Playing PC games via a 4k tv?

Pc games are native at whatever you choose to set the resolution at this is true 1.1 pixel resolution

the ps4 pro cheats with upscaling because it is still way less powerful than a 1070 and dosent have the power to move that many pixels on premium games
 
RobertN said:
Pc games are native at whatever you choose to set the resolution at this is true 1.1 pixel resolution

the ps4 pro cheats with upscaling because it is still way less powerful than a 1070 and dosent have the power to move that many pixels on premium games
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Cool this is pretty much what i was trying to explain however hes very against anything that isnt a ps4 so wasnt having it :D
 
I think it is hdmi 2.0 upwards? I cant remember the exact i plumbed in at the time. Hdr would need something i reckon, my display caves in if i try to use that. Plugging in as second display should be fine since you can set different resolutions to each one. I remember trying that once and games opening on the wrong screen, i had to physically drag and drop the game window onto my preferred screen then it was fine.
I can't really find any negatives, text and resolutions and displays can all be adjusted nowadays to suit.
Only hassle is fetching the cable for the sova or headset for vr out of the other room( pc is in next room in cabinet and cables passed through wall to tv) but if you are having a lengthy session then its worth it!
 
bluntslide said:
I think it is hdmi 2.0 upwards? I cant remember the exact i plumbed in at the time. Hdr would need something i reckon, my display caves in if i try to use that. Plugging in as second display should be fine since you can set different resolutions to each one. I remember trying that once and games opening on the wrong screen, i had to physically drag and drop the game window onto my preferred screen then it was fine.
I can't really find any negatives, text and resolutions and displays can all be adjusted nowadays to suit.
Only hassle is fetching the cable for the sova or headset for vr out of the other room( pc is in next room in cabinet and cables passed through wall to tv) but if you are having a lengthy session then its worth it!
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Really tempted by that lap board! Looks really good and something i have always wanted to be made :D

Any idea how 4k tvs hadle upscaling say if i kept my pc at 1440p?
 
When i had ultra wide, it was lovely. I have ran a few different resolutions on the tv and it sounds horrible but i ran them windowed so it stayed native. Quite liked that i could view temps and chat boxes at the same time!
 
you might be better using 1920x1080 if you need to go non native, as that pixel matches 4k (so 4 pixels = 1 ingame pixel) going off ratio might not be that great, or might give you free AA.

and most serious pc games you can run whatever resolution, that's why eyefinity/nvsurround setups with bezel correction work.

anyone knowledgeable, even vaguely will know to set pc games to the same res as their monitor.

I did get someone a lovely big high res monitor years ago, but he wasn't bothered about running at native res :( or buying a gfx card that could actually run stuff decently, sigh :(
 
Set tv up last night but didnt get round to trying the pc on it, ordered a 6m high speed 2.0 hdmi to arrive tday, starting to think thats not long enough still but will move things around a bit if needs be
 
Keep us updated, like I said this is also my eventual goal, if your not happy with playing things on medium you could always drop the in game res to 1440p and your 1070p will still max pretty much everything out at 60fps, at the distance your sitting at at anti aliasing isn't really needed on any res, even at 1080p fitting 4ft away I can't tell when it's off or at 8x
 
DONOHUE07 said:
Keep us updated, like I said this is also my eventual goal, if your not happy with playing things on medium you could always drop the in game res to 1440p and your 1070p will still max pretty much everything out at 60fps, at the distance your sitting at at anti aliasing isn't really needed on any res, even at 1080p fitting 4ft away I can't tell when it's off or at 8x
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This is how i play on pc atm via monitor 1440p pretty much maxed so will see how the tv hadles that res vs 4k and weigh it all up! Probably approach in on a game to game basis, older games are runnink 4k (albeit via dsr) maxed out
 
kinger8938 said:
Does any body do this?

Now the hardware is more capable i am tempted to upgrade my home tv and maybe try 4k gaming, though with my pc sacrifices may have to be made in terms of frame rate and maybe graphics settings

Is playing at 4k worth maybe having to lock at 30frames?

