Xbox One 4k TV - will it make any difference?

The things is, today's current highest end GPUs can barely run today's games at 4k. Next gen games will have higher requirements, and look better at their highest detail settings. So next gen GPUs will struggle just as much with future games to run at 4k.

I don't see how this can change, unless developers suddenly stop making their games look better.
 
Besides the fact that most games don't actually support 4K, I don't really think anyone NEEDS 4K as of yet. I mean, it's a cool technology and everything, but barely anything actually supports it. So even having 4K on your desktop, the only use of that would be so you could fit more icons on your desktop... Since there ain't going to be many games supporting it, it just feels like a waste at the moment.

It's a bit cool though, even if games don't support it. You can brag about it...
 
Well games if we get more sophisticated, processors and video processors are not going to be able to keep up theres going to have to be some new technology second run this 4k. I've been told by some people who plays Titan fall that their video processors are maxed and the game is slow and that's just at 1080i
 
nothing supports 4k yet except PC gaming so If you want to PC game at a super res that's cool but otherwise? not worth it.
 
For gaming, 4K isn't going to be a huge feature for at least a little longer. General viewers will notice a difference in image quality, but we're getting to the point where image quality is so high that it's hard to distinguish one format from another. Manufacturers will continue to push out higher resolution screens as time goes on until consumers say they've had enough, and we obviously haven't had enough yet since 4K TVs exist.
 
I'm going to stick with what I have and wait for the next great technological development in TV's. I have enough invested in electronics that I need a break from anything new for awhile.
 
Hell no. Most things wouldn't be able to handle it. And if you're buying a 4K TV, you're probably going to be convinced that you need to buy one of those super expensive cables to connect it to, which is also a lie as they're just as good and bad as a cheap one.
 
Well, those gold-plated "super" HDMI cables are actually worthwhile for super expensive TVs with all the bells and whistles. However, the overwhelming majority of televisions are fine operating with a normal HDMI cable that you pay $10 for. Too many consumers are tricked into buying the more expensive ones when they don't need them at all. As for waiting on 4K, that's probably the best option. The prices can only go down after they become popular after all.
 
They're not even worth it for those troutski.

They're only worthwhile if you, and I mean this literally, building a proper home cinema. Or if you're having to run the cables for longer than 50 feet. Otherwise you're being duped, and yes, the studies do actually back this up.
 
I don't find that surprising. I mean, I'm using an older 32" Panasonic, and the video quality looks fine to me.
 
As far as I know, XBone does not support 4k resolution and probably never will. The amount of processing power needed to render a game at that resolution is absolutely bonkers. I wouldn't be surprised if it would make triple SLI/Crossfire gfx cards on a PC start to smoke.
 
I think it will make a huge difference for future game systems. See I'm all about this concept called photo realism. I am not fond of cartoon type graphics at all. I spent a month customizing my PC Skyrim experience to where it looks pretty photo realistic. Sadly it take over 300 gigs to get it that way.
 
How long to you think until 4k will be a "requirement", kind of like 1080p or 60fps is seen today?
5 years? 10?
 
Until it becomes cheap enough that the porn industry can realistically ask everyone to invest in it. After all, porn decides everything like this. Blu-ray won over HD-DVD because the porn industry backed Blu-ray. Same with VHS and Betamax.
 
Interesting logic there Livvy, I guess it's true about porn deciding on which formats people adopt, I hadn't thought about it.
Should be a while until we get 4k porn though, even though in this case I can see the appeal :)
 
The things is, today's current highest end GPUs can barely run today's games at 4k. Next gen games will have higher requirements, and look better at their highest detail settings. So next gen GPUs will struggle just as much with future games to run at 4k.

I don't see how this can change, unless developers suddenly stop making their games look better.
 
If rumor among a few devs is right, then yes, eventually when this game (wouldn't say which) comes out, and the XB1 officially supports it...it'll make a huge difference.
 
when i upgrade im getting a 50+inch seiki 4k to replace my seiki 39inch.... love it all i can say.. its on my xb1 and it natively plays 720 and it blows the clarity away of my parents lg 1080 tv...
 
Unfortunately 4K TV is usually on large TVs thus giving you a much slower response time between the Xbox Controller signal to the TV. The larger the TV the more lag you will notice. For best results in gaming and quicker response time it is always best to use a 24" tv or smaller when playing games like COD or Black OPs 2.
 
Depends mate. Lots of posts just repeating the same thing here but explain why. Thing is if ur tv supports upscaling then althought that will cause video lag the image should look sharper. But lets face facts 4k gaming resolution = massive files. As companys near the digital only transition 4k would be inaccessible for people to dl.
 
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