ESO in 8k looks AMAZING

Kiralyn2000 · May 2020

MEBengalsFan2001 wrote: »

Kiralyn2000 wrote: »

danno8 wrote: »

Also, keep in mind that Best Buy WANTS you to buy the 8k since it will without a doubt be the most expensive model available. They use certain tricks to make the displays of more expensive models look better. I would only trust third party setups when doing a comparison.

Yep. The TV industry keeps introducing new "must have" features every year or two, to get suckers to buy in to more expensive models (and avoid the decreasing profit margin on the rational TV models.) So many Big Advertised features of the last decade or two, that I just don't see people talking about anymore. (remember when they were pushing 120Hz, and then 240Hz? And 3D! That totally caught on! We're barely reaching the point where there's content for 4k TV owners, and they're pushing 8k! It's so stupid.)

I've had a 4K set for quite a while. On my second one in fact. When I first got my first 4k set there was only handful of 4k content to stream through Netflix, Amazon Prime, etc... today there is so much 4k content that is basically all I watch now. As for getting 4k through other mediums that are not on a disc or streamed are limited.

Yeah, I've never 'streamed' anything - when I think of TV content, it's discs & cable.

edit: of course, I'm not a media-heavy person in the first place. I haven't watched a regular TV show in years, and my parents watch their stuff (Jeopardy, news, sports, etc) on a.... 6? year old 39" 1080p that I convinced them to get. The older TV in the house is a 20-year-old 27" Sony Trinitron tube, with a VCR and PS2 attached to it.

We've got a lot more monitors (all 1080p, 20-24") in the house.

indigorune · May 2020

daim wrote: »

SeaGtGruff wrote: »

When my old computer crashed and I got a better one, I tried running on higher settings for a time. But the first thing I noticed is that it just made it harder to spot Alchemical plants, Clothing plants, and even wood, so I went back to a lower setting even though my new computer can run the game on a higher setting without losing much performance.

That's some dedicated farming

hehe. I also flip grass off sometimes when I'm farming mats. It makes it noticeably easier. But for normal play, I keep grass on.

craybest · May 2020

This looks awesome. My screen is too small for it though haha

kagorsa · May 2020

If I can see how good it looks on my 4k monitor why would I need an 8k TV, btw light humor here

I do however use an 8k HDMI cable for my 4k monitor which really does seem better.

zaria · May 2020

Starlock wrote: »

The human eye can't even process the difference between 4k and 8k except possibly on very, very large screens. So... I guess let us know when our eyes can be surgically upgraded to tell the difference?

https://www.thefpsreview.com/2020/02/29/few-can-tell-the-difference-between-8k-vs-4k-tvs-according-to-double-blind-study-by-warner-bros/

It depend how close you are to the screen and obviously how large the screen is, in short how much of your vision does the screen cover.
On some of the huge curved PC screens or VR 8K makes sense. For TV, you will not see it unless the TV is very huge say 200" as you get into cover most of you vision again.

Lotus781 · May 2020

Sorry thought you said 8bit not 8k,my mistake.

Sarousse · May 2020

Look what ESO can give at full details + a reshade preset (ESOGE) + path tracing (inverted ray tracing in beta) in 3440x1440. (Path Tracing is particulary impressive in Elsweyr at the end of the video).

It's pure awesomeness.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpcJIHRmOx8

MEBengalsFan2001 · May 2020

zaria wrote: »

Starlock wrote: »

The human eye can't even process the difference between 4k and 8k except possibly on very, very large screens. So... I guess let us know when our eyes can be surgically upgraded to tell the difference?

https://www.thefpsreview.com/2020/02/29/few-can-tell-the-difference-between-8k-vs-4k-tvs-according-to-double-blind-study-by-warner-bros/

It depend how close you are to the screen and obviously how large the screen is, in short how much of your vision does the screen cover.
On some of the huge curved PC screens or VR 8K makes sense. For TV, you will not see it unless the TV is very huge say 200" as you get into cover most of you vision again.

If you are 6' or further away and watch a TV on a 55" or smaller TV than 4K is all you will need and the further away you are the lower the resolution you can get. if you are closer or what a bigger picture than you want higher resolution. If you don't than you will see the pixels more clearly.

