So dk2 is out, which has pretty impressive specs. and apparently since consumer version will be a step above that, what are the odds for a 1440p display? I'm sure people are willing to drop the graphic settings for clearer vision. I got a 780 so it doesn't bother me. also whats the max hz for a 1440 screen? I hear it's like 83.33 or something. I use a dvi coord so idk if that makes a difference.
1440p would probably be an issue with current technology.
Running current games at 1440p with everything on max at a decent Hz (at least 60, 90+ nice) is in the realms of few cards at present.
Rendering a game twice at that quality makes the current available technology even scarcer.
Now I know it's not actually producing 2 full 1440p images and then cutting them down, but it will be rendering the game twice at an incrementally bigger size and quality than a 1080p screen.
It may be that people get the 1440p version but can only run it with a 1080p feed. And I'm sure we've all seen how poor a screen not running at it's native resolution looks.
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"RiftXdev" wrote: For me there is every reason in knowing what resolutions the screens will be.
My PC needs to feed it images and it'll need to know what res it is. It'd be better if it was a standard resolution because then you'll know when buying your GPU what the expected performance will be at the standard resolution.
This is obviously a transitional concern only, clearly VR will find it's own balance between price, quality and performance (1080p 60Hz for consumer TVs) and when this level is found that will become a standard resolution when seeking GPU performance for VR. For now though knowing it my GPU needs to run 1080p render or 1440p render is a big deal. 4K would obsolete my GPU (a brand new R9 290X)
There's no way it would be 4k for CV1, unless CV1 is massively delayed. That really would be pointless. (no one could run it, and it would increase the price).
Your R9 290x as far as I know will be reasonably fine for 1440p (for now, as always), so I think your covered!
"RiftXdev" wrote: 1440p would probably be an issue with current technology.
Running current games at 1440p with everything on max at a decent Hz (at least 60, 90+ nice) is in the realms of few cards at present.
Rendering a game twice at that quality makes the current available technology even scarcer.
Now I know it's not actually producing 2 full 1440p images and then cutting them down, but it will be rendering the game twice at an incrementally bigger size and quality than a 1080p screen.
It may be that people get the 1440p version but can only run it with a 1080p feed. And I'm sure we've all seen how poor a screen not running at it's native resolution looks.
The problem with upscaling is that it isn't 1 to 1 mapping, however every image on the rift goes through a barrel distortion, there is no 1 to 1 mapping anyway. So I'm not sure whether the same upscaling concerns apply.
"RiftXdev" wrote: 1440p would probably be an issue with current technology.
Running current games at 1440p with everything on max at a decent Hz (at least 60, 90+ nice) is in the realms of few cards at present.
Rendering a game twice at that quality makes the current available technology even scarcer.
Now I know it's not actually producing 2 full 1440p images and then cutting them down, but it will be rendering the game twice at an incrementally bigger size and quality than a 1080p screen.
It may be that people get the 1440p version but can only run it with a 1080p feed. And I'm sure we've all seen how poor a screen not running at it's native resolution looks.
We have today, cards that can run games at 1440p very well. So from right now and on-wards, we have the hardware. Now, CV1 won't be released until at the very earliest, late 2014.
By that time, the new cards will have come out, and not too long after that variations that are not quite as powerful but way cheaper. The 780ti and R9 290x etc will not be top end cards at that point, but would be able to run 1440p reasonably well.
So, it's not much to worry about. I think it will work out perfectly actually. And you can still run games at 1080p for those low end cards anyway. Only 6 months down the line after CV1 release, you're looking at another round of cards, by that point, we'll all be talking about being able to adequately render at 4k!
If CV1 launched TODAY, then yes, hardly anyone would be running games at 1440p. But that's not the case. It will be fine.
Why is it such a mandatory component to run everything maxed out? Jesus Christ, people, that's retarded. Just tune your settings down a bit. Besides, there's no VR-optimized games yet. Once VR launches, devs will adjust their plank, maybe get rid of excessively expensive computations that make 1% difference against cheap computations.
"raidho36" wrote: Why is it such a mandatory component to run everything maxed out? Jesus Christ, people, that's retarded. Just tune your settings down a bit. Besides, there's no VR-optimized games yet. Once VR launches, devs will adjust their plank, maybe get rid of excessively expensive computations that make 1% difference against cheap computations.
Look, if you're not in a position to supply enough horsepower to pull the carriage, then you're not in a position to complain about it's weight.
And beleive it or not, there's always a carriage you can't pull, no matter how much horsepower you got. So you must just settle for lighter carriage and shut up about not being able to pull the King Carriage.
