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4k gaming: What's your strategy?
- Thread starter BRocknRolla
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That's an expensive, probably inadvisable, strategy.
secretanchitman
Member
I didn't buy it specifically for 4K (5K) gaming - it just so happened that the machine is capable of delivering on that so I'm using it for games. It's definitely not ideal, you are correct!
My real plan is to build a PC when Volta (HBM2 I hope) comes out, get Neo and Scorpio with a big 4K TV and a nice receiver to go with it.
TakeItSlowDude
Member
It will be a major improvement when Apple refreshes those 5k iMacs with Polaris or Vega, a Freesync capable display would also be a big plus.
spiderman123
Member
Never gonna happen till 4 yrs down the road. This is premium and hardcore gaming.
BizzyBum
Member
The Acer Predator XB271HK is actually pretty sexy.
4K, IPS, G-Sync for $899.
I'm gaming at 1440p/100hz with a GTX 1080 which I am happy with but 4K is pretty tempting considering I have the hardware to run it.
4K, IPS, G-Sync for $899.
I'm gaming at 1440p/100hz with a GTX 1080 which I am happy with but 4K is pretty tempting considering I have the hardware to run it.
30fps?
Truthfully, I don't feel any pressure to move up within the next few years. I upgraded to 1440 earlier this year because of the available digital audio workspace rather than games, though I'm quite enjoying that aspect as well. Additionally, I'm feeling pretty alienated from new envelope-pushing games lately. The Witcher 3 was the last one to absorb me that really pushed my setup. I doubt I'll upgrade until quality monitors hit the $300 range and I can drive it with a GTX xx70 type card -- so 2022?
To more properly address the OT: I'll happily turn down the highest settings. I do that now. I don't mind if shadows aren't ultra-realistic when I'm cruising around the game world. I like high settings just fine, so I'll upgrade when I can target that level of performance within a reasonable budget.
To more properly address the OT: I'll happily turn down the highest settings. I do that now. I don't mind if shadows aren't ultra-realistic when I'm cruising around the game world. I like high settings just fine, so I'll upgrade when I can target that level of performance within a reasonable budget.
LostDonkey
Member
I can run older games at 4k/60, cool, ill do that, but 90% of the time I'm aiming for maximum settings, no AA and locked 30fps.
What I do is run my desktop at 30hz before I play a game, then it feels much more responsive with the 30fps cap. Its matching the refresh with the fps so there doesnt seem to be any input lag like there is running at 60hz with a 30 cap.
6700k+1070
This is on a 42 inch 4k TV btw, I have a 1440p 24 inch monitor that I can hit 60fps with most of the time.
What I do is run my desktop at 30hz before I play a game, then it feels much more responsive with the 30fps cap. Its matching the refresh with the fps so there doesnt seem to be any input lag like there is running at 60hz with a 30 cap.
6700k+1070
This is on a 42 inch 4k TV btw, I have a 1440p 24 inch monitor that I can hit 60fps with most of the time.
That's what I plan to get for my next build.=O
LostDonkey
Member
You won't be disappointed.
The day they do 16K VR @240 Hz with 5000 Tflops GPU is my landmark.
That shit is indistinguishable from reality.
To OP: my strategy is to wait until consoles make it mainstream, to drive the industry into cheaper options.
Wait a long time.
I got into PC gaming last year, thinking a 1440p/144hz monitor would last a long time. It will. Meaning it'll be ages before a mid level priced graphics card can do 4k properly. And anytime you start playing with high end hardware, it always gets stupidly and unreasonably expensive. Even a 1070 was kind of unreasonably expensive after all the founder's edition bullshit. I paid $349 for my G1 970, and $429 a year later for my G1 1070.
I got into PC gaming last year, thinking a 1440p/144hz monitor would last a long time. It will. Meaning it'll be ages before a mid level priced graphics card can do 4k properly. And anytime you start playing with high end hardware, it always gets stupidly and unreasonably expensive. Even a 1070 was kind of unreasonably expensive after all the founder's edition bullshit. I paid $349 for my G1 970, and $429 a year later for my G1 1070.
I guess I'm lucky/ignorant enough to be able to play at 30fps happily if necessary, and lower details if needed too. So if I went 4K I'd target higher detail and first drop to 30fps if needed, but turn off the very top end settings that kill your frame rate for little benefit.
I say "if" because I'm very happy with my 34" 21:9 screen. Nice resolution at that screen size, gives me lots of usable desktop new is a lot easier to drive than a 4K monitor (around 5m pixels instead of 8m)
I've been disinterested in 4j TVs for a long time due to lack of content, even though I tend to upgrade my TVs more often than normal (had this one 3 years which might be a record). But my current TV is the biggest I can fit in my TV unit at 50" and it feels like 4K would benefit from bigger. It does seem like content is getting there - to the point where I don't think an upgrade would be wasted. But I want to wait for HDR standards to shake out a little and come down in price, for either PS4 or Xb1 to get UHD bluray drives (likely waiting for neo or Scorpio as I'm happy with my white Xb1), and I'll have to remodel my living room if I want something bigger than 50"
I can see it happening in the next couple of years though
I say "if" because I'm very happy with my 34" 21:9 screen. Nice resolution at that screen size, gives me lots of usable desktop new is a lot easier to drive than a 4K monitor (around 5m pixels instead of 8m)
I've been disinterested in 4j TVs for a long time due to lack of content, even though I tend to upgrade my TVs more often than normal (had this one 3 years which might be a record). But my current TV is the biggest I can fit in my TV unit at 50" and it feels like 4K would benefit from bigger. It does seem like content is getting there - to the point where I don't think an upgrade would be wasted. But I want to wait for HDR standards to shake out a little and come down in price, for either PS4 or Xb1 to get UHD bluray drives (likely waiting for neo or Scorpio as I'm happy with my white Xb1), and I'll have to remodel my living room if I want something bigger than 50"
I can see it happening in the next couple of years though
Impulsor
Member
Last year I got a 3440x1440 ultra wide monitor and it has since been glorious.
