After cranking up the visuals to an eye - pleasing
4K at the highest settings, the Nvidia GTX 1080 seemed it was ready to take on the pixel - punishment that would wreck most setups instantly.
Not exact matches
Assuming that's right, 6 teraflops in a
set - top console in 2017 is a big deal,
at least to the extent buyers care about native (or nearly so)
4K graphics, as well as support for a compelling
higher - end virtual reality part.
At CES 2016,
4K and UHD (ultra
high definition — another way of saying
4K)
sets are very much front and center, but there's also a lot of talk about HDR —
high dynamic range —
sets.
Likewise, if you have a
high - end gaming PC that can play games
at their
highest settings, there are plenty of quad - HD and
4K monitors to suit your needs.
Mass Effect Andromeda ran well
at 4K on a mix of
High and Medium
settings.
With modern momery saving features 16GBs of GDDR5 is likely good to run current gen games, with
high to ultra
settings at 4K 60 FPS locked.
I have tested the Xbox One X
set at its optimum performance through my
4K HDR TV but I have also tested it on a 1080p display to see if it offers enough of an improvement on a regular
high definition TV and these results were noticeable but subtle.
Microsoft's upcoming Xbox console has shown it can run Forza Motorsport 6
at its
highest settings:
4K resolution
at 60 FPS.
Reviewed on GeForce GTX 970, Intel i5 - 3570K @ 3.40 GHz, 16 GB RAM Graphics options Borderless fullscreen, vertical sync, frame rate lock, model detail, texture filtering, shadows, lighting, SSAO, effects Remappable controls Keyboard and mouse only, but gamepad users can choose between four different control schemes Gamepad support Yes Other Native
4K support On my GTX 970 (4 GB) review PC, the game maintains a solid 60 fps on «extra
high»
settings at 1080p.
With a GTX 1080 GPU, I had to drop to
High settings at 4K in some scenes, and there were still some slowdowns every now and then, although they didn't have any impact on gameplay as Hellblade is not that fast paced.
If you want to play this game
at Very
High settings while maintaining
4K and an average of over 40 FPS, you'll need a GTX 1080Ti graphics card.
Introduced during Apple's September event, the Apple TV
4K is an update to the fourth - generation Apple TV, with the newest version of the
set - top box primarily adding the ability to stream
at the
high resolution, making it a useful purchase to owners of Ultra HD televisions.
Upgrading to faster and more robust cards is an option for those who want to play with extremely
high visual
settings,
at 2K and
4K resolutions, and with demanding virtual reality headsets.
The X51 even handled Metro
at 4K, running the game
at 39 fps on low
settings, but chugged to 8 fps with graphics on
high.
The Maingear Drift's beefier GTX 980 Ti GPU proved to be a bit stronger, notching 66 fps on
high settings at 1080p and 21 fps
at 4K.
Going forward, LG plans to introduce only
4K OLED
sets —
at much
higher prices than this HD model.