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WAIT A MINUTE, that wasn't 8k... IT WAS BETTER

Chronified
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Well, it flew past all of us and none of us caught it.... but me. 

I'm sure we've all seen the "gaming at 8k" video that Linus put out quite a few months ago.

 

I finally got around to watching it and something caught my attention..

..if you read my post title you have probably figured it out.

This isn't actually 8k ! It's FREAKING 16K ! 

 

k is just a term for how many times 1080p will fit on a display.

4k being 3840x2160=8,294,400 , which is exactly 4x 1920*1080=2,073,600

So, if you took 4x4k monitors like he did in the video, you'd be multiplying your total amount of pixels by 4, making this setup a total of 33,177,600 pixels (holy crap).

Now, divide that 33,177,600 pixels by 1080p(2,073,600) and what do you get? 

16k

 

Time for another "we were wrong" video, at least it's not bad news this time !

-mic drop-

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I don't think that's how they say 4k or 8k. It's more of an approximation of the number of horizontal pixels. Hence why 1440p is sometimes called 2.5k, since it has about 2.5k horizontal pixels.

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3 minutes ago, Chronified said:

k is just a term for how many times 1080p will fit on a display. 

That's where you are wrong tho. 

K Is the number of horizontal pixels. 

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It's not a term of how many times 1080p fits it in, it is a term for (roughly) how many horizontal pixels there are. That's why 4K UHD (3840 x 2160) and DCI 4K (4096 × 2160) are both 4K resolutions. 

 

8K is anything that is roughly 8000 pixels horizontally. Technically 8000 x 200 is an 8K resolution with an aspect ratio of 40:1

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8K_resolution

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6 minutes ago, Chronified said:

Well, it flew past all of us and none of us caught it.... but me. 

I'm sure we've all seen the "gaming at 8k" video that Linus put out quite a few months ago.

 

I finally got around to watching it and something caught my attention..

..if you read my post title you have probably figured it out.

This isn't actually 8k ! It's FREAKING 16K ! 

 

k is just a term for how many times 1080p will fit on a display.

4k being 3840x2160=8,294,400 , which is exactly 4x 1920*1080=2,073,600

So, if you took 4x4k monitors like he did in the video, you'd be multiplying your total amount of pixels by 4, making this setup a total of 33,177,600 pixels (holy crap).

Now, divide that 33,177,600 pixels by 1080p(2,073,600) and what do you get? 

16k

 

Time for another "we were wrong" video, at least it's not bad news this time !

-mic drop-

 

1080p ("2k")  = 1920x1080

4k = 3840x2160

8k = 7680x4320

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>has had it wrong this whole time
>is stupid

>technical terminology is also stupid
WHY THE HELL IS IT EXACTLY 4X1080 THEN? THAT'S JUST CONFUSING. 

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GPU: Gigabyte RTX 2080 Super

*bought for $200 CAD off a friend who needed an RTX 3080, price was my reward.

CASE: InWinn A1 Plus in White with included 600w gold sfx PSU and included custom length cables

DISPLAY: 3x 20" AOC 1080p 60hz 4ms ,  32" RCA 1080p/60hz TV mounted above, all on a single arm.

 

Storage: C : 1TB WD Blue NVMe      D : 2TB Barracuda      E: 240GB Kingston V300 (scratch drive)

NAS: 240GB Kingston A400 + 6x 10+ year old 700GB Barracuda drives in my old FX8350+8GB DDR3 system

 

Logitech G15 1st Gen + Logitech G602 Wireless

Steam Controller +  Elite Series 2 controller + Logitech G29 Racing Wheel + Wingman Extreme Digital 3D Flight Stick

Sennheiser HD 4.40 Headphones + Pixel Buds 2 + Logitech Z213 2.1 Speakers

 

My Girlfriends Weeb-Ass Rig:

Razer Blade Pro 17 2020

10th Gen i7 10875H 8c/16t @5.1ghz 

17.3" 1080p 300Hz 100% sRGB, factory calibrated, 6mm bezel

RTX 2070 Max-Q 8GB

512GB generic NVMe

16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 3200Mhz

Wireless-AX201 (802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax), Bluetooth® 5.1, 2.5Gbit Ethernet

70.5 Whr Battery

Razer Huntsman Quartz, Razer Balistic Quartz, Razer Kraken Quartz Kitty Heaphones

*deep breath*

Razer Raptor 27" monitor, IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

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4 minutes ago, Chronified said:

>has had it wrong this whole time
>is stupid

>technical terminology is also stupid
WHY THE HELL IS IT EXACTLY 4X1080 THEN? THAT'S JUST CONFUSING. 

 

2x Vertical

2x Horizontal

 

The '2k' or '4k' or '8k' comes from the horizontal pixel count, not the total pixels or anything like that.

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9 minutes ago, Chronified said:

>has had it wrong this whole time
>is stupid

>technical terminology is also stupid
WHY THE HELL IS IT EXACTLY 4X1080 THEN? THAT'S JUST CONFUSING. 

4K and 8K (many resolution terms in general) are confusing and somewhat poorly defined. 

 

4x 1080p has adopted the name 4K UHD or just UHD, mainly from manufacturers who use it to advertise. There are multiple 4K resolutions (technically anything with around 4K horizontal pixels), so 4K on its own doesn't really mean much about the total resolution. 

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9 hours ago, Chronified said:

Well, it flew past all of us and none of us caught it.... but me. 

I'm sure we've all seen the "gaming at 8k" video that Linus put out quite a few months ago.

 

I finally got around to watching it and something caught my attention..

..if you read my post title you have probably figured it out.

This isn't actually 8k ! It's FREAKING 16K ! 

 

k is just a term for how many times 1080p will fit on a display.

4k being 3840x2160=8,294,400 , which is exactly 4x 1920*1080=2,073,600

So, if you took 4x4k monitors like he did in the video, you'd be multiplying your total amount of pixels by 4, making this setup a total of 33,177,600 pixels (holy crap).

Now, divide that 33,177,600 pixels by 1080p(2,073,600) and what do you get? 

16k

 

Time for another "we were wrong" video, at least it's not bad news this time !

-mic drop-

 

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Hahaha I ran into the same mistake a few weeks ago. He just adds another vertical display (2160 + 2160) and another horizontal display (3840 + 3840 = 7680 = 7.68k ~ 8k) and since you need another monitor to make it a rectangle so It looks more like an actual monitor. 

 

Here I come with my horrible sketches again :D (Hope It helps lol)

 

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