This past week I got a 4k TV with all. The bells and whistles for the living room. HDR and all that.
My strategy involves gaming on pc on my 3440x1440 monitor, sometime shook it to my TV and see what my 980ti can do with 4k and next year get a next gen Nvidia card to game at 4k.
Console games already look way better even if upscaled.
This past week I got a 4k TV with all. The bells and whistles for the living room. HDR and all that.
My strategy involves gaming on pc on my 3440x1440 monitor, sometime shook it to my TV and see what my 980ti can do with 4k and next year get a next gen Nvidia card to game at 4k.
Console games already look way better even if upscaled.
Bl@de
Member
My strategy is a little bit diffrent:
Look at G-Sync 4K IPS monitors and weep. Then start making arguments that it's worth it somehow. Start up games and look how performance is in 4K and ultra settings on my 980 Ti.
Start weeping...
More weeping...
Stick to my monitor
BizzyBum
Member
I think once a GPU can max current games at 60fps or better at 4K is when I'll get one. With a 1080 I can run them now either maxed/30fps or medium/60fps, but not both. Not planning to SLI, either.
marlowesghost
Member
Right. If you had looked at the benchmark you would see it accounts for drops into the 40s with the average being around 59. Specific areas will always be different, but they account for that. Also not all setups are the same as the benchmark comp, etc...it was just to combat the 4K 30 remarks.
Dreams-Visions
Member
My plan is to ignore it on consoles and downsample on PC. 4K doesn't interest me nearly as much as higher framerates.
drotahorror
Banned
Even with my gtx 1080 and 6700k I have no interest. I'm WAY more interested in getting a 1080p HDR monitor if those ever exist. I also don't want 144hz because I don't want 60hz to feel choppy if that makes any sense. I heard once you go 120+, 60hz feels bad. Too expensive to keep the 144hz dream alive for very long.
BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO
Junior Member
Waiting on decent 4k TVs and monitors to become cheaper and for 4k@ 60 FPS on high to be feasible for current games. Maybe when Volta hits.
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
You get the biggest gains going from 60-90, and then the diminishing returns start to kick in. Even 75 is a pretty substantial improvement over 60. Never buy a 60hz monitor for PC gaming.
Chill Penguin
Member
Will get a Scorpio and a 4k TV w/HDR late 2017. Prices should be very affordable then.
Kaji AF16
Member
Not really interested in 4K as of now. My upgrade will be slow: Hopefully some 4-5 years until I replace my TV (I live in a Third World country where only recently has 1080 become the standard; I recently got a '40 Full HD, low-tier Philips as a gift from my wife).
My Xbox One still has lots of life in it, and I will only leave it behind after seeing what Scorpio has to offer.
Not a graphics whore at all, I'm not in a hurry.
My Xbox One still has lots of life in it, and I will only leave it behind after seeing what Scorpio has to offer.
Not a graphics whore at all, I'm not in a hurry.
i spent so much getting to reasonable performance at 1440p i don't even want to think about 4K. maybe with VR out of the picture i'd have been putting money aside for the coveted 4k/60 but it'll just have to wait i guess
i'll wait for 1080 Ti benchmarks to see how "behind" i am. but even then it's just not something i'm going to grapple for
i'll wait for 1080 Ti benchmarks to see how "behind" i am. but even then it's just not something i'm going to grapple for
BizzyBum
Member
A 60hz can get up to 75hz with G-Sync, right?
No, that's not how it works. A monitor may be overclockable, but that's totally seperate from G-Sync.
SillyEskimo
Member
My goal is triple 4k screens at 11520x2160 resolution within the next year or two. I've been running triple 24" at 5760x1200 for about 8 years now and I cannot go back to a single screen set up. It will take some planning and some money, but I'll hopefully be set for right around another decade again with no need to upgrade anything.
BizzyBum
Member
Oh, well I watched a review on YouTube and that's what someone said. lol
Louis Cyphre
Banned
Is there a HDTV 4K set that would be good to hook a PC to? The reason is computer 4K monitors are so expensive once you get over 27"
Patrick Young
Member
My strategy is to complete a massive 4K display and computer upgrade before the release of Project Scorpio.
I know exactly what you mean. I go one step further and lock frame rates to match the console version of a game.
Patrick Young
Member
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Jimmy Rustle
Banned
My strategy is now a reality.
Ever since SLI'ing 2 GTX 1080s connected to a 4ktv, I've been playing:
Rise of the Tomb Raider maxed at 4k60fps.
Doom maxed at 4k60fps.
Far Cry Primal maxed at 4k60fps.
Assassins Creed Syndicate maxed at 4k60fps.
Just have to turn off or lower Anti-aliasing, which in my opinion, is extremely subtle or almos non existent/noticeable at 4k res.
Ever since SLI'ing 2 GTX 1080s connected to a 4ktv, I've been playing:
Rise of the Tomb Raider maxed at 4k60fps.
Doom maxed at 4k60fps.
Far Cry Primal maxed at 4k60fps.
Assassins Creed Syndicate maxed at 4k60fps.
Just have to turn off or lower Anti-aliasing, which in my opinion, is extremely subtle or almos non existent/noticeable at 4k res.
Aztechnology
Member
The reality is not affordable for me anytime soon unless we get $300-400 GPU's capable of 4K 60hz.
My strategy is waiting for 4K VR headset, with eye tracking, foveated rendering and HDR.
My strategy is waiting for 4K VR headset, with eye tracking, foveated rendering and HDR.