The issue I have with streaming content is bandwidth availability. Even though I'm paying for 200 Mbps most days it rates around 90-135 Mbps. Since covid-19 I have seen it drop as low as 30 Mbps. You need a constant 25Mbps to stream 4k content. Having two TVs running 4k will hog up that bandwidth and if you have close neighbors who also have 4K TVs and are streaming it gets even slower.

The only thing 8K will be good for in the near future are gaming and disc content. Streaming will be available sooner than over air / cable and the streaming content will be a bigger bandwidth hog; I have heard around 100 Mbps and as seen by my averages I wouldn't be able to stream 8K content even though I'm paying for up to 200 Mbps service. The issue with 8K sets will be internet bandwidth until FIOS becomes more readily available.

Sephyr · May 2020

Zulera301 wrote: »

shhh... let the man enjoy his 8k.
jeez, can't even post a pretty picture without someone starting some AYUKCHUYALLY... debate.

You are my new favorite person for that word.

ZOS_Volpe · May 2020

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Thicclady · May 2020

Starlock wrote: »

The human eye can't even process the difference between 4k and 8k except possibly on very, very large screens. So... I guess let us know when our eyes can be surgically upgraded to tell the difference?

https://www.thefpsreview.com/2020/02/29/few-can-tell-the-difference-between-8k-vs-4k-tvs-according-to-double-blind-study-by-warner-bros/

Exactly, same thing as no use to play over 30 fps eye cant see difference

kagorsa · May 2020

If I think your 8k screenshots look good on my 4k monitor why would I need an 8k? bit of light humor.

However, I do use an 8k HDMI cable for my gaming, it seems better than the 4k one, I have an AOC 32inc curved monitor.

Starlock · May 2020

Thicclady wrote: »

Starlock wrote: »

The human eye can't even process the difference between 4k and 8k except possibly on very, very large screens. So... I guess let us know when our eyes can be surgically upgraded to tell the difference?

https://www.thefpsreview.com/2020/02/29/few-can-tell-the-difference-between-8k-vs-4k-tvs-according-to-double-blind-study-by-warner-bros/

Exactly, same thing as no use to play over 30 fps eye cant see difference

In fairness, it is a bit more complicated than that (as others have pointed out), but for the most part what I said is true - there are limits to what the human eye and brain can process. There's also the added complication of "you can technically tell the difference in side-by-side comparisons, but the difference isn't practically meaningful." We're kind of at the point now that any further "upgrades" to screens isn't practically meaningful except under very specific circumstances and setups. So it's mostly just a game that businesses play with people's heads to convince them they need to waste money on the next new shiny that isn't actually going to be any meaningful improvement over what they have. Not meaning to poo-poo on the visuophiles or anything, I just don't like seeing folks taken for a ride by these businesses trying to sell them things that aren't really doing much of anything.

Dahk72 · May 2020

Lots of people in here trying to tell others what they should or should not spend their money on more than any Best Buy employee I've seen.

Jaxious79 · May 2020

A post about cool 8k photos of ESO and the moderators have to come in and remove some comments.

This right here is all anyone needs to know about video game forums in 2020.

Dahk72 · May 2020

Jaxious79 wrote: »

A post about cool 8k photos of ESO and the moderators have to come in and remove some comments.

This right here is all anyone needs to know about video game forums in 2020.

Are you implying everyone isn't the technological expert with a PHD in Economics and Physics that posters seem to be ?

And btw op , nice shots , looks good.

Jaxious79 · May 2020

Dahk72 wrote: »

Jaxious79 wrote: »

A post about cool 8k photos of ESO and the moderators have to come in and remove some comments.

This right here is all anyone needs to know about video game forums in 2020.

Are you implying everyone isn't the technological expert with a PHD in Economics and Physics that posters seem to be ?

And btw op , nice shots , looks good.

Totally not at all what I'm saying. I'm implying every video game forum is full of real totally legit technology experts with a PHD in economics and Physics with a back ground in rocket science.

Klad · May 2020

There are many was to make ESO look amazing.

None of them are wrong.
Let people enjoy things.

craybest · May 2020

loveing the screens, too bad mine can't even have 4k haha
edit: whoops I had already posted in this topic :P