Don't pay too much attention to that VRAM used, as that was with everything maxed and I will put money on caching going on and what is being shown isn't what is needed.
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4K gaming possible at full settings on todays hardware?
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Like I said guys, what is seen and what is needed is key. I didn't monitor frames but can say that it was very slow and very unresponsive and guessing around 25-30 but will give it a bench tomorrow to verify. AA would need turning off and maybe some other settings dropped as well to get playable and this in turn would massively drop the VRAM usage.
No, it was SLI and it was me who told you that you need to halve it. With nvidia, you don't do this, as it is read correctly, so what you see being read is what you see being used.
Camera phone, so not the best pics but sitting next to my Asus, I am pleased with it
I highlighted all the icons on the desktop and pressed and held left CTRL and used my scroll wheel to make them bigger
The task bar is small but I can have it bigger but I am happy with the size in truth. Websites are fine and any that are too small, again I just press left CTRL and scroll wheel again to make the text bigger.Edit:
I might do some ShadowPlay recording later but it will only record in 1080P (probably a good thing, as I have crappy broadband with 70K upload speed) but hopefully it will come out ok
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I have not used it for films but was going to d/l a clip but when I see it was 8.5GB dor 140 seconds, I didn't bother 
As for upscaling, not sure on that and will have a look into it.
As for upscaling, not sure on that and will have a look into it.
Terrible pictures but you can see that you don't have to be square on at all. Viewing angle is very good and TN has moved on since the days of the early TN's.
But the question is...it is just Sammy's TN panels, or TN panels in general?
Well I can only compare what I have used and that is a TN Acer 1050P res (not a very good viewing angle), 3 Asus VG278H TN panels (all very good viewing angles and this Sammy 4K (again, a very good viewing angle). I also have a Dell U27 monitor that is IPS and comparing the TN that I have now on both the Asus and Sammy, the TN is very good.
I proper wanted a 1440P 120hz G-Sync monitor but the delay was the reason I didn't get one. The latest is that the ROG Swift has been delayed even further than the summer and my spare cash that I had set aside was burning a hole in my pocket. Seeing these 4K's at 60Hz become affordable was the selling point for me and so glad I made the move.
I have shown how you don't need Titan's to game on this and people are getting too hung up on VRAM and TN. Anyone with a decent high end GPU can get playable frames in the most demanding games and because of the sheer volume of pixels, turn AA off and have a jaggy free image. IAgain, I can only use my experience but as someone who is a GFX *****, I tend to want all the details. I was a firm believer in 4K and max settings or GTFO but truthfully, max settings is nice but not needed.
To be fair, you did say that BF4 wouldn't run at full settings at 1080P with a 2GB card and would need AA turned down. You then edited your post.
I'm glad you love your 4k monitor mate. For me though I don't see the point in 4k yet...it's too early for most still. I saw 4k today and wasn't that impressed tbh. It impressed me more when the screen was over 50". Below 50" it was that all that.
Just my opinion greg. Like I said glad your enjoying it. That's all that matters.
Absolutely Retro and there will be a few with the same thoughts as you. I can see the benefit of waiting it out or getting a bigger screen and I can see the benefit of jumping now. I have no intention of trying to convince people that 4K is a must and my thoughts were to pass on my findings.
Horrible recording with ShadowPlay and I don't think it likes 4K yet
Only records in 1080P but made it a little stuttery and not smooth at all. With ShadowPlay off, it is very smooth.
Agreed Besty.
The idea of the thread was to show if 4K was doable on today's hardware and clearly it is. Sure settings can't be maxed with even a pair of Titans in a few of the latest AAA games but notch down AA and a single card can hold its own. I would go so far as to say a pair of 7950's would hold their own quite easily with most settings on max.
I hear that Brother. Try Crysis 3 at 1080P on a pair of high end GPU's and everything maxed to see it crawl in places
I will have a look about for upscaling and see what is what. Leave it with me
You have hit on a key point. I have the 4K as a primary monitor but also have my Asus 1080P next to it. I find I drag things to the Asus, as some apps like Afterburner are too small to see the numbers. You can enlarge webpages and icons but apps you can't (or at least I don't think you can) and this makes it tough if you are only going to use the 4K solo.
This is the biggest caveat for me in truth and something people need to consider.
Why dont you use the Windows Magnifier tool for apps?
I am interested myself with it being £500 for 4k monitor.
Great review and benches by the way.
I have a 1080P monitor connected as well, so the caveat of small apps is not a problem, as I just drag them across to the 1080P screen but for a single screen user, it could be a pain. Of course there is no need to run desktop at 4K either.
Thanks for the nice comments on my review as well guys
Hope it helps those on the fence.
if i get a second 290... arma3 might cope... please help me justify it! If i sold my 1440p screen It wouldnt cost too much even. But then these are not available here for a while yet
I have had many a chat with the Angle and Devil on each shoulder
ShadowPlay is horrible with recording in 4K and I would probably be better recording with my phone to show a better quality. I feel in fairness that people need to see 4K first hand and then see what is what. No point scrolling around a picture, as that defeats the object