8k vs. 5k+ Decision Guide (Updated)

[MunicipalBlack]

@SweViver

Well, I would say the 5K+ does gain by going up to PiTool 1.25 and 1.5 but not that much as the 8K, and in my opinion, especially testing IL2, DCS and Project Cars, I would say 1.5 makes the 8K to surpass the overall image definition compared to 5K. More details on far distance. I would not say its sharper as you wont get that “native” clarity, but once you pump up the PiTool then you start to notice the limitation of 5K+. Its no big difference and many times you wont see much difference unless you really pixel peek on stuff. But the fact is that 5K does a much better job on PiTool 1 and thats why I see it as a winner, at least with todays Pascal GPUS. I hope RTX can manage to puch the 8K and give it some justice and the image quality vs performance balance it actually deserves. Despite the lack of “native look clarity”, the 8K is really not bad at all.

So maybe a 2080Ti will allow closure of the gap between the 5k+ and 8k with acceptable frame rates. At that point I believe you’ll be rendering in native 4k anyways so the 8kx would be a better choice if you know if existed to compare to lol.

Like many have said, going for either HMD and not directly comparing each, side by side, pixel peeping the whole time should make anyone happy.

If my survey was sent today I would choose the 5k+ based on everything I’ve read, heard and seen. Then an 8kx down the road. I have a while to decide so in the mean time I’ll spend hours everyday day looking through these forums and watching MRTV’s and Sweviver’s channels .