Definitely make sure your GPU supports 8k at reasonable refresh rates before buying anything. During the early days of 4k, monitor makers would get a lot of unhappy customers who learned the hard way that their macbook only does 4k at 30hz.
Thanks. I remember wondering about that on my last major upgrade over a decade ago. I’ve currently got a 3070, which isn’t going to be doing any 8k native gaming for sure, but will run my office apps at 8k/60.
I admit the resolution seems a wee bit ridiculous for most things, but I work in architecture and regularly need to cross reference 2 or 3 D size/A1 prints simultaneously. 8k wide lets me (just barely) read fine print on two sets without zooming in, but even 30 Hz is perfectly acceptable. First world problems…
I think going from dual 4k monitors to a single monitor will be a big downgrade for multitasking, no matter the resolution.
Also, gaming in 8k is complete nonsense at the moment. Even if there existed a gpu with enough performance, you're limited to 8k60 at most by hdmi 2.1. You might notice the resolution if you have a huge screen very close to you but you'd definitely notice the huge refresh rate downgrade to 60 instead of 120.
Is it even possible to do 8k VRR?
Maybe you could have two monitors above each other?
Samsung QN TVs do VRR up to 144Hz (with a 4k input signal) and up to 60Hz with an 8K signal.
I intend to partition the screen into three zones - a status monitor in the bottom 400-500 pixels (newsfeed, media player, fancy clock), a 2100-2400 pixel high working space in the middle, and a planning and notification band at the top 1000 pixels for calendar, email, phone, tasks. Gaining a 7600 pixel wide workspace without a middle (or 1/3) bezels will be explicitly valuable for my workflow, especially since I'm working with large-format (A1) PDFs on a regular basis.
WRT refresh rate, high refresh in office work is highly overrated. For or 3-4 years I ran dual 4k/30Hz for office work off of a Surface Pro tablet and - for office and CAD tasks at a viewing distance of 36" - the experience was indistinguishable from running at 60Hz. 100ppi at 36" viewing distance (my desk) is about the limit of my usable acuity* and a good target for me. I can see jaggies in single pixel lines of moderate intensity (grays) on black backgrounds (most of my CAD work). They mostly disappear with bright lines (bleed) and are invisible in black on white (word processing and PDF documents) and full color (photos).
* not too surprising , really, since 100ppi @ 36" is 1 arcminute resolution, or close to 20/20 vision.
A community for PC Master Race.
Rules:
Notes: