05-03-2015, 06:18 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-03-2015, 06:26 PM by RolloTheGreat.)
(05-03-2015, 08:26 AM)SickBeast Wrote: My point remains that 4k is just not ready for prime time yet. When 1080p came out I bought a bunch of expensive hardware to run games properly and I would never do it again. I paid $2000 for my 1080p television and the prices dropped so fast it was really hard to watch. The same thing is happening with 4k. It will be a standard feature in a couple of years. For now it's just half baked.
Agreed, on tv content is just lacking and I don't think they have the bandwidth to deliver it.
For computers, "build multi gpu uber box, then run everything but games at scaled back 1080p" leaves me cold. I leave it at 25X16 now, am happy with that.
(05-03-2015, 01:34 PM)gstanford Wrote:(05-03-2015, 05:36 AM)SickBeast Wrote:(05-03-2015, 04:03 AM)RolloTheGreat Wrote: How is 970 SLi "expensive"? $600 isn't exactly break the bank stuff in pc gaming terms.Well that's $800 in Canadian dollars plus we pay 13% sales tax and they never charge us the equivalent price to usd, we always pay more. It would be close to $1000 for me. A lot of money. Plus it would only be barely adequate for 4k and the vram would hold me back over time. Not to mention how much a 4k TV would cost. No thanks. I'm happy with my current hardware for 1080p. I don't see the point in spending $3-4 grand to render more pixels that I can't even see.
You do not require a 4K TV. DSR works just fine for 4K @ 1080p and you can really see the difference. You only require true 4K if you are a professional doing professional level work.
Sort of, according to Tech Report:
http://techreport.com/review/27102/maxwe...explored/3
Quote:I've gotta say, though, I went back and looked at this same scene on a true 4K monitor. Yeah, uh, that's even better, to put it gently.
So if I pay $500 for another 980, I can get something worse than 4K. (don't think my single 980 is pulling this off)