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Will there be 4K textures
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with the adoption of 4K estimated to be upwards of 50% at the end of 2018, beginning 2019, I am wondering if the game will be able to scale well to 4K. Also considering that the game will end up releasing around 2020.
has there been any talk of 4K?
right now 1080p is the norm, but 3 years from now, 4K will be more prominent. As we can see witch PS4 Pro and upcoming XBOX ONE X.
has there been any talk of 4K?
right now 1080p is the norm, but 3 years from now, 4K will be more prominent. As we can see witch PS4 Pro and upcoming XBOX ONE X.
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Console games, played on a television screen, are not the only versions of games produced, and many people won't have computers high enough to roll 4k at launch.
Even though 4K is possible. Even being equipped with 2 Titan X Pascals, I doubt I'll attempt 4K settings during any PvP scenario.
I don't even wanna imagine mass battles. Uh.
I realize consoles are all the rage, but they're simplistic, in relation to computers. Computers (especially for those of us who are geeks and/or ex-geeks) are required to do a lot more processing than just playing a game or two, filtering VOIP, and maybe running the telly. In short, they can be mass-produced to perform one or two functions very well, and thus keep the cost down. PCs? Whole 'nother story. And before you even say it -- I began my gaming career on a PC, and I will likely end it on a PC. Whole lot more that I can use it for. I realize that you younglings all think we should just "get with it" and do the same things you do, but many of us, for myriad reasons, don't choose to. In order for the game to be marketably viable, it'll need to be able to be run on most people's PCs. Also, at least currently, the PC market is still bigger than console market, and there's a good reason for that.
https://mygaming.co.za/news/features/89913-there-are-1-8-billion-gamers-in-the-world-and-pc-gaming-dominates-the-market.html
Additionally, here's some fantastic information about the viability of PCs as a gaming platform, which also states that it can be very costly to keep a PC "gaming current." But, we do get (I think) a lot more bang for the buck, especially on upgradeability:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/3118250/software-games/9-reasons-why-pc-gaming-is-a-better-value-than-consoles.html
but I get your point. I'm able but won't be running 4K on a graphic intensive mmo.
You're right -- for one computer, it's not so costly. For two, a little more, and I'm still not impressed, over all, with the benchmarks. I feel there're still some improvements that can be made.
@Possum and I purchased a house in December; increased our monthly bills by $600 to do so. Then, we had to put $3k into our car (we love her, so will keep her, but it was time), then recently had to put another $1.5k into her. Real life means that we do, at least at this time, have to scrimp, save, and budget for the needed upgrades to our computers; at the very least, I need a new one, while the hubs' computer just needs new parts. So, no, individually? Not so much. Taken together, with IRL bills outstanding, it gets more difficult.
And I can't imagine we're the only folk in this predicament; I know of game families where three or more people are avid gamers. Unless you've got a lot of discretionary income, that gets to be a hefty bill for upgrades.
So by the time Ashes is released we'll have both Volta and Navi architecture from Nvidia and AMD released, and new ones otw, or about to be released (maybe even released).
So 4K in 2019/2020 will be vastly cheaper to achieve and 4K monitors will be cheaper as well. 4K at 60/90 fps should be doable then. And the beauty about PC games is that you can tweak the settings to reach whatever target FPS or eye candy you want.
No need to panic buy a new machine!
As I said earlier, just because Ashes may have 4K textures doesn't mean you have to upgrade your computer. Like any other UE4 game, the UE4 engine can scale the texture resolution to suit your display resolution.Also just not even possible. There's maybe a few rigs capable of 4k textures and 4k resolutions that can handle a major city full of hundreds of players.
@lexmax -- Less a panic than just a "Huh. Nice, shiny new game, lots of pretties -- we wanna be able to see and enjoy all the pretties!" So, it'll be added in to our budget, and I'm quite grateful we actually have time to save toward what we want.
When the game is released in 2020 there will definitely be rigs that can handle a major city full of hundreds of players in 4K. Textures is not the most demanding thing, the most taxing thing will be shadows and particle effects and that can easily be handled with setting sliders. It all depends on what settings you will be able to tweak.