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Can Dell’s 6K monitor beat their 8K monitor?

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Re: Can Dell’s 6K monitor beat their 8K monitor?

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Post by walrus01 »

Matheus28 wrote: post #3

Slightly off topic but I can’t wait until there’s a 120 Hz 8K monitor. It’s the only thing holding me back from upgrading from 4K. I wonder if the current limitation is on the panels, cable bandwidth or absurd price tag…

I think you're going to be waiting a long time, even the geforce 4080 and 4090 don't support displayport 2.0.

Additionally much of the demand for >60Hz is for gaming purposes, and there is nowhere near a powerful enough GPU anyone can afford that would be able to render games in high quality or extreme detail level at 8K above 60 FPS. Right now a GPU that costs $1500 USD can maybe render a 4K game with extreme detail level at framerates that vary between 55 to 75 fps.

Re: Can Dell’s 6K monitor beat their 8K monitor?

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Post by densh »

malfist wrote: post #6
Matheus28 wrote: post #3

Slightly off topic but I can’t wait until there’s a 120 Hz 8K monitor. It’s the only thing holding me back from upgrading from 4K. I wonder if the current limitation is on the panels, cable bandwidth or absurd price tag…

8k@120Hz is going to need one heck of a video card

I’d argue that AI driven super resolution like DLSS should be more than sufficient to upscale 4k to 8k with minimal performance loss and acceptable image quality even for gaming.

Re: Can Dell’s 6K monitor beat their 8K monitor?

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Post by justahuman74 »

malfist wrote: post #6
Matheus28 wrote: post #3

Slightly off topic but I can’t wait until there’s a 120 Hz 8K monitor. It’s the only thing holding me back from upgrading from 4K. I wonder if the current limitation is on the panels, cable bandwidth or absurd price tag…

8k@120Hz is going to need one heck of a video card

Not for tmux + firefox

Re: Can Dell’s 6K monitor beat their 8K monitor?

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Post by AshamedCaptain »

adamgamble wrote: post #2

Although I haven’t used these monitors, my experience with high dpi on windows and Linux has been a nightmare compared to OSX. It’s surprising me the non Mac world hasn’t made this a bigger priority.

I actually think Windows does it better than OS X (and Gnome, Wayland, and anything that does not support true fractional scaling). OS X just scales the entire surface and as result it always look blurry.

Re: Can Dell’s 6K monitor beat their 8K monitor?

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Post by walrus01 »

justahuman74 wrote: post #13
malfist wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

8k@120Hz is going to need one heck of a video card

Not for tmux + firefox

Unless people are far more sensitive than I am, I don't see how >60Hz is needed for a desktop workstation environment. High frame rate is really only noticeable for very fast reaction time gaming.

4K 120Hz may be noticeable if editing ultra high frame rate video on a video editing workstation, but if you are a video production crew with a camera capable of recording at that framerate, you probably already know that.

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Post by eikenberry »

adamgamble wrote: post #2

Although I haven’t used these monitors, my experience with high dpi on windows and Linux has been a nightmare compared to OSX. It’s surprising me the non Mac world hasn’t made this a bigger priority.

I'd guess gaming is at least partially responsible. For anything more than 2k you need a high end/expensive video card, which just aren't that common. Just look at the steam stats right now.. 62% of users have 1080p.

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Post by howinteresting »

walrus01 wrote: post #15
justahuman74 wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not for tmux + firefox

Unless people are far more sensitive than I am, I don't see how >60Hz is needed for a desktop workstation environment. High frame rate is really only noticeable for very fast reaction time gaming. 4K 120Hz may be noticeable if editing ultra high frame rate video on a video editing workstation, but if you are a video production crew with a camera capable of recording at that framerate, you probably already know that.

Many people are more sensitive than you are. I can easily tell the difference between 60 and 120 on both my phone and my desktop.

Though response times also matter a lot for ghosting and such.

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Post by rektide »

Matheus28 wrote: post #3

Slightly off topic but I can’t wait until there’s a 120 Hz 8K monitor. It’s the only thing holding me back from upgrading from 4K. I wonder if the current limitation is on the panels, cable bandwidth or absurd price tag…

It's been pretty amazing how stagnant the monitor space is. I too am really craving an 8k@120 monitor, although there's a decent chance I'll balk at the price.

Re: Can Dell’s 6K monitor beat their 8K monitor?

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Post by smolder »

adamgamble wrote: post #2

Although I haven’t used these monitors, my experience with high dpi on windows and Linux has been a nightmare compared to OSX. It’s surprising me the non Mac world hasn’t made this a bigger priority.

I'm actually not sure what your complaint is at this point. I've long been using 3 mixed dpi displays on windows 10 for gaming as well as normal desktop stuff. Any relatively modern software scales fine to high dpi. Some old software using old APIs has to be upscaled by the OS and is blurry, but that's stuff like... Winamp.
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