4K has become increasingly more popular and accessible in recent years. With the release of the latest gen of both NVIDIA and AMD GPUs, along with more monitors supporting gaming at ultra-high resolutions, there’s never been a better time to upgrade to 4K.
If you’re tempted to upgrade to 4K in 2025, we’ve put together everything you need to know. This includes what 4K is, the benefits to gamers, and all the hardware you need.
What is 4K Gaming?
4K refers to your monitor’s resolution and how many pixels are being used to render each individual frame on the screen. For 4K, your monitor will need to have a resolution of 3840 x 2160 and up to four times the pixel density of a 1080p display.
Benefits to 4K Gaming
4K promises notable boosts to your in-game immersion and even performance. With a powerful monitor and graphics card, you can enjoy sharper details, smooth responsiveness, and more vivid colours. All of which ensure you’ll see every second of the action in incredible quality and at ultra-fast speeds for that competitive edge.
What’s more, to ensure your 4K monitor can create each pixel up to four times faster, it’ll feature a hefty 3840 x 2160 resolution. The extra screen real estate is perfect for gaming, work, and of course multitasking. You can simultaneously switch between multiple tasks with ease or even split your screen across all your open applications, emulating a dual or triple monitor set-up but without the price tag.
- More immersive
- Smooth frame rates
- Increased responsiveness
- Sharper details
- Vivid colours
- High resolution offering you greater screen real estate
What Do You Need for 4K Gaming?
If 2025 is the year you’re going to start gaming at 4K, you’ll need to ensure you have both a compatible 4K monitor and GPU capable of rendering your games at high resolutions.
Thankfully, at Overclockers UK you can find plenty of monitors and graphics cards for you to explore. We’ve included our top selections below, but you can also shop the full range by clicking the buttons.
LG 32GR93U-B 32” Gaming Monitor
- 32” gaming monitor
- IPS panel
- 3840 x 2160 resolution
- 144Hz refresh rates
- 1ms response time
ASUS GeForce RTX 4080 Super 16GB GDDR6X Graphics Card
- Ada Lovelace architecture
- 10240 CUDA cores
- 2640MHz boosted clock speed
- 16GB GDDR6X video memory
Sapphire Pulse RX 7800 XT 16GB GDDR6 Graphics Card
- AMD RDNA 3 architecture
- 2430MHz boosted clock speeds
- DirectX 12 support
- 16GB DDR6 video memory
Alternatively, you can also opt to upgrade your entire set-up to a 4K compatible gaming PC.
OcUK Gaming Eagle Configurable PC
- Configurable gaming PC
- Adjustable base hardware specification
- As standard includes an Intel i9 14900KF CPU and Radeon RX 7900 XTX
- Up to 32GB DDR5 RAM
- Optional storage drives to choose from
- Windows 11 Home included
Want to Read More About 4K Gaming?
Want to know more about 4K gaming and all the hardware you need? You can do just that by checking out some extra reading over on the Overclockers UK blog.
*Prices correct at time of writing and PC specs are subject to change.
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Ruth Rowley
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Ruth has been with Overclockers UK for over a year and has gone on to write about everything ranging from in-depth hardware guides to monthly game releases.
Outside of writing blog posts, she can be found wrapped in a blanket with her black cat, engrossed in a book or playing life-simulation games such as The Sims, Stardew Valley, and Animal Crossing.
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