If you use a TV that the pixels shares subpixel (like pentile), like for example, iirc, the 42 inch TCL A8, you actually might get a better result using 4:2:2 instead of 4:4:4. 4:4:4 can cause annoying fringing on text and thin element which is totally fixed when you set it to 4:2:2. So if you’re one of those budget PC owner where you want to have big monitor but can’t justify monitor pricing (which is typically more expensive for the same size and spec) thus you buy a relatively cheap TV as a monitor and encounter fringing problem, you can try that trick. It will not work the same on every TV since they can share subpixel differently. Also I feel that different GPU can handle 4:2:2 differently. This is from my experience using RX580 then upgrading to 7800XT. With RX580, fringing is always there on my TCL TV (not A8 but a slightly better model than that) and 7800XT fixed that. Yes, this TV also share subpixel but have different layout.
While it is unfortunate that I can’t have real 4:4:4, but if forcing 4:4:4 cause fringing on thin element and 4:2:2 fixed that, I would rather use 4:2:2 than 4:4:4. And yes, this type of fringing is simply annoying. It can be fixed if Windows is aware of it but afaik it doesn’t.
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If you use a TV that the pixels shares subpixel (like pentile), like for example, iirc, the 42 inch TCL A8, you actually might get a better result using 4:2:2 instead of 4:4:4. 4:4:4 can cause annoying fringing on text and thin element which is totally fixed when you set it to 4:2:2. So if you’re one of those budget PC owner where you want to have big monitor but can’t justify monitor pricing (which is typically more expensive for the same size and spec) thus you buy a relatively cheap TV as a monitor and encounter fringing problem, you can try that trick. It will not work the same on every TV since they can share subpixel differently. Also I feel that different GPU can handle 4:2:2 differently. This is from my experience using RX580 then upgrading to 7800XT. With RX580, fringing is always there on my TCL TV (not A8 but a slightly better model than that) and 7800XT fixed that. Yes, this TV also share subpixel but have different layout. While it is unfortunate that I can’t have real 4:4:4, but if forcing 4:4:4 cause fringing on thin element and 4:2:2 fixed that, I would rather use 4:2:2 than 4:4:4. And yes, this type of fringing is simply annoying. It can be fixed if Windows is aware of it but afaik it doesn’t.