor setup at higher resolution.

My only comment is that the hotbars do not scale with resolution.
Sitting 3ft away at a computer is not too bad.

But if you go with a 50" tv, you're going to need to be at 6-7" away from the screen to avoid eye fatigue and not see all the pixels (assuming 1080p).
At that distance, text and the hotbar boxes can get very hard to see/read.  If the resolution is 1080, then take a screenshot of DDO at that resolution on a USB stick with you, plug it in and try viewing it from where you think you'll be sitting.

I once tried playing it on a standard 1080i res 65" TV and it wasn't very good for me.
If you're a minimalist, or you can remember the shortcut keys for all 200 hotbar slots - you're golden.   

If you go with a TV, understand the specs.
True 4K (DCI) is 1.9:1 and will make the game look a little stretched.
Most consumer TV's seem to be UHD-1 which is 3840x2160 (the more  common ratio of 1.78:1).

DropBear wrote on May 5^th, 2015 at 11:58pm:


What are you, Amish?



Interlaced.  PFFT.

Starkjade wrote on May 6^th, 2015 at 12:10am:


What are you talking about?  You mean there is something better?
1080i is the latest tech over here.
We just got the first shipments of it.  We even have LCD computer screens now.  Fitting those 3 CRT's on my desk was tough!

Starkjade wrote on May 6^th, 2015 at 12:19am:


Nah, the 3 masters we have now are pretty zippy.
They could use a few more cannons though - it's pretty crazy out there.
Bloody French and Spaniards keep showing up in our territorial waters.

I play on 1440p.  Works great, lots of space to move all your bars around.

DropBear wrote on May 6^th, 2015 at 12:14am:

Hypothetical question... If you had enough digits to count in base-10, do you think you could figure out all your grey hairs without taking your shoes off?

Ah Pook wrote on May 6^th, 2015 at 1:12am:


Oh, that is cutting.
Right to the bone that comment.
I am wounded. 
You sir, are off the Xmas list.   

Besides grey hairs are distinguished.
And just like a fine wine, vintage is important.   

DropBear wrote on May 6^th, 2015 at 12:16am:


I built my work area to safely support 3 21” Hitachi CRTs at 90lbs each (plus headroom for other relevant bits).  If I ever decide to move the computer elsewhere, I've got a nice surface for a milling machine in the bedroom.

I have used all of the following:

1) 3 x 24" LED
2) 6 x 24" LED [2 Rows]
3) 4 x 24" LED [Squared]
4) 55" LED TV [240ms 1920x1080{p} | 1280x720{p}]

If you are going with multiple monitors and you angle your screens you will want to run video card software to make up for screen buffer, this will remove the "skewed, angled down" feeling.  If you keep the screen straight there will be no issue.  I found the 3x 24" LED the most enjoyable.

For the 55" LED TV, I was playing from roughly 6 feet away, not sure if it is my eyes starting to fail or not but I found I had to drop the res to 1280x720 to make out chat and hotbar icons decently, even though it feels very squished on the screen.  As mentioned the hotbars don't exactly scale correctly.

Starkjade wrote on May 6^th, 2015 at 12:33pm:



Really old timers will remember the degaussing wands.
Awesome for wiping floppies and causing other mischief.

I recently built a new rig and upgraded to playing DDO at 2560 x 1440.

The game looks a lot better than it did on my antiquated former computer, but it's still DDO...
When I want to feel like my rig is worthwhile, DDO is not the game I fire up. It's just not graphically impressive at any setting.

It might be worth researching what is required to run games at 4k. I read a while back that dual high end graphics cards would be needed, but I don't know if that is accurate or not.

Ah Pook wrote on May 6^th, 2015 at 6:19pm:


I will admit to making a "DYOOOM" sound every time I did it.