Is my system in sig even capable? I imagine older games have the potential to achieve 60fps at 4k but something like the witcher 3, what should i expect to see?

Thanks in advance, im happy to play with a controller as i do for most games other than fps ofc
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Not got a 4k but a 1080p but it works fine its just another monitor as far as the PC is concerned. Graphics are fine colours are different but that more that the settings for the TV are different for those of teh monitor I could change them if I wanted to. Controller works fine for either it's not monitor dependent.

The only issue I would say is if your game can't maintain the steady 60hz/fps that your TV requires you may get issues some people mention tearing I havn't had that but rather flickering like watching an old b&w movie with the wrong shutter speed or something. But so long as the framerates can keep up everythings fine.

kinger8938 said:
Wow thats promising! Is it literally plug and play via hdmi or does it require somw tweeking? I remember using my pc before via tv i had to change some settings to get it to fit the screen properly etc
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Pretty much plug'n'play you'll have to set up multimonitor displays in Control Panel or whatever and probably change the default sound device too can't seem to get mine to auto switch atm. You may have to adjust Overscan to make it fit the screen if using an AMD card iirc.
 
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Plugged it in last night and got it working. Is there a hot key to switch from display 1 to 2 and back?

One issue i had was its refresh rate was at 30hz until i changed it in nvidia panel, but had to do this again the next time i used it too?

Sound seemed to work without needing to tweek
 
i selected native which for me is 3840x2160, if it is not holding at 60hz try 59hz then apply. thats what mine is at. when i ran two displays i used extended desktop then dragged from one side to the other. that way it can use separate resolutions.
thumbs up for getting it setup!
 
bluntslide said:
i selected native which for me is 3840x2160, if it is not holding at 60hz try 59hz then apply. thats what mine is at. when i ran two displays i used extended desktop then dragged from one side to the other. that way it can use separate resolutions.
thumbs up for getting it setup!
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Thanks! Im not really sure what end result i want but pretty much happy to have it display completely on 1 and switch back to the monitor maybe with a macro of some sort?

I did try extended but couldnt get the game to drag over there! Lol
 
Just tried witcher 3 and wow! Soo sharp. Wondering if i should up the settings and lock it at 30fps? Currently sits around 45 with a mixture of medium to high at 4k. May finally be time to play the addons!

2d/indie stuff and older games run flawless at 4k 60 pretty much! Dishonored 1 and alan wake age especially well at this resolution
 
Personally, i would have 45fps rather than 30fps anytime. Another can of worms is going to a lower resolution and trying DSR, then there are FOV and other settings. It goes on and on...but it is about what is best for tou really. Like some say, running 4k at 60fps is not easy for the latest titles. I changed bf1 to 1080 and it ran no different to 4k, oh well!
 
bluntslide said:
Personally, i would have 45fps rather than 30fps anytime. Another can of worms is going to a lower resolution and trying DSR, then there are FOV and other settings. It goes on and on...but it is about what is best for tou really. Like some say, running 4k at 60fps is not easy for the latest titles. I changed bf1 to 1080 and it ran no different to 4k, oh well!
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Yea true! I may just pop it back to 1440p on newer games and see how well they upscale!
 
I was updating to an OLED tv and got 4K as part of the package. I am using an overclocked 6700k @ 4.5ghz and a GTX1080 with a memory overclock. My main monitor is a 34" Widescreen but I do have it hooked up to my TV since it is in the same room.

It all runs through a 10m HDMI cable, into my Marantz SR7010 and then into my TV.

Gaming wise it is noticeably sharper than my old screen ( TXP65ST50 Plasma ), but thats larger because I previously had a rather soft 1080p Plasma, so even a normal 1080p screen would look sharper. The majority of new games run at 45-60 FPS on absolute max at 4k ( Deus Ex Mankind Divided, Rise of the Tomb Raider ). The rest run at well over 60FPS including such as Bioshock Infinite, The Latest Doom and Life is Strange.
